Mortgage lender · Fort Worth, TX · LEI 549300EW5YD0HPCTME62

Fort Worth City Credit Union review: approval odds, rates and grade (2025)

Fort Worth City Credit Union earns a D, weaker than most 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. Its median loan was priced 0.46 points above the average prime offer rate, ranking in the 31st percentile on pricing. Compared against 1,883 small mortgage lenders using 2025 HMDA filings.

229Applications2025
48.5%Originatedof applications
38.4%Decision denial ratenational 22.6%
6.45%Median ratenational 6.63%
$17MLoan volume2 states

Fort Worth City Credit Union at a glance, 2025

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

31.9%Denial rate (all applications)+13.90 pts vs national
38.4%Denial rate (decided applications)+15.83 pts vs national
48.5%Origination rate-9.56 pts vs national
17.0%Withdrawn by applicant
0.0%Closed for incompleteness
6.45%Median interest rate-0.17 pts vs national
0.46Median rate spread (pts over APOR)+0.20 pts vs national
$105,000Median loan amount
$699Median total loan costs
$110kMedian applicant income
58%Median loan-to-value
0High-cost (HOEPA) loans

How the D 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

Pricingmedian rate spread over APOR, weight 30%

31st0.46 pts

Processwithdrawn + incomplete share, weight 15%

28th17.0%

Closing coststotal loan costs ÷ loan amount, weight 10%

91st0.67% of loan

Trend, 2023–2025

YearApplicationsOriginatedDenial rateDecision denialMedian rateVolume
20232439443.2%50.0%6.64%$9.4M
202423310036.1%42.0%6.73%$15M
202522911131.9%38.4%6.45%$17M

What Fort Worth City Credit Union 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 48 21% · 41.7% denied
Refinance 75 33% · 41.3% denied
Cash-out refinance 35 15% · 48.6% denied
Home improvement 23 10% · 0.0% denied
Other / HELOC 48 21% · 10.4% denied

By loan type

Conventional 229 100% · 31.9% denied

Also: 0 home-equity lines, 0 reverse mortgages, 0 manufactured homes, 8 investment properties.

Why Fort Worth City Credit Union denies applications

Primary reason reported for each of the 73 denials in 2025. Lenders can cite up to four reasons; this is the first one listed.

Debt-to-income ratio 30 41%
Other 22 30%
Credit history 21 29%

How these reasons compare nationally →

Who gets approved at Fort Worth City Credit Union

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

Applicant incomeApplicationsOriginatedDecision denial rate
Under $50k23385.0%
$50k – $100k762951.6%
$100k – $150k663925.0%
$150k – $250k39299.1%
Over $250k221129.4%
Applicant ageApplicationsOriginatedDecision denial rate
25–34261520.0%
35–44452239.5%
45–54582838.0%
55–64652946.3%
65–74231331.6%

Where Fort Worth City Credit Union lends

2 states and 11 counties in 2025. Click a state for the lender's full record there.

StateApplicationsOriginatedDenial rateMedian rateRank in state
Texas22011130.0%6.45%#400

Frequently asked questions

Fort Worth City Credit Union 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.

The most common reason Fort Worth City Credit Union gave in 2025 was "debt-to-income ratio", cited on 41.1% of its denials. Lenders report up to four reasons per denial to the CFPB; the full breakdown is on this page.

The median interest rate on loans Fort Worth City Credit Union originated in 2025 was 6.45%, and its median rate spread over the average prime offer rate was 0.46 points. Rates on this page are what borrowers actually got, not advertised rates.

In 2025, 21% of its applications were for home purchases, 48% for refinancing (including cash-out), and 31% 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 Fort Worth City Credit Union. Data sources · Methodology