Southern Lending Services · Texas · 2025

Southern Lending Services in Texas: approval rate, denial rate and rates (2025)

Southern Lending Services took 241 mortgage applications in Texas in 2025, ranking #381 of 1,568 lenders active in the state. It originated 84.7% of them and denied 0.4% (0.5% of the applications it decided), against a statewide denial rate of 19.4%.

241Applicationsin TX
0.5%Decision denial ratestate 24.9%
5.75%Median ratestate 6.50%
$505,000Median loanstate $245,000
$103MVolume9 counties

Southern Lending Services in Texas vs the state

0.4%Denial rate-19.02 pts vs state
0.5%Decision denial rate-24.41 pts vs state
84.7%Origination rate+29.77 pts vs state
5.75%Median rate-0.75 pts vs state
-0.81Rate spread (pts)-1.00 pts vs state
$171kMedian applicant income
204Loans originated
1Denied

Trend in Texas

YearApplicationsOriginatedDenial rateMedian rateRank in state
20232812030.4%4.99%#330
20242492110.4%5.99%#357
20252412040.4%5.75%#381

What Southern Lending Services lends in Texas

By loan purpose

Home purchase 241 100% · 0.4% denied

By loan type

Conventional 157 65% · 0.6% denied
FHA 31 13% · 0.0% denied
VA 53 22% · 0.0% denied

Why it denied Texas applicants

Employment history 1 100%

Where in Texas

Counties with the most Southern Lending Services applications in 2025.

CountyApplicationsOriginatedDeniedDenial rate
Williamson County 95830 0.0%
Bexar County 50370 0.0%
Comal County 26230 0.0%
Bastrop County 16150 0.0%
Guadalupe County 16120 0.0%
Hays County 12110 0.0%
Kendall County 1080 0.0%
Denton County 981 11.1%
Travis County 770 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: 241 applications in 2025, of which 204 were originated and 1 denied.

0.4% of all applications, or 0.5% of the applications it actually decided on. The Texas statewide average across all lenders was 19.4%.

The median rate on loans Southern Lending Services originated in Texas in 2025 was 5.75%, against a statewide median of 6.50%.

About this data. Figures are Southern Lending Services'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