El Paso County

Texas · FIPS 48141

According to CFPB HMDA 2024 application volume among U.S. counties, El Paso County ranks #88 of 3,210, and #11 of 253 in Texas.

Mortgage lending activity in El Paso County, Texas based on lender filings under the Home Mortgage Disclosure Act (HMDA). Data covers all applications received by HMDA-reporting institutions operating in this county during 2024. Why mortgages get denied walks the denial-reason codes that appear in books like this one.

Local mortgage market. El Paso County, Texas saw 26,172 HMDA-reported mortgage applications in 2024. Lenders originated 11,953 of those loans and denied 4,596, producing a denial rate of 17.6% and an approval (origination) rate of 45.7%. The average loan amount was $219,885 at an average note rate of 6.67%, with applicants self-reporting average annual income of $40K. 325 distinct institutions reported mortgage activity in this county.

Borrower leverage and affordability signal. The loan-to-income ratio averages 5.5x, meaning typical borrowers took on mortgages of about 5.5 times their annual income. That ratio is a rough affordability signal: higher multiples imply tighter monthly budgets and greater exposure to rate or income shocks. See our methodology for how to read the denial rate against a local applicant pool. This page is informational data reporting, not financial, legal, or mortgage advice.

26,172
Applications
11,953
Originated
17.6%
Denial Rate
$219,885
Avg Loan Amount

Lender concentration in El Paso County

Lead lender
Top-1 share
11.3%
Top-3 share
23.7%
Book band
Balanced book

In El Paso County, lead originator GECU funded 11.3% of 11,953 originated loans, in the middle tercile of U.S. counties (~10.9-16.7% top-1). The top three reporters together hold 23.7% of the book; a local credit union or regional bank still sits beside the national wholesalers.

Counties With Similar Application Volume

Nationwide counties nearest to El Paso County's 26,172 HMDA applications.

Counties With a Similar Average Loan

Nationwide counties nearest to El Paso County's $219,885 average loan (deduped against volume peers).

Lenders active in El Paso County

GECU funded 1,350 of the 11,953 loans originated in El Paso County, 11.3% of the county. 325 lenders reported activity here.

# Lender Originated Market Share
1 GECU 1,350 11.3%
2 United Wholesale Mortgage 894 7.5%
3 Change Lending, LLC 589 4.9%
4 Rocket Mortgage 578 4.8%
5 Cmg Mortgage INC 517 4.3%

Source: Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), Home Mortgage Disclosure Act (HMDA) 2024. County FIPS codes per U.S. Census Bureau standards.

Data from FFIEC / CFPB HMDA Snapshot National Loan-Level Dataset (2024). Provided for informational purposes only; does not constitute financial advice for El Paso County borrowers.

Every figure on PlainLender is rendered directly from CFPB HMDA federal source data, no number is typed in by an editor. This El Paso County page draws directly on CFPB HMDA federal source data, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of 2026-08-10. HMDA figures are lender-filed application outcomes for a published reporting year - not creditworthiness scores, rate quotes, Loan Estimates, underwriting decisions, or mortgage advice.