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Gateway First Bank in Arkansas

HMDA record for properties in Arkansas, calendar year 2024. National record · Arkansas overview

LEI 54930034MNPILHP25H80
Reporting agency Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
State 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 for loan approval and loan pricing decisions. Cells under 25 applications are withheld.

Gateway First Bank's 2024 HMDA record for Arkansas covers 378 applications, 271 of them originated, worth $74m.

Its denial rate in the state was 8.4%, below the Arkansas rate of 25.0% across all lenders and compared with the lender's national rate of 6.2%.

The median rate spread on its Arkansas originations was 0.3 percentage points (state median 0.4).

Applications in the state were down 37% on 2023.

378applications in AR, 20243.2% of the lender's total
271loans originated$74m
8.4%denial rateAR all lenders 25.0%
0.3 ppmedian rate spreadAR 0.4 pp

Compared with the state and the lender's national record

MeasureIn ArkansasArkansas, all lendersGateway First Bank, all statesUnited States
Denial rate8.4%25.0%6.2%24.3%
Median rate spread, pp0.30.40.50.3
Originations with spread of 1.5 pp or more5.3%17.6%8.2%15.6%
Average originated loan$273k$220k$245k$329k
Home purchase share80.8%60.8%87.7%57.0%
FHA-insured share19.9%15.3%24.5%13.4%
VA-guaranteed share4.8%9.5%9.3%7.9%

Trend by year

ApplicationsOriginations

04849682022: 968 Applications2023: 603 Applications2024: 378 Applications2022: 752 Originations2023: 449 Originations2024: 271 Originations202220232024
Gateway First Bank in Arkansas: applications and originations, 2022–2024

This lender in stateArkansas, all lenders

0%13.3%26.7%2022: 4.1% This lender in state2023: 7% This lender in state2024: 8.4% This lender in state202220232024
Denial rate by year, state rate dashed

Loan purpose and loan type in Arkansas

By purpose

Home purchase 81% (219)Home improvement 1% (4)Refinancing 15% (41)Cash-out refinancing 3% (7)

By type

Conventional 72% (196)FHA 20% (54)VA 5% (13)USDA 3% (8)

Denial reasons as coded

Debt-to-income ratio60%
Credit history12%
Insufficient cash (downpayment, closing costs)8%
Unverifiable information8%
Other8%
Employment history4%
Collateral0%
Credit application incomplete0%
Mortgage insurance denied0%

Share of 25 denials in Arkansas by first denial reason coded (outlined bar: all lenders in the state).

Counties in Arkansas

CountyApplicationsOriginationsAmountDenial rate
Benton County167125$37m4.6%
Washington County11284$24m10.6%
Pulaski County3121$4.8m—

Counties with at least 25 applications, by originations.

Questions and answers

How many mortgages did Gateway First Bank originate in Arkansas in 2024?

271 loans totalling $74m, from 378 applications reported for properties in Arkansas.

What is Gateway First Bank's denial rate in Arkansas?

8.4% of decided applications in Arkansas were denied, against 25.0% for all lenders in the state and 6.2% for this lender nationally. HMDA data alone cannot be used to determine whether a lender is complying with fair lending laws.

Which Arkansas counties does Gateway First Bank lend in most?

By originations: Benton County (125), Washington County (84), Pulaski County (21).

Where does this data come from?

From the 2024 public HMDA loan/application register (FFIEC and CFPB), filtered to the lender's LEI and the property state. Cells under 25 applications are withheld.

Provenance

Source: HMDA public loan/application register 2022, 2023, 2024 (FFIEC and CFPB, public domain), records for this LEI with a property in Arkansas. Built 30 Sep 2026; data through 1 Aug 2026. See methodology and corrections.