Merchants & Farmers Bank & Trust · Louisiana · 2025

Merchants & Farmers Bank & Trust in Louisiana: approval rate, denial rate and rates (2025)

Merchants & Farmers Bank & Trust took 143 mortgage applications in Louisiana in 2025, ranking #142 of 721 lenders active in the state. It originated 76.2% of them and denied 15.4% (15.4% of the applications it decided), against a statewide denial rate of 22.2%.

143Applicationsin LA
15.4%Decision denial ratestate 28.2%
Median ratestate 6.63%
$115,000Median loanstate $165,000
$16MVolume12 counties

Merchants & Farmers Bank & Trust in Louisiana vs the state

15.4%Denial rate-6.79 pts vs state
15.4%Decision denial rate-12.77 pts vs state
76.2%Origination rate+24.25 pts vs state
Median rate
Rate spread (pts)
$87kMedian applicant income
109Loans originated
22Denied

Trend in Louisiana

YearApplicationsOriginatedDenial rateMedian rateRank in state
202314511710.3%#139
20241308820.8%#137
202514310915.4%#142

What Merchants & Farmers Bank & Trust lends in Louisiana

By loan purpose

Home purchase 81 57% · 16.1% denied
Refinance 46 32% · 15.2% denied
Home improvement 5 3% · 0.0% denied
Other / HELOC 11 8% · 18.2% denied

By loan type

Conventional 142 99% · 14.8% denied
USDA / RHS 1 1% · 100.0% denied

Where in Louisiana

Counties with the most Merchants & Farmers Bank & Trust applications in 2025.

CountyApplicationsOriginatedDeniedDenial rate
Vernon Parish 735313 17.8%
Calcasieu Parish 36306 16.7%
Beauregard Parish 1082 20.0%
Sabine Parish 640 0.0%
Natchitoches Parish 550 0.0%
Allen Parish 330 0.0%
Rapides Parish 320 0.0%
Cameron Parish 210 0.0%
Grant Parish 220 0.0%
Jackson Parish 100 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: 143 applications in 2025, of which 109 were originated and 22 denied.

15.4% of all applications, or 15.4% of the applications it actually decided on. The Louisiana statewide average across all lenders was 22.2%.

This lender did not report interest rates on its originated loans (some institutions are exempt from HMDA pricing fields).

About this data. Figures are Merchants & Farmers Bank & Trust'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