Golden Empire Mortgage · Texas · 2025

Golden Empire Mortgage in Texas: approval rate, denial rate and rates (2025)

Golden Empire Mortgage took 158 mortgage applications in Texas in 2025, ranking #460 of 1,568 lenders active in the state. It originated 66.5% of them and denied 10.1% (13.0% of the applications it decided), against a statewide denial rate of 19.4%.

158Applicationsin TX
13.0%Decision denial ratestate 24.9%
6.63%Median ratestate 6.50%
$375,000Median loanstate $245,000
$43MVolume28 counties

Golden Empire Mortgage in Texas vs the state

10.1%Denial rate-9.30 pts vs state
13.0%Decision denial rate-11.89 pts vs state
66.5%Origination rate+11.58 pts vs state
6.63%Median rate+0.13 pts vs state
0.33Rate spread (pts)+0.13 pts vs state
$170kMedian applicant income
105Loans originated
16Denied

Trend in Texas

YearApplicationsOriginatedDenial rateMedian rateRank in state
202336238.3%7.38%#773
20242211375.4%6.75%#381
202515810510.1%6.63%#460

What Golden Empire Mortgage lends in Texas

By loan purpose

Home purchase 134 85% · 9.7% denied
Refinance 9 6% · 22.2% denied
Cash-out refinance 15 9% · 6.7% denied

By loan type

Conventional 123 78% · 9.8% denied
FHA 21 13% · 14.3% denied
VA 14 9% · 7.1% denied

Why it denied Texas applicants

Insufficient cash 8 50%
Collateral 5 31%
Debt-to-income ratio 2 13%
Incomplete application 1 6%

Where in Texas

Counties with the most Golden Empire Mortgage applications in 2025.

CountyApplicationsOriginatedDeniedDenial rate
Travis County 67456 9.0%
Williamson County 25162 8.0%
Hays County 1381 7.7%
Bexar County 953 33.3%
Harris County 750 0.0%
Bell County 530 0.0%
Bastrop County 530 0.0%
Tarrant County 430 0.0%
Burnet County 312 66.7%
Wood County 220 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: 158 applications in 2025, of which 105 were originated and 16 denied.

10.1% of all applications, or 13.0% of the applications it actually decided on. The Texas statewide average across all lenders was 19.4%.

The median rate on loans Golden Empire Mortgage originated in Texas in 2025 was 6.63%, against a statewide median of 6.50%.

About this data. Figures are Golden Empire 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