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Legend Lending
Houston, TX · Independent non-bank lender · CFPB · 1,051 loans in 2025
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1,051
loans originated, 2025
1,425
applications, 2025
19
states and territories
0
gaps bigger than at similar lenders
Who Legend Lending competes with, by dollars lent in 2025, in its five largest markets and the three it entered most recently. A Pareto chart puts the lenders in order of size and draws their running share, so the reader sees how concentrated each market is: where the line climbs steeply, a few lenders hold most of it.
FIG. 1 — HOUSTON-PASADENA-THE WOODLANDS, TX, 2025
Legend Lending ranks 49th of 929 lenders in Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX, with $191.3M lent: 0.4% of a $43.85B market.
Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX is one of its five largest markets. Bars: dollars lent by each of the ten largest lenders, and Legend Lending in amber (marked ▶, with its rank when below the ten). Line: the running total of the bars as a share of the whole market, ending at 31% of it.
SOURCE: FFIEC HMDA 2025, DOLLARS LENT ON LOANS ORIGINATED
FIG. 2 — TAMPA-ST. PETERSBURG-CLEARWATER, FL, 2025
Legend Lending ranks 125th of 925 lenders in Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL, with $42.0M lent: 0.2% of a $26.60B market.
Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL is one of its five largest markets. Bars: dollars lent by each of the ten largest lenders, and Legend Lending in amber (marked ▶, with its rank when below the ten). Line: the running total of the bars as a share of the whole market, ending at 33% of it.
SOURCE: FFIEC HMDA 2025, DOLLARS LENT ON LOANS ORIGINATED
FIG. 3 — CORPUS CHRISTI, TX, 2025
Legend Lending ranks 27th of 389 lenders in Corpus Christi, TX, with $17.2M lent: 0.8% of a $2.10B market.
Corpus Christi, TX is one of its five largest markets. Bars: dollars lent by each of the ten largest lenders, and Legend Lending in amber (marked ▶, with its rank when below the ten). Line: the running total of the bars as a share of the whole market, ending at 41% of it.
SOURCE: FFIEC HMDA 2025, DOLLARS LENT ON LOANS ORIGINATED
FIG. 4 — CHARLESTON-NORTH CHARLESTON, SC, 2025
Legend Lending ranks 149th of 617 lenders in Charleston-North Charleston, SC, with $11.8M lent: 0.1% of a $11.91B market.
Charleston-North Charleston, SC is one of its five largest markets. Bars: dollars lent by each of the ten largest lenders, and Legend Lending in amber (marked ▶, with its rank when below the ten). Line: the running total of the bars as a share of the whole market, ending at 29% of it.
SOURCE: FFIEC HMDA 2025, DOLLARS LENT ON LOANS ORIGINATED
FIG. 5 — AUSTIN-ROUND ROCK-SAN MARCOS, TX, 2025
Legend Lending ranks 260th of 753 lenders in Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX, with $8.9M lent: 0.0% of a $22.41B market.
Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX is one of its five largest markets. Bars: dollars lent by each of the ten largest lenders, and Legend Lending in amber (marked ▶, with its rank when below the ten). Line: the running total of the bars as a share of the whole market, ending at 31% of it.
SOURCE: FFIEC HMDA 2025, DOLLARS LENT ON LOANS ORIGINATED
FIG. 6 — NON-METRO WASHINGTON, 2025
Legend Lending ranks 305th of 440 lenders in non-metro Washington, with $830K lent: 0.0% of a $6.13B market.
non-metro Washington is one of the three markets it entered most recently. Bars: dollars lent by each of the ten largest lenders, and Legend Lending in amber (marked ▶, with its rank when below the ten). Line: the running total of the bars as a share of the whole market, ending at 39% of it.
SOURCE: FFIEC HMDA 2025, DOLLARS LENT ON LOANS ORIGINATED
FIG. 7 — BOSTON-CAMBRIDGE-NEWTON, MA-NH, 2025
Legend Lending ranks 598th of 664 lenders in Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH, with $525K lent: 0.0% of a $49.59B market.
Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH is one of the three markets it entered most recently. Bars: dollars lent by each of the ten largest lenders, and Legend Lending in amber (marked ▶, with its rank when below the ten). Line: the running total of the bars as a share of the whole market, ending at 34% of it.
SOURCE: FFIEC HMDA 2025, DOLLARS LENT ON LOANS ORIGINATED
FIG. 8 — FLORENCE, SC, 2025
Legend Lending ranks 151st of 256 lenders in Florence, SC, with $425K lent: 0.1% of a $673.0M market.
Florence, SC is one of the three markets it entered most recently. Bars: dollars lent by each of the ten largest lenders, and Legend Lending in amber (marked ▶, with its rank when below the ten). Line: the running total of the bars as a share of the whole market, ending at 43% of it.
SOURCE: FFIEC HMDA 2025, DOLLARS LENT ON LOANS ORIGINATED
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