Southern Hills Community Bank · Ohio · 2025

Southern Hills Community Bank in Ohio: approval rate, denial rate and rates (2025)

Southern Hills Community Bank took 71 mortgage applications in Ohio in 2025, ranking #363 of 1,092 lenders active in the state. It originated 73.2% of them and denied 21.1% (22.4% of the applications it decided), against a statewide denial rate of 17.7%.

71Applicationsin OH
22.4%Decision denial ratestate 21.9%
Median ratestate 6.88%
$85,000Median loanstate $155,000
$7.6MVolume8 counties

Southern Hills Community Bank in Ohio vs the state

21.1%Denial rate+3.44 pts vs state
22.4%Decision denial rate+0.50 pts vs state
73.2%Origination rate+13.34 pts vs state
Median rate
Rate spread (pts)
$69kMedian applicant income
52Loans originated
15Denied

Trend in Ohio

YearApplicationsOriginatedDenial rateMedian rateRank in state
2023907115.6%#319
2024685811.8%#364
2025715221.1%#363

What Southern Hills Community Bank lends in Ohio

By loan purpose

Home purchase 19 27% · 15.8% denied
Refinance 29 41% · 10.3% denied
Home improvement 8 11% · 50.0% denied
Other / HELOC 15 21% · 33.3% denied

By loan type

Conventional 71 100% · 21.1% denied

Why it denied Ohio applicants

Debt-to-income ratio 7 47%
Credit history 6 40%
Other 1 7%
Collateral 1 7%

Where in Ohio

Counties with the most Southern Hills Community Bank applications in 2025.

CountyApplicationsOriginatedDeniedDenial rate
Highland County 23193 13.0%
Brown County 1786 35.3%
Adams County 13103 23.1%
Fayette County 660 0.0%
Clinton County 651 16.7%
Ross County 422 50.0%
Warren County 110 0.0%
Greene County 110 0.0%

Other large lenders in Ohio

LenderGradeApplicationsDenial rateMedian rate
The Huntington National BankD 42,68325.8%7.59%
Rocket MortgageC 23,16518.5%6.63%
Fifth Third BankD 21,93925.6%7.50%
Crosscountry MortgageB 16,0663.1%6.75%
United Shore Financial ServicesB 14,62613.1%6.45%
Third Federal Savings and Loan Association of ClevelandC 12,62223.0%6.74%
PNC BankD 11,60724.6%7.40%
Wright-Patt Credit UnionC 8,79128.1%7.50%
U.S. BankD 8,62338.0%7.60%
Citizens BankC 7,77524.3%7.65%

Frequently asked questions

Ohio: 71 applications in 2025, of which 52 were originated and 15 denied.

21.1% of all applications, or 22.4% of the applications it actually decided on. The Ohio statewide average across all lenders was 17.7%.

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 Hills Community Bank's own HMDA filing for properties located in Ohio, 2025. The grade is national; state-level figures are shown for context and are not separately graded. Methodology