Southwest Stage Funding · Louisiana · 2025

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

Southwest Stage Funding took 340 mortgage applications in Louisiana in 2025, ranking #84 of 721 lenders active in the state. It originated 15.9% of them and denied 10.3% (16.0% of the applications it decided), against a statewide denial rate of 22.2%.

340Applicationsin LA
16.0%Decision denial ratestate 28.2%
8.38%Median ratestate 6.63%
$110,000Median loanstate $165,000
$7.5MVolume55 counties

Southwest Stage Funding in Louisiana vs the state

10.3%Denial rate-11.88 pts vs state
16.0%Decision denial rate-12.17 pts vs state
15.9%Origination rate-36.09 pts vs state
8.38%Median rate+1.75 pts vs state
2.49Rate spread (pts)+2.14 pts vs state
$68kMedian applicant income
54Loans originated
35Denied

Trend in Louisiana

YearApplicationsOriginatedDenial rateMedian rateRank in state
20231518135.8%8.20%#134
20241154915.7%8.40%#148
20253405410.3%8.38%#84

What Southwest Stage Funding lends in Louisiana

By loan purpose

Home purchase 338 99% · 10.1% denied
Refinance 2 1% · 50.0% denied

By loan type

Conventional 319 94% · 9.7% denied
FHA 19 6% · 15.8% denied
VA 2 1% · 50.0% denied

Why it denied Louisiana applicants

Debt-to-income ratio 21 60%
Other 4 11%
Collateral 3 9%
Insufficient cash 3 9%
Credit history 2 6%
Employment history 2 6%

Where in Louisiana

Counties with the most Southwest Stage Funding applications in 2025.

CountyApplicationsOriginatedDeniedDenial rate
Lafayette Parish 2103 14.3%
St. Landry Parish 1831 5.6%
Caddo Parish 1721 5.9%
Sabine Parish 1713 17.6%
Tangipahoa Parish 1503 20.0%
Natchitoches Parish 1411 7.1%
Calcasieu Parish 1442 14.3%
Bossier Parish 1323 23.1%
Ouachita Parish 1332 15.4%
De Soto Parish 1211 8.3%

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: 340 applications in 2025, of which 54 were originated and 35 denied.

10.3% of all applications, or 16.0% of the applications it actually decided on. The Louisiana statewide average across all lenders was 22.2%.

The median rate on loans Southwest Stage Funding originated in Louisiana in 2025 was 8.38%, against a statewide median of 6.63%.

About this data. Figures are Southwest Stage 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