First Guaranty Bank · Louisiana · 2025

First Guaranty Bank in Louisiana: approval rate, denial rate and rates (2025)

First Guaranty Bank took 183 mortgage applications in Louisiana in 2025, ranking #129 of 721 lenders active in the state. It originated 69.4% of them and denied 10.4% (12.1% of the applications it decided), against a statewide denial rate of 22.2%.

183Applicationsin LA
12.1%Decision denial ratestate 28.2%
Median ratestate 6.63%
$115,000Median loanstate $165,000
$24MVolume21 counties

First Guaranty Bank in Louisiana vs the state

10.4%Denial rate-11.79 pts vs state
12.1%Decision denial rate-16.05 pts vs state
69.4%Origination rate+17.43 pts vs state
Median rate
Rate spread (pts)
$82kMedian applicant income
127Loans originated
19Denied

Trend in Louisiana

YearApplicationsOriginatedDenial rateMedian rateRank in state
20234393128.7%#57
202436524212.9%#66
202518312710.4%#129

What First Guaranty Bank lends in Louisiana

By loan purpose

Home purchase 99 54% · 6.1% denied
Refinance 58 32% · 13.8% denied
Cash-out refinance 20 11% · 20.0% denied
Home improvement 5 3% · 0.0% denied
Other / HELOC 1 1% · 100.0% denied

By loan type

Conventional 183 100% · 10.4% denied

Where in Louisiana

Counties with the most First Guaranty Bank applications in 2025.

CountyApplicationsOriginatedDeniedDenial rate
Avoyelles Parish 51389 17.6%
Tangipahoa Parish 51423 5.9%
St. Tammany Parish 14100 0.0%
Caddo Parish 1435 35.7%
Livingston Parish 1290 0.0%
Rapides Parish 1080 0.0%
East Baton Rouge Parish 420 0.0%
Claiborne Parish 420 0.0%
Jefferson Davis Parish 311 33.3%
Lafayette Parish 320 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: 183 applications in 2025, of which 127 were originated and 19 denied.

10.4% of all applications, or 12.1% 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 First Guaranty Bank'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