First Equity Mortgage Incorporated: 2025 mortgage rates, costs & approvals
How First Equity Mortgage Incorporated priced and approved home loans in 2025, measured against every lender in the official HMDA records.
HMDA legal name: FIRST EQUITY MORTGAGE INCORPORATED · LEI 549300X8AUU3UC1ULZ79
In 2025, First Equity Mortgage Incorporated originated 1,246 home-purchase, refinance and cash-out loans on owner-occupied single-family homes in 8 states — 384th by volume among the 2,017 lenders profiled here.
On conventional 30-year fixed purchase loans its median rate was 6.50% (all lenders: 6.625%); its median rate spread was 7 basis points below the national median. Median conventional loan costs were $5,230, 6% lower than the national median ($5,570).
It denied 15.4% of completed home-purchase applications (all lenders: 8.5%).
How First Equity Mortgage Incorporated priced home-purchase loans
| Purchase loans, 2025 | First Equity Mortgage Incorporated | All lenders |
|---|---|---|
| 30-year fixed rate · conventional | 6.500% | 6.625% |
| 30-year fixed rate · FHA | 5.990% | 6.250% |
| 30-year fixed rate · VA | 5.990% | 6.125% |
| 15-year fixed rate · conventional | 5.875% | 5.875% |
| Rate spread vs. APOR · conventional | +0.07 pts | +0.13 pts |
| Total loan costs · conventional | $5,230 | $5,570 |
| Total loan costs · FHA | $13,930 | $11,310 |
| Total loan costs · VA | $8,230 | $6,490 |
| Origination charges (all types) | $1,100 | $1,860 |
| Borrowers paying discount points | 38.2% | 51.3% |
| Points paid, when paid (% of loan) | 0.99% | 0.87% |
| Borrowers receiving lender credits | 50.4% | 33.1% |
Medians shown with at least 20 loans. A lender's numbers reflect its borrowers (credit, down payment, loan size, location) as well as its pricing; HMDA has no credit scores. Rate spread = APR minus the average prime offer rate on the lock date, which removes most of the effect of when the rate was locked.
Loan mix and borrowers
By loan type
By purpose
Why First Equity Mortgage Incorporated denied purchase applications
First reason the lender reported for each denied home-purchase application.
Where First Equity Mortgage Incorporated lends
| State | Loans | Applications | Purchase denial rate | 30-yr rate* | Loan costs* |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Texas | 292 | 357 | 18.3% | 6.500% | $6,760 |
| Ohio | 286 | 337 | 15.2% | 6.490% | $4,930 |
| Kentucky | 268 | 313 | 14.5% | 6.490% | $4,080 |
| Tennessee | 106 | 117 | 9.4% | 6.490% | $6,800 |
| Indiana | 100 | 109 | 8.3% | 6.625% | $4,170 |
| North Carolina | 84 | 94 | 10.6% | 6.490% | $4,130 |
| Virginia | 64 | 94 | 31.9% | 6.375% | $5,300 |
| Florida | 46 | 51 | 9.8% | 6.250% | $6,140 |
*Conventional home-purchase loans, medians with at least 20 loans. Linked state names open First Equity Mortgage Incorporated's page for that state.
Counties where First Equity Mortgage Incorporated is a top lender
| County | Rank | Loans | Market share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Boone County, KY | 5 | 139 | 5.4% |
| Kenton County, KY | 9 | 91 | 3.0% |
| Campbell County, KY | 11 | 38 | 2.3% |
| Manassas city, VA | 11 | 10 | 2.1% |
| Medina County, OH | 13 | 52 | 1.9% |
| Lorain County, OH | 19 | 68 | 1.3% |
| Williamson County, TN | 19 | 56 | 1.2% |
Check First Equity Mortgage Incorporated yourself
- FFIEC HMDA Data Browser — the official 2025 records filed under LEI 549300X8AUU3UC1ULZ79.
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- CFPB Consumer Complaint Database — search complaints by company name.
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This is a statistical profile, not a review or recommendation. HMDA data alone cannot show whether a lender complies with fair-lending laws, and a lender's medians depend on the borrowers it serves.
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Source: FFIEC/CFPB HMDA 2025 public LAR and filer list. Core segment: owner-occupied, single-family site-built, first-lien, closed-end purchase and refinance loans. Methodology