Mortgage lender · Opelousas, LA · LEI 549300E8WNDXIPI7FA49

American Bank & Trust review: approval odds, rates and grade (2025)

American Bank & Trust earns an A, placing it in the top fifth of investment-property lenders. It turned down 0.8% of the applications it decided on in 2025, which ranks in the 86th percentile for approval odds. Compared against 220 investment-property lenders using 2025 HMDA filings.

123Applications2025
91.1%Originatedof applications
0.8%Decision denial ratenational 22.6%
Median ratenational 6.63%
$25MLoan volume2 states

American Bank & Trust at a glance, 2025

Every figure is from the lender's own HMDA filing. "vs national" compares with all lenders combined.

0.8%Denial rate (all applications)-17.17 pts vs national
0.8%Denial rate (decided applications)-21.76 pts vs national
91.1%Origination rate+33.03 pts vs national
1.6%Withdrawn by applicant
0.0%Closed for incompleteness
Median interest rate
Median rate spread (pts over APOR)
$145,000Median loan amount
Median total loan costs
$104kMedian applicant income
Median loan-to-value
0High-cost (HOEPA) loans

How the A grade breaks down

Each component is a percentile rank among 220 investment-property lenders. Higher is better. Components the lender does not report are left out and the weights redistributed.

Approval oddsdecision denial rate, weight 45%

86th0.8% denied

Processwithdrawn + incomplete share, weight 15%

75th1.6%

Trend, 2023–2025

YearApplicationsOriginatedDenial rateDecision denialMedian rateVolume
20231341233.7%3.8%7.31%$21M
202496865.2%5.3%6.88%$17M
20251231120.8%0.8%$25M

What American Bank & Trust lends

Applications by purpose and loan type in 2025, with the denial rate for each. A lender's mix explains a lot of its headline rate: HELOCs and FHA loans are denied far more often than conventional purchase loans.

By loan purpose

Home purchase 62 50% · 1.6% denied
Refinance 43 35% · 0.0% denied
Cash-out refinance 12 10% · 0.0% denied
Home improvement 6 5% · 0.0% denied

By loan type

Conventional 123 100% · 0.8% denied

Also: 0 home-equity lines, 0 reverse mortgages, 9 manufactured homes, 81 investment properties.

Where American Bank & Trust lends

2 states and 12 counties in 2025. Click a state for the lender's full record there.

StateApplicationsOriginatedDenial rateMedian rateRank in state
Louisiana1221110.8%#162

Frequently asked questions

American Bank & Trust denied 0.8% of the applications it decided on in 2025. The national figure across all lenders was 22.6%. On approval odds it ranks in the 86th percentile of investment-property lenders.

In 2025, 50% of its applications were for home purchases, 45% for refinancing (including cash-out), and 5% for home improvement or other purposes. By loan type: 100% conventional, 0% FHA, 0% VA.

Every figure on this page comes from the Home Mortgage Disclosure Act (HMDA) Loan/Application Register published by the CFPB, which lenders are required by federal law to file. We add the grade and the comparisons; we do not add facts.

About this data. HMDA data is published once a year by the CFPB. The current release covers applications acted on in calendar year 2025. Figures describe applications the lender acted on, including loans it later sold. Interest rates and costs are medians on originated loans only; some depository institutions are exempt from reporting pricing fields, which is why a few cells read "—". MortgageGrades is not affiliated with American Bank & Trust. Data sources · Methodology