Cornerstone First Mortgage · Texas · 2025

Cornerstone First Mortgage in Texas: approval rate, denial rate and rates (2025)

Cornerstone First Mortgage took 624 mortgage applications in Texas in 2025, ranking #226 of 1,568 lenders active in the state. It originated 57.2% of them and denied 6.7% (10.5% of the applications it decided), against a statewide denial rate of 19.4%.

624Applicationsin TX
10.5%Decision denial ratestate 24.9%
6.88%Median ratestate 6.50%
$295,000Median loanstate $245,000
$127MVolume76 counties

Cornerstone First Mortgage in Texas vs the state

6.7%Denial rate-12.70 pts vs state
10.5%Decision denial rate-14.40 pts vs state
57.2%Origination rate+2.33 pts vs state
6.88%Median rate+0.38 pts vs state
0.69Rate spread (pts)+0.50 pts vs state
$121kMedian applicant income
357Loans originated
42Denied

Trend in Texas

YearApplicationsOriginatedDenial rateMedian rateRank in state
202373730.0%6.75%#625
20242551761.6%6.81%#351
20256243576.7%6.88%#226

What Cornerstone First Mortgage lends in Texas

By loan purpose

Home purchase 499 80% · 6.4% denied
Refinance 85 14% · 8.2% denied
Cash-out refinance 40 6% · 7.5% denied

By loan type

Conventional 361 58% · 5.5% denied
FHA 193 31% · 8.3% denied
VA 64 10% · 9.4% denied
USDA / RHS 6 1% · 0.0% denied

Why it denied Texas applicants

Credit history 12 29%
Debt-to-income ratio 11 26%
Collateral 7 17%
Unverifiable information 5 12%
Other 5 12%
Employment history 1 2%
Insufficient cash 1 2%

Where in Texas

Counties with the most Cornerstone First Mortgage applications in 2025.

CountyApplicationsOriginatedDeniedDenial rate
Dallas County 74477 9.5%
Harris County 70249 12.9%
Tarrant County 56342 3.6%
Collin County 42263 7.1%
Montgomery County 34154 11.8%
Fort Bend County 28104 14.3%
Denton County 27190 0.0%
Bexar County 24171 4.2%
Galveston County 2184 19.0%
Nueces County 18130 0.0%

Other large lenders in Texas

LenderGradeApplicationsDenial rateMedian rate
United Shore Financial ServicesB 56,49111.0%6.25%
Rocket MortgageC 45,65822.4%6.63%
21st MortgageF 37,96145.9%9.94%
Dhi Mortgage CompanyB 26,34813.5%4.50%
Lennar MortgageA 21,95920.5%4.50%
Bank of AmericaF 18,00843.0%6.24%
JPMorgan Chase BankB 16,2609.8%6.45%
CMG MortgageA 15,9783.9%6.50%
Vanderbilt Mortgage and FinanceF 15,68344.7%10.50%
Triad Financial ServicesD 15,15850.0%9.35%

Frequently asked questions

Texas: 624 applications in 2025, of which 357 were originated and 42 denied.

6.7% of all applications, or 10.5% of the applications it actually decided on. The Texas statewide average across all lenders was 19.4%.

The median rate on loans Cornerstone First Mortgage originated in Texas in 2025 was 6.88%, against a statewide median of 6.50%.

About this data. Figures are Cornerstone First Mortgage's own HMDA filing for properties located in Texas, 2025. The grade is national; state-level figures are shown for context and are not separately graded. Methodology