LEI 549300RA3E0BUFO7YZ21 · Lake Forest, CA
Hometown Equity Mortgage, LLC
Originated-loan volume lands in the upper fleet tercile (4,439 funded) among 9,139 reported applications in the 2024 HMDA Snapshot.
Originated-volume tercile vs fleet
Hometown Equity Mortgage, LLC funded 4,439 mortgages, upper fleet tercile (above ~310 originations), ranking #223 of 4,908 by originated-loan volume but #863 of 1,076 lenders with 1,000+ applications on origination share (48.6%). Easy Street Capital LLC leads that origination-share board at 100.0% on 1,937 applications.
- #863
- Origination-share rank of 1,076
- 48.6%
- Origination share
- 4,439
- Originated
- 48.2%
- Denial rate
According to the CFPB HMDA 2024 Snapshot. Origination share is originated divided by applications among reporters with 1,000+ applications. Denial share and origination share do not sum to 100% because HMDA also records withdrawals, incompletes, and purchased loans. See /methodology#corpus-placement. Informational reporting, not mortgage advice.
Reported application outcomes
9,139reported applications
Where Hometown Equity Mortgage, LLC sits by reported originations
2024 CFPB HMDA reporting lenders, bucketed by originated-loan count
4,439 Top 5% higher than 95% of 4,908 reporting lenders
Each bar is a 50,000-originated loans band. The dashed line and filled bar mark this lender. Hover, tap, or focus a bar for its count and population share.
Source CFPB Home Mortgage Disclosure Act loan/application register · 2024 reporting year
Loan types by applications · Hometown Equity Mortgage, L…
Application volume by HMDA loan type in this lender's 2024 book.
Cited denial reasons · Hometown Equity Mortgage, L…
Lender-reported HMDA denial-reason counts (top reasons shown).
High-volume book. Hometown Equity Mortgage, LLC funded 4,439 mortgages, above the fleet upper tercile (~310 originations) - so absolute denial and purpose counts matter more here than at thin reporters. Most-cited denial codes: Credit application incomplete, Collateral, Credit history. Program weight concentrates in Conventional (8,063 applications).
How to read Hometown Equity Mortgage, LLC. These figures are aggregate HMDA disclosures for this lender's 2024 book, not any one file. Rates reflect applicant mix (credit, LTV, DTI, geography) as much as underwriting posture. Informational data reporting, not financial, legal, or mortgage advice. Source vintage: CFPB HMDA 2024 Snapshot.
Lending activity by loan program · Hometown Equity Mortgage, L…
Hometown Equity Mortgage, LLC filed most under Conventional. Applications, originations and denials are separate outcomes of the same filing, so the columns do not sum.
| Type | Applications | Originated | Denied | Avg Loan |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conventional | 8,063 | 3,858 | 3,976 | $479,400 |
| FHA | 929 | 499 | 375 | $450,188 |
| VA | 108 | 60 | 40 | $509,815 |
| USDA | 39 | 22 | 15 | $223,718 |
Source: CFPB Home Mortgage Disclosure Act (HMDA) loan/application register HMDA 2024 LAR, application-level mortgage data for Hometown Equity Mortgage, LLC (LEI: 549300RA3E0BUFO7YZ21) · 2024 HMDA reports filed annually; covers applications received during the calendar year. Approval rates exclude withdrawn / incomplete applications. Denial reasons are lender-reported.
Why borrowers applied
Purchase, refinance and cash-out are reported as distinct purposes; average loan size usually separates them more sharply than volume does.
| Purpose | Applications | Originated | Avg Loan |
|---|---|---|---|
| Home Purchase | 4,545 | 2,470 | $470,450 |
| Cash-out Refinancing | 3,569 | 1,587 | $448,987 |
| Refinancing | 1,025 | 382 | $591,985 |
Reported outcomes by applicant race
CFPB derived race categories. HMDA carries no credit score, debt-to-income ratio or down payment, so a gap between these rows is an outcome difference and never, on its own, evidence of discrimination.
| Race | Applications | Approval Rate | Denial Rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| White | 4,580 | 50.4% | 46.8% |
| Black or African American | 1,143 | 44.8% | 51.4% |
| Asian | 713 | 50.4% | 44.9% |
| Joint | 77 | 50.6% | 41.6% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native * | 39 | 43.6% | 48.7% |
| Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander * | 35 | 31.4% | 68.6% |
| 2 or more minority races * | 10 | 50.0% | 50.0% |
* Fewer than 50 applications -- percentages for this group have wide statistical uncertainty and should not be read as precise.
Reported outcomes by applicant ethnicity
Hispanic or Latino is an ethnicity, not a race, and is reported separately per U.S. Census Bureau standards. The same limitation applies: HMDA records the outcome, not the underwriting inputs behind it.
| Ethnicity | Applications | Approval Rate | Denial Rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| Not Hispanic or Latino | 4,446 | 48.3% | 48.3% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 2,195 | 50.9% | 46.1% |
| Joint | 100 | 61.0% | 33.0% |
Nearby Lenders in CA
Other HMDA-reporting lenders in CA with similar activity. Compare any two side-by-side.
One of 316 other HMDA-reporting lenders in CA, 5 are shown here.
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New American Funding, LLC.
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Nationwide lenders with similar profiles
Two HMDA peer sets for Hometown Equity Mortgage, LLC, both outside CA so the neighborhoods are not state containment (the Nearby list above stays in-state). Peers are drawn from lenders with ≥1,000 applications, the same floor used on approval and denial rankings.
Similar denial rate
Nearest other-state lenders by denial rate (48.2% here).
Similar application volume
Nearest other-state lenders by total applications (9,139 here).
Read with Hometown Equity Mortgage, LLC
Source: Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), Home Mortgage Disclosure Act (HMDA) 2024 for Hometown Equity Mortgage, LLC (LEI 549300RA3E0BUFO7YZ21).
Data from FFIEC / CFPB HMDA Snapshot National Loan-Level Dataset (2024). Informational only, not mortgage advice for applicants at Hometown Equity Mortgage, LLC.
Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.
Every figure on PlainLender is rendered directly from CFPB HMDA federal source data, no number is typed in by an editor. This Hometown Equity Mortgage, LLC page draws directly on CFPB HMDA federal source data, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of 2026-08-10. HMDA figures are lender-filed application outcomes for a published reporting year - not creditworthiness scores, rate quotes, Loan Estimates, underwriting decisions, or mortgage advice.