Firsttrust Home Loans · Arkansas · 2025

Firsttrust Home Loans in Arkansas: approval rate, denial rate and rates (2025)

Firsttrust Home Loans took 2,590 mortgage applications in Arkansas in 2025, ranking #8 of 802 lenders active in the state. It originated 84.8% of them and denied 0.5% (0.6% of the applications it decided), against a statewide denial rate of 18.2%.

2.6kApplicationsin AR
0.6%Decision denial ratestate 23.1%
6.49%Median ratestate 6.63%
$185,000Median loanstate $165,000
$451MVolume69 counties

Firsttrust Home Loans in Arkansas vs the state

0.5%Denial rate-17.69 pts vs state
0.6%Decision denial rate-22.54 pts vs state
84.8%Origination rate+28.00 pts vs state
6.49%Median rate-0.13 pts vs state
0.40Rate spread (pts)+0.06 pts vs state
$77kMedian applicant income
2,197Loans originated
13Denied

Trend in Arkansas

YearApplicationsOriginatedDenial rateMedian rateRank in state
20231,7701,3961.4%6.75%#11
20241,682241.1%6.63%#12
20252,5902,1970.5%6.49%#8

What Firsttrust Home Loans lends in Arkansas

By loan purpose

Home purchase 2,401 93% · 0.5% denied
Refinance 170 7% · 0.6% denied
Cash-out refinance 14 1% · 0.0% denied
Home improvement 5 0% · 0.0% denied

By loan type

Conventional 1,007 39% · 0.1% denied
FHA 868 34% · 0.8% denied
VA 239 9% · 0.8% denied
USDA / RHS 476 18% · 0.6% denied

Why it denied Arkansas applicants

Debt-to-income ratio 4 31%
Credit history 3 23%
Employment history 2 15%
Unverifiable information 1 8%
Collateral 1 8%
Other 1 8%
Mortgage insurance denied 1 8%

Where in Arkansas

Counties with the most Firsttrust Home Loans applications in 2025.

CountyApplicationsOriginatedDeniedDenial rate
Pulaski County 2962422 0.7%
Saline County 2512131 0.4%
Crittenden County 2382172 0.8%
Faulkner County 2051752 1.0%
Lonoke County 1641412 1.2%
Grant County 1091000 0.0%
Sebastian County 104810 0.0%
Craighead County 101770 0.0%
White County 97820 0.0%
Crawford County 84670 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%
United Shore Financial ServicesB 2,45613.3%6.12%
Triad Financial ServicesD 2,13354.2%8.68%
Centennial BankD 2,10416.1%6.63%

Frequently asked questions

Arkansas: 2,590 applications in 2025, of which 2,197 were originated and 13 denied.

0.5% of all applications, or 0.6% of the applications it actually decided on. The Arkansas statewide average across all lenders was 18.2%.

The median rate on loans Firsttrust Home Loans originated in Arkansas in 2025 was 6.49%, against a statewide median of 6.63%.

About this data. Figures are Firsttrust Home Loans'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