Highlands Residential Mortgage · Arkansas · 2025

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

Highlands Residential Mortgage took 851 mortgage applications in Arkansas in 2025, ranking #34 of 802 lenders active in the state. It originated 79.1% of them and denied 0.8% (1.0% of the applications it decided), against a statewide denial rate of 18.2%.

851Applicationsin AR
1.0%Decision denial ratestate 23.1%
6.63%Median ratestate 6.63%
$205,000Median loanstate $165,000
$151MVolume49 counties

Highlands Residential Mortgage in Arkansas vs the state

0.8%Denial rate-17.37 pts vs state
1.0%Decision denial rate-22.17 pts vs state
79.1%Origination rate+22.25 pts vs state
6.63%Median rate0.00 pts vs state
0.43Rate spread (pts)+0.09 pts vs state
$83kMedian applicant income
673Loans originated
7Denied

Trend in Arkansas

YearApplicationsOriginatedDenial rateMedian rateRank in state
20237445750.8%6.75%#31
20249187300.8%6.63%#30
20258516730.8%6.63%#34

What Highlands Residential Mortgage lends in Arkansas

By loan purpose

Home purchase 748 88% · 0.9% denied
Refinance 55 6% · 0.0% denied
Cash-out refinance 48 6% · 0.0% denied

By loan type

Conventional 419 49% · 0.5% denied
FHA 301 35% · 1.7% denied
VA 79 9% · 0.0% denied
USDA / RHS 52 6% · 0.0% denied

Why it denied Arkansas applicants

Debt-to-income ratio 2 29%
Employment history 1 14%
Other 1 14%
Insufficient cash 1 14%
Collateral 1 14%
Credit history 1 14%

Where in Arkansas

Counties with the most Highlands Residential Mortgage applications in 2025.

CountyApplicationsOriginatedDeniedDenial rate
Crawford County 124990 0.0%
Benton County 120980 0.0%
Sebastian County 107810 0.0%
Pulaski County 80701 1.3%
Washington County 73530 0.0%
Union County 69600 0.0%
Miller County 27240 0.0%
Garland County 25162 8.0%
Craighead County 25190 0.0%
Little River County 22180 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: 851 applications in 2025, of which 673 were originated and 7 denied.

0.8% of all applications, or 1.0% of the applications it actually decided on. The Arkansas statewide average across all lenders was 18.2%.

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

About this data. Figures are Highlands Residential 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