Mortgage lender · Houston, TX · LEI 549300ODE6V13YFWTW21

Houston Texas Fire Fighters review: approval odds, rates and grade (2025)

Houston Texas Fire Fighters earns an F, in the bottom tier of small mortgage lenders. It turned down 46.9% of the applications it decided on in 2025, which ranks in the 2nd percentile for approval odds. Compared against 1,883 small mortgage lenders using 2025 HMDA filings.

131Applications2025
45.0%Originatedof applications
46.9%Decision denial ratenational 22.6%
Median ratenational 6.63%
$7.7MLoan volume1 states

Houston Texas Fire Fighters at a glance, 2025

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

39.7%Denial rate (all applications)+21.71 pts vs national
46.9%Denial rate (decided applications)+24.26 pts vs national
45.0%Origination rate-12.99 pts vs national
15.3%Withdrawn by applicant
0.0%Closed for incompleteness
Median interest rate
Median rate spread (pts over APOR)
$145,000Median loan amount
Median total loan costs
$103kMedian applicant income
Median loan-to-value
0High-cost (HOEPA) loans

How the F 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%

2nd46.9% denied

Processwithdrawn + incomplete share, weight 15%

34th15.3%

Trend, 2023–2025

YearApplicationsOriginatedDenial rateDecision denialMedian rateVolume
20231936760.6%63.6%$8.6M
20241886265.4%65.8%$8.1M
20251315939.7%46.9%$7.7M

What Houston Texas Fire Fighters 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 42 32% · 66.7% denied
Refinance 7 5% · 71.4% denied
Cash-out refinance 69 53% · 24.6% denied
Home improvement 13 10% · 15.4% denied

By loan type

Conventional 131 100% · 39.7% denied

Also: 0 home-equity lines, 0 reverse mortgages, 3 manufactured homes, 6 investment properties.

Why Houston Texas Fire Fighters denies applications

Primary reason reported for each of the 52 denials in 2025. Lenders can cite up to four reasons; this is the first one listed.

Debt-to-income ratio 35 67%
Other 14 27%
Credit history 2 4%
Collateral 1 2%

How these reasons compare nationally →

Who gets approved at Houston Texas Fire Fighters

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

Applicant incomeApplicationsOriginatedDecision denial rate
$50k – $100k501855.0%
$100k – $150k442532.4%
$150k – $250k211335.0%
Applicant ageApplicationsOriginatedDecision denial rate
35–4420955.0%
45–54311734.6%
55–64331640.7%
65–74251240.0%

Where Houston Texas Fire Fighters lends

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

StateApplicationsOriginatedDenial rateMedian rateRank in state
Texas1315939.7%#500

Frequently asked questions

Houston Texas Fire Fighters denied 46.9% of the applications it decided on in 2025. The national figure across all lenders was 22.6%. On approval odds it ranks in the 2nd percentile of small mortgage lenders.

The most common reason Houston Texas Fire Fighters gave in 2025 was "debt-to-income ratio", cited on 67.3% of its denials. Lenders report up to four reasons per denial to the CFPB; the full breakdown is on this page.

In 2025, 32% of its applications were for home purchases, 58% for refinancing (including cash-out), and 10% 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 Houston Texas Fire Fighters. Data sources · Methodology