21st Mortgage · Mississippi · 2025

21st Mortgage in Mississippi: approval rate, denial rate and rates (2025)

21st Mortgage took 6,764 mortgage applications in Mississippi in 2025, ranking #1 of 681 lenders active in the state. It originated 15.8% of them and denied 48.5% (74.0% of the applications it decided), against a statewide denial rate of 22.9%.

6.8kApplicationsin MS
74.0%Decision denial ratestate 28.5%
10.56%Median ratestate 6.75%
$105,000Median loanstate $135,000
$120MVolume82 counties

21st Mortgage in Mississippi vs the state

48.5%Denial rate+25.62 pts vs state
74.0%Decision denial rate+45.51 pts vs state
15.8%Origination rate-37.08 pts vs state
10.56%Median rate+3.81 pts vs state
4.84Rate spread (pts)+4.51 pts vs state
$57kMedian applicant income
1,068Loans originated
3,283Denied

Trend in Mississippi

YearApplicationsOriginatedDenial rateMedian rateRank in state
20235,8611,04546.1%9.60%#2
20246,7691,25444.2%10.14%#1
20256,7641,06848.5%10.56%#1

What 21st Mortgage lends in Mississippi

By loan purpose

Home purchase 6,645 98% · 48.2% denied
Refinance 79 1% · 64.6% denied
Cash-out refinance 24 0% · 83.3% denied
Home improvement 11 0% · 81.8% denied
Other / HELOC 5 0% · 60.0% denied

By loan type

Conventional 6,764 100% · 48.5% denied

Why it denied Mississippi applicants

Credit history 2,220 68%
Debt-to-income ratio 718 22%
Incomplete application 183 6%
Insufficient cash 83 3%
Collateral 40 1%
Unverifiable information 20 1%
Other 12 0%
Employment history 7 0%

Where in Mississippi

Counties with the most 21st Mortgage applications in 2025.

CountyApplicationsOriginatedDeniedDenial rate
Panola County 1883195 50.5%
Jones County 1852679 42.7%
Rankin County 1833187 47.5%
Lee County 1701375 44.1%
Lincoln County 1682781 48.2%
Marion County 1491885 57.0%
Jasper County 1482184 56.8%
Pearl River County 1481781 54.7%
Harrison County 1463169 47.3%
Pontotoc County 1432061 42.7%

Other large lenders in Mississippi

LenderGradeApplicationsDenial rateMedian rate
Trustmark National BankC 5,53112.5%6.75%
Cadence BankB 5,30119.2%7.25%
Regions BankC 4,91644.7%5.75%
Rocket MortgageC 4,63624.8%6.63%
Community Bank of MississippiC 3,8569.0%7.65%
Renasant BankB 3,18814.3%6.99%
Triad Financial ServicesD 3,14034.4%8.76%
Vanderbilt Mortgage and FinanceF 2,84044.3%10.25%
BankPlusB 2,63810.7%6.50%
Mortgage Research CenterC 2,62819.1%6.38%

Frequently asked questions

Mississippi: 6,764 applications in 2025, of which 1,068 were originated and 3,283 denied.

48.5% of all applications, or 74.0% of the applications it actually decided on. The Mississippi statewide average across all lenders was 22.9%.

The median rate on loans 21st Mortgage originated in Mississippi in 2025 was 10.56%, against a statewide median of 6.75%.

About this data. Figures are 21st Mortgage's own HMDA filing for properties located in Mississippi, 2025. The grade is national; state-level figures are shown for context and are not separately graded. Methodology