Hometown Equity Mortgage · Texas · 2025

Hometown Equity Mortgage in Texas: approval rate, denial rate and rates (2025)

Hometown Equity Mortgage took 1,667 mortgage applications in Texas in 2025, ranking #120 of 1,568 lenders active in the state. It originated 47.7% of them and denied 48.2% (49.8% of the applications it decided), against a statewide denial rate of 19.4%.

1.7kApplicationsin TX
49.8%Decision denial ratestate 24.9%
7.38%Median ratestate 6.50%
$245,000Median loanstate $245,000
$261MVolume99 counties

Hometown Equity Mortgage in Texas vs the state

48.2%Denial rate+28.80 pts vs state
49.8%Decision denial rate+24.88 pts vs state
47.7%Origination rate-7.19 pts vs state
7.38%Median rate+0.88 pts vs state
1.18Rate spread (pts)+0.99 pts vs state
$209kMedian applicant income
795Loans originated
804Denied

Trend in Texas

YearApplicationsOriginatedDenial rateMedian rateRank in state
202358819648.0%8.88%#233
202475437547.9%7.63%#195
20251,66779548.2%7.38%#120

What Hometown Equity Mortgage lends in Texas

By loan purpose

Home purchase 743 45% · 39.8% denied
Refinance 310 19% · 60.0% denied
Cash-out refinance 614 37% · 52.4% denied

By loan type

Conventional 1,615 97% · 47.6% denied
FHA 48 3% · 68.8% denied
VA 3 0% · 33.3% denied
USDA / RHS 1 0% · 100.0% denied

Why it denied Texas applicants

Incomplete application 565 70%
Collateral 114 14%
Credit history 64 8%
Unverifiable information 19 2%
Insufficient cash 18 2%
Debt-to-income ratio 16 2%
Other 7 1%
Employment history 1 0%

Where in Texas

Counties with the most Hometown Equity Mortgage applications in 2025.

CountyApplicationsOriginatedDeniedDenial rate
Harris County 393204166 42.2%
Bexar County 1435980 55.9%
Dallas County 1415084 59.6%
Tarrant County 1034159 57.3%
Montgomery County 854933 38.8%
Fort Bend County 723237 51.4%
Hidalgo County 713533 46.5%
Collin County 562628 50.0%
Travis County 522722 42.3%
El Paso County 471926 55.3%

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: 1,667 applications in 2025, of which 795 were originated and 804 denied.

48.2% of all applications, or 49.8% of the applications it actually decided on. The Texas statewide average across all lenders was 19.4%.

The median rate on loans Hometown Equity Mortgage originated in Texas in 2025 was 7.38%, against a statewide median of 6.50%.

About this data. Figures are Hometown Equity 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