Southwest Funding · Louisiana · 2025

Southwest Funding in Louisiana: approval rate, denial rate and rates (2025)

Southwest Funding took 199 mortgage applications in Louisiana in 2025, ranking #118 of 721 lenders active in the state. It originated 62.8% of them and denied 7.5% (10.1% of the applications it decided), against a statewide denial rate of 22.2%.

199Applicationsin LA
10.1%Decision denial ratestate 28.2%
6.75%Median ratestate 6.63%
$215,000Median loanstate $165,000
$26MVolume25 counties

Southwest Funding in Louisiana vs the state

7.5%Denial rate-14.63 pts vs state
10.1%Decision denial rate-18.01 pts vs state
62.8%Origination rate+10.84 pts vs state
6.75%Median rate+0.13 pts vs state
0.90Rate spread (pts)+0.54 pts vs state
$82kMedian applicant income
125Loans originated
15Denied

Trend in Louisiana

YearApplicationsOriginatedDenial rateMedian rateRank in state
20233012176.0%7.13%#77
20242661767.9%7.00%#83
20251991257.5%6.75%#118

What Southwest Funding lends in Louisiana

By loan purpose

Home purchase 148 74% · 5.4% denied
Refinance 18 9% · 11.1% denied
Cash-out refinance 31 16% · 16.1% denied
Other / HELOC 2 1% · 0.0% denied

By loan type

Conventional 49 25% · 6.1% denied
FHA 124 62% · 8.9% denied
VA 15 8% · 6.7% denied
USDA / RHS 11 6% · 0.0% denied

Why it denied Louisiana applicants

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

Where in Louisiana

Counties with the most Southwest Funding applications in 2025.

CountyApplicationsOriginatedDeniedDenial rate
Jefferson Parish 50372 4.0%
Orleans Parish 28113 10.7%
Livingston Parish 20142 10.0%
Lafourche Parish 15111 6.7%
Terrebonne Parish 1350 0.0%
St. Tammany Parish 1280 0.0%
Tangipahoa Parish 961 11.1%
East Baton Rouge Parish 952 22.2%
St. Charles Parish 741 14.3%
Ascension Parish 640 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: 199 applications in 2025, of which 125 were originated and 15 denied.

7.5% of all applications, or 10.1% of the applications it actually decided on. The Louisiana statewide average across all lenders was 22.2%.

The median rate on loans Southwest Funding originated in Louisiana in 2025 was 6.75%, against a statewide median of 6.63%.

About this data. Figures are Southwest Funding'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