Mortgage lender · Houston, TX · LEI 5493008615GHD3IQ8V72

Grace Home Lending review: approval odds, rates and grade (2025)

Grace Home Lending earns an A, placing it in the top fifth of small mortgage lenders. It turned down 1.0% of the applications it decided on in 2025, which ranks in the 93rd percentile for approval odds. Its median loan was priced 0.52 points below the average prime offer rate, ranking in the 97th percentile on pricing. Compared against 1,883 small mortgage lenders using 2025 HMDA filings.

847Applications2025
79.5%Originatedof applications
1.0%Decision denial ratenational 22.6%
5.49%Median ratenational 6.63%
$263MLoan volume3 states

Grace Home Lending at a glance, 2025

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

0.8%Denial rate (all applications)-17.15 pts vs national
1.0%Denial rate (decided applications)-21.56 pts vs national
79.5%Origination rate+21.43 pts vs national
19.6%Withdrawn by applicant
0.1%Closed for incompleteness
5.49%Median interest rate-1.13 pts vs national
-0.52Median rate spread (pts over APOR)-0.77 pts vs national
$375,000Median loan amount
$7,573Median total loan costs
$155kMedian applicant income
88%Median loan-to-value
1High-cost (HOEPA) loans

How the A 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%

93rd1.0% denied

Pricingmedian rate spread over APOR, weight 30%

97th-0.52 pts

Processwithdrawn + incomplete share, weight 15%

20th19.7%

Closing coststotal loan costs ÷ loan amount, weight 10%

46th2.02% of loan

Trend, 2024–2025

YearApplicationsOriginatedDenial rateDecision denialMedian rateVolume
20246874833.2%4.3%6.00%$179M
20258476730.8%1.0%5.49%$263M

What Grace Home Lending 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 844 100% · 0.8% denied
Refinance 3 0% · 0.0% denied

By loan type

Conventional 615 73% · 0.3% denied
FHA 163 19% · 2.5% denied
VA 69 8% · 1.5% denied

Also: 0 home-equity lines, 0 reverse mortgages, 0 manufactured homes, 10 investment properties.

Why Grace Home Lending denies applications

Primary reason reported for each of the 7 denials in 2025. Lenders can cite up to four reasons; this is the first one listed.

Debt-to-income ratio 5 71%
Credit history 1 14%
Incomplete application 1 14%

How these reasons compare nationally →

Who gets approved at Grace Home Lending

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

Applicant incomeApplicationsOriginatedDecision denial rate
$50k – $100k105851.2%
$100k – $150k2772310.9%
$150k – $250k3422611.1%
Over $250k118950.0%
Applicant ageApplicationsOriginatedDecision denial rate
Under 2522160.0%
25–342442021.5%
35–442091660.6%
45–541731371.4%
55–64115870.0%
65–7471550.0%

Where Grace Home Lending lends

3 states and 19 counties in 2025. Click a state for the lender's full record there.

StateApplicationsOriginatedDenial rateMedian rateRank in state
Texas7305681.0%5.63%#206
Florida1161050.0%5.25%#459

Frequently asked questions

Grace Home Lending denied 1.0% of the applications it decided on in 2025. The national figure across all lenders was 22.6%. On approval odds it ranks in the 93rd percentile of small mortgage lenders.

The most common reason Grace Home Lending gave in 2025 was "debt-to-income ratio", cited on 71.4% 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 Grace Home Lending originated in 2025 was 5.49%, and its median rate spread over the average prime offer rate was -0.52 points. Rates on this page are what borrowers actually got, not advertised rates.

In 2025, 100% of its applications were for home purchases, 0% for refinancing (including cash-out), and 0% for home improvement or other purposes. By loan type: 73% conventional, 19% FHA, 8% 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 Grace Home Lending. Data sources · Methodology