Southwest Stage Funding · Arkansas · 2025

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

Southwest Stage Funding took 449 mortgage applications in Arkansas in 2025, ranking #58 of 802 lenders active in the state. It originated 19.6% of them and denied 10.7% (18.0% of the applications it decided), against a statewide denial rate of 18.2%.

449Applicationsin AR
18.0%Decision denial ratestate 23.1%
8.00%Median ratestate 6.63%
$145,000Median loanstate $165,000
$14MVolume68 counties

Southwest Stage Funding in Arkansas vs the state

10.7%Denial rate-7.50 pts vs state
18.0%Decision denial rate-5.15 pts vs state
19.6%Origination rate-37.23 pts vs state
8.00%Median rate+1.38 pts vs state
2.10Rate spread (pts)+1.76 pts vs state
$72kMedian applicant income
88Loans originated
48Denied

Trend in Arkansas

YearApplicationsOriginatedDenial rateMedian rateRank in state
20231538226.8%8.10%#113
20242248016.1%8.38%#92
20254498810.7%8.00%#58

What Southwest Stage Funding lends in Arkansas

By loan purpose

Home purchase 447 100% · 10.3% denied
Refinance 2 0% · 100.0% denied

By loan type

Conventional 385 86% · 10.1% denied
FHA 54 12% · 14.8% denied
VA 10 2% · 10.0% denied

Why it denied Arkansas applicants

Debt-to-income ratio 23 48%
Insufficient cash 11 23%
Credit history 5 10%
Collateral 3 6%
Other 3 6%
Employment history 3 6%

Where in Arkansas

Counties with the most Southwest Stage Funding applications in 2025.

CountyApplicationsOriginatedDeniedDenial rate
Saline County 3056 20.0%
Garland County 27102 7.4%
Pulaski County 2532 8.0%
Benton County 2485 20.8%
Washington County 2034 20.0%
Union County 1840 0.0%
White County 1862 11.1%
Grant County 1612 12.5%
Miller County 1543 20.0%
Faulkner County 1442 14.3%

Other large lenders in Arkansas

LenderGradeApplicationsDenial rateMedian rate
Arvest BankC 9,74814.4%7.00%
Rocket MortgageC 5,85420.1%6.63%
ARKANSAS Federal Credit UnionF 4,43923.6%7.50%
Vanderbilt Mortgage and FinanceF 3,49138.4%10.25%
21st MortgageF 3,25046.6%9.69%
Mortgage Research CenterC 2,76718.3%6.25%
Regions BankC 2,64640.0%6.13%
Firsttrust Home LoansB 2,5900.5%6.49%
United Shore Financial ServicesB 2,45613.3%6.12%
Triad Financial ServicesD 2,13354.2%8.68%

Frequently asked questions

Arkansas: 449 applications in 2025, of which 88 were originated and 48 denied.

10.7% of all applications, or 18.0% of the applications it actually decided on. The Arkansas statewide average across all lenders was 18.2%.

The median rate on loans Southwest Stage Funding originated in Arkansas in 2025 was 8.00%, against a statewide median of 6.63%.

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