Rocket Mortgage · Arkansas · 2025

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

Rocket Mortgage took 5,854 mortgage applications in Arkansas in 2025, ranking #2 of 802 lenders active in the state. It originated 69.9% of them and denied 20.1% (21.7% of the applications it decided), against a statewide denial rate of 18.2%.

5.9kApplicationsin AR
21.7%Decision denial ratestate 23.1%
6.63%Median ratestate 6.63%
$155,000Median loanstate $165,000
$816MVolume75 counties

Rocket Mortgage in Arkansas vs the state

20.1%Denial rate+1.95 pts vs state
21.7%Decision denial rate-1.41 pts vs state
69.9%Origination rate+13.11 pts vs state
6.63%Median rate0.00 pts vs state
0.59Rate spread (pts)+0.25 pts vs state
$85kMedian applicant income
4,094Loans originated
1,179Denied

Trend in Arkansas

YearApplicationsOriginatedDenial rateMedian rateRank in state
20233,9792,85318.3%6.63%#2
20244,8393,46418.6%6.63%#2
20255,8544,09420.1%6.63%#2

What Rocket Mortgage lends in Arkansas

By loan purpose

Home purchase 1,499 26% · 13.5% denied
Refinance 1,188 20% · 17.6% denied
Cash-out refinance 2,817 48% · 24.2% denied
Home improvement 126 2% · 27.0% denied
Other / HELOC 224 4% · 22.8% denied

By loan type

Conventional 3,918 67% · 18.0% denied
FHA 1,327 23% · 29.2% denied
VA 609 10% · 14.1% denied

Why it denied Arkansas applicants

Collateral 573 49%
Debt-to-income ratio 216 18%
Incomplete application 183 16%
Credit history 92 8%
Insufficient cash 45 4%
Other 38 3%
Unverifiable information 21 2%
Employment history 11 1%

Where in Arkansas

Counties with the most Rocket Mortgage applications in 2025.

CountyApplicationsOriginatedDeniedDenial rate
Benton County 909716102 11.2%
Pulaski County 634423148 23.3%
Washington County 44933372 16.0%
Saline County 26619446 17.3%
Faulkner County 25918351 19.7%
Garland County 25816461 23.6%
Sebastian County 20515736 17.6%
Lonoke County 18513136 19.5%
White County 16210741 25.3%
Craighead County 1509835 23.3%

Other large lenders in Arkansas

LenderGradeApplicationsDenial rateMedian rate
Arvest BankC 9,74814.4%7.00%
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%
Centennial BankD 2,10416.1%6.63%

Frequently asked questions

Arkansas: 5,854 applications in 2025, of which 4,094 were originated and 1,179 denied.

20.1% of all applications, or 21.7% of the applications it actually decided on. The Arkansas statewide average across all lenders was 18.2%.

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

About this data. Figures are Rocket 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