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Sterling County, Texas
Mortgage lending record for properties in the county, calendar year 2024.
HMDA data alone cannot be used to determine whether a lender is complying with fair lending laws. The data do not include some legitimate credit risk considerations for loan approval and loan pricing decisions. Cells under 25 applications are withheld.
Sterling County, Texas, saw 19 HMDA-reported applications and 8 originations ($2.5m) in 2024.
That is 20.1 originations per 1,000 households, against 45.0 for Texas and 48.0 nationally.
Rates are withheld: fewer than 25 applications.
Originations were down 33% on 2023.
Most active lenders
No lender reaches 25 applications in the county.
Compared with Texas and the nation
| Measure | This county | Texas | United States |
|---|---|---|---|
| Denial rate | — | 26.0% | 24.3% |
| Median rate spread, pp | — | 0.2 | 0.3 |
| Originations with spread of 1.5 pp or more | — | 11.8% | 15.6% |
| Average originated loan | — | $350k | $329k |
| Originations per 1,000 households | 20.1 | 45.0 | 48.0 |
| Home purchase share of originations | — | 72.8% | 57.0% |
| FHA-insured share | — | 19.8% | 13.4% |
| VA-guaranteed share | — | 10.4% | 7.9% |
Rate spread distribution
Withheld: fewer than 25 applications.
Loan purpose and loan type
Loan mix withheld: fewer than 25 applications.
Trend by year
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Questions and answers
Which lenders are most active in Sterling County, TX?
No lender reaches 25 applications in the county.
What is the mortgage denial rate in Sterling County?
Withheld: fewer than 25 applications.
How many mortgages were originated in Sterling County in 2024?
8 loans totalling $2.5m, from 19 applications; 20.1 originations per 1,000 households.
Where does this data come from?
From the 2024 public HMDA loan/application register (FFIEC and CFPB), by property county; households from the Census Bureau American Community Survey 2024 five-year estimates.
Provenance
Source: HMDA public loan/application register 2022, 2023, 2024 (FFIEC and CFPB, public domain), records with a property in county FIPS 48431; households and population from the U.S. Census Bureau (ACS 2024 five-year estimates; Vintage 2024 population estimates). Built 30 Sep 2026; data through 1 Aug 2026. See methodology and corrections.