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RF Mortgage & Investment Corp

HMDA reporter, headquartered in San Juan, Puerto Rico. Record for calendar year 2024.

1 state with 25+ applications
LEI 549300EEBMJ68MB8P551
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.

In 2024, RF Mortgage & Investment Corp filed HMDA records for 321 applications and 261 originations in Puerto Rico, worth $49m.

Its denial rate, the share of decided applications the lender denied, was 10.5%, below the national rate of 24.3% and below the Puerto Rico rate of 20.5%. 15 applications were withdrawn by the applicant and 0 files were closed for incompleteness; those are not counted in the denial rate.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 0.9 percentage points (national median 0.3); 19.2% of its originations had a spread of 1.5 points or more.

By loan purpose the originations were mostly home purchase (92%) and cash-out refinancing (8%); by loan type, conventional (48%) and FHA (39%).

The largest volumes were in Puerto Rico (261 originations).

Applications were down 6% on 2023.

321applications, 20240 purchased loans, counted separately
261loans originated$49m in total
10.5%denial rateUS 24.3% · PR 20.5%
0.9 ppmedian rate spread on originationsUS 0.3 pp

Compared with Puerto Rico and the nation

MeasureThis lenderPuerto Rico, all lendersUnited States
Denial rate (denied ÷ decided applications)10.5%20.5%24.3%
Median rate spread, percentage points0.90.20.3
Originations with spread of 1.5 pp or more19.2%9.8%15.6%
Average originated loan$187k$188k$329k
Home purchase share of originations92.0%86.9%57.0%
FHA-insured share of originations38.7%43.4%13.4%
VA-guaranteed share of originations2.3%6.1%7.9%
Applications withdrawn by applicant4.7%11.8%14.3%

Puerto Rico 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

0223.54472022: 447 Applications2023: 343 Applications2024: 321 Applications2022: 363 Originations2023: 283 Originations2024: 261 Originations202220232024
Applications and originations reported by RF Mortgage & Investment Corp, 2022–2024

This lenderPuerto RicoUnited States

0%12.7%25.3%2022: 8.6% This lender2023: 7.4% This lender2024: 10.5% This lender202220232024
Denial rate by year, with Puerto Rico and US rates dashed
02695382018: 412 LAR records2019: 440 LAR records2020: 459 LAR records2021: 538 LAR records2022: 447 LAR records2023: 343 LAR records2024: 321 LAR records2018201920202021202220232024
Loan/application register records filed by RF Mortgage & Investment Corp each year, 2018–2024 (HMDA transmittal sheets; includes purchased loans and preapproval requests)
YearApplicationsOriginationsAmountDenial rateMedian spreadLAR records
2018—————412
2019—————440
2020—————459
2021—————538
2022447363$60m8.6%1.1447
2023343283$48m7.4%0.9343
2024321261$49m10.5%0.9321

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 92% (240)Refinancing 0% (1)Cash-out refinancing 8% (20)

By type

Conventional 48% (125)FHA 39% (101)VA 2% (6)USDA 11% (29)

Loan typeApplicationsOriginationsDeniedDenial rate (of applications)
Conventional1621251811.1%
FHA-insured121101129.9%
VA-guaranteed962—
USDA Rural Housing Service or Farm Service Agency guaranteed292900.0%

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 originated26181.3%
2 Application approved but not accepted134.0%
3 Application denied3210.0%
4 Application withdrawn by applicant154.7%
5 File closed for incompleteness00.0%
6 Purchased loan00.0%
7 Preapproval request denied00.0%
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

Collateral40.6%
Credit history15.6%
Debt-to-income ratio12.5%
Employment history9.4%
Insufficient cash (downpayment, closing costs)6.3%
Credit application incomplete6.3%
Other6.3%
Unverifiable information3.1%
Mortgage insurance denied0%

Share of the lender's 32 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
Puerto Rico321261$49m10.5%0.9

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

Counties

CountyStateApplicationsOriginationsAmountDenial rate
San Juan MunicipioPR6557$15m10.8%

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

Questions and answers

How many mortgages did RF Mortgage & Investment Corp originate in 2024?

261 loans totalling $49m, from 321 applications reported under HMDA. It also purchased 0 loans from other institutions, which are counted separately.

What is RF Mortgage & Investment Corp's denial rate and how does it compare?

10.5% of decided applications were denied in 2024, against 24.3% nationally and 20.5% in Puerto Rico. 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 RF Mortgage & Investment Corp lend in most?

By originations: San Juan Municipio, PR (57).

What loan types does RF Mortgage & Investment Corp make?

Conventional 125, FHA 101, VA 6 and USDA 29 originations in 2024; by purpose, home purchase 240, home improvement 0, refinancing 1, cash-out refinancing 20 and other purpose 0.

What reasons did RF Mortgage & Investment Corp report for denials?

The first denial reason recorded most often was collateral (13), credit history (5) and debt-to-income ratio (4), 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. 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. 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.