Royal United Mortgage · Arkansas · 2025

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

Royal United Mortgage took 134 mortgage applications in Arkansas in 2025, ranking #134 of 802 lenders active in the state. It originated 53.7% of them and denied 21.6% (27.4% of the applications it decided), against a statewide denial rate of 18.2%.

134Applicationsin AR
27.4%Decision denial ratestate 23.1%
6.88%Median ratestate 6.63%
$85,000Median loanstate $165,000
$7.4MVolume53 counties

Royal United Mortgage in Arkansas vs the state

21.6%Denial rate+3.45 pts vs state
27.4%Decision denial rate+4.23 pts vs state
53.7%Origination rate-3.10 pts vs state
6.88%Median rate+0.25 pts vs state
1.18Rate spread (pts)+0.84 pts vs state
$40kMedian applicant income
72Loans originated
29Denied

Trend in Arkansas

YearApplicationsOriginatedDenial rateMedian rateRank in state
20231306933.1%6.88%#120
20241267031.8%7.13%#134
20251347221.6%6.88%#134

What Royal United Mortgage lends in Arkansas

By loan purpose

Home purchase 1 1% · 0.0% denied
Refinance 133 99% · 21.8% denied

By loan type

Conventional 114 85% · 17.5% denied
FHA 19 14% · 47.4% denied
VA 1 1% · 0.0% denied

Why it denied Arkansas applicants

Collateral 17 59%
Incomplete application 6 21%
Debt-to-income ratio 2 7%
Employment history 2 7%
Credit history 1 3%
Other 1 3%

Where in Arkansas

Counties with the most Royal United Mortgage applications in 2025.

CountyApplicationsOriginatedDeniedDenial rate
Pulaski County 14101 7.1%
Benton County 940 0.0%
Mississippi County 852 25.0%
Sharp County 531 20.0%
Washington County 531 20.0%
Jefferson County 514 80.0%
Garland County 412 50.0%
Crawford County 430 0.0%
Poinsett County 421 25.0%
Craighead County 320 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: 134 applications in 2025, of which 72 were originated and 29 denied.

21.6% of all applications, or 27.4% of the applications it actually decided on. The Arkansas statewide average across all lenders was 18.2%.

The median rate on loans Royal United Mortgage originated in Arkansas in 2025 was 6.88%, against a statewide median of 6.63%.

About this data. Figures are Royal United 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