Mortgage lender · Katy, TX · LEI 549300U1V61ZDK023383

Brazos Valley Schools review: approval odds, rates and grade (2025)

Brazos Valley Schools earns an F, in the bottom tier of small mortgage lenders. It turned down 38.4% of the applications it decided on in 2025, which ranks in the 4th percentile for approval odds. Compared against 1,883 small mortgage lenders using 2025 HMDA filings.

487Applications2025
29.6%Originatedof applications
38.4%Decision denial ratenational 22.6%
Median ratenational 6.63%
$22MLoan volume2 states

Brazos Valley Schools at a glance, 2025

Every figure is from the lender's own HMDA filing. "vs national" compares with all lenders combined.

27.7%Denial rate (all applications)+9.74 pts vs national
38.4%Denial rate (decided applications)+15.76 pts vs national
29.6%Origination rate-28.46 pts vs national
17.0%Withdrawn by applicant
10.7%Closed for incompleteness
Median interest rate
Median rate spread (pts over APOR)
$155,000Median loan amount
Median total loan costs
$96kMedian applicant income
Median loan-to-value
0High-cost (HOEPA) loans

How the F grade breaks down

Each component is a percentile rank among 1,883 small mortgage lenders. Higher is better. Components the lender does not report are left out and the weights redistributed.

Approval oddsdecision denial rate, weight 45%

4th38.4% denied

Processwithdrawn + incomplete share, weight 15%

7th27.7%

Trend, 2023–2025

YearApplicationsOriginatedDenial rateDecision denialMedian rateVolume
202343215317.6%23.9%$26M
202447414421.5%30.5%$26M
202548714427.7%38.4%$22M

What Brazos Valley Schools lends

Applications by purpose and loan type in 2025, with the denial rate for each. A lender's mix explains a lot of its headline rate: HELOCs and FHA loans are denied far more often than conventional purchase loans.

By loan purpose

Home purchase 232 48% · 27.2% denied
Refinance 47 10% · 25.5% denied
Cash-out refinance 205 42% · 29.3% denied
Home improvement 3 1% · 0.0% denied

By loan type

Conventional 487 100% · 27.7% denied

Also: 0 home-equity lines, 0 reverse mortgages, 14 manufactured homes, 3 investment properties.

Who gets approved at Brazos Valley Schools

Decision denial rate by applicant profile. Groups with fewer than 20 applications are omitted.

Applicant incomeApplicationsOriginatedDecision denial rate
Under $50k55281.6%
$50k – $100k1955145.3%
$100k – $150k1135618.9%
$150k – $250k752925.4%
Over $250k4050.0%
Applicant ageApplicationsOriginatedDecision denial rate
Under 2520438.5%
25–34922535.5%
35–441093532.5%
45–54933434.8%
55–641012252.0%
65–74511835.7%

Where Brazos Valley Schools lends

2 states and 29 counties in 2025. Click a state for the lender's full record there.

StateApplicationsOriginatedDenial rateMedian rateRank in state
Texas33814424.6%#321

Frequently asked questions

Brazos Valley Schools denied 38.4% of the applications it decided on in 2025. The national figure across all lenders was 22.6%. On approval odds it ranks in the 4th percentile of small mortgage lenders.

In 2025, 48% of its applications were for home purchases, 52% for refinancing (including cash-out), and 1% for home improvement or other purposes. By loan type: 100% conventional, 0% FHA, 0% VA.

Every figure on this page comes from the Home Mortgage Disclosure Act (HMDA) Loan/Application Register published by the CFPB, which lenders are required by federal law to file. We add the grade and the comparisons; we do not add facts.

About this data. HMDA data is published once a year by the CFPB. The current release covers applications acted on in calendar year 2025. Figures describe applications the lender acted on, including loans it later sold. Interest rates and costs are medians on originated loans only; some depository institutions are exempt from reporting pricing fields, which is why a few cells read "—". MortgageGrades is not affiliated with Brazos Valley Schools. Data sources · Methodology