The Loan Store · Arkansas · 2025

The Loan Store in Arkansas: approval rate, denial rate and rates (2025)

The Loan Store took 95 mortgage applications in Arkansas in 2025, ranking #153 of 802 lenders active in the state. It originated 64.2% of them and denied 7.4% (9.0% of the applications it decided), against a statewide denial rate of 18.2%.

95Applicationsin AR
9.0%Decision denial ratestate 23.1%
6.75%Median ratestate 6.63%
$205,000Median loanstate $165,000
$17MVolume20 counties

The Loan Store in Arkansas vs the state

7.4%Denial rate-10.82 pts vs state
9.0%Decision denial rate-14.16 pts vs state
64.2%Origination rate+7.38 pts vs state
6.75%Median rate+0.13 pts vs state
0.32Rate spread (pts)-0.02 pts vs state
$146kMedian applicant income
61Loans originated
7Denied

Trend in Arkansas

YearApplicationsOriginatedDenial rateMedian rateRank in state
202311518.2%7.63%#318
2024633911.1%6.99%#181
202595617.4%6.75%#153

What The Loan Store lends in Arkansas

By loan purpose

Home purchase 60 63% · 6.7% denied
Refinance 16 17% · 12.5% denied
Cash-out refinance 11 12% · 0.0% denied
Home improvement 3 3% · 0.0% denied
Other / HELOC 5 5% · 20.0% denied

By loan type

Conventional 86 91% · 5.8% denied
FHA 1 1% · 100.0% denied
VA 6 6% · 16.7% denied
USDA / RHS 2 2% · 0.0% denied

Why it denied Arkansas applicants

Debt-to-income ratio 2 29%
Incomplete application 1 14%
Collateral 1 14%
Other 1 14%
Unverifiable information 1 14%
Credit history 1 14%

Where in Arkansas

Counties with the most The Loan Store applications in 2025.

CountyApplicationsOriginatedDeniedDenial rate
Benton County 23164 17.4%
Pulaski County 1891 5.6%
Saline County 14120 0.0%
Garland County 760 0.0%
Washington County 530 0.0%
Craighead County 401 25.0%
Sebastian County 420 0.0%
Lonoke County 401 25.0%
Faulkner County 210 0.0%
Carroll County 210 0.0%

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: 95 applications in 2025, of which 61 were originated and 7 denied.

7.4% of all applications, or 9.0% of the applications it actually decided on. The Arkansas statewide average across all lenders was 18.2%.

The median rate on loans The Loan Store originated in Arkansas in 2025 was 6.75%, against a statewide median of 6.63%.

About this data. Figures are The Loan Store'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