Southern Bank and Trust · North Carolina · 2025

Southern Bank and Trust in North Carolina: approval rate, denial rate and rates (2025)

Southern Bank and Trust took 1,665 mortgage applications in North Carolina in 2025, ranking #59 of 1,253 lenders active in the state. It originated 81.6% of them and denied 11.4% (11.5% of the applications it decided), against a statewide denial rate of 18.1%.

1.7kApplicationsin NC
11.5%Decision denial ratestate 22.8%
7.25%Median ratestate 6.50%
$195,000Median loanstate $225,000
$376MVolume61 counties

Southern Bank and Trust in North Carolina vs the state

11.4%Denial rate-6.65 pts vs state
11.5%Decision denial rate-11.30 pts vs state
81.6%Origination rate+23.75 pts vs state
7.25%Median rate+0.75 pts vs state
0.24Rate spread (pts)+0.15 pts vs state
$137kMedian applicant income
1,358Loans originated
190Denied

Trend in North Carolina

YearApplicationsOriginatedDenial rateMedian rateRank in state
20231,6931,32712.1%7.00%#52
20241,4861,16412.9%7.50%#60
20251,6651,35811.4%7.25%#59

What Southern Bank and Trust lends in North Carolina

By loan purpose

Home purchase 737 44% · 4.8% denied
Refinance 269 16% · 16.4% denied
Cash-out refinance 35 2% · 17.1% denied
Home improvement 148 9% · 18.9% denied
Other / HELOC 476 29% · 16.2% denied

By loan type

Conventional 1,652 99% · 11.3% denied
VA 8 0% · 0.0% denied
USDA / RHS 5 0% · 60.0% denied

Why it denied North Carolina applicants

Credit history 91 48%
Debt-to-income ratio 62 33%
Other 16 8%
Collateral 12 6%
Incomplete application 5 3%
Employment history 2 1%
Insufficient cash 1 1%
Unverifiable information 1 1%

Where in North Carolina

Counties with the most Southern Bank and Trust applications in 2025.

CountyApplicationsOriginatedDeniedDenial rate
Pitt County 24420427 11.1%
Nash County 14411720 13.9%
Dare County 1239910 8.1%
Beaufort County 93828 8.6%
Wilson County 835818 21.7%
New Hanover County 77628 10.4%
Carteret County 64565 7.8%
Wayne County 624910 16.1%
Craven County 60534 6.7%
Edgecombe County 493611 22.4%

Other large lenders in North Carolina

LenderGradeApplicationsDenial rateMedian rate
State Employees'C 47,89325.2%6.25%
Rocket MortgageC 25,10916.0%6.63%
United Shore Financial ServicesB 18,88411.4%6.13%
Vanderbilt Mortgage and FinanceF 15,00838.0%7.75%
Truist BankC 14,36430.3%6.50%
Movement MortgageA 11,0912.6%6.63%
Navy Federal Credit UnionD 10,56519.4%7.13%
First-Citizens Bank & TrustB 10,31919.6%6.38%
Bank of AmericaF 10,27628.2%6.24%
Mortgage Research CenterC 10,02917.7%6.25%

Frequently asked questions

North Carolina: 1,665 applications in 2025, of which 1,358 were originated and 190 denied.

11.4% of all applications, or 11.5% of the applications it actually decided on. The North Carolina statewide average across all lenders was 18.1%.

The median rate on loans Southern Bank and Trust originated in North Carolina in 2025 was 7.25%, against a statewide median of 6.50%.

About this data. Figures are Southern Bank and Trust's own HMDA filing for properties located in North Carolina, 2025. The grade is national; state-level figures are shown for context and are not separately graded. Methodology