Mortgage lender · Greensboro, GA · LEI 549300ZN5MIVRMVHJS09

Banksouth Mortgage Company review: approval odds, rates and grade (2025)

Banksouth Mortgage Company earns an A, placing it in the top fifth of mid-size mortgage lenders. It turned down 4.7% of the applications it decided on in 2025, which ranks in the 76th percentile for approval odds. Its median loan was priced 0.13 points above the average prime offer rate, ranking in the 72nd percentile on pricing. Compared against 581 mid-size mortgage lenders using 2025 HMDA filings.

2.6kApplications2025
80.8%Originatedof applications
4.7%Decision denial ratenational 22.6%
6.38%Median ratenational 6.63%
$798MLoan volume13 states

Banksouth Mortgage Company at a glance, 2025

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

4.0%Denial rate (all applications)-14.02 pts vs national
4.7%Denial rate (decided applications)-17.93 pts vs national
80.8%Origination rate+22.74 pts vs national
14.1%Withdrawn by applicant
1.1%Closed for incompleteness
6.38%Median interest rate-0.25 pts vs national
0.13Median rate spread (pts over APOR)-0.12 pts vs national
$325,000Median loan amount
$9,360Median total loan costs
$119kMedian applicant income
90%Median loan-to-value
0High-cost (HOEPA) loans

How the A grade breaks down

Each component is a percentile rank among 581 mid-size mortgage lenders. Higher is better. Components the lender does not report are left out and the weights redistributed.

Approval oddsdecision denial rate, weight 45%

76th4.7% denied

Pricingmedian rate spread over APOR, weight 30%

72nd0.13 pts

Processwithdrawn + incomplete share, weight 15%

58th15.1%

Closing coststotal loan costs ÷ loan amount, weight 10%

28th2.88% of loan

Trend, 2023–2025

YearApplicationsOriginatedDenial rateDecision denialMedian rateVolume
20233,2102,5364.1%4.9%6.50%$920M
20242,9922,3683.6%4.4%6.63%$902M
20252,5532,0624.0%4.7%6.38%$798M

What Banksouth Mortgage Company 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 2,332 91% · 3.5% denied
Refinance 141 6% · 7.8% denied
Cash-out refinance 63 2% · 12.7% denied
Home improvement 3 0% · 0.0% denied
Other / HELOC 14 1% · 7.1% denied

By loan type

Conventional 1,577 62% · 2.7% denied
FHA 732 29% · 6.4% denied
VA 211 8% · 3.8% denied
USDA / RHS 33 1% · 9.1% denied

Also: 0 home-equity lines, 0 reverse mortgages, 56 manufactured homes, 170 investment properties.

Why Banksouth Mortgage Company denies applications

Primary reason reported for each of the 101 denials in 2025. Lenders can cite up to four reasons; this is the first one listed.

Debt-to-income ratio 26 26%
Credit history 17 17%
Collateral 17 17%
Incomplete application 15 15%
Unverifiable information 12 12%
Insufficient cash 6 6%
Employment history 5 5%
Other 3 3%

How these reasons compare nationally →

Who gets approved at Banksouth Mortgage Company

Decision denial rate by applicant profile. Groups with fewer than 20 applications are omitted.

Applicant incomeApplicationsOriginatedDecision denial rate
Under $50k1037314.1%
$50k – $100k8616996.0%
$100k – $150k6285224.7%
$150k – $250k5134221.9%
Over $250k4113222.1%
Applicant ageApplicationsOriginatedDecision denial rate
Under 251461228.3%
25–347376043.0%
35–446575135.0%
45–544743875.4%
55–643282595.5%
65–741691384.2%
Over 7442392.5%

Where Banksouth Mortgage Company lends

13 states and 159 counties in 2025. Click a state for the lender's full record there.

StateApplicationsOriginatedDenial rateMedian rateRank in state
Georgia2,3871,9323.9%6.25%#46
South Carolina49412.0%6.50%#343
Tennessee41309.8%6.50%#441
Florida38310.0%6.25%#643
Alabama13107.7%6.75%#439
North Carolina1288.3%6.63%#589

Frequently asked questions

Banksouth Mortgage Company denied 4.7% of the applications it decided on in 2025. The national figure across all lenders was 22.6%. On approval odds it ranks in the 76th percentile of mid-size mortgage lenders.

The most common reason Banksouth Mortgage Company gave in 2025 was "debt-to-income ratio", cited on 25.7% of its denials. Lenders report up to four reasons per denial to the CFPB; the full breakdown is on this page.

The median interest rate on loans Banksouth Mortgage Company originated in 2025 was 6.38%, and its median rate spread over the average prime offer rate was 0.13 points. Rates on this page are what borrowers actually got, not advertised rates.

In 2025, 91% of its applications were for home purchases, 8% for refinancing (including cash-out), and 1% for home improvement or other purposes. By loan type: 62% conventional, 29% FHA, 8% 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 Banksouth Mortgage Company. Data sources · Methodology