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First Financial Bank
HMDA reporter, headquartered in El Dorado, Arkansas. Record for calendar year 2024.
HMDA data alone cannot be used to determine whether a lender is complying with fair lending laws. The data do not include some legitimate credit risk considerations for loan approval and loan pricing decisions. Figures are from the 2024 public HMDA loan/application register; cells under 25 applications are withheld.
First Financial Bank reported 414 mortgage applications under the Home Mortgage Disclosure Act for 2024 in Arkansas, of which 337 became loans it originated, for $64m in total.
Its denial rate, the share of decided applications the lender denied, was 4.5%, below the national rate of 24.3% and below the Arkansas rate of 25.0%. 56 applications were withdrawn by the applicant and 1 files were closed for incompleteness; those are not counted in the denial rate.
The median rate spread on its originated loans, the difference between the loan's APR and the average prime offer rate, was 0.2 percentage points (national median 0.3); 4.7% of its originations had a spread of 1.5 points or more.
By loan purpose the originations were mostly home purchase (75%) and cash-out refinancing (12%); by loan type, conventional (68%) and FHA (20%).
The largest volumes were in Arkansas (305 originations).
Applications were down 30% on 2023.
Compared with Arkansas and the nation
| Measure | This lender | Arkansas, all lenders | United States |
|---|---|---|---|
| Denial rate (denied ÷ decided applications) | 4.5% | 25.0% | 24.3% |
| Median rate spread, percentage points | 0.2 | 0.4 | 0.3 |
| Originations with spread of 1.5 pp or more | 4.7% | 17.6% | 15.6% |
| Average originated loan | $190k | $220k | $329k |
| Home purchase share of originations | 74.8% | 60.8% | 57.0% |
| FHA-insured share of originations | 20.5% | 15.3% | 13.4% |
| VA-guaranteed share of originations | 6.8% | 9.5% | 7.9% |
| Applications withdrawn by applicant | 13.5% | 14.3% | 14.3% |
Arkansas is the lender's largest state by applications. State and national columns cover every HMDA reporter. Rate spread is reported on originated loans only.
Trend by year
ApplicationsOriginations
This lenderArkansasUnited States
| Year | Applications | Originations | Amount | Denial rate | Median spread | LAR records |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | — | — | — | — | — | 1,020 |
| 2019 | — | — | — | — | — | 1,047 |
| 2020 | — | — | — | — | — | 1,123 |
| 2021 | — | — | — | — | — | 1,031 |
| 2022 | 597 | 467 | $86m | 5.3% | 0.7 | 597 |
| 2023 | 588 | 472 | $94m | 5.8% | 0.3 | 588 |
| 2024 | 414 | 337 | $64m | 4.5% | 0.2 | 414 |
Applications, originations and rates are computed from the public LAR for 2022, 2023, 2024; LAR record counts come from each year's transmittal sheet.
Loan purpose and loan type
By purpose
Home purchase 75% (252)Home improvement 1% (4)Refinancing 8% (28)Cash-out refinancing 12% (39)Other purpose 4% (14)
By type
Conventional 68% (230)FHA 20% (69)VA 7% (23)USDA 4% (15)
| Loan type | Applications | Originations | Denied | Denial rate (of applications) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conventional | 267 | 230 | 7 | 2.6% |
| FHA-insured | 95 | 69 | 8 | 8.4% |
| VA-guaranteed | 34 | 23 | 1 | 2.9% |
| USDA Rural Housing Service or Farm Service Agency guaranteed | 18 | 15 | 0 | — |
Shares are of originated loans. The per-type denial rate here divides denials by all applications of that type, because decided counts are not kept per type.
Action taken
| HMDA action taken | Records | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 1 Loan originated | 337 | 81.4% |
| 2 Application approved but not accepted | 4 | 1.0% |
| 3 Application denied | 16 | 3.9% |
| 4 Application withdrawn by applicant | 56 | 13.5% |
| 5 File closed for incompleteness | 1 | 0.2% |
| 6 Purchased loan | 0 | 0.0% |
| 7 Preapproval request denied | 0 | 0.0% |
| 8 Preapproval request approved but not accepted | 0 | 0.0% |
Codes and labels are the HMDA action-taken codes. Applications are codes 1–5; the denial rate divides code 3 by codes 1–3.
Denial reasons as coded
Denial reason breakdown withheld: fewer than 25 denials.
States
| State | Applications | Originations | Amount | Denial rate | Median spread |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arkansas | 379 | 305 | $59m | 4.9% | 0.2 |
States with at least 25 applications. States with 100 or more link to the lender's page for that state.
Counties
| County | State | Applications | Originations | Amount | Denial rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sebastian County | AR | 78 | 53 | $11m | 3.6% |
| Craighead County | AR | 67 | 48 | $9.8m | 10.3% |
Up to 30 counties with at least 50 applications, by originations.
Questions and answers
How many mortgages did First Financial Bank originate in 2024?
337 loans totalling $64m, from 414 applications reported under HMDA. It also purchased 0 loans from other institutions, which are counted separately.
What is First Financial Bank's denial rate and how does it compare?
4.5% of decided applications were denied in 2024, against 24.3% nationally and 25.0% in Arkansas. HMDA data alone cannot be used to determine whether a lender is complying with fair lending laws; the data do not include some legitimate credit risk considerations.
Which counties does First Financial Bank lend in most?
By originations: Sebastian County, AR (53) and Craighead County, AR (48).
What loan types does First Financial Bank make?
Conventional 230, FHA 69, VA 23 and USDA 15 originations in 2024; by purpose, home purchase 252, home improvement 4, refinancing 28, cash-out refinancing 39 and other purpose 14.
What reasons did First Financial Bank report for denials?
Not enough denials to report a breakdown.
Where does this data come from?
From the 2024 public HMDA loan/application register published by the FFIEC and CFPB, with the lender's name from its HMDA transmittal sheet. Cells under 25 applications are withheld.
Provenance
Source: Home Mortgage Disclosure Act public loan/application register for 2024 (trend years 2022, 2023, 2024) and transmittal sheets 2018–2024, published by the FFIEC and CFPB at ffiec.cfpb.gov, public domain. Lender identity is the LEI and name on its transmittal sheet. This site was built 30 Sep 2026. Errors in processing are corrected at the next build; see corrections. Data through 1 Aug 2026.