First Federal Savings and Loan Association · Mississippi · 2025

First Federal Savings and Loan Association in Mississippi: approval rate, denial rate and rates (2025)

First Federal Savings and Loan Association took 148 mortgage applications in Mississippi in 2025, ranking #103 of 681 lenders active in the state. It originated 81.1% of them and denied 10.1% (11.1% of the applications it decided), against a statewide denial rate of 22.9%.

148Applicationsin MS
11.1%Decision denial ratestate 28.5%
Median ratestate 6.75%
$150,000Median loanstate $135,000
$22MVolume9 counties

First Federal Savings and Loan Association in Mississippi vs the state

10.1%Denial rate-12.78 pts vs state
11.1%Decision denial rate-17.34 pts vs state
81.1%Origination rate+28.21 pts vs state
Median rate
Rate spread (pts)
$116kMedian applicant income
120Loans originated
15Denied

Trend in Mississippi

YearApplicationsOriginatedDenial rateMedian rateRank in state
202328622211.9%#59
202422417711.2%#79
202514812010.1%#103

What First Federal Savings and Loan Association lends in Mississippi

By loan purpose

Home purchase 76 51% · 4.0% denied
Refinance 7 5% · 14.3% denied
Cash-out refinance 26 18% · 15.4% denied
Home improvement 19 13% · 15.8% denied
Other / HELOC 20 14% · 20.0% denied

By loan type

Conventional 148 100% · 10.1% denied

Why it denied Mississippi applicants

Credit history 9 60%
Debt-to-income ratio 3 20%
Insufficient cash 2 13%
Collateral 1 7%

Where in Mississippi

Counties with the most First Federal Savings and Loan Association applications in 2025.

CountyApplicationsOriginatedDeniedDenial rate
Jackson County 1048311 10.6%
George County 21171 4.8%
Harrison County 11101 9.1%
Greene County 541 20.0%
Hancock County 330 0.0%
Lowndes County 110 0.0%
Stone County 110 0.0%
Perry County 110 0.0%
Marion County 101 100.0%

Other large lenders in Mississippi

LenderGradeApplicationsDenial rateMedian rate
21st MortgageF 6,76448.5%10.56%
Trustmark National BankC 5,53112.5%6.75%
Cadence BankB 5,30119.2%7.25%
Regions BankC 4,91644.7%5.75%
Rocket MortgageC 4,63624.8%6.63%
Community Bank of MississippiC 3,8569.0%7.65%
Renasant BankB 3,18814.3%6.99%
Triad Financial ServicesD 3,14034.4%8.76%
Vanderbilt Mortgage and FinanceF 2,84044.3%10.25%
BankPlusB 2,63810.7%6.50%

Frequently asked questions

Mississippi: 148 applications in 2025, of which 120 were originated and 15 denied.

10.1% of all applications, or 11.1% of the applications it actually decided on. The Mississippi statewide average across all lenders was 22.9%.

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

About this data. Figures are First Federal Savings and Loan Association's own HMDA filing for properties located in Mississippi, 2025. The grade is national; state-level figures are shown for context and are not separately graded. Methodology