Before New Mexico became a state of the United States, the region was splattered with wars, negotiations and verbal battles for its land. Now the state is primarily known for hosting an amazing balloon festival, the Sands National Monument desert featuring gleaming white gypsum crystals, and for being home to the "Green Chile Capital of the World," courtesy of Hatch. More than 2,000,000 people call New Mexico home and those who (or those who want to) are invited to find New Mexico mortgage rates on Mortgage Marvel.

Those who live in New Mexico are proud to be host to 7 National Forests. Aside from sheer forest quantity, New Mexico also has the Nation's largest forest, the sprawling 3.3 million acre Gila National Forest. However, those are not the only natural resources in the area. The infamous Carlsbad Caverns, Chaco Canyon and culturally rich cities of Santa Fe and Albuquerque are also part of the New Mexico package and Mortgage Marvel can help finance the purchase of your slice of the tamale pie. New Mexico has a mild climate year-round, meaning that all these local treasures will be yours to enjoy once you set roots in state.

New Mexico officially joined the union in 1912 and eventually became the home to three military sites, the White Sands Missile Range, and the federal research laboratories Los Alamos National Laboratory and Sandia National Laboratories. Those who prefer science fiction may want to live closer to Roswell, the site of the notorious Roswell UFO Incident and the discovery of alien corpses from a crashed UFO (July 1947). There is plenty to discover in New Mexico, including the regions best mortgage rates thanks to Mortgage Marvel.