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

Longview Bank earns an A, placing it in the top fifth of small mortgage lenders. It turned down 2.1% of the applications it decided on in 2025, which ranks in the 88th percentile for approval odds. Compared against 1,883 small mortgage lenders using 2025 HMDA filings.

480Applications2025
91.5%Originatedof applications
2.1%Decision denial ratenational 22.6%
6.25%Median ratenational 6.63%
$81MLoan volume5 states

Longview Bank at a glance, 2025

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

2.1%Denial rate (all applications)-15.90 pts vs national
2.1%Denial rate (decided applications)-20.45 pts vs national
91.5%Origination rate+33.43 pts vs national
2.7%Withdrawn by applicant
0.0%Closed for incompleteness
6.25%Median interest rate-0.38 pts vs national
-0.51Median rate spread (pts over APOR)-0.76 pts vs national
$125,000Median loan amount
$1,603Median total loan costs
$87kMedian applicant income
80%Median loan-to-value
0High-cost (HOEPA) loans

How the A 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%

88th2.1% denied

Processwithdrawn + incomplete share, weight 15%

87th2.7%

Closing coststotal loan costs ÷ loan amount, weight 10%

75th1.28% of loan

Trend, 2023–2025

YearApplicationsOriginatedDenial rateDecision denialMedian rateVolume
20233273160.3%0.3%7.00%$39M
20243853523.1%3.2%$67M
20254804392.1%2.1%6.25%$81M

What Longview Bank 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 244 51% · 0.8% denied
Refinance 197 41% · 2.5% denied
Home improvement 23 5% · 4.4% denied
Other / HELOC 16 3% · 12.5% denied

By loan type

Conventional 480 100% · 2.1% denied

Also: 0 home-equity lines, 0 reverse mortgages, 14 manufactured homes, 117 investment properties.

Who gets approved at Longview Bank

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

Applicant incomeApplicationsOriginatedDecision denial rate
Under $50k76645.5%
$50k – $100k1481351.4%
$100k – $150k99911.0%
$150k – $250k52470.0%
Applicant ageApplicationsOriginatedDecision denial rate
Under 2534313.0%
25–3499883.1%
35–4488803.5%
45–5477720.0%
55–6460523.5%
65–7425194.4%

Where Longview Bank lends

5 states and 30 counties in 2025. Click a state for the lender's full record there.

StateApplicationsOriginatedDenial rateMedian rateRank in state
Illinois4384002.3%6.25%#144
Indiana36350.0%#386

Frequently asked questions

Longview Bank denied 2.1% of the applications it decided on in 2025. The national figure across all lenders was 22.6%. On approval odds it ranks in the 88th percentile of small mortgage lenders.

The median interest rate on loans Longview Bank originated in 2025 was 6.25%, and its median rate spread over the average prime offer rate was -0.51 points. Rates on this page are what borrowers actually got, not advertised rates.

In 2025, 51% of its applications were for home purchases, 41% for refinancing (including cash-out), and 8% for home improvement or other purposes. By loan type: 100% conventional, 0% FHA, 0% 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 Longview Bank. Data sources · Methodology