Mortgage Lender Index

First-Citizens Bank & Trust Company

First-Citizens Bank & Trust Company received 21,831 applications in 2025 and made 14,381 mortgages, in 699 counties across 45 states. The median rate its borrowers got was 6.250% on a median loan of $195,000. Of 19,380 decisions, 4,354 were denials — 22.5%, most often for debt-to-income ratio.

Legal Entity IdentifierL9VVX1KT5TFTKS0MLF66
Applications received21,831
Mortgages made14,381
Denied4,354
Approved, not taken up645
Withdrawn or incomplete2,451
Loans bought from other lenders1,107
Median rate spread over the prime offer rate-0.0805 points
FDIC-insured bankYes: First-Citizens Bank & Trust Company, 517 offices

By loan purpose

PurposeMortgages madeMedian rateMedian loanDenied
Home purchase5,292 6.075%$355,000 12.7%
Refinancing2,995 6.400%$185,000 25.0%
Cash-out refinancing342 6.500%$205,000 33.9%
Other purposes5,752 6.490%$105,000 27.6%

Where First-Citizens Bank & Trust Company lends most

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

CountyMortgages madeMedian rateDenied
Wake County, NC 1,1786.250%19.0%
Mecklenburg County, NC 6186.350%20.4%
Charleston County, SC 4866.250%21.0%
Los Angeles County, CA 4605.990%30.5%
Richland County, SC 4536.125%19.6%
New Hanover County, NC 3456.400%21.6%
Lexington County, SC 2896.375%21.0%
Greenville County, SC 2826.250%23.6%
Spartanburg County, SC 2636.400%23.4%
Buncombe County, NC 2556.490%23.1%
Guilford County, NC 2436.250%23.2%
Durham County, NC 2396.125%18.5%
Johnston County, NC 2276.222%20.1%
Union County, NC 2256.250%21.5%
Brunswick County, NC 2116.475%21.3%
Craven County, NC 1846.250%14.2%
Forsyth County, NC 1776.200%20.3%
Carteret County, NC 1756.400%18.2%
York County, SC 1716.375%19.9%
Henderson County, NC 1636.250%21.6%
Cumberland County, NC 1536.375%32.9%
Beaufort County, SC 1526.000%26.1%
Berkeley County, SC 1516.450%25.5%
Horry County, SC 1486.400%25.8%
San Francisco County, CA 1415.375%1.4%
Catawba County, NC 1366.375%23.4%
San Bernardino County, CA 1355.750%24.9%
Riverside County, CA 1265.875%19.5%
Anderson County, SC 1226.250%17.2%
Moore County, NC 1186.175%21.1%
Pitt County, NC 1116.250%16.1%
San Diego County, CA 1105.990%26.8%
Suffolk County, MA 1084.063%9.9%
Santa Clara County, CA 1015.125%5.5%
Dorchester County, SC 1016.250%24.1%
Iredell County, NC 1006.490%23.7%
Orange County, NC 1006.213%27.8%
Onslow County, NC 986.500%25.0%
Pender County, NC 926.375%17.2%
Orange County, CA 905.990%34.5%
Chatham County, NC 906.490%18.4%
Aiken County, SC 876.400%14.3%
Cabarrus County, NC 866.250%19.8%
Burke County, NC 806.400%20.8%
Caldwell County, NC 806.490%25.7%
Florence County, SC 806.063%17.3%
Pickens County, SC 746.388%24.5%
Harnett County, NC 736.490%17.9%
Lincoln County, NC 686.445%22.0%
Lancaster County, SC 676.350%25.6%

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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.