Mortgage lender · Paris, TN · LEI 984500ET710674536D72

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

Security Bank and Trust earns a C, in line with the typical performance of investment-property lenders. It turned down 7.5% of the applications it decided on in 2025, which ranks in the 36th percentile for approval odds. Compared against 220 investment-property lenders using 2025 HMDA filings.

174Applications2025
72.4%Originatedof applications
7.5%Decision denial ratenational 22.6%
Median ratenational 6.63%
$165MLoan volume11 states

Security Bank and Trust at a glance, 2025

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

6.9%Denial rate (all applications)-11.08 pts vs national
7.5%Denial rate (decided applications)-15.14 pts vs national
72.4%Origination rate+14.38 pts vs national
6.9%Withdrawn by applicant
0.6%Closed for incompleteness
Median interest rate
Median rate spread (pts over APOR)
$115,000Median loan amount
Median total loan costs
$72kMedian applicant income
Median loan-to-value
0High-cost (HOEPA) loans

How the C grade breaks down

Each component is a percentile rank among 220 investment-property lenders. Higher is better. Components the lender does not report are left out and the weights redistributed.

Approval oddsdecision denial rate, weight 45%

36th7.5% denied

Processwithdrawn + incomplete share, weight 15%

38th7.5%

Trend, 2023–2025

YearApplicationsOriginatedDenial rateDecision denialMedian rateVolume
20231441188.3%8.6%$58M
202414311011.2%11.6%$35M
20251741266.9%7.5%$165M

What Security Bank and Trust 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 91 52% · 6.6% denied
Refinance 41 24% · 0.0% denied
Cash-out refinance 21 12% · 14.3% denied
Home improvement 18 10% · 11.1% denied
Other / HELOC 3 2% · 33.3% denied

By loan type

Conventional 174 100% · 6.9% denied

Also: 0 home-equity lines, 0 reverse mortgages, 20 manufactured homes, 91 investment properties.

Who gets approved at Security Bank and Trust

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

Applicant incomeApplicationsOriginatedDecision denial rate
Under $50k35236.3%
$50k – $100k443411.9%
$100k – $150k201321.1%
Over $250k20120.0%
Applicant ageApplicationsOriginatedDecision denial rate
35–4425218.3%
45–5421150.0%
55–64392511.1%
65–7420150.0%

Where Security Bank and Trust lends

11 states and 37 counties in 2025. Click a state for the lender's full record there.

StateApplicationsOriginatedDenial rateMedian rateRank in state
Tennessee1491058.1%#260
Kentucky550.0%#496

Frequently asked questions

Security Bank and Trust denied 7.5% of the applications it decided on in 2025. The national figure across all lenders was 22.6%. On approval odds it ranks in the 36th percentile of investment-property lenders.

In 2025, 52% of its applications were for home purchases, 36% for refinancing (including cash-out), and 12% for home improvement or other purposes. By loan type: 100% conventional, 0% FHA, 0% 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 Security Bank and Trust. Data sources · Methodology