Paragon Bank · Mississippi · 2025

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

Paragon Bank took 43 mortgage applications in Mississippi in 2025, ranking #184 of 681 lenders active in the state. It originated 86.1% of them and denied 2.3% (2.6% of the applications it decided), against a statewide denial rate of 22.9%.

43Applicationsin MS
2.6%Decision denial ratestate 28.5%
Median ratestate 6.75%
$225,000Median loanstate $135,000
$10MVolume9 counties

Paragon Bank in Mississippi vs the state

2.3%Denial rate-20.59 pts vs state
2.6%Decision denial rate-25.82 pts vs state
86.1%Origination rate+33.18 pts vs state
Median rate
Rate spread (pts)
$138kMedian applicant income
37Loans originated
1Denied

Trend in Mississippi

YearApplicationsOriginatedDenial rateMedian rateRank in state
202341352.4%#167
202440352.5%#174
202543372.3%#184

What Paragon Bank lends in Mississippi

By loan purpose

Home purchase 34 79% · 0.0% denied
Refinance 5 12% · 0.0% denied
Cash-out refinance 4 9% · 25.0% denied

By loan type

Conventional 43 100% · 2.3% denied

Where in Mississippi

Counties with the most Paragon Bank applications in 2025.

CountyApplicationsOriginatedDeniedDenial rate
Lafayette County 25201 4.0%
DeSoto County 550 0.0%
Yalobusha County 540 0.0%
Pontotoc County 330 0.0%
Monroe County 110 0.0%
Prentiss County 110 0.0%
Calhoun County 110 0.0%
Lee County 110 0.0%
Oktibbeha County 110 0.0%

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: 43 applications in 2025, of which 37 were originated and 1 denied.

2.3% of all applications, or 2.6% of the applications it actually decided on. The Mississippi statewide average across all lenders was 22.9%.

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

About this data. Figures are Paragon Bank'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