First Community Mortgage · Arkansas · 2025

First Community Mortgage in Arkansas: approval rate, denial rate and rates (2025)

First Community Mortgage took 336 mortgage applications in Arkansas in 2025, ranking #75 of 802 lenders active in the state. It originated 80.1% of them and denied 6.3% (6.6% of the applications it decided), against a statewide denial rate of 18.2%.

336Applicationsin AR
6.6%Decision denial ratestate 23.1%
6.49%Median ratestate 6.63%
$205,000Median loanstate $165,000
$64MVolume50 counties

First Community Mortgage in Arkansas vs the state

6.3%Denial rate-11.94 pts vs state
6.6%Decision denial rate-16.53 pts vs state
80.1%Origination rate+23.23 pts vs state
6.49%Median rate-0.13 pts vs state
0.19Rate spread (pts)-0.15 pts vs state
$86kMedian applicant income
269Loans originated
21Denied

Trend in Arkansas

YearApplicationsOriginatedDenial rateMedian rateRank in state
20231141043.5%6.75%#128
20242762363.3%6.63%#80
20253362696.3%6.49%#75

What First Community Mortgage lends in Arkansas

By loan purpose

Home purchase 234 70% · 6.0% denied
Refinance 66 20% · 6.1% denied
Cash-out refinance 34 10% · 5.9% denied
Home improvement 2 1% · 50.0% denied

By loan type

Conventional 159 47% · 5.0% denied
FHA 79 24% · 6.3% denied
VA 51 15% · 7.8% denied
USDA / RHS 47 14% · 8.5% denied

Why it denied Arkansas applicants

Incomplete application 8 38%
Credit history 6 29%
Debt-to-income ratio 4 19%
Other 3 14%

Where in Arkansas

Counties with the most First Community Mortgage applications in 2025.

CountyApplicationsOriginatedDeniedDenial rate
Pulaski County 48383 6.3%
Independence County 45353 6.7%
Sebastian County 40352 5.0%
Saline County 17151 5.9%
Jackson County 16130 0.0%
Crawford County 15130 0.0%
Faulkner County 14112 14.3%
Garland County 14130 0.0%
Benton County 13101 7.7%
Washington County 1270 0.0%

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: 336 applications in 2025, of which 269 were originated and 21 denied.

6.3% of all applications, or 6.6% of the applications it actually decided on. The Arkansas statewide average across all lenders was 18.2%.

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

About this data. Figures are First Community 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