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Fidelity Direct Mortgage, LLC

HMDA reporter, headquartered in Gaithersburg, Maryland. Record for calendar year 2024.

VA lender statistics5 states with 25+ applications
LEI 549300BKWR5OM8PWIN62
Reporting agency Department of Housing and Urban Development
Years reported 2018–2024

HMDA data alone cannot be used to determine whether a lender is complying with fair lending laws. The data do not include some legitimate credit risk considerations for loan approval and loan pricing decisions. Figures are from the 2024 public HMDA loan/application register; cells under 25 applications are withheld.

Fidelity Direct Mortgage, LLC's 2024 HMDA filing covers 1,003 applications and 786 originated loans totalling $295m, in 5 states.

Its denial rate, the share of decided applications the lender denied, was 7.2%, below the national rate of 24.3% and below the Maryland rate of 24.9%. 114 applications were withdrawn by the applicant and 29 files were closed for incompleteness; those are not counted in the denial rate.

The median rate spread on its originated loans, the difference between the loan's APR and the average prime offer rate, was 0.4 percentage points (national median 0.3); 5.7% of its originations had a spread of 1.5 points or more.

By loan purpose the originations were mostly home purchase (85%) and refinancing (15%); by loan type, conventional (60%) and FHA (33%).

The largest volumes were in Maryland (476 originations), Virginia (180 originations) and Florida (36 originations).

Applications were up 21% on 2023.

1,003applications, 20240 purchased loans, counted separately
786loans originated$295m in total
7.2%denial rateUS 24.3% · MD 24.9%
0.4 ppmedian rate spread on originationsUS 0.3 pp

Compared with Maryland and the nation

MeasureThis lenderMaryland, all lendersUnited States
Denial rate (denied ÷ decided applications)7.2%24.9%24.3%
Median rate spread, percentage points0.40.30.3
Originations with spread of 1.5 pp or more5.7%17.7%15.6%
Average originated loan$375k$348k$329k
Home purchase share of originations85.2%56.2%57.0%
FHA-insured share of originations32.6%14.6%13.4%
VA-guaranteed share of originations7.8%10.0%7.9%
Applications withdrawn by applicant11.4%15.3%14.3%

Maryland is the lender's largest state by applications. State and national columns cover every HMDA reporter. Rate spread is reported on originated loans only.

Trend by year

ApplicationsOriginations

0501.51,0032022: 874 Applications2023: 831 Applications2024: 1,003 Applications2022: 648 Originations2023: 624 Originations2024: 786 Originations202220232024
Applications and originations reported by Fidelity Direct Mortgage, LLC, 2022–2024

This lenderMarylandUnited States

0%13.2%26.3%2022: 11.9% This lender2023: 10.5% This lender2024: 7.2% This lender202220232024
Denial rate by year, with Maryland and US rates dashed
0963.51,9272018: 1,148 LAR records2019: 1,170 LAR records2020: 1,743 LAR records2021: 1,927 LAR records2022: 876 LAR records2023: 831 LAR records2024: 1,004 LAR records2018201920202021202220232024
Loan/application register records filed by Fidelity Direct Mortgage, LLC each year, 2018–2024 (HMDA transmittal sheets; includes purchased loans and preapproval requests)
YearApplicationsOriginationsAmountDenial rateMedian spreadLAR records
2018—————1,148
2019—————1,170
2020—————1,743
2021—————1,927
2022874648$229m11.9%0.6876
2023831624$212m10.5%0.6831
20241,003786$295m7.2%0.41,004

Applications, originations and rates are computed from the public LAR for 2022, 2023, 2024; LAR record counts come from each year's transmittal sheet.

Loan purpose and loan type

By purpose

Home purchase 85% (670)Refinancing 15% (116)

By type

Conventional 60% (468)FHA 33% (256)VA 8% (61)USDA 0% (1)

Loan typeApplicationsOriginationsDeniedDenial rate (of applications)
Conventional603468325.3%
FHA-insured321256278.4%
VA-guaranteed776133.9%
USDA Rural Housing Service or Farm Service Agency guaranteed210—

Shares are of originated loans. The per-type denial rate here divides denials by all applications of that type, because decided counts are not kept per type.

Action taken

HMDA action takenRecordsShare
1 Loan originated78678.3%
2 Application approved but not accepted121.2%
3 Application denied626.2%
4 Application withdrawn by applicant11411.4%
5 File closed for incompleteness292.9%
6 Purchased loan00.0%
7 Preapproval request denied10.1%
8 Preapproval request approved but not accepted00.0%

Codes and labels are the HMDA action-taken codes. Applications are codes 1–5; the denial rate divides code 3 by codes 1–3.

Denial reasons as coded

Collateral38.7%
Debt-to-income ratio21%
Credit history9.7%
Other9.7%
Insufficient cash (downpayment, closing costs)8.1%
Unverifiable information8.1%
Employment history4.8%
Credit application incomplete0%
Mortgage insurance denied0%

Share of the lender's 62 denials by the first denial reason it coded (outlined bar: all lenders nationally). Lenders may record up to four reasons; only the first is counted here.

States

StateApplicationsOriginationsAmountDenial rateMedian spread
Maryland589476$176m5.9%0.5
Virginia247180$66m9.0%0.4
Florida4636$16m9.8%0.2
North Carolina4433$13m7.9%0.3
Pennsylvania2724$7.9m4.0%—

States with at least 25 applications. States with 100 or more link to the lender's page for that state.

Counties

CountyStateApplicationsOriginationsAmountDenial rate
Prince George's CountyMD153124$47m6.7%
Baltimore CountyMD7464$19m1.5%
Montgomery CountyMD6154$26m3.4%
Baltimore cityMD7351$12m11.9%
Anne Arundel CountyMD5139$16m7.1%

Up to 30 counties with at least 50 applications, by originations.

VA-guaranteed loans by month

All VA loansPurchase

051024/09: 2 All VA loans24/10: 5 All VA loans24/11: 4 All VA loans24/12: 1 All VA loans25/01: 10 All VA loans25/02: 0 All VA loans25/03: 0 All VA loans25/04: 5 All VA loans25/05: 3 All VA loans25/06: 7 All VA loans25/07: 7 All VA loans25/08: 3 All VA loans25/09: 7 All VA loans25/10: 1 All VA loans25/11: 9 All VA loans25/12: 3 All VA loans26/01: 3 All VA loans26/02: 2 All VA loans26/03: 4 All VA loans26/04: 2 All VA loans26/05: 1 All VA loans26/06: 0 All VA loans26/07: 1 All VA loans26/08: 0 All VA loans24/09: 2 Purchase24/10: 4 Purchase24/11: 4 Purchase24/12: 1 Purchase25/01: 9 Purchase25/02: 0 Purchase25/03: 0 Purchase25/04: 5 Purchase25/05: 3 Purchase25/06: 7 Purchase25/07: 6 Purchase25/08: 3 Purchase25/09: 5 Purchase25/10: 1 Purchase25/11: 6 Purchase25/12: 3 Purchase26/01: 3 Purchase26/02: 0 Purchase26/03: 3 Purchase26/04: 1 Purchase26/05: 1 Purchase26/06: 0 Purchase26/07: 1 Purchase26/08: 0 Purchase24/0924/1225/0325/0625/0925/1226/0326/0626/08
Loans guaranteed by VA for FIDELITY DIRECT MORTGAGE LLC, Sep 2024 to Aug 2026 (VA lender statistics, national)
MonthAllPurchaseCash-outIRRRL
Aug 20260000
Jul 20261100
Jun 20260000
May 20261100
Apr 20262110
Mar 20264310
Feb 20262020
Jan 20263300
Dec 20253300
Nov 20259621
Oct 20251100
Sep 20257520

Fiscal-year totals (VA): FY2019 6,751,212 · FY2020 11,493,850 · FY2021 21,012,917 · FY2022 23,615,469 · FY2023 14,380,015 · FY2024 21,504,334 · FY2025 23,969,855. Matched to the VA lender name "FIDELITY DIRECT MORTGAGE LLC"; VA counts loans by guarantee date, HMDA by application year, so the two series differ.

Questions and answers

How many mortgages did Fidelity Direct Mortgage, LLC originate in 2024?

786 loans totalling $295m, from 1,003 applications reported under HMDA. It also purchased 0 loans from other institutions, which are counted separately.

What is Fidelity Direct Mortgage, LLC's denial rate and how does it compare?

7.2% of decided applications were denied in 2024, against 24.3% nationally and 24.9% in Maryland. HMDA data alone cannot be used to determine whether a lender is complying with fair lending laws; the data do not include some legitimate credit risk considerations.

Which counties does Fidelity Direct Mortgage, LLC lend in most?

By originations: Prince George's County, MD (124), Baltimore County, MD (64), Montgomery County, MD (54), Baltimore city, MD (51) and Anne Arundel County, MD (39).

What loan types does Fidelity Direct Mortgage, LLC make?

Conventional 468, FHA 256, VA 61 and USDA 1 originations in 2024; by purpose, home purchase 670, home improvement 0, refinancing 116, cash-out refinancing 0 and other purpose 0.

What reasons did Fidelity Direct Mortgage, LLC report for denials?

The first denial reason recorded most often was collateral (24), debt-to-income ratio (13) and credit history (6), as coded by the lender in its HMDA filing.

Where does this data come from?

From the 2024 public HMDA loan/application register published by the FFIEC and CFPB, with the lender's name from its HMDA transmittal sheet and VA loan volume from the Department of Veterans Affairs lender statistics. Cells under 25 applications are withheld.

Provenance

Source: Home Mortgage Disclosure Act public loan/application register for 2024 (trend years 2022, 2023, 2024) and transmittal sheets 2018–2024, published by the FFIEC and CFPB at ffiec.cfpb.gov, public domain; VA lender statistics from the Department of Veterans Affairs. Lender identity is the LEI and name on its transmittal sheet. This site was built 30 Sep 2026. Errors in processing are corrected at the next build; see corrections. Data through 1 Aug 2026.