Planet Home Lending · Louisiana · 2025

Planet Home Lending in Louisiana: approval rate, denial rate and rates (2025)

Planet Home Lending took 746 mortgage applications in Louisiana in 2025, ranking #43 of 721 lenders active in the state. It originated 78.4% of them and denied 15.4% (16.3% of the applications it decided), against a statewide denial rate of 22.2%.

746Applicationsin LA
16.3%Decision denial ratestate 28.2%
6.38%Median ratestate 6.63%
$195,000Median loanstate $165,000
$122MVolume48 counties

Planet Home Lending in Louisiana vs the state

15.4%Denial rate-6.75 pts vs state
16.3%Decision denial rate-11.86 pts vs state
78.4%Origination rate+26.45 pts vs state
6.38%Median rate-0.25 pts vs state
0.37Rate spread (pts)+0.01 pts vs state
$78kMedian applicant income
585Loans originated
115Denied

Trend in Louisiana

YearApplicationsOriginatedDenial rateMedian rateRank in state
202328320621.9%6.75%#80
202459945020.2%6.38%#46
202574658515.4%6.38%#43

What Planet Home Lending lends in Louisiana

By loan purpose

Home purchase 501 67% · 15.6% denied
Refinance 195 26% · 10.8% denied
Cash-out refinance 36 5% · 27.8% denied
Home improvement 3 0% · 66.7% denied
Other / HELOC 11 1% · 36.4% denied

By loan type

Conventional 207 28% · 15.9% denied
FHA 375 50% · 15.2% denied
VA 137 18% · 13.9% denied
USDA / RHS 27 4% · 22.2% denied

Why it denied Louisiana applicants

Incomplete application 67 58%
Other 16 14%
Collateral 9 8%
Debt-to-income ratio 9 8%
Credit history 7 6%
Unverifiable information 4 3%
Employment history 3 3%

Where in Louisiana

Counties with the most Planet Home Lending applications in 2025.

CountyApplicationsOriginatedDeniedDenial rate
Caddo Parish 22918825 10.9%
Bossier Parish 997613 13.1%
Calcasieu Parish 756112 16.0%
Ouachita Parish 40334 10.0%
De Soto Parish 31244 12.9%
Jefferson Parish 31228 25.8%
East Baton Rouge Parish 28217 25.0%
Livingston Parish 22184 18.2%
St. Tammany Parish 21191 4.8%
Lafayette Parish 18115 27.8%

Other large lenders in Louisiana

LenderGradeApplicationsDenial rateMedian rate
21st MortgageF 7,05749.0%10.10%
United Shore Financial ServicesB 6,26413.1%6.38%
Rocket MortgageC 5,77025.9%6.63%
Vanderbilt Mortgage and FinanceF 4,37045.6%10.50%
Triad Financial ServicesD 3,86749.7%8.73%
Hancock Whitney BankB 3,53621.7%6.00%
Regions BankC 3,35645.8%6.00%
GMFSA 3,0722.0%6.50%
NewrezD 2,66421.1%6.50%
Dsld MortgageA 2,5456.3%6.13%

Frequently asked questions

Louisiana: 746 applications in 2025, of which 585 were originated and 115 denied.

15.4% of all applications, or 16.3% of the applications it actually decided on. The Louisiana statewide average across all lenders was 22.2%.

The median rate on loans Planet Home Lending originated in Louisiana in 2025 was 6.38%, against a statewide median of 6.63%.

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