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Firstlight Federal Credit Unio in New Mexico
HMDA record for properties in New Mexico, calendar year 2024. National record · New Mexico overview
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. Cells under 25 applications are withheld.
Firstlight Federal Credit Unio's 2024 HMDA record for New Mexico covers 189 applications, 84 of them originated, worth $12m.
Its denial rate in the state was 23.1%, below the New Mexico rate of 25.7% across all lenders and compared with the lender's national rate of 42.1%.
The median rate spread on its New Mexico originations was 0.8 percentage points (state median 0.4).
Applications in the state were down 56% on 2023.
Compared with the state and the lender's national record
| Measure | In New Mexico | New Mexico, all lenders | Firstlight Federal Credit Unio, all states | United States |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denial rate | 23.1% | 25.7% | 42.1% | 24.3% |
| Median rate spread, pp | 0.8 | 0.4 | 0.6 | 0.3 |
| Originations with spread of 1.5 pp or more | 39.0% | 22.3% | 26.3% | 15.6% |
| Average originated loan | $143k | $247k | $135k | $329k |
| Home purchase share | 35.7% | 62.7% | 30.9% | 57.0% |
| FHA-insured share | 3.6% | 17.8% | 1.9% | 13.4% |
| VA-guaranteed share | 2.4% | 12.0% | 3.0% | 7.9% |
Trend by year
ApplicationsOriginations
This lender in stateNew Mexico, all lenders
Loan purpose and loan type in New Mexico
By purpose
Home purchase 36% (30)Refinancing 1% (1)Cash-out refinancing 63% (53)
By type
Conventional 94% (79)FHA 4% (3)VA 2% (2)
Denial reasons as coded
Share of 40 denials in New Mexico by first denial reason coded (outlined bar: all lenders in the state).
Counties in New Mexico
| County | Applications | Originations | Amount | Denial rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Doña Ana County | 330 | 83 | $12m | 35.4% |
Counties with at least 25 applications, by originations.
Questions and answers
How many mortgages did Firstlight Federal Credit Unio originate in New Mexico in 2024?
84 loans totalling $12m, from 189 applications reported for properties in New Mexico.
What is Firstlight Federal Credit Unio's denial rate in New Mexico?
23.1% of decided applications in New Mexico were denied, against 25.7% for all lenders in the state and 42.1% for this lender nationally. HMDA data alone cannot be used to determine whether a lender is complying with fair lending laws.
Which New Mexico counties does Firstlight Federal Credit Unio lend in most?
By originations: Doña Ana County (83).
Where does this data come from?
From the 2024 public HMDA loan/application register (FFIEC and CFPB), filtered to the lender's LEI and the property state. Cells under 25 applications are withheld.
Provenance
Source: HMDA public loan/application register 2022, 2023, 2024 (FFIEC and CFPB, public domain), records for this LEI with a property in New Mexico. Built 30 Sep 2026; data through 1 Aug 2026. See methodology and corrections.