First State Bank · Arkansas · 2025

First State Bank in Arkansas: approval rate, denial rate and rates (2025)

First State Bank took 107 mortgage applications in Arkansas in 2025, ranking #147 of 802 lenders active in the state. It originated 98.1% of them and denied 0.9% (0.9% of the applications it decided), against a statewide denial rate of 18.2%.

107Applicationsin AR
0.9%Decision denial ratestate 23.1%
Median ratestate 6.63%
$145,000Median loanstate $165,000
$28MVolume14 counties

First State Bank in Arkansas vs the state

0.9%Denial rate-17.26 pts vs state
0.9%Decision denial rate-22.19 pts vs state
98.1%Origination rate+41.30 pts vs state
Median rate
Rate spread (pts)
$144kMedian applicant income
105Loans originated
1Denied

Trend in Arkansas

YearApplicationsOriginatedDenial rateMedian rateRank in state
202398888.2%#144
20241091033.7%#143
20251071050.9%#147

What First State Bank lends in Arkansas

By loan purpose

Home purchase 65 61% · 1.5% denied
Refinance 34 32% · 0.0% denied
Home improvement 5 5% · 0.0% denied
Other / HELOC 3 3% · 0.0% denied

By loan type

Conventional 107 100% · 0.9% denied

Where in Arkansas

Counties with the most First State Bank applications in 2025.

CountyApplicationsOriginatedDeniedDenial rate
Pope County 58571 1.7%
Washington County 13130 0.0%
Yell County 990 0.0%
Johnson County 550 0.0%
Benton County 430 0.0%
Sebastian County 440 0.0%
Conway County 440 0.0%
Faulkner County 330 0.0%
Pulaski County 220 0.0%
Franklin County 110 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: 107 applications in 2025, of which 105 were originated and 1 denied.

0.9% of all applications, or 0.9% of the applications it actually decided on. The Arkansas statewide average across all lenders was 18.2%.

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 State Bank'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