Mortgage Lender Index

First Bank

First Bank received 2,195 applications in 2025 and made 1,629 mortgages, in 121 counties across 6 states. The median rate its borrowers got was 6.875% on a median loan of $225,000. Of 2,037 decisions, 373 were denials — 18.3%, most often for debt-to-income ratio. 1 of its applications carried no county and are counted here but on no county page.

Legal Entity Identifier254900L67A0ZTJRS6614
Applications received2,195
Mortgages made1,629
Denied373
Approved, not taken up35
Withdrawn or incomplete158
Loans bought from other lenders0
Median rate spread over the prime offer rate0.21 points
FDIC-insured bankYes: First Bank, 9 offices

By loan purpose

PurposeMortgages madeMedian rateMedian loanDenied
Home purchase751 6.375%$355,000 6.6%
Refinancing306 7.250%$205,000 13.7%
Cash-out refinancing35 6.625%$225,000 30.0%
Other purposes537 7.500%$125,000 31.6%

Where First Bank lends most

The 50 counties where it made the most mortgages in 2025. Each county page ranks every lender there.

CountyMortgages madeMedian rateDenied
Moore County, NC 1727.500%12.9%
Brunswick County, NC 1176.624%14.6%
New Hanover County, NC 926.750%16.8%
Buncombe County, NC 906.875%29.1%
Wake County, NC 706.624%18.2%
Guilford County, NC 527.000%18.2%
Lee County, NC 457.250%11.8%
Randolph County, NC 447.250%18.2%
Beaufort County, NC 407.250%21.2%
Henderson County, NC 386.495%15.6%
Onslow County, NC 387.188%13.0%
Harnett County, NC 337.000%17.5%
Stanly County, NC 337.500%28.3%
Alamance County, NC 326.500%13.2%
Pender County, NC 306.750%18.9%
Pitt County, NC 296.750%9.1%
Cabarrus County, NC 287.063%9.4%
Forsyth County, NC 286.625%14.7%
Cumberland County, NC 277.250%21.6%
Carteret County, NC 267.000%18.8%
Anderson County, SC 267.500%10.3%
Orange County, NC 253.000%0.0%
Davidson County, NC 247.000%31.4%
Mecklenburg County, NC 246.500%11.1%
Rowan County, NC 247.500%20.0%
Robeson County, NC 237.500%25.8%
Greenville County, SC 226.500%24.1%
McDowell County, NC 196.990%34.5%
Richmond County, NC 176.500%26.1%
Chatham County, NC 166.750%26.1%
Iredell County, NC 167.500%23.8%
Montgomery County, NC 166.875%32.0%
Florence County, SC 166.563%23.8%
Johnston County, NC 156.500%5.9%
Duplin County, NC 147.000%30.0%
Madison County, NC 146.813%31.8%
Columbus County, NC 127.125%7.7%
Scotland County, NC 127.250%14.3%
Chesterfield County, SC 117.125%8.3%
Bladen County, NC 107.375%23.1%
Dare County, NC 106.794%15.4%
Rockingham County, NC 107.250%16.7%
Pasquotank County, NC 9Under 10 loans25.0%
Wayne County, NC 8Under 10 loans0.0%
Macon County, NC 7Under 10 loans50.0%
Transylvania County, NC 7Under 10 loans27.3%
Horry County, SC 7Under 10 loans41.7%
Haywood County, NC 6Under 10 loans0.0%
Lenoir County, NC 6Under 10 loans0.0%
Charleston County, SC 6Under 10 loans14.3%

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Counts, medians and denial shares are computed from the Home Mortgage Disclosure Act loan-level file for 2025, published by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau through the FFIEC: every application a covered lender received, as the lender reported it. A median rate is what borrowers got, not what you will be offered — it depends on the loan, the property, your credit and the market on the day, and no figure here is a quote. A median over fewer than 10 loans is not shown: it is a number with no meaning and a real person's rate half-exposed. Those cells say "under 10 loans" and the count is still published. This is information, not advice, and no lender pays to appear.