Southwest Funding · Mississippi · 2025

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

Southwest Funding took 105 mortgage applications in Mississippi in 2025, ranking #125 of 681 lenders active in the state. It originated 73.3% of them and denied 1.9% (2.4% of the applications it decided), against a statewide denial rate of 22.9%.

105Applicationsin MS
2.4%Decision denial ratestate 28.5%
6.25%Median ratestate 6.75%
$225,000Median loanstate $135,000
$17MVolume43 counties

Southwest Funding in Mississippi vs the state

1.9%Denial rate-21.02 pts vs state
2.4%Decision denial rate-26.01 pts vs state
73.3%Origination rate+20.46 pts vs state
6.25%Median rate-0.50 pts vs state
0.60Rate spread (pts)+0.26 pts vs state
$80kMedian applicant income
77Loans originated
2Denied

Trend in Mississippi

YearApplicationsOriginatedDenial rateMedian rateRank in state
202341280.0%6.75%#168
202444262.3%6.63%#169
2025105771.9%6.25%#125

What Southwest Funding lends in Mississippi

By loan purpose

Home purchase 94 90% · 1.1% denied
Refinance 2 2% · 0.0% denied
Cash-out refinance 5 5% · 0.0% denied
Other / HELOC 4 4% · 25.0% denied

By loan type

Conventional 10 10% · 0.0% denied
FHA 74 70% · 1.4% denied
VA 11 10% · 0.0% denied
USDA / RHS 10 10% · 10.0% denied

Why it denied Mississippi applicants

Debt-to-income ratio 2 100%

Where in Mississippi

Counties with the most Southwest Funding applications in 2025.

CountyApplicationsOriginatedDeniedDenial rate
Pontotoc County 1090 0.0%
Union County 751 14.3%
DeSoto County 640 0.0%
Panola County 630 0.0%
Lee County 530 0.0%
Marshall County 530 0.0%
Harrison County 540 0.0%
Chickasaw County 330 0.0%
Stone County 330 0.0%
Lincoln County 300 0.0%

Other large lenders in Mississippi

LenderGradeApplicationsDenial rateMedian rate
21st MortgageF 6,76448.5%10.56%
Trustmark National BankC 5,53112.5%6.75%
Cadence BankB 5,30119.2%7.25%
Regions BankC 4,91644.7%5.75%
Rocket MortgageC 4,63624.8%6.63%
Community Bank of MississippiC 3,8569.0%7.65%
Renasant BankB 3,18814.3%6.99%
Triad Financial ServicesD 3,14034.4%8.76%
Vanderbilt Mortgage and FinanceF 2,84044.3%10.25%
BankPlusB 2,63810.7%6.50%

Frequently asked questions

Mississippi: 105 applications in 2025, of which 77 were originated and 2 denied.

1.9% of all applications, or 2.4% of the applications it actually decided on. The Mississippi statewide average across all lenders was 22.9%.

The median rate on loans Southwest Funding originated in Mississippi in 2025 was 6.25%, against a statewide median of 6.75%.

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