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Home improvement loan lenders in Buncombe County, North Carolina

Fat Boy Data analyzed home improvement loan activity in Buncombe County, North Carolina, home to Asheville, to show which lenders are making these loans, how often they approve, how often borrowers accept the offer, and how much they typically finance. 2,910 applications were decided by 101 lenders between 2023 and 2025.

Buncombe County at a glance

101Active lenders22 with 20+ decisions
65.0%Market approval rate1,890 of 2,910 decided
$105KTypical loanmedian lender, $10K brackets
96%Borrower take-up1,810 loans funded

How Buncombe County compares

Approval rate compared
Buncombe County65.0%North Carolina64.0%All 616 counties62.7%
Typical loan compared
Buncombe County$105KNorth Carolina$85KAll 616 counties$75K

What the data shows

State Employees' made the most home improvement loans in Buncombe County, NC, 505 of them.

That is 28% of every home improvement loan originated here, so this market is unusually concentrated in one lender.

Citizens Bank, National Association approved the highest share of applications among lenders with at least 20 decisions here, 81% of 53.

The typical home improvement loan here is $105K, 24% larger than the North Carolina typical of $85K.

No lender with a meaningful sample here has a typical home improvement loan at or below $35K, so small jobs are poorly served by the banks in this market.

Approval rate of all 22 lenders with 20+ decisions here
0%25%50%75%100%One lender: 27% approved of 51One lender: 42% approved of 36One lender: 42% approved of 31Truist Bank: 46% approved of 164One lender: 51% approved of 51Bank of America, National Association: 52% approved of 272One lender: 56% approved of 113One lender: 56% approved of 39One lender: 57% approved of 70One lender: 60% approved of 30United Federal Credit Union: 63% approved of 190One lender: 63% approved of 62One lender: 65% approved of 83One lender: 66% approved of 68One lender: 67% approved of 49One lender: 68% approved of 63State Employees': 72% approved of 706One lender: 75% approved of 36First-Citizens Bank & Trust Company: 75% approved of 389One lender: 77% approved of 31One lender: 81% approved of 53One lender: 100% approved of 33

Each dot is one lender, placed at its approval rate. Hover for the sample size; the 5 largest lenders are named, the rest are behind the unlock.

Home improvement loan lenders in Buncombe County

LenderApprovalApprovedTaken upTypical loanLoans made
1State Employees'72%508 / 70699%$65K505
2First-Citizens Bank & Trust Company75%292 / 38996%$105K279
3Bank of America, National Association52%141 / 27296%$105K136
4United Federal Credit Union63%119 / 19092%$105K110
5Truist Bank46%75 / 16497%$105K73

Ranked by lending volume. Approval is the share of decided applications a lender approved; taken up is the share of approvals borrowers accepted. Lenders with fewer than 20 decisions are marked as a limited sample and never used for a “highest approval” claim.How the numbers work.

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