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Primis Bank

HMDA reporter, headquartered in Glen Allen, Virginia. Record for calendar year 2024.

9 states with 25+ applications
LEI 54930059GZZ7G4G40O53
Reporting agency Federal Reserve System
Years reported 2020–2024

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.

Primis Bank reported 3,072 mortgage applications under the Home Mortgage Disclosure Act for 2024 in 9 states, of which 2,193 became loans it originated, for $759m in total.

Its denial rate, the share of decided applications the lender denied, was 3.7%, below the national rate of 24.3% and below the North Carolina rate of 24.0%. 788 applications were withdrawn by the applicant and 0 files were closed for incompleteness; those are not counted in the denial rate.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 0.3 percentage points (national median 0.3); 3.4% of its originations had a spread of 1.5 points or more.

By loan purpose the originations were mostly home purchase (93%) and refinancing (6%); by loan type, conventional (54%) and FHA (33%).

The largest volumes were in North Carolina (789 originations), Tennessee (670 originations) and Texas (278 originations).

Applications were up 25% on 2023.

3,072applications, 20240 purchased loans, counted separately
2,193loans originated$759m in total
3.7%denial rateUS 24.3% · NC 24.0%
0.3 ppmedian rate spread on originationsUS 0.3 pp

Compared with North Carolina and the nation

MeasureThis lenderNorth Carolina, all lendersUnited States
Denial rate (denied ÷ decided applications)3.7%24.0%24.3%
Median rate spread, percentage points0.30.20.3
Originations with spread of 1.5 pp or more3.4%11.8%15.6%
Average originated loan$346k$299k$329k
Home purchase share of originations93.3%56.3%57.0%
FHA-insured share of originations32.6%11.8%13.4%
VA-guaranteed share of originations11.5%11.8%7.9%
Applications withdrawn by applicant25.7%13.6%14.3%

North Carolina 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

01,5363,0722022: 1,264 Applications2023: 2,450 Applications2024: 3,072 Applications2022: 942 Originations2023: 1,733 Originations2024: 2,193 Originations202220232024
Applications and originations reported by Primis Bank, 2022–2024

This lenderNorth CarolinaUnited States

0%12.7%25.3%2022: 4.8% This lender2023: 5% This lender2024: 3.7% This lender202220232024
Denial rate by year, with North Carolina and US rates dashed
01,5363,0722020: 510 LAR records2021: 1,158 LAR records2022: 1,264 LAR records2023: 2,450 LAR records2024: 3,072 LAR records20202021202220232024
Loan/application register records filed by Primis Bank each year, 2020–2024 (HMDA transmittal sheets; includes purchased loans and preapproval requests)
YearApplicationsOriginationsAmountDenial rateMedian spreadLAR records
2020—————510
2021—————1,158
20221,264942$288m4.8%0.51,264
20232,4501,733$593m5.0%0.42,450
20243,0722,193$759m3.7%0.33,072

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 93% (2,047)Refinancing 6% (135)Other purpose 1% (11)

By type

Conventional 54% (1,185)FHA 33% (715)VA 12% (253)USDA 2% (40)

Loan typeApplicationsOriginationsDeniedDenial rate (of applications)
Conventional1,6891,185412.4%
FHA-insured984715343.5%
VA-guaranteed34725392.6%
USDA Rural Housing Service or Farm Service Agency guaranteed524011.9%

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 takenRecordsShare
1 Loan originated2,19371.4%
2 Application approved but not accepted60.2%
3 Application denied852.8%
4 Application withdrawn by applicant78825.7%
5 File closed for incompleteness00.0%
6 Purchased loan00.0%
7 Preapproval request denied00.0%
8 Preapproval request approved but not accepted00.0%

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

Debt-to-income ratio45.9%
Collateral18.8%
Credit history12.9%
Unverifiable information11.8%
Insufficient cash (downpayment, closing costs)4.7%
Employment history3.5%
Other2.4%
Credit application incomplete0%
Mortgage insurance denied0%

Share of the lender's 85 denials by the first denial reason it coded (outlined bar: all lenders nationally). Lenders may record up to four reasons; only the first is counted here.

States

StateApplicationsOriginationsAmountDenial rateMedian spread
North Carolina1,050789$265m2.8%0.3
Tennessee940670$236m3.2%0.4
Texas418278$92m4.1%0.3
Florida13492$34m5.2%0.3
South Carolina13194$32m3.1%0.3
Virginia11982$30m8.8%0.2
Washington6541$21m8.7%0.1
Alabama3831$8.0m0.0%0.5
Georgia3023$8.6m——

States with at least 25 applications. States with 100 or more link to the lender's page for that state.

Counties

CountyStateApplicationsOriginationsAmountDenial rate
Rutherford CountyTN343244$96m2.0%
Mecklenburg CountyNC188156$58m1.9%
Bexar CountyTX11182$24m0.0%
Davidson CountyTN10272$27m1.4%
Coffee CountyTN6950$14m2.0%
Brunswick CountyNC6449$18m3.9%
New Hanover CountyNC5947$21m4.1%
Wake CountyNC6142$17m0.0%
Cabarrus CountyNC5341$16m2.4%
Williamson CountyTX5233$11m5.7%

Up to 30 counties with at least 50 applications, by originations.

Questions and answers

How many mortgages did Primis Bank originate in 2024?

2,193 loans totalling $759m, from 3,072 applications reported under HMDA. It also purchased 0 loans from other institutions, which are counted separately.

What is Primis Bank's denial rate and how does it compare?

3.7% of decided applications were denied in 2024, against 24.3% nationally and 24.0% in North Carolina. 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 Primis Bank lend in most?

By originations: Rutherford County, TN (244), Mecklenburg County, NC (156), Bexar County, TX (82), Davidson County, TN (72) and Coffee County, TN (50).

What loan types does Primis Bank make?

Conventional 1,185, FHA 715, VA 253 and USDA 40 originations in 2024; by purpose, home purchase 2,047, home improvement 0, refinancing 135, cash-out refinancing 0 and other purpose 11.

What reasons did Primis Bank report for denials?

The first denial reason recorded most often was debt-to-income ratio (39), collateral (16) and credit history (11), as coded by the lender in its HMDA filing.

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 2020–2024, 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.