National Bankshares · Virginia · 2025

National Bankshares in Virginia: approval rate, denial rate and rates (2025)

National Bankshares took 281 mortgage applications in Virginia in 2025, ranking #173 of 1,013 lenders active in the state. It originated 89.3% of them and denied 2.5% (2.5% of the applications it decided), against a statewide denial rate of 15.9%.

281Applicationsin VA
2.5%Decision denial ratestate 20.3%
Median ratestate 6.63%
$175,000Median loanstate $255,000
$79MVolume31 counties

National Bankshares in Virginia vs the state

2.5%Denial rate-13.45 pts vs state
2.5%Decision denial rate-17.71 pts vs state
89.3%Origination rate+29.80 pts vs state
Median rate
Rate spread (pts)
$100kMedian applicant income
251Loans originated
7Denied

Trend in Virginia

YearApplicationsOriginatedDenial rateMedian rateRank in state
20232511965.2%#163
20242502005.2%#180
20252812512.5%#173

What National Bankshares lends in Virginia

By loan purpose

Home purchase 147 52% · 1.4% denied
Refinance 76 27% · 2.6% denied
Cash-out refinance 9 3% · 11.1% denied
Home improvement 21 7% · 4.8% denied
Other / HELOC 28 10% · 3.6% denied

By loan type

Conventional 273 97% · 2.2% denied
VA 3 1% · 33.3% denied
USDA / RHS 5 2% · 0.0% denied

Why it denied Virginia applicants

Debt-to-income ratio 6 86%
Employment history 1 14%

Where in Virginia

Counties with the most National Bankshares applications in 2025.

CountyApplicationsOriginatedDeniedDenial rate
Montgomery County 76711 1.3%
Giles County 34310 0.0%
Tazewell County 33260 0.0%
Pulaski County 30291 3.3%
Roanoke city 19181 5.3%
Washington County 12100 0.0%
Lynchburg city 990 0.0%
Carroll County 770 0.0%
Radford city 550 0.0%
Galax city 550 0.0%

Other large lenders in Virginia

LenderGradeApplicationsDenial rateMedian rate
Navy Federal Credit UnionD 19,39519.3%7.75%
Rocket MortgageC 19,27414.8%6.63%
United Shore Financial ServicesB 13,99410.4%6.12%
Truist BankC 11,83831.6%6.49%
Mortgage Research CenterC 9,00016.7%6.25%
Pennymac Loan ServicesC 8,33410.7%6.38%
Freedom MortgageB 8,0296.5%6.25%
Bank of AmericaF 6,58431.9%6.24%
NewrezD 6,39016.4%6.38%
Movement MortgageA 6,1264.3%6.56%

Frequently asked questions

Virginia: 281 applications in 2025, of which 251 were originated and 7 denied.

2.5% of all applications, or 2.5% of the applications it actually decided on. The Virginia statewide average across all lenders was 15.9%.

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

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