Peoples Bank · Arkansas · 2025

Peoples Bank in Arkansas: approval rate, denial rate and rates (2025)

Peoples Bank took 69 mortgage applications in Arkansas in 2025, ranking #184 of 802 lenders active in the state. It originated 88.4% of them and denied 7.3% (7.6% of the applications it decided), against a statewide denial rate of 18.2%.

69Applicationsin AR
7.6%Decision denial ratestate 23.1%
Median ratestate 6.63%
$125,000Median loanstate $165,000
$13MVolume13 counties

Peoples Bank in Arkansas vs the state

7.3%Denial rate-10.94 pts vs state
7.6%Decision denial rate-15.55 pts vs state
88.4%Origination rate+31.58 pts vs state
Median rate
Rate spread (pts)
$107kMedian applicant income
61Loans originated
5Denied

Trend in Arkansas

YearApplicationsOriginatedDenial rateMedian rateRank in state
202453447.6%#195
202569617.3%#184

What Peoples Bank lends in Arkansas

By loan purpose

Home purchase 44 64% · 9.1% denied
Refinance 8 12% · 0.0% denied
Cash-out refinance 2 3% · 0.0% denied
Home improvement 10 14% · 10.0% denied
Other / HELOC 5 7% · 0.0% denied

By loan type

Conventional 67 97% · 6.0% denied
VA 2 3% · 50.0% denied

Where in Arkansas

Counties with the most Peoples Bank applications in 2025.

CountyApplicationsOriginatedDeniedDenial rate
Grant County 30282 6.7%
Saline County 14140 0.0%
Craighead County 871 12.5%
Pulaski County 420 0.0%
Hot Spring County 320 0.0%
Jefferson County 202 100.0%
Faulkner County 220 0.0%
Garland County 110 0.0%
Montgomery County 110 0.0%
Sebastian County 110 0.0%

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: 69 applications in 2025, of which 61 were originated and 5 denied.

7.3% of all applications, or 7.6% of the applications it actually decided on. The Arkansas statewide average across all lenders was 18.2%.

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

About this data. Figures are Peoples Bank'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