Lower · Mississippi · 2025

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

Lower took 74 mortgage applications in Mississippi in 2025, ranking #145 of 681 lenders active in the state. It originated 23.0% of them and denied 32.4% (57.1% of the applications it decided), against a statewide denial rate of 22.9%.

74Applicationsin MS
57.1%Decision denial ratestate 28.5%
6.50%Median ratestate 6.75%
$240,000Median loanstate $135,000
$3.6MVolume32 counties

Lower in Mississippi vs the state

32.4%Denial rate+9.51 pts vs state
57.1%Decision denial rate+28.69 pts vs state
23.0%Origination rate-29.90 pts vs state
6.50%Median rate-0.25 pts vs state
0.56Rate spread (pts)+0.23 pts vs state
$77kMedian applicant income
17Loans originated
24Denied

Trend in Mississippi

YearApplicationsOriginatedDenial rateMedian rateRank in state
2023361722.2%7.25%#176
2024591118.6%6.75%#146
2025741732.4%6.50%#145

What Lower lends in Mississippi

By loan purpose

Home purchase 11 15% · 27.3% denied
Refinance 16 22% · 37.5% denied
Cash-out refinance 47 64% · 31.9% denied

By loan type

Conventional 15 20% · 6.7% denied
FHA 34 46% · 41.2% denied
VA 25 34% · 36.0% denied

Why it denied Mississippi applicants

Credit history 15 63%
Debt-to-income ratio 5 21%
Collateral 2 8%
Incomplete application 1 4%
Insufficient cash 1 4%

Where in Mississippi

Counties with the most Lower applications in 2025.

CountyApplicationsOriginatedDeniedDenial rate
DeSoto County 1428 57.1%
Rankin County 721 14.3%
Harrison County 730 0.0%
Jackson County 503 60.0%
Madison County 511 20.0%
Lee County 310 0.0%
Hinds County 201 50.0%
Hancock County 220 0.0%
Forrest County 201 50.0%
Simpson County 202 100.0%

Other large lenders in Mississippi

LenderGradeApplicationsDenial rateMedian rate
21st MortgageF 6,76448.5%10.56%
Trustmark National BankC 5,53112.5%6.75%
Cadence BankB 5,30119.2%7.25%
Regions BankC 4,91644.7%5.75%
Rocket MortgageC 4,63624.8%6.63%
Community Bank of MississippiC 3,8569.0%7.65%
Renasant BankB 3,18814.3%6.99%
Triad Financial ServicesD 3,14034.4%8.76%
Vanderbilt Mortgage and FinanceF 2,84044.3%10.25%
BankPlusB 2,63810.7%6.50%

Frequently asked questions

Mississippi: 74 applications in 2025, of which 17 were originated and 24 denied.

32.4% of all applications, or 57.1% of the applications it actually decided on. The Mississippi statewide average across all lenders was 22.9%.

The median rate on loans Lower originated in Mississippi in 2025 was 6.50%, against a statewide median of 6.75%.

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