Pennymac Loan Services · Arkansas · 2025

Pennymac Loan Services in Arkansas: approval rate, denial rate and rates (2025)

Pennymac Loan Services took 2,076 mortgage applications in Arkansas in 2025, ranking #12 of 802 lenders active in the state. It originated 45.6% of them and denied 12.4% (20.3% of the applications it decided), against a statewide denial rate of 18.2%.

2.1kApplicationsin AR
20.3%Decision denial ratestate 23.1%
6.38%Median ratestate 6.63%
$165,000Median loanstate $165,000
$192MVolume70 counties

Pennymac Loan Services in Arkansas vs the state

12.4%Denial rate-5.81 pts vs state
20.3%Decision denial rate-2.83 pts vs state
45.6%Origination rate-11.21 pts vs state
6.38%Median rate-0.25 pts vs state
0.38Rate spread (pts)+0.04 pts vs state
$91kMedian applicant income
947Loans originated
257Denied

Trend in Arkansas

YearApplicationsOriginatedDenial rateMedian rateRank in state
202385238415.5%6.62%#28
20241,37265112.2%6.25%#17
20252,07694712.4%6.38%#12

What Pennymac Loan Services lends in Arkansas

By loan purpose

Home purchase 217 10% · 11.5% denied
Refinance 792 38% · 8.1% denied
Cash-out refinance 532 26% · 18.6% denied
Other / HELOC 535 26% · 12.9% denied

By loan type

Conventional 911 44% · 12.0% denied
FHA 721 35% · 13.6% denied
VA 403 19% · 10.2% denied
USDA / RHS 41 2% · 22.0% denied

Why it denied Arkansas applicants

Collateral 86 33%
Credit history 52 20%
Debt-to-income ratio 47 18%
Incomplete application 39 15%
Unverifiable information 14 5%
Insufficient cash 10 4%
Other 8 3%
Employment history 1 0%

Where in Arkansas

Counties with the most Pennymac Loan Services applications in 2025.

CountyApplicationsOriginatedDeniedDenial rate
Benton County 31315733 10.5%
Pulaski County 28513524 8.4%
Washington County 1436120 14.0%
Saline County 1307215 11.5%
Faulkner County 1296216 12.4%
Craighead County 95416 6.3%
Lonoke County 86469 10.5%
Garland County 60309 15.0%
Sebastian County 53209 17.0%
Jefferson County 46157 15.2%

Other large lenders in Arkansas

LenderGradeApplicationsDenial rateMedian rate
Arvest BankC 9,74814.4%7.00%
Rocket MortgageC 5,85420.1%6.63%
ARKANSAS Federal Credit UnionF 4,43923.6%7.50%
Vanderbilt Mortgage and FinanceF 3,49138.4%10.25%
21st MortgageF 3,25046.6%9.69%
Mortgage Research CenterC 2,76718.3%6.25%
Regions BankC 2,64640.0%6.13%
Firsttrust Home LoansB 2,5900.5%6.49%
United Shore Financial ServicesB 2,45613.3%6.12%
Triad Financial ServicesD 2,13354.2%8.68%

Frequently asked questions

Arkansas: 2,076 applications in 2025, of which 947 were originated and 257 denied.

12.4% of all applications, or 20.3% of the applications it actually decided on. The Arkansas statewide average across all lenders was 18.2%.

The median rate on loans Pennymac Loan Services originated in Arkansas in 2025 was 6.38%, against a statewide median of 6.63%.

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