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

Regions Bank earns a C, in line with the typical performance of large mortgage lenders. It turned down 43.1% of the applications it decided on in 2025, which ranks in the 15th percentile for approval odds. Its median loan was priced 0.32 points below the average prime offer rate, ranking in the 96th percentile on pricing. Compared against 101 large mortgage lenders using 2025 HMDA filings.

69kApplications2025
44.1%Originatedof applications
43.1%Decision denial ratenational 22.6%
5.63%Median ratenational 6.63%
$8.0BLoan volume44 states

Regions Bank at a glance, 2025

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

38.8%Denial rate (all applications)+20.77 pts vs national
43.1%Denial rate (decided applications)+20.51 pts vs national
44.1%Origination rate-13.98 pts vs national
2.9%Withdrawn by applicant
7.2%Closed for incompleteness
5.63%Median interest rate-1.00 pts vs national
-0.32Median rate spread (pts over APOR)-0.57 pts vs national
$85,000Median loan amount
$5,411Median total loan costs
$90kMedian applicant income
62%Median loan-to-value
0High-cost (HOEPA) loans

How the C grade breaks down

Each component is a percentile rank among 101 large mortgage lenders. Higher is better. Components the lender does not report are left out and the weights redistributed.

Approval oddsdecision denial rate, weight 45%

15th43.1% denied

Pricingmedian rate spread over APOR, weight 30%

96th-0.32 pts

Processwithdrawn + incomplete share, weight 15%

90th10.1%

Closing coststotal loan costs ÷ loan amount, weight 10%

2nd6.37% of loan

Trend, 2023–2025

YearApplicationsOriginatedDenial rateDecision denialMedian rateVolume
202373,58531,20739.6%45.6%8.00%$8.6B
202469,18829,33740.3%45.8%6.99%$8.8B
202568,71030,26938.8%43.1%5.63%$8.0B

What Regions 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 12,909 19% · 16.1% denied
Refinance 12,954 19% · 30.7% denied
Cash-out refinance 2,969 4% · 26.3% denied
Home improvement 23,480 34% · 48.4% denied
Other / HELOC 16,398 24% · 51.5% denied

By loan type

Conventional 64,688 94% · 39.4% denied
FHA 3,118 5% · 31.8% denied
VA 640 1% · 13.1% denied
USDA / RHS 264 0% · 18.9% denied

Also: 33,527 home-equity lines, 0 reverse mortgages, 28 manufactured homes, 1,110 investment properties.

Why Regions Bank denies applications

Primary reason reported for each of the 26,623 denials in 2025. Lenders can cite up to four reasons; this is the first one listed.

Credit history 12,866 48%
Debt-to-income ratio 7,909 30%
Collateral 5,053 19%
Unverifiable information 258 1%
Other 188 1%
Insufficient cash 165 1%
Incomplete application 164 1%
Employment history 20 0%

How these reasons compare nationally →

Who gets approved at Regions Bank

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

Applicant incomeApplicationsOriginatedDecision denial rate
Under $50k13,2473,90861.7%
$50k – $100k23,20310,11744.0%
$100k – $150k12,7406,37935.8%
$150k – $250k9,8055,21630.7%
Over $250k7,3613,86529.0%
Applicant ageApplicationsOriginatedDecision denial rate
Under 2586742935.9%
25–346,6072,97842.6%
35–4411,1694,80745.4%
45–5413,4045,85844.6%
55–6415,2726,73443.0%
65–7413,5786,01741.8%
Over 747,5433,27441.7%

Where Regions Bank lends

44 states and 1,359 counties in 2025. Click a state for the lender's full record there.

StateApplicationsOriginatedDenial rateMedian rateRank in state
Florida14,0625,82639.5%5.38%#11
Alabama11,8715,52337.2%4.99%#1
Tennessee11,2475,32236.5%4.99%#3
Georgia6,4512,86937.9%6.13%#15
Mississippi4,9161,88644.7%5.75%#4
Texas3,6041,25246.6%6.13%#51
Louisiana3,3561,28245.8%6.00%#7
Arkansas2,6461,12940.0%6.13%#7
Illinois2,5431,16838.2%4.99%#36
Missouri2,3081,18833.8%4.99%#22
Indiana2,2031,07135.5%5.88%#37
South Carolina1,24260432.8%6.00%#47
North Carolina1,08054428.1%6.13%#81
Kentucky56728834.0%6.06%#73
Iowa1494756.4%6.00%#126
Virginia994829.3%5.12%#289
Ohio422711.9%6.17%#431
Colorado352017.1%5.75%#350
Wisconsin301433.3%3.31%#388
Oklahoma291527.6%5.77%#307
New York251028.0%6.36%#398
Arizona24214.2%3.25%#403
Pennsylvania22159.1%5.07%#590
Michigan201025.0%6.31%#438
Kansas181216.7%6.25%#305
Minnesota181611.1%3.19%#404
California171123.5%3.19%#663
New Jersey161112.5%3.88%#483
Utah14728.6%5.88%#259
Maryland11718.2%4.88%#463
Oregon10720.0%5.54%#368
Washington6416.7%4.06%#505
District of Columbia520.0%4.50%#254

Frequently asked questions

Regions Bank denied 43.1% of the applications it decided on in 2025. The national figure across all lenders was 22.6%. On approval odds it ranks in the 15th percentile of large mortgage lenders.

The most common reason Regions Bank gave in 2025 was "credit history", cited on 48.3% of its denials. Lenders report up to four reasons per denial to the CFPB; the full breakdown is on this page.

The median interest rate on loans Regions Bank originated in 2025 was 5.63%, and its median rate spread over the average prime offer rate was -0.32 points. Rates on this page are what borrowers actually got, not advertised rates.

In 2025, 19% of its applications were for home purchases, 23% for refinancing (including cash-out), and 58% for home improvement or other purposes. By loan type: 94% conventional, 5% FHA, 1% 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 Regions Bank. Data sources · Methodology