First Financial Bank · Indiana · 2025

First Financial Bank in Indiana: approval rate, denial rate and rates (2025)

First Financial Bank took 1,511 mortgage applications in Indiana in 2025, ranking #57 of 1,025 lenders active in the state. It originated 65.3% of them and denied 23.4% (25.2% of the applications it decided), against a statewide denial rate of 16.6%.

1.5kApplicationsin IN
25.2%Decision denial ratestate 20.1%
6.75%Median ratestate 6.75%
$65,000Median loanstate $155,000
$189MVolume47 counties

First Financial Bank in Indiana vs the state

23.4%Denial rate+6.86 pts vs state
25.2%Decision denial rate+5.02 pts vs state
65.3%Origination rate+3.07 pts vs state
6.75%Median rate0.00 pts vs state
0.24Rate spread (pts)-0.13 pts vs state
$77kMedian applicant income
987Loans originated
354Denied

Trend in Indiana

YearApplicationsOriginatedDenial rateMedian rateRank in state
20231,39592422.4%7.75%#53
20241,25484520.7%7.63%#59
20251,51198723.4%6.75%#57

What First Financial Bank lends in Indiana

By loan purpose

Home purchase 400 26% · 17.0% denied
Refinance 385 25% · 15.8% denied
Cash-out refinance 62 4% · 22.6% denied
Home improvement 434 29% · 27.2% denied
Other / HELOC 230 15% · 40.4% denied

By loan type

Conventional 1,465 97% · 23.2% denied
FHA 39 3% · 30.8% denied
VA 1 0% · 0.0% denied
USDA / RHS 6 0% · 33.3% denied

Why it denied Indiana applicants

Debt-to-income ratio 140 40%
Credit history 120 34%
Collateral 56 16%
Other 23 6%
Unverifiable information 8 2%
Employment history 6 2%
Insufficient cash 1 0%

Where in Indiana

Counties with the most First Financial Bank applications in 2025.

CountyApplicationsOriginatedDeniedDenial rate
Vigo County 675452140 20.7%
Sullivan County 14610329 19.9%
Vermillion County 1469040 27.4%
Clay County 1359331 23.0%
Parke County 815817 21.0%
Greene County 574113 22.8%
Knox County 492913 26.5%
Daviess County 311214 45.2%
Marion County 24109 37.5%
Putnam County 23136 26.1%

Other large lenders in Indiana

LenderGradeApplicationsDenial rateMedian rate
Rocket MortgageC 13,50318.6%6.75%
Ruoff Mortgage CompanyA 8,8604.0%6.75%
Fifth Third BankD 8,69327.6%7.75%
United Shore Financial ServicesB 8,65912.2%6.38%
Freedom MortgageB 5,4548.9%6.25%
NewrezD 5,42118.2%6.63%
First Merchants BankC 5,11419.9%6.76%
Fairway Independent MortgageB 4,8137.4%6.75%
Mortgage Research CenterC 4,79119.0%6.25%
PNC BankD 4,72425.1%7.55%

Frequently asked questions

Indiana: 1,511 applications in 2025, of which 987 were originated and 354 denied.

23.4% of all applications, or 25.2% of the applications it actually decided on. The Indiana statewide average across all lenders was 16.6%.

The median rate on loans First Financial Bank originated in Indiana in 2025 was 6.75%, against a statewide median of 6.75%.

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