Southern Bank and Trust · Virginia · 2025

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

Southern Bank and Trust took 258 mortgage applications in Virginia in 2025, ranking #180 of 1,013 lenders active in the state. It originated 74.8% of them and denied 18.6% (19.0% of the applications it decided), against a statewide denial rate of 15.9%.

258Applicationsin VA
19.0%Decision denial ratestate 20.3%
7.25%Median ratestate 6.63%
$205,000Median loanstate $255,000
$62MVolume35 counties

Southern Bank and Trust in Virginia vs the state

18.6%Denial rate+2.66 pts vs state
19.0%Decision denial rate-1.28 pts vs state
74.8%Origination rate+15.29 pts vs state
7.25%Median rate+0.63 pts vs state
0.12Rate spread (pts)-0.10 pts vs state
$183kMedian applicant income
193Loans originated
48Denied

Trend in Virginia

YearApplicationsOriginatedDenial rateMedian rateRank in state
202321215219.3%7.00%#181
202421015619.5%7.50%#196
202525819318.6%7.25%#180

What Southern Bank and Trust lends in Virginia

By loan purpose

Home purchase 55 21% · 5.5% denied
Refinance 70 27% · 24.3% denied
Cash-out refinance 2 1% · 0.0% denied
Home improvement 59 23% · 18.6% denied
Other / HELOC 72 28% · 23.6% denied

By loan type

Conventional 256 99% · 18.4% denied
VA 2 1% · 50.0% denied

Why it denied Virginia applicants

Debt-to-income ratio 21 44%
Credit history 19 40%
Collateral 3 6%
Incomplete application 3 6%
Other 2 4%

Where in Virginia

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

CountyApplicationsOriginatedDeniedDenial rate
Virginia Beach city 976526 26.8%
Norfolk city 37307 18.9%
Suffolk city 26213 11.5%
Chesapeake city 25202 8.0%
Isle of Wight County 943 33.3%
Portsmouth city 761 14.3%
Hanover County 641 16.7%
Newport News city 541 20.0%
Richmond city 440 0.0%
Chesterfield County 440 0.0%

Other large lenders in Virginia

LenderGradeApplicationsDenial rateMedian rate
Navy Federal Credit UnionD 19,39519.3%7.75%
Rocket MortgageC 19,27414.8%6.63%
United Shore Financial ServicesB 13,99410.4%6.12%
Truist BankC 11,83831.6%6.49%
Mortgage Research CenterC 9,00016.7%6.25%
Pennymac Loan ServicesC 8,33410.7%6.38%
Freedom MortgageB 8,0296.5%6.25%
Bank of AmericaF 6,58431.9%6.24%
NewrezD 6,39016.4%6.38%
Movement MortgageA 6,1264.3%6.56%

Frequently asked questions

Virginia: 258 applications in 2025, of which 193 were originated and 48 denied.

18.6% of all applications, or 19.0% of the applications it actually decided on. The Virginia statewide average across all lenders was 15.9%.

The median rate on loans Southern Bank and Trust originated in Virginia in 2025 was 7.25%, against a statewide median of 6.63%.

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