Mortgage lender · West Point, VA · LEI 549300QBMI3P6JWI9Q86

Citizens and Farmers Bank review: approval odds, rates and grade (2025)

Citizens and Farmers Bank earns a D, weaker than most small mortgage lenders. It turned down 27.4% of the applications it decided on in 2025, which ranks in the 10th percentile for approval odds. Compared against 1,883 small mortgage lenders using 2025 HMDA filings.

838Applications2025
66.7%Originatedof applications
27.4%Decision denial ratenational 22.6%
Median ratenational 6.63%
$89MLoan volume4 states

Citizens and Farmers Bank at a glance, 2025

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

25.9%Denial rate (all applications)+7.91 pts vs national
27.4%Denial rate (decided applications)+4.84 pts vs national
66.7%Origination rate+8.68 pts vs national
5.6%Withdrawn by applicant
0.0%Closed for incompleteness
Median interest rate
Median rate spread (pts over APOR)
$105,000Median loan amount
Median total loan costs
$119kMedian applicant income
Median loan-to-value
0High-cost (HOEPA) loans

How the D grade breaks down

Each component is a percentile rank among 1,883 small mortgage lenders. Higher is better. Components the lender does not report are left out and the weights redistributed.

Approval oddsdecision denial rate, weight 45%

10th27.4% denied

Processwithdrawn + incomplete share, weight 15%

76th5.6%

Trend, 2023–2025

YearApplicationsOriginatedDenial rateDecision denialMedian rateVolume
202378147231.8%33.7%$79M
202476149427.9%29.5%$96M
202583855925.9%27.4%$89M

What Citizens and Farmers Bank 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 88 11% · 21.6% denied
Refinance 218 26% · 23.4% denied
Home improvement 301 36% · 25.3% denied
Other / HELOC 231 28% · 30.7% denied

By loan type

Conventional 838 100% · 25.9% denied

Also: 0 home-equity lines, 0 reverse mortgages, 6 manufactured homes, 60 investment properties.

Why Citizens and Farmers Bank denies applications

Primary reason reported for each of the 217 denials in 2025. Lenders can cite up to four reasons; this is the first one listed.

Debt-to-income ratio 118 54%
Credit history 54 25%
Collateral 23 11%
Incomplete application 15 7%
Other 6 3%
Insufficient cash 1 0%

How these reasons compare nationally →

Who gets approved at Citizens and Farmers Bank

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

Applicant incomeApplicationsOriginatedDecision denial rate
Under $50k762860.3%
$50k – $100k24214633.6%
$100k – $150k17512124.7%
$150k – $250k17013616.5%
Over $250k1087920.8%
Applicant ageApplicationsOriginatedDecision denial rate
25–34786019.7%
35–4414510027.3%
45–5417411030.0%
55–6419012530.6%
65–741278725.4%
Over 74825129.0%

Where Citizens and Farmers Bank lends

4 states and 70 counties in 2025. Click a state for the lender's full record there.

StateApplicationsOriginatedDenial rateMedian rateRank in state
Virginia83155326.1%#88
North Carolina540.0%#747

Frequently asked questions

Citizens and Farmers Bank denied 27.4% of the applications it decided on in 2025. The national figure across all lenders was 22.6%. On approval odds it ranks in the 10th percentile of small mortgage lenders.

The most common reason Citizens and Farmers Bank gave in 2025 was "debt-to-income ratio", cited on 54.4% of its denials. Lenders report up to four reasons per denial to the CFPB; the full breakdown is on this page.

In 2025, 11% of its applications were for home purchases, 26% for refinancing (including cash-out), and 63% 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 Citizens and Farmers Bank. Data sources · Methodology