Southern Heritage Bank · Louisiana · 2025

Southern Heritage Bank in Louisiana: approval rate, denial rate and rates (2025)

Southern Heritage Bank took 353 mortgage applications in Louisiana in 2025, ranking #80 of 721 lenders active in the state. It originated 84.1% of them and denied 7.1% (7.8% of the applications it decided), against a statewide denial rate of 22.2%.

353Applicationsin LA
7.8%Decision denial ratestate 28.2%
Median ratestate 6.63%
$95,000Median loanstate $165,000
$41MVolume20 counties

Southern Heritage Bank in Louisiana vs the state

7.1%Denial rate-15.09 pts vs state
7.8%Decision denial rate-20.39 pts vs state
84.1%Origination rate+32.17 pts vs state
Median rate
Rate spread (pts)
$96kMedian applicant income
297Loans originated
25Denied

Trend in Louisiana

YearApplicationsOriginatedDenial rateMedian rateRank in state
20233152755.1%#75
20243212718.7%#70
20253532977.1%#80

What Southern Heritage Bank lends in Louisiana

By loan purpose

Home purchase 139 39% · 8.6% denied
Refinance 132 37% · 0.8% denied
Cash-out refinance 52 15% · 5.8% denied
Home improvement 12 3% · 8.3% denied
Other / HELOC 18 5% · 44.4% denied

By loan type

Conventional 353 100% · 7.1% denied

Where in Louisiana

Counties with the most Southern Heritage Bank applications in 2025.

CountyApplicationsOriginatedDeniedDenial rate
Rapides Parish 1801628 4.4%
LaSalle Parish 86677 8.1%
Catahoula Parish 22173 13.6%
Grant Parish 20171 5.0%
Natchitoches Parish 990 0.0%
Concordia Parish 761 14.3%
Caldwell Parish 743 42.9%
Avoyelles Parish 330 0.0%
Winn Parish 330 0.0%
Ouachita Parish 310 0.0%

Other large lenders in Louisiana

LenderGradeApplicationsDenial rateMedian rate
21st MortgageF 7,05749.0%10.10%
United Shore Financial ServicesB 6,26413.1%6.38%
Rocket MortgageC 5,77025.9%6.63%
Vanderbilt Mortgage and FinanceF 4,37045.6%10.50%
Triad Financial ServicesD 3,86749.7%8.73%
Hancock Whitney BankB 3,53621.7%6.00%
Regions BankC 3,35645.8%6.00%
GMFSA 3,0722.0%6.50%
NewrezD 2,66421.1%6.50%
Dsld MortgageA 2,5456.3%6.13%

Frequently asked questions

Louisiana: 353 applications in 2025, of which 297 were originated and 25 denied.

7.1% of all applications, or 7.8% of the applications it actually decided on. The Louisiana statewide average across all lenders was 22.2%.

This lender did not report interest rates on its originated loans (some institutions are exempt from HMDA pricing fields).

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