Fairway Independent Mortgage · Arkansas · 2025

Fairway Independent Mortgage in Arkansas: approval rate, denial rate and rates (2025)

Fairway Independent Mortgage took 1,864 mortgage applications in Arkansas in 2025, ranking #14 of 802 lenders active in the state. It originated 71.6% of them and denied 6.0% (7.7% of the applications it decided), against a statewide denial rate of 18.2%.

1.9kApplicationsin AR
7.7%Decision denial ratestate 23.1%
6.49%Median ratestate 6.63%
$155,000Median loanstate $165,000
$229MVolume71 counties

Fairway Independent Mortgage in Arkansas vs the state

6.0%Denial rate-12.18 pts vs state
7.7%Decision denial rate-15.46 pts vs state
71.6%Origination rate+14.79 pts vs state
6.49%Median rate-0.13 pts vs state
0.62Rate spread (pts)+0.27 pts vs state
$73kMedian applicant income
1,335Loans originated
112Denied

Trend in Arkansas

YearApplicationsOriginatedDenial rateMedian rateRank in state
20232751993.6%6.75%#74
20241,1298254.3%6.75%#26
20251,8641,3356.0%6.49%#14

What Fairway Independent Mortgage lends in Arkansas

By loan purpose

Home purchase 1,687 91% · 5.4% denied
Refinance 94 5% · 9.6% denied
Cash-out refinance 55 3% · 14.6% denied
Home improvement 7 0% · 28.6% denied
Other / HELOC 21 1% · 9.5% denied

By loan type

Conventional 727 39% · 6.2% denied
FHA 835 45% · 4.8% denied
VA 114 6% · 7.0% denied
USDA / RHS 188 10% · 10.1% denied

Why it denied Arkansas applicants

Credit history 31 28%
Debt-to-income ratio 21 19%
Collateral 16 14%
Incomplete application 13 12%
Other 11 10%
Unverifiable information 9 8%
Employment history 7 6%
Insufficient cash 4 4%

Where in Arkansas

Counties with the most Fairway Independent Mortgage applications in 2025.

CountyApplicationsOriginatedDeniedDenial rate
Mississippi County 1931652 1.0%
Benton County 125867 5.6%
Craighead County 107826 5.6%
Pulaski County 1036711 10.7%
Clark County 91721 1.1%
Washington County 85579 10.6%
Pope County 83553 3.6%
Drew County 67485 7.5%
Saline County 62424 6.5%
Garland County 58362 3.4%

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: 1,864 applications in 2025, of which 1,335 were originated and 112 denied.

6.0% of all applications, or 7.7% of the applications it actually decided on. The Arkansas statewide average across all lenders was 18.2%.

The median rate on loans Fairway Independent Mortgage originated in Arkansas in 2025 was 6.49%, against a statewide median of 6.63%.

About this data. Figures are Fairway Independent Mortgage'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