Home financing in La Plata County.
County-by-county financing guides. No paperwork. No social. No ID.
2 institutions are headquartered inside the La Plata County line, and 2 more keep a branch here. Below, we say which is which.
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The doors in La Plata County.
The CDFIs, credit unions, and microlenders that actually say yes — county by county, in two languages. We are not a lender. Nobody paid to be listed. And where a county has no good doors, we say so.
- 4
- DOORS HERE
- 2
- BASED HERE
- 36
- CO COUNTIES WITH DOORS
- Lane
- Home Financing
- People
- 56Kresidents of La Plata County
- Elsewhere in CO
- Denver County →15 doors — the biggest list of any other county in Colorado
- State
- Colorado →36 of 64 counties hold a door in this lane
Certified by the U.S. Treasury to lend where a bank will not. Nonprofit, patient, and used to a file that is not clean.
First Southwest BankOwned by their members, not by shareholders. They look at your whole story rather than a score, and that is the difference when a bank says no.
Credit Union of Colorado · Sunward Credit Union- First Southwest BankPersonal · Business capital
- Region 9 Economic Development District of SW ColoradoBusiness capital
Based elsewhere, with a member-facing office inside the La Plata County line. You can walk in.
- Credit Union of ColoradoPersonal · Home · Business capital
- Sunward Credit UnionPersonal · Home · Business capital
- Mission Asset FundAccepts ITIN
Zero-interest lending circles and credit building. SSN or ITIN accepted. Works through nonprofit partners across the country.
Personal - Accion Opportunity FundAccepts ITIN
Nonprofit small-business lender. Accepts ITIN in place of SSN. Serves most states, in English and Spanish.
Business capital - Grameen AmericaAccepts ITIN
Microloans for women entrepreneurs. Requires photo ID and proof of address — no SSN requirement. Branches in major metro areas.
Business capital
1 of the 4 doors inside the county line are CDFI-certified.
The U.S. Treasury certifies them to lend to the people banks pass over. It is a loan, not a favour.
How to read this list.
We do not ask for your name, your email, or your number. Nothing on this page changes based on who you are.
A door is headquartered here when its head office sits inside the county line. The rest are based elsewhere and keep a branch you can walk into. We list both, and we label which is which.
Every institution on this page comes from public federal data — the CDFI Fund certified list (Aug 2026), NCUA credit union data (Jun 2026), and the SBA microloan intermediary list (Sep 2026) — plus a short national tier we verified by hand. We refresh each list as its agency publishes. No listing is paid.
Who actually approves home loans in La Plata County.
home-purchase applications that reached a decision were turned down: 59 of 590.
- Applications
- 773
- Loans made
- 503
- Median rate
- 6.5%
- Too much debt for the income49.2%
- Credit history18.6%
- The home's value or condition10.2%
- United Shore Financial Services3062447.8%6.4%
- The Central Trust Bank71620%6.4%
- Rocket Mortgage866116%6.4%
- Bank of Colorado77518.9%6.6%
- Alpine Bank533219.6%7%
- Glacier Bank562722.9%6.3%
- Flanagan State Bank292314.8%6.5%
- Guild Mortgage17150%6.5%
- Credit Union of Colorado231426.3%7.1%
- Triad Financial Services371318.9%8.8%
The 10 lenders that made the most home loans in La Plata County in 2025, buying and refinancing together. The mark on each bar is the whole county's denial rate (14.8%). Home loans only: first-lien, owner-occupied, one-to-four-unit homes, as reported under the federal HMDA law. Small lenders below its reporting threshold — many of the credit unions above — don't report, so their loans aren't counted here. Rates are for loans made. Source: HMDA 2025 public loan records (FFIEC).
La Plata County is a high-cost, rural mountain community anchored by Durango, where median home prices regularly exceed statewide averages and the workforce includes many contractors, seasonal workers, and self-employed residents. This guide walks you through what home financing actually looks like locally — which lenders and community organizations serve this area, what documents you will need, what Colorado-specific programs can help, and which warning signs to watch for. Whether you have a Social Security Number or an ITIN, there are real pathways to homeownership in La Plata County if you know where to look.
- 4
- DOORS HERE
- 36
- ACROSS CO
Based in Denver, Colorado. A credit union — owned by its members rather than by shareholders, which is exactly what changes the conversation after a bank has said no.
BEST FORA personal loan, or building a credit file from nothing, and buying, repairing or refinancing a home.Based in Albuquerque, New Mexico. A member-owned credit union, which means the people deciding on your file answer to depositors in the same towns you work in.
BEST FORBuying, repairing or refinancing a home, and working capital, equipment and payroll for a small business.Based in Durango, Colorado. A CDFI — a mission lender, not a branch network. It is measured on who it reaches, which is why a thin file is not the end of the conversation.
BEST FORA personal loan, or building a credit file from nothing, and working capital, equipment and payroll for a small business.Based in Durango, Colorado. An SBA microloan intermediary — a nonprofit that lends federal microloan money directly, in the sizes a bank does not bother with.
BEST FORWorking capital, equipment and payroll for a small business.Everything below is set by Colorado, and it reads the same in every county in it. The 4 marks above are this county's own doors — who opens one is decided by them, not by the state.
The rules where you are.
None of this is set by a lender. Colorado sets it, and it applies the same in every county in the state — which is why it is worth knowing before you knock on any of the doors above.
- PROPERTY TAX0.49% effective
What Colorado charges every year on what the house is worth. No lender sets it and it does not go away when the loan does — it is part of the payment from day one.
- MEDIAN HOME, STATEWIDE$548K
The number an appraisal gets read against. A house well under it is often the loan a big bank does not want — which is exactly what the doors above are for.
- STATE INCOME TAX4.4% flat
It comes off before a lender works out how much of your income can go to a payment.
- COST OF LIVING105.5
National index, where 100 is the country's average. Under 100 means your money goes further here than it does nationally.
Sources: Tax Foundation 2025 · Census ACS 5-year 2023 · BEA/MERIC COLI 2024 · Zillow 2026-Q1. As of 2026-04.
The short version.
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4 doors sit inside the La Plata County line. They are up the page, by name and by town — and none of them paid to be there.
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1 of them are certified by the U.S. Treasury as CDFIs. Lending where a bank will not is their mandate, not a favour.
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This page did not ask you for a name, an email, or a number, and nothing on it changes based on who you are.
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36 of Colorado's 64 counties hold a door in this lane. If La Plata County does not have the one you need, the whole state is one click away.
Same county, another question.
Business FinancingLoans, lines of credit, and capital for small businesses and contractorsSEE IT IN LA PLATA COUNTY →
Personal FinancingPersonal loans, credit building, and ITIN-friendly financing optionsSEE IT IN LA PLATA COUNTY →36CO COUNTIES WITH DOORSThe whole stateEvery county in Colorado, in this same lane.36 institutions fund homes and repairs inside Colorado county lines.OPEN THE STATE →Still don't see your situation?
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