Farmers-Merchants Bank & Trust · Louisiana · 2025

Farmers-Merchants Bank & Trust in Louisiana: approval rate, denial rate and rates (2025)

Farmers-Merchants Bank & Trust took 106 mortgage applications in Louisiana in 2025, ranking #173 of 721 lenders active in the state. It originated 76.4% of them and denied 8.5% (8.7% of the applications it decided), against a statewide denial rate of 22.2%.

106Applicationsin LA
8.7%Decision denial ratestate 28.2%
Median ratestate 6.63%
$55,000Median loanstate $165,000
$14MVolume11 counties

Farmers-Merchants Bank & Trust in Louisiana vs the state

8.5%Denial rate-13.68 pts vs state
8.7%Decision denial rate-19.41 pts vs state
76.4%Origination rate+24.45 pts vs state
Median rate
Rate spread (pts)
$75kMedian applicant income
81Loans originated
9Denied

Trend in Louisiana

YearApplicationsOriginatedDenial rateMedian rateRank in state
202318812915.4%#111
202414311112.6%#130
2025106818.5%#173

What Farmers-Merchants Bank & Trust lends in Louisiana

By loan purpose

Home purchase 28 26% · 14.3% denied
Refinance 69 65% · 4.4% denied
Home improvement 3 3% · 0.0% denied
Other / HELOC 6 6% · 33.3% denied

By loan type

Conventional 106 100% · 8.5% denied

Where in Louisiana

Counties with the most Farmers-Merchants Bank & Trust applications in 2025.

CountyApplicationsOriginatedDeniedDenial rate
St. Martin Parish 52396 11.5%
Lafayette Parish 27222 7.4%
St. Landry Parish 1190 0.0%
Acadia Parish 431 25.0%
Iberia Parish 420 0.0%
East Baton Rouge Parish 220 0.0%
Vermilion Parish 210 0.0%
Terrebonne Parish 110 0.0%
Pointe Coupee Parish 110 0.0%
Vernon Parish 100 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: 106 applications in 2025, of which 81 were originated and 9 denied.

8.5% of all applications, or 8.7% of the applications it actually decided on. The Louisiana statewide average across all lenders was 22.2%.

This lender did not report interest rates on its originated loans (some institutions are exempt from HMDA pricing fields).

About this data. Figures are Farmers-Merchants Bank & Trust'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