Mortgage lender · New Orleans, LA · LEI 549300OJTK0IPSNDA832

Liberty Bank and Trust review: approval odds, rates and grade (2025)

Liberty Bank and Trust earns a D, weaker than most small mortgage lenders. It turned down 28.9% of the applications it decided on in 2025, which ranks in the 8th percentile for approval odds. Compared against 1,883 small mortgage lenders using 2025 HMDA filings.

312Applications2025
61.5%Originatedof applications
28.9%Decision denial ratenational 22.6%
Median ratenational 6.63%
$57MLoan volume23 states

Liberty Bank and Trust at a glance, 2025

Every figure is from the lender's own HMDA filing. "vs national" compares with all lenders combined.

25.0%Denial rate (all applications)+7.02 pts vs national
28.9%Denial rate (decided applications)+6.30 pts vs national
61.5%Origination rate+3.51 pts vs national
11.2%Withdrawn by applicant
2.2%Closed for incompleteness
Median interest rate
Median rate spread (pts over APOR)
$195,000Median loan amount
Median total loan costs
$85kMedian applicant income
Median loan-to-value
2High-cost (HOEPA) loans

How the D grade breaks down

Each component is a percentile rank among 1,883 small mortgage lenders. Higher is better. Components the lender does not report are left out and the weights redistributed.

Approval oddsdecision denial rate, weight 45%

8th28.9% denied

Processwithdrawn + incomplete share, weight 15%

42nd13.5%

Trend, 2023–2025

YearApplicationsOriginatedDenial rateDecision denialMedian rateVolume
202330817224.0%30.0%$51M
202433417529.9%36.0%$44M
202531219225.0%28.9%$57M

What Liberty Bank and Trust lends

Applications by purpose and loan type in 2025, with the denial rate for each. A lender's mix explains a lot of its headline rate: HELOCs and FHA loans are denied far more often than conventional purchase loans.

By loan purpose

Home purchase 239 77% · 20.1% denied
Refinance 10 3% · 10.0% denied
Cash-out refinance 54 17% · 51.9% denied
Home improvement 6 2% · 16.7% denied
Other / HELOC 3 1% · 0.0% denied

By loan type

Conventional 158 51% · 20.9% denied
FHA 140 45% · 30.7% denied
VA 10 3% · 10.0% denied
USDA / RHS 4 1% · 25.0% denied

Also: 0 home-equity lines, 0 reverse mortgages, 0 manufactured homes, 34 investment properties.

Who gets approved at Liberty Bank and Trust

Decision denial rate by applicant profile. Groups with fewer than 20 applications are omitted.

Applicant incomeApplicationsOriginatedDecision denial rate
Under $50k674230.0%
$50k – $100k1096931.0%
$100k – $150k493122.5%
$150k – $250k442041.2%
Over $250k321924.0%
Applicant ageApplicationsOriginatedDecision denial rate
25–34432629.7%
35–44865824.7%
45–54734331.8%
55–64613634.6%
65–74251430.0%

Where Liberty Bank and Trust lends

23 states and 75 counties in 2025. Click a state for the lender's full record there.

StateApplicationsOriginatedDenial rateMedian rateRank in state
Louisiana1489724.3%#141
Mississippi553423.6%#164
Illinois291910.3%#545
Georgia11736.4%#648
Michigan9633.3%#524
Tennessee8350.0%#665
Texas8625.0%#996
Alabama740.0%#519
Missouri7228.6%#547
California6350.0%#797

Frequently asked questions

Liberty Bank and Trust denied 28.9% of the applications it decided on in 2025. The national figure across all lenders was 22.6%. On approval odds it ranks in the 8th percentile of small mortgage lenders.

In 2025, 77% of its applications were for home purchases, 21% for refinancing (including cash-out), and 3% for home improvement or other purposes. By loan type: 51% conventional, 45% FHA, 3% VA.

Every figure on this page comes from the Home Mortgage Disclosure Act (HMDA) Loan/Application Register published by the CFPB, which lenders are required by federal law to file. We add the grade and the comparisons; we do not add facts.

About this data. HMDA data is published once a year by the CFPB. The current release covers applications acted on in calendar year 2025. Figures describe applications the lender acted on, including loans it later sold. Interest rates and costs are medians on originated loans only; some depository institutions are exempt from reporting pricing fields, which is why a few cells read "—". MortgageGrades is not affiliated with Liberty Bank and Trust. Data sources · Methodology