Mortgage lender · Mendenhall, MS · LEI 54930032OCUOR526IR93

Peoples Bank review: approval odds, rates and grade (2025)

Peoples Bank earns a D, weaker than most small mortgage lenders. It turned down 18.3% of the applications it decided on in 2025, which ranks in the 23rd percentile for approval odds. Compared against 1,883 small mortgage lenders using 2025 HMDA filings.

566Applications2025
66.1%Originatedof applications
18.3%Decision denial ratenational 22.6%
Median ratenational 6.63%
$85MLoan volume46 states

Peoples Bank at a glance, 2025

Every figure is from the lender's own HMDA filing. "vs national" compares with all lenders combined.

15.0%Denial rate (all applications)-2.96 pts vs national
18.3%Denial rate (decided applications)-4.27 pts vs national
66.1%Origination rate+8.05 pts vs national
15.0%Withdrawn by applicant
3.0%Closed for incompleteness
Median interest rate
Median rate spread (pts over APOR)
$205,000Median loan amount
Median total loan costs
$96kMedian applicant income
Median loan-to-value
0High-cost (HOEPA) loans

How the D grade breaks down

Each component is a percentile rank among 1,883 small mortgage lenders. Higher is better. Components the lender does not report are left out and the weights redistributed.

Approval oddsdecision denial rate, weight 45%

23rd18.3% denied

Processwithdrawn + incomplete share, weight 15%

25th18.0%

Trend, 2023–2025

YearApplicationsOriginatedDenial rateDecision denialMedian rateVolume
202356635214.3%18.4%$91M
202454436112.0%15.1%$89M
202556637415.0%18.3%$85M

What Peoples Bank lends

Applications by purpose and loan type in 2025, with the denial rate for each. A lender's mix explains a lot of its headline rate: HELOCs and FHA loans are denied far more often than conventional purchase loans.

By loan purpose

Home purchase 248 44% · 7.7% denied
Refinance 50 9% · 12.0% denied
Cash-out refinance 244 43% · 23.0% denied
Home improvement 14 2% · 14.3% denied
Other / HELOC 10 2% · 20.0% denied

By loan type

Conventional 157 28% · 7.0% denied
FHA 356 63% · 17.1% denied
VA 35 6% · 25.7% denied
USDA / RHS 18 3% · 22.2% denied

Also: 0 home-equity lines, 0 reverse mortgages, 39 manufactured homes, 66 investment properties.

Who gets approved at Peoples Bank

Decision denial rate by applicant profile. Groups with fewer than 20 applications are omitted.

Applicant incomeApplicationsOriginatedDecision denial rate
Under $50k724133.9%
$50k – $100k20813121.5%
$100k – $150k16211011.9%
$150k – $250k764820.0%
Over $250k23210.0%
Applicant ageApplicationsOriginatedDecision denial rate
25–3444359.8%
35–441107218.9%
45–541589920.8%
55–641448425.0%
65–74604018.0%

Where Peoples Bank lends

46 states and 316 counties in 2025. Click a state for the lender's full record there.

StateApplicationsOriginatedDenial rateMedian rateRank in state
Mississippi1601238.8%#97
Georgia442418.2%#451
Pennsylvania302120.0%#554
Florida261811.5%#712
Michigan20830.0%#436
Kentucky19145.3%#360
Missouri161031.3%#459
New Jersey16431.3%#476
Texas16731.3%#899
Kansas15126.7%#325
Tennessee151013.3%#579
Ohio14621.4%#574
Alabama13930.8%#436
Arizona13130.0%#470
Illinois12625.0%#663
California11727.3%#724
Minnesota1179.1%#458
North Carolina1199.1%#617
Arkansas10610.0%#335
Virginia850.0%#599
Colorado7342.9%#572
Massachusetts7514.3%#482
Maryland750.0%#510
South Carolina7428.6%#593
Wisconsin750.0%#531
Indiana640.0%#623
Oklahoma6433.3%#455
New York5220.0%#517

Frequently asked questions

Peoples Bank denied 18.3% of the applications it decided on in 2025. The national figure across all lenders was 22.6%. On approval odds it ranks in the 23rd percentile of small mortgage lenders.

In 2025, 44% of its applications were for home purchases, 52% for refinancing (including cash-out), and 4% for home improvement or other purposes. By loan type: 28% conventional, 63% FHA, 6% VA.

Every figure on this page comes from the Home Mortgage Disclosure Act (HMDA) Loan/Application Register published by the CFPB, which lenders are required by federal law to file. We add the grade and the comparisons; we do not add facts.

About this data. HMDA data is published once a year by the CFPB. The current release covers applications acted on in calendar year 2025. Figures describe applications the lender acted on, including loans it later sold. Interest rates and costs are medians on originated loans only; some depository institutions are exempt from reporting pricing fields, which is why a few cells read "—". MortgageGrades is not affiliated with Peoples Bank. Data sources · Methodology