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Texas Dow Employees Credit Union review: approval odds, rates and grade (2025)

Texas Dow Employees Credit Union earns a D, weaker than most mid-size mortgage lenders. It turned down 15.2% of the applications it decided on in 2025, which ranks in the 34th percentile for approval odds. Its median loan was priced 0.58 points above the average prime offer rate, ranking in the 16th percentile on pricing. Compared against 581 mid-size mortgage lenders using 2025 HMDA filings.

1.6kApplications2025
69.0%Originatedof applications
15.2%Decision denial ratenational 22.6%
7.00%Median ratenational 6.63%
$276MLoan volume1 states

Texas Dow Employees Credit Union at a glance, 2025

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

12.4%Denial rate (all applications)-5.61 pts vs national
15.2%Denial rate (decided applications)-7.40 pts vs national
69.0%Origination rate+10.99 pts vs national
17.4%Withdrawn by applicant
1.2%Closed for incompleteness
7.00%Median interest rate+0.38 pts vs national
0.58Median rate spread (pts over APOR)+0.32 pts vs national
$205,000Median loan amount
$4,451Median total loan costs
$114kMedian applicant income
80%Median loan-to-value
0High-cost (HOEPA) loans

How the D grade breaks down

Each component is a percentile rank among 581 mid-size mortgage lenders. Higher is better. Components the lender does not report are left out and the weights redistributed.

Approval oddsdecision denial rate, weight 45%

34th15.2% denied

Pricingmedian rate spread over APOR, weight 30%

16th0.58 pts

Processwithdrawn + incomplete share, weight 15%

41st18.6%

Closing coststotal loan costs ÷ loan amount, weight 10%

55th2.17% of loan

Trend, 2023–2025

YearApplicationsOriginatedDenial rateDecision denialMedian rateVolume
20231,6241,2146.8%8.2%7.38%$285M
20241,5821,06713.8%16.9%7.38%$251M
20251,6171,11612.4%15.2%7.00%$276M

What Texas Dow Employees Credit Union 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 912 56% · 5.3% denied
Refinance 69 4% · 20.3% denied
Cash-out refinance 253 16% · 27.7% denied
Home improvement 2 0% · 50.0% denied
Other / HELOC 381 24% · 17.6% denied

By loan type

Conventional 1,548 96% · 12.3% denied
FHA 56 3% · 14.3% denied
VA 13 1% · 7.7% denied

Also: 0 home-equity lines, 0 reverse mortgages, 2 manufactured homes, 54 investment properties.

Why Texas Dow Employees Credit Union denies applications

Primary reason reported for each of the 200 denials in 2025. Lenders can cite up to four reasons; this is the first one listed.

Debt-to-income ratio 70 35%
Collateral 41 21%
Credit history 33 17%
Other 26 13%
Insufficient cash 15 8%
Unverifiable information 12 6%
Employment history 3 2%

How these reasons compare nationally →

Who gets approved at Texas Dow Employees Credit Union

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

Applicant incomeApplicationsOriginatedDecision denial rate
Under $50k1055731.3%
$50k – $100k53134919.7%
$100k – $150k45433411.4%
$150k – $250k3982829.9%
Over $250k116887.4%
Applicant ageApplicationsOriginatedDecision denial rate
Under 2581664.4%
25–343903016.2%
35–4440226919.2%
45–5434521621.4%
55–6423115417.2%
65–741358617.3%
Over 74332414.3%

Where Texas Dow Employees Credit Union lends

1 states and 81 counties in 2025. Click a state for the lender's full record there.

StateApplicationsOriginatedDenial rateMedian rateRank in state
Texas1,6171,11612.4%7.00%#123

Frequently asked questions

Texas Dow Employees Credit Union denied 15.2% of the applications it decided on in 2025. The national figure across all lenders was 22.6%. On approval odds it ranks in the 34th percentile of mid-size mortgage lenders.

The most common reason Texas Dow Employees Credit Union gave in 2025 was "debt-to-income ratio", cited on 35.0% 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 Texas Dow Employees Credit Union originated in 2025 was 7.00%, and its median rate spread over the average prime offer rate was 0.58 points. Rates on this page are what borrowers actually got, not advertised rates.

In 2025, 56% of its applications were for home purchases, 20% for refinancing (including cash-out), and 24% for home improvement or other purposes. By loan type: 96% conventional, 3% FHA, 1% 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 Texas Dow Employees Credit Union. Data sources · Methodology