Freedom Mortgage · Arkansas · 2025

Freedom Mortgage in Arkansas: approval rate, denial rate and rates (2025)

Freedom Mortgage took 1,672 mortgage applications in Arkansas in 2025, ranking #18 of 802 lenders active in the state. It originated 40.4% of them and denied 8.4% (14.8% of the applications it decided), against a statewide denial rate of 18.2%.

1.7kApplicationsin AR
14.8%Decision denial ratestate 23.1%
6.25%Median ratestate 6.63%
$215,000Median loanstate $165,000
$172MVolume70 counties

Freedom Mortgage in Arkansas vs the state

8.4%Denial rate-9.82 pts vs state
14.8%Decision denial rate-8.35 pts vs state
40.4%Origination rate-16.46 pts vs state
6.25%Median rate-0.38 pts vs state
0.06Rate spread (pts)-0.28 pts vs state
$77kMedian applicant income
675Loans originated
140Denied

Trend in Arkansas

YearApplicationsOriginatedDenial rateMedian rateRank in state
202360121716.8%6.75%#37
20241,21851811.9%6.25%#23
20251,6726758.4%6.25%#18

What Freedom Mortgage lends in Arkansas

By loan purpose

Home purchase 67 4% · 11.9% denied
Refinance 901 54% · 2.7% denied
Cash-out refinance 699 42% · 15.5% denied
Other / HELOC 5 0% · 0.0% denied

By loan type

Conventional 109 7% · 2.8% denied
FHA 748 45% · 11.5% denied
VA 814 49% · 6.3% denied
USDA / RHS 1 0% · 0.0% denied

Why it denied Arkansas applicants

Collateral 56 40%
Credit history 33 24%
Debt-to-income ratio 23 16%
Other 21 15%
Insufficient cash 3 2%
Unverifiable information 2 1%
Incomplete application 2 1%

Where in Arkansas

Counties with the most Freedom Mortgage applications in 2025.

CountyApplicationsOriginatedDeniedDenial rate
Pulaski County 2339720 8.6%
Benton County 209919 4.3%
Saline County 1265014 11.1%
Washington County 117369 7.7%
Lonoke County 112485 4.5%
Faulkner County 85354 4.7%
Craighead County 67298 11.9%
Sebastian County 54177 13.0%
White County 51255 9.8%
Baxter County 40155 12.5%

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: 1,672 applications in 2025, of which 675 were originated and 140 denied.

8.4% of all applications, or 14.8% of the applications it actually decided on. The Arkansas statewide average across all lenders was 18.2%.

The median rate on loans Freedom Mortgage originated in Arkansas in 2025 was 6.25%, against a statewide median of 6.63%.

About this data. Figures are Freedom Mortgage'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