Mortgage lender · Bossier City, LA · LEI 549300T1KLQQ7B84EZ41

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

Citizens National Bank earns a B, better than most small mortgage lenders. It turned down 7.4% of the applications it decided on in 2025, which ranks in the 61st percentile for approval odds. Compared against 1,883 small mortgage lenders using 2025 HMDA filings.

206Applications2025
81.6%Originatedof applications
7.4%Decision denial ratenational 22.6%
Median ratenational 6.63%
$49MLoan volume6 states

Citizens National Bank at a glance, 2025

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

7.3%Denial rate (all applications)-10.70 pts vs national
7.4%Denial rate (decided applications)-15.20 pts vs national
81.6%Origination rate+23.52 pts vs national
1.5%Withdrawn by applicant
0.0%Closed for incompleteness
Median interest rate
Median rate spread (pts over APOR)
$195,000Median loan amount
Median total loan costs
$134kMedian applicant income
Median loan-to-value
0High-cost (HOEPA) loans

How the B 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%

61st7.4% denied

Processwithdrawn + incomplete share, weight 15%

92nd1.5%

Trend, 2023–2025

YearApplicationsOriginatedDenial rateDecision denialMedian rateVolume
20232712076.3%6.4%$62M
20242191895.5%5.6%$51M
20252061687.3%7.4%$49M

What Citizens National 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 118 57% · 8.5% denied
Refinance 74 36% · 6.8% denied
Cash-out refinance 4 2% · 0.0% denied
Home improvement 5 2% · 0.0% denied
Other / HELOC 5 2% · 0.0% denied

By loan type

Conventional 195 95% · 7.7% denied
VA 5 2% · 0.0% denied
USDA / RHS 6 3% · 0.0% denied

Also: 0 home-equity lines, 0 reverse mortgages, 6 manufactured homes, 87 investment properties.

Why Citizens National Bank denies applications

Primary reason reported for each of the 15 denials in 2025. Lenders can cite up to four reasons; this is the first one listed.

Credit history 9 60%
Debt-to-income ratio 4 27%
Collateral 1 7%
Other 1 7%

How these reasons compare nationally →

Who gets approved at Citizens National Bank

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

Applicant incomeApplicationsOriginatedDecision denial rate
$50k – $100k332025.0%
$100k – $150k31263.2%
$150k – $250k29213.5%
Over $250k29270.0%
Applicant ageApplicationsOriginatedDecision denial rate
35–44392516.2%
45–54322612.5%
55–6423164.4%

Where Citizens National Bank lends

6 states and 32 counties in 2025. Click a state for the lender's full record there.

StateApplicationsOriginatedDenial rateMedian rateRank in state
Louisiana1831488.2%#128
Texas1080.0%#959
Arkansas760.0%#377

Frequently asked questions

Citizens National Bank denied 7.4% of the applications it decided on in 2025. The national figure across all lenders was 22.6%. On approval odds it ranks in the 61st percentile of small mortgage lenders.

The most common reason Citizens National Bank gave in 2025 was "credit history", cited on 60.0% of its denials. Lenders report up to four reasons per denial to the CFPB; the full breakdown is on this page.

In 2025, 57% of its applications were for home purchases, 38% for refinancing (including cash-out), and 5% for home improvement or other purposes. By loan type: 95% conventional, 0% FHA, 2% 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 National Bank. Data sources · Methodology