Zillow Home Loans · Texas · 2025

Zillow Home Loans in Texas: approval rate, denial rate and rates (2025)

Zillow Home Loans took 2,367 mortgage applications in Texas in 2025, ranking #85 of 1,568 lenders active in the state. It originated 69.6% of them and denied 6.2% (8.1% of the applications it decided), against a statewide denial rate of 19.4%.

2.4kApplicationsin TX
8.1%Decision denial ratestate 24.9%
6.50%Median ratestate 6.50%
$275,000Median loanstate $245,000
$511MVolume124 counties

Zillow Home Loans in Texas vs the state

6.2%Denial rate-13.22 pts vs state
8.1%Decision denial rate-16.83 pts vs state
69.6%Origination rate+14.74 pts vs state
6.50%Median rate0.00 pts vs state
0.26Rate spread (pts)+0.06 pts vs state
$106kMedian applicant income
1,648Loans originated
147Denied

Trend in Texas

YearApplicationsOriginatedDenial rateMedian rateRank in state
20236154085.7%6.63%#227
20241,2398576.9%6.50%#137
20252,3671,6486.2%6.50%#85

What Zillow Home Loans lends in Texas

By loan purpose

Home purchase 2,359 100% · 6.2% denied
Refinance 8 0% · 12.5% denied

By loan type

Conventional 1,554 66% · 5.0% denied
FHA 547 23% · 10.2% denied
VA 266 11% · 5.3% denied

Why it denied Texas applicants

Debt-to-income ratio 72 49%
Collateral 39 27%
Other 21 14%
Credit history 7 5%
Unverifiable information 5 3%
Employment history 3 2%

Where in Texas

Counties with the most Zillow Home Loans applications in 2025.

CountyApplicationsOriginatedDeniedDenial rate
Bexar County 30220817 5.6%
Harris County 29317925 8.5%
Tarrant County 26318917 6.5%
Dallas County 22714819 8.4%
Collin County 1661273 1.8%
Denton County 1461135 3.4%
Travis County 1341048 6.0%
Williamson County 92653 3.3%
Galveston County 55346 10.9%
Fort Bend County 52342 3.8%

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: 2,367 applications in 2025, of which 1,648 were originated and 147 denied.

6.2% of all applications, or 8.1% of the applications it actually decided on. The Texas statewide average across all lenders was 19.4%.

The median rate on loans Zillow Home Loans originated in Texas in 2025 was 6.50%, against a statewide median of 6.50%.

About this data. Figures are Zillow Home Loans'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