Mortgage lender · Houston, TX · LEI 549300MWMG5LNBKUMF75

Stone Meadow Lending review: approval odds, rates and grade (2025)

Stone Meadow Lending earns an A, placing it in the top fifth of small mortgage lenders. It turned down 4.3% of the applications it decided on in 2025, which ranks in the 77th percentile for approval odds. Its median loan was priced 0.42 points below the average prime offer rate, ranking in the 96th percentile on pricing. Compared against 1,883 small mortgage lenders using 2025 HMDA filings.

466Applications2025
81.8%Originatedof applications
4.3%Decision denial ratenational 22.6%
5.75%Median ratenational 6.63%
$119MLoan volume1 states

Stone Meadow Lending at a glance, 2025

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

3.7%Denial rate (all applications)-14.33 pts vs national
4.3%Denial rate (decided applications)-18.32 pts vs national
81.8%Origination rate+23.73 pts vs national
14.6%Withdrawn by applicant
0.0%Closed for incompleteness
5.75%Median interest rate-0.88 pts vs national
-0.42Median rate spread (pts over APOR)-0.67 pts vs national
$315,000Median loan amount
$10,060Median total loan costs
$111kMedian applicant income
97%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%

77th4.3% denied

Pricingmedian rate spread over APOR, weight 30%

96th-0.42 pts

Processwithdrawn + incomplete share, weight 15%

37th14.6%

Closing coststotal loan costs ÷ loan amount, weight 10%

16th3.19% of loan

Trend, 2024–2025

YearApplicationsOriginatedDenial rateDecision denialMedian rateVolume
20244403274.6%5.7%6.13%$86M
20254663813.7%4.3%5.75%$119M

What Stone Meadow 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 466 100% · 3.7% denied

By loan type

Conventional 109 23% · 1.8% denied
FHA 291 62% · 4.5% denied
VA 65 14% · 3.1% denied
USDA / RHS 1 0% · 0.0% denied

Also: 0 home-equity lines, 0 reverse mortgages, 0 manufactured homes, 1 investment properties.

Why Stone Meadow Lending denies applications

Primary reason reported for each of the 17 denials in 2025. Lenders can cite up to four reasons; this is the first one listed.

Debt-to-income ratio 5 29%
Incomplete application 4 24%
Unverifiable information 4 24%
Credit history 2 12%
Insufficient cash 1 6%
Employment history 1 6%

How these reasons compare nationally →

Who gets approved at Stone Meadow Lending

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

Applicant incomeApplicationsOriginatedDecision denial rate
$50k – $100k1851485.7%
$100k – $150k1641373.5%
$150k – $250k98822.4%
Applicant ageApplicationsOriginatedDecision denial rate
Under 25261715.0%
25–341701494.5%
35–441241022.9%
45–5470563.5%
55–6448355.4%
65–7422190.0%

Where Stone Meadow Lending lends

1 states and 14 counties in 2025. Click a state for the lender's full record there.

StateApplicationsOriginatedDenial rateMedian rateRank in state
Texas4663813.7%5.75%#273

Frequently asked questions

Stone Meadow Lending denied 4.3% of the applications it decided on in 2025. The national figure across all lenders was 22.6%. On approval odds it ranks in the 77th percentile of small mortgage lenders.

The most common reason Stone Meadow Lending gave in 2025 was "debt-to-income ratio", cited on 29.4% 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 Stone Meadow Lending originated in 2025 was 5.75%, and its median rate spread over the average prime offer rate was -0.42 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: 23% conventional, 62% FHA, 14% 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 Stone Meadow Lending. Data sources · Methodology