American Heritage Lending · Arkansas · 2025

American Heritage Lending in Arkansas: approval rate, denial rate and rates (2025)

American Heritage Lending took 58 mortgage applications in Arkansas in 2025, ranking #198 of 802 lenders active in the state. It originated 48.3% of them and denied 12.1% (18.0% of the applications it decided), against a statewide denial rate of 18.2%.

58Applicationsin AR
18.0%Decision denial ratestate 23.1%
7.56%Median ratestate 6.63%
$165,000Median loanstate $165,000
$6.0MVolume13 counties

American Heritage Lending in Arkansas vs the state

12.1%Denial rate-6.12 pts vs state
18.0%Decision denial rate-5.18 pts vs state
48.3%Origination rate-8.55 pts vs state
7.56%Median rate+0.94 pts vs state
0.87Rate spread (pts)+0.53 pts vs state
$140kMedian applicant income
28Loans originated
7Denied

Trend in Arkansas

YearApplicationsOriginatedDenial rateMedian rateRank in state
202318115.6%9.50%#274
20241370.0%8.38%#311
2025582812.1%7.56%#198

What American Heritage Lending lends in Arkansas

By loan purpose

Home purchase 21 36% · 14.3% denied
Refinance 11 19% · 0.0% denied
Cash-out refinance 26 45% · 15.4% denied

By loan type

Conventional 58 100% · 12.1% denied

Why it denied Arkansas applicants

Collateral 4 57%
Other 2 29%
Credit history 1 14%

Where in Arkansas

Counties with the most American Heritage Lending applications in 2025.

CountyApplicationsOriginatedDeniedDenial rate
Pulaski County 1582 13.3%
Benton County 1080 0.0%
Craighead County 650 0.0%
Crittenden County 512 40.0%
Sebastian County 520 0.0%
Washington County 420 0.0%
Miller County 301 33.3%
Garland County 310 0.0%
Van Buren County 201 50.0%
Saline County 210 0.0%

Other large lenders in Arkansas

LenderGradeApplicationsDenial rateMedian rate
Arvest BankC 9,74814.4%7.00%
Rocket MortgageC 5,85420.1%6.63%
ARKANSAS Federal Credit UnionF 4,43923.6%7.50%
Vanderbilt Mortgage and FinanceF 3,49138.4%10.25%
21st MortgageF 3,25046.6%9.69%
Mortgage Research CenterC 2,76718.3%6.25%
Regions BankC 2,64640.0%6.13%
Firsttrust Home LoansB 2,5900.5%6.49%
United Shore Financial ServicesB 2,45613.3%6.12%
Triad Financial ServicesD 2,13354.2%8.68%

Frequently asked questions

Arkansas: 58 applications in 2025, of which 28 were originated and 7 denied.

12.1% of all applications, or 18.0% of the applications it actually decided on. The Arkansas statewide average across all lenders was 18.2%.

The median rate on loans American Heritage Lending originated in Arkansas in 2025 was 7.56%, against a statewide median of 6.63%.

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