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FHA denial rates in Texas: every major lender, ranked (2025)

Direct answer · updated 2026-07-19

Texas’s FHA denial rate in 2025 was 15.7% across 131,577 decisioned applications — ranking #50 of 52 states. Among high-volume lenders, the lowest observed denial rate was Crosscountry Mortgage, LLC at 4.3%; the highest was Lakeview Loan Servicing, LLC at 55.7%. The institutional spread inside Texas is 13.0×: the same FHA application faces a 4.3% observed denial rate at one high-volume door and 55.7% at another — two real endpoints of the federal record, same state, same program. Source: complete CFPB HMDA 2025 federal record.

Every high-volume FHA lender in Texas

Cells require 100+ decisioned applications. Sorted softest first. Observed rates — not endorsements.

LenderTexas FHA appsDenial rate
Crosscountry Mortgage, LLC2,2664.3%
Velocio Mortgage, L.L.C.1,8204.5%
Cmg Mortgage Inc3,3564.9%
Guild Mortgage Company2,5925.2%
Fairway Independent Mort Corp2,2425.3%
Primelending1,6767.6%
Freedom Mortgage Corporation3,04611.8%
New American Funding, LLC.2,00113.0%
United Wholesale Mortgage9,33317.7%
Dhi Mortgage Company, Ltd.12,68518.4%
Pennymac Loan Services LLC1,59819.5%
Lennar Mortgage, LLC11,12624.1%
Rocket Mortgage4,25524.4%
Loandepot.Com LLC3,20927.7%
Lakeview Loan Servicing, LLC2,48855.7%

The small-loan penalty in Texas

Applications under $150K were denied 25.5% of the time versus 14.9% for loans of $250K+ — a 1.7× penalty on the smallest loans. National context: the small-loan penalty.

What is HMDA?

The Home Mortgage Disclosure Act requires every U.S. mortgage lender to report every application — outcome, amount, and denial reason — to federal regulators annually. It is government-verified, covers all lenders equally, and cannot be gamed. These tables are processed directly from that record.

Who pays for this?

Nobody. No lender pays to appear or improve its position; no ads, no referral fees, no lead sales. FinanceRateCalc is not a lender and does not compete with the institutions it measures. Rates reflect applicant mix and channel as well as underwriting appetite — a high rate is not an accusation, and a low one is not advice. Compare nationally: the top-100 table · the 15-market door map · all 52 states ranked · why each lender says no.