Primary Residential Mortgage · Arkansas · 2025

Primary Residential Mortgage in Arkansas: approval rate, denial rate and rates (2025)

Primary Residential Mortgage took 285 mortgage applications in Arkansas in 2025, ranking #83 of 802 lenders active in the state. It originated 60.7% of them and denied 9.5% (13.5% of the applications it decided), against a statewide denial rate of 18.2%.

285Applicationsin AR
13.5%Decision denial ratestate 23.1%
6.99%Median ratestate 6.63%
$165,000Median loanstate $165,000
$31MVolume55 counties

Primary Residential Mortgage in Arkansas vs the state

9.5%Denial rate-8.72 pts vs state
13.5%Decision denial rate-9.63 pts vs state
60.7%Origination rate+3.87 pts vs state
6.99%Median rate+0.37 pts vs state
1.05Rate spread (pts)+0.71 pts vs state
$67kMedian applicant income
173Loans originated
27Denied

Trend in Arkansas

YearApplicationsOriginatedDenial rateMedian rateRank in state
20232681569.0%6.81%#77
202426317411.0%7.13%#83
20252851739.5%6.99%#83

What Primary Residential Mortgage lends in Arkansas

By loan purpose

Home purchase 243 85% · 8.2% denied
Refinance 18 6% · 16.7% denied
Cash-out refinance 24 8% · 16.7% denied

By loan type

Conventional 96 34% · 4.2% denied
FHA 100 35% · 12.0% denied
VA 14 5% · 7.1% denied
USDA / RHS 75 26% · 13.3% denied

Why it denied Arkansas applicants

Credit history 12 44%
Debt-to-income ratio 10 37%
Insufficient cash 2 7%
Employment history 2 7%
Collateral 1 4%

Where in Arkansas

Counties with the most Primary Residential Mortgage applications in 2025.

CountyApplicationsOriginatedDeniedDenial rate
Garland County 50323 6.0%
Pulaski County 46304 8.7%
Saline County 23153 13.0%
Lonoke County 1493 21.4%
Faulkner County 1181 9.1%
Crittenden County 1040 0.0%
Benton County 1042 20.0%
Arkansas County 1071 10.0%
Jefferson County 860 0.0%
White County 850 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: 285 applications in 2025, of which 173 were originated and 27 denied.

9.5% of all applications, or 13.5% of the applications it actually decided on. The Arkansas statewide average across all lenders was 18.2%.

The median rate on loans Primary Residential Mortgage originated in Arkansas in 2025 was 6.99%, against a statewide median of 6.63%.

About this data. Figures are Primary Residential Mortgage'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