Carter Bank & Trust · North Carolina · 2025

Carter Bank & Trust in North Carolina: approval rate, denial rate and rates (2025)

Carter Bank & Trust took 181 mortgage applications in North Carolina in 2025, ranking #240 of 1,253 lenders active in the state. It originated 68.0% of them and denied 25.4% (26.4% of the applications it decided), against a statewide denial rate of 18.1%.

181Applicationsin NC
26.4%Decision denial ratestate 22.8%
7.25%Median ratestate 6.50%
$185,000Median loanstate $225,000
$167MVolume38 counties

Carter Bank & Trust in North Carolina vs the state

25.4%Denial rate+7.35 pts vs state
26.4%Decision denial rate+3.62 pts vs state
68.0%Origination rate+10.15 pts vs state
7.25%Median rate+0.75 pts vs state
0.99Rate spread (pts)+0.90 pts vs state
$144kMedian applicant income
123Loans originated
46Denied

Trend in North Carolina

YearApplicationsOriginatedDenial rateMedian rateRank in state
202319712026.9%8.00%#192
202416510326.7%8.63%#236
202518112325.4%7.25%#240

What Carter Bank & Trust lends in North Carolina

By loan purpose

Home purchase 53 29% · 9.4% denied
Refinance 35 19% · 11.4% denied
Home improvement 35 19% · 48.6% denied
Other / HELOC 58 32% · 34.5% denied

By loan type

Conventional 181 100% · 25.4% denied

Why it denied North Carolina applicants

Debt-to-income ratio 26 57%
Credit history 14 30%
Collateral 6 13%

Where in North Carolina

Counties with the most Carter Bank & Trust applications in 2025.

CountyApplicationsOriginatedDeniedDenial rate
Mecklenburg County 35268 22.9%
Wake County 17151 5.9%
Iredell County 1796 35.3%
Guilford County 16106 37.5%
Rockingham County 1477 50.0%
Surry County 945 55.6%
Forsyth County 651 16.7%
Davidson County 651 16.7%
Cabarrus County 540 0.0%
Cumberland County 420 0.0%

Other large lenders in North Carolina

LenderGradeApplicationsDenial rateMedian rate
State Employees'C 47,89325.2%6.25%
Rocket MortgageC 25,10916.0%6.63%
United Shore Financial ServicesB 18,88411.4%6.13%
Vanderbilt Mortgage and FinanceF 15,00838.0%7.75%
Truist BankC 14,36430.3%6.50%
Movement MortgageA 11,0912.6%6.63%
Navy Federal Credit UnionD 10,56519.4%7.13%
First-Citizens Bank & TrustB 10,31919.6%6.38%
Bank of AmericaF 10,27628.2%6.24%
Mortgage Research CenterC 10,02917.7%6.25%

Frequently asked questions

North Carolina: 181 applications in 2025, of which 123 were originated and 46 denied.

25.4% of all applications, or 26.4% of the applications it actually decided on. The North Carolina statewide average across all lenders was 18.1%.

The median rate on loans Carter Bank & Trust originated in North Carolina in 2025 was 7.25%, against a statewide median of 6.50%.

About this data. Figures are Carter Bank & Trust's own HMDA filing for properties located in North Carolina, 2025. The grade is national; state-level figures are shown for context and are not separately graded. Methodology