Lower · Louisiana · 2025

Lower in Louisiana: approval rate, denial rate and rates (2025)

Lower took 548 mortgage applications in Louisiana in 2025, ranking #52 of 721 lenders active in the state. It originated 67.9% of them and denied 7.9% (10.3% of the applications it decided), against a statewide denial rate of 22.2%.

548Applicationsin LA
10.3%Decision denial ratestate 28.2%
6.63%Median ratestate 6.63%
$220,000Median loanstate $165,000
$89MVolume39 counties

Lower in Louisiana vs the state

7.9%Denial rate-14.32 pts vs state
10.3%Decision denial rate-17.81 pts vs state
67.9%Origination rate+15.91 pts vs state
6.63%Median rate0.00 pts vs state
0.42Rate spread (pts)+0.06 pts vs state
$90kMedian applicant income
372Loans originated
43Denied

Trend in Louisiana

YearApplicationsOriginatedDenial rateMedian rateRank in state
202322414917.9%6.97%#98
20245633976.6%6.75%#47
20255483727.9%6.63%#52

What Lower lends in Louisiana

By loan purpose

Home purchase 418 76% · 5.3% denied
Refinance 31 6% · 9.7% denied
Cash-out refinance 99 18% · 18.2% denied

By loan type

Conventional 281 51% · 3.6% denied
FHA 177 32% · 13.0% denied
VA 66 12% · 15.2% denied
USDA / RHS 24 4% · 0.0% denied

Why it denied Louisiana applicants

Credit history 14 33%
Debt-to-income ratio 12 28%
Collateral 10 23%
Other 2 5%
Employment history 2 5%
Insufficient cash 1 2%
Unverifiable information 1 2%
Incomplete application 1 2%

Where in Louisiana

Counties with the most Lower applications in 2025.

CountyApplicationsOriginatedDeniedDenial rate
Calcasieu Parish 135989 6.7%
East Baton Rouge Parish 128915 3.9%
Orleans Parish 39206 15.4%
Lafayette Parish 38341 2.6%
Ascension Parish 33183 9.1%
Jefferson Parish 21151 4.8%
Beauregard Parish 19141 5.3%
Livingston Parish 18110 0.0%
St. Tammany Parish 1592 13.3%
Jefferson Davis Parish 960 0.0%

Other large lenders in Louisiana

LenderGradeApplicationsDenial rateMedian rate
21st MortgageF 7,05749.0%10.10%
United Shore Financial ServicesB 6,26413.1%6.38%
Rocket MortgageC 5,77025.9%6.63%
Vanderbilt Mortgage and FinanceF 4,37045.6%10.50%
Triad Financial ServicesD 3,86749.7%8.73%
Hancock Whitney BankB 3,53621.7%6.00%
Regions BankC 3,35645.8%6.00%
GMFSA 3,0722.0%6.50%
NewrezD 2,66421.1%6.50%
Dsld MortgageA 2,5456.3%6.13%

Frequently asked questions

Louisiana: 548 applications in 2025, of which 372 were originated and 43 denied.

7.9% of all applications, or 10.3% of the applications it actually decided on. The Louisiana statewide average across all lenders was 22.2%.

The median rate on loans Lower originated in Louisiana in 2025 was 6.63%, against a statewide median of 6.63%.

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