Gateway First Bank · Virginia · 2025

Gateway First Bank in Virginia: approval rate, denial rate and rates (2025)

Gateway First Bank took 27 mortgage applications in Virginia in 2025, ranking #458 of 1,013 lenders active in the state. It originated 70.4% of them and denied 3.7% (5.0% of the applications it decided), against a statewide denial rate of 15.9%.

27Applicationsin VA
5.0%Decision denial ratestate 20.3%
6.75%Median ratestate 6.63%
$285,000Median loanstate $255,000
$6.2MVolume11 counties

Gateway First Bank in Virginia vs the state

3.7%Denial rate-12.24 pts vs state
5.0%Decision denial rate-15.25 pts vs state
70.4%Origination rate+10.85 pts vs state
6.75%Median rate+0.13 pts vs state
0.51Rate spread (pts)+0.29 pts vs state
$107kMedian applicant income
19Loans originated
1Denied

Trend in Virginia

YearApplicationsOriginatedDenial rateMedian rateRank in state
202318130.0%7.13%#489
202430240.0%6.69%#432
202527193.7%6.75%#458

What Gateway First Bank lends in Virginia

By loan purpose

Home purchase 27 100% · 3.7% denied

By loan type

Conventional 18 67% · 5.6% denied
FHA 5 19% · 0.0% denied
VA 4 15% · 0.0% denied

Why it denied Virginia applicants

Debt-to-income ratio 1 100%

Where in Virginia

Counties with the most Gateway First Bank applications in 2025.

CountyApplicationsOriginatedDeniedDenial rate
Bedford County 860 0.0%
Lynchburg city 531 20.0%
Rockbridge County 220 0.0%
Amherst County 220 0.0%
Campbell County 210 0.0%
Harrisonburg city 210 0.0%
Franklin County 210 0.0%
Montgomery County 100 0.0%
Loudoun County 110 0.0%
Lexington city 110 0.0%

Other large lenders in Virginia

LenderGradeApplicationsDenial rateMedian rate
Navy Federal Credit UnionD 19,39519.3%7.75%
Rocket MortgageC 19,27414.8%6.63%
United Shore Financial ServicesB 13,99410.4%6.12%
Truist BankC 11,83831.6%6.49%
Mortgage Research CenterC 9,00016.7%6.25%
Pennymac Loan ServicesC 8,33410.7%6.38%
Freedom MortgageB 8,0296.5%6.25%
Bank of AmericaF 6,58431.9%6.24%
NewrezD 6,39016.4%6.38%
Movement MortgageA 6,1264.3%6.56%

Frequently asked questions

Virginia: 27 applications in 2025, of which 19 were originated and 1 denied.

3.7% of all applications, or 5.0% of the applications it actually decided on. The Virginia statewide average across all lenders was 15.9%.

The median rate on loans Gateway First Bank originated in Virginia in 2025 was 6.75%, against a statewide median of 6.63%.

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