Fairway Independent Mortgage · Louisiana · 2025

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

Fairway Independent Mortgage took 394 mortgage applications in Louisiana in 2025, ranking #69 of 721 lenders active in the state. It originated 70.8% of them and denied 3.8% (5.1% of the applications it decided), against a statewide denial rate of 22.2%.

394Applicationsin LA
5.1%Decision denial ratestate 28.2%
6.64%Median ratestate 6.63%
$195,000Median loanstate $165,000
$57MVolume39 counties

Fairway Independent Mortgage in Louisiana vs the state

3.8%Denial rate-18.36 pts vs state
5.1%Decision denial rate-23.07 pts vs state
70.8%Origination rate+18.84 pts vs state
6.64%Median rate+0.01 pts vs state
0.67Rate spread (pts)+0.31 pts vs state
$77kMedian applicant income
279Loans originated
15Denied

Trend in Louisiana

YearApplicationsOriginatedDenial rateMedian rateRank in state
202389963511.7%6.75%#35
20244923417.5%6.75%#51
20253942793.8%6.64%#69

What Fairway Independent Mortgage lends in Louisiana

By loan purpose

Home purchase 353 90% · 2.6% denied
Refinance 27 7% · 14.8% denied
Cash-out refinance 10 3% · 20.0% denied
Home improvement 1 0% · 0.0% denied
Other / HELOC 3 1% · 0.0% denied

By loan type

Conventional 158 40% · 1.3% denied
FHA 152 39% · 7.2% denied
VA 65 16% · 3.1% denied
USDA / RHS 19 5% · 0.0% denied

Why it denied Louisiana applicants

Debt-to-income ratio 6 40%
Credit history 5 33%
Other 2 13%
Unverifiable information 1 7%
Employment history 1 7%

Where in Louisiana

Counties with the most Fairway Independent Mortgage applications in 2025.

CountyApplicationsOriginatedDeniedDenial rate
Caddo Parish 70422 2.9%
Livingston Parish 65482 3.1%
East Baton Rouge Parish 45344 8.9%
Bossier Parish 37271 2.7%
Vernon Parish 31253 9.7%
Rapides Parish 22170 0.0%
Natchitoches Parish 1490 0.0%
Beauregard Parish 1070 0.0%
Sabine Parish 1081 10.0%
Tangipahoa Parish 880 0.0%

Other large lenders in Louisiana

LenderGradeApplicationsDenial rateMedian rate
21st MortgageF 7,05749.0%10.10%
United Shore Financial ServicesB 6,26413.1%6.38%
Rocket MortgageC 5,77025.9%6.63%
Vanderbilt Mortgage and FinanceF 4,37045.6%10.50%
Triad Financial ServicesD 3,86749.7%8.73%
Hancock Whitney BankB 3,53621.7%6.00%
Regions BankC 3,35645.8%6.00%
GMFSA 3,0722.0%6.50%
NewrezD 2,66421.1%6.50%
Dsld MortgageA 2,5456.3%6.13%

Frequently asked questions

Louisiana: 394 applications in 2025, of which 279 were originated and 15 denied.

3.8% of all applications, or 5.1% of the applications it actually decided on. The Louisiana statewide average across all lenders was 22.2%.

The median rate on loans Fairway Independent Mortgage originated in Louisiana in 2025 was 6.64%, against a statewide median of 6.63%.

About this data. Figures are Fairway Independent Mortgage's own HMDA filing for properties located in Louisiana, 2025. The grade is national; state-level figures are shown for context and are not separately graded. Methodology