First National Bank of East Texas · Texas · 2025

First National Bank of East Texas in Texas: approval rate, denial rate and rates (2025)

First National Bank of East Texas took 157 mortgage applications in Texas in 2025, ranking #464 of 1,568 lenders active in the state. It originated 72.6% of them and denied 13.4% (13.6% of the applications it decided), against a statewide denial rate of 19.4%.

157Applicationsin TX
13.6%Decision denial ratestate 24.9%
Median ratestate 6.50%
$145,000Median loanstate $245,000
$31MVolume21 counties

First National Bank of East Texas in Texas vs the state

13.4%Denial rate-6.05 pts vs state
13.6%Decision denial rate-11.26 pts vs state
72.6%Origination rate+17.73 pts vs state
Median rate
Rate spread (pts)
$114kMedian applicant income
114Loans originated
21Denied

Trend in Texas

YearApplicationsOriginatedDenial rateMedian rateRank in state
202318214111.0%#421
202413410013.4%#492
202515711413.4%#464

What First National Bank of East Texas lends in Texas

By loan purpose

Home purchase 102 65% · 10.8% denied
Refinance 12 8% · 8.3% denied
Cash-out refinance 19 12% · 26.3% denied
Home improvement 14 9% · 7.1% denied
Other / HELOC 10 6% · 30.0% denied

By loan type

Conventional 157 100% · 13.4% denied

Why it denied Texas applicants

Debt-to-income ratio 12 57%
Credit history 8 38%
Collateral 1 5%

Where in Texas

Counties with the most First National Bank of East Texas applications in 2025.

CountyApplicationsOriginatedDeniedDenial rate
Upshur County 32225 15.6%
Wood County 32207 21.9%
Hopkins County 22152 9.1%
Franklin County 1391 7.7%
Gregg County 1081 10.0%
Harrison County 980 0.0%
Smith County 770 0.0%
Rusk County 550 0.0%
Rains County 431 25.0%
Van Zandt County 330 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: 157 applications in 2025, of which 114 were originated and 21 denied.

13.4% of all applications, or 13.6% of the applications it actually decided on. The Texas statewide average across all lenders was 19.4%.

This lender did not report interest rates on its originated loans (some institutions are exempt from HMDA pricing fields).

About this data. Figures are First National Bank of East Texas'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