Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway

Metropolitan Statistical Area · MSA Code 30780

According to CFPB HMDA 2024 application volume among tracked metros, Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway ranks #82 of 418.

Mortgage lending activity in the Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway metro area based on lender filings under the Home Mortgage Disclosure Act (HMDA). Data covers all applications received by HMDA-reporting institutions operating in this geography during 2024. Why mortgages get denied walks the denial-reason codes that appear in books like this one.

Metro-area mortgage activity. The Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA code 30780) financed its book at an average note rate of 7.29%. 20 major lenders are tracked for this metro - Arkansas Federal Credit Union, Arvest Bank, Rocket Mortgage lead by origination volume. Among the 418 metros tracked, Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway sits in the 45th percentile for approval-friendliness by denial rate, and shares its 5-point denial-rate band with 241 other tracked metros.

What MSA numbers tell you, and what they don't. Metro area boundaries are defined by the U.S. Office of Management and Budget and typically span multiple counties, so a single Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway denial rate averages across urban core, inner suburbs, and outer commuter communities with very different borrower profiles. A 17.0% denial rate at the MSA level can coexist with widely varying individual-lender denial rates; $204,259 average loan size reflects the MSA's property values and the borrower pool that actually applied, not any single neighborhood. This page is informational data reporting, not financial, legal, or mortgage advice.

34,487
Applications
16,081
Originated
17.0%
Denial Rate
$204,259
Avg Loan Amount
#232 / 418
Denial Rate Rank

Lender concentration in Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway

Top-1 share
9.2%
Top-3 share
21.8%
Book band
Balanced book

In Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, lead originator Arkansas Federal Credit Union funded 9.2% of 16,081 originated loans, in the middle tercile of U.S. metros (~8.7-12.8% top-1). The top three reporters together hold 21.8% of the book; a local credit union or regional bank still sits beside the national wholesalers.

Metros With a Similar Denial Rate

The metro areas closest to Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway's 17.0% denial rate among all 418 tracked MSAs.

Metros With Similar Application Volume

Nationwide MSAs nearest to Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway's 34,487 HMDA applications (deduped against the denial-rate neighbourhood).

Metros With a Similar Average Loan

Nationwide MSAs nearest to Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway's $204,259 average loan (deduped against denial and volume peers).

Lenders active in the Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway metro

Arkansas Federal Credit Union funded 1,478 of the 16,081 loans originated here, 9.2% of the metro. 20 reporting lenders follow.

# Lender Originated Applications Avg Loan Market Share
1 Arkansas Federal Credit Union 1,478 2,445 $94,382 9.2%
2 Arvest Bank 1,168 1,784 $178,756 7.3%
3 Rocket Mortgage 854 1,216 $198,421 5.3%
4 Eagle Bank and Trust Company 579 807 $243,662 3.6%
5 First Security Bank 550 661 $167,390 3.4%

Every figure on PlainLender is rendered directly from CFPB HMDA federal source data, no number is typed in by an editor. For the Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway metropolitan area, from the FFIEC/CFPB HMDA Snapshot National Loan-Level Dataset (2024) -- Metropolitan Statistical Areas are defined by the U.S. Office of Management and Budget (OMB). Not financial advice for Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway borrowers. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of 2026-08-10. HMDA figures are lender-filed application outcomes for a published reporting year - not creditworthiness scores, rate quotes, Loan Estimates, underwriting decisions, or mortgage advice.