Paragon Bank
Bank · Memphis, Dallas–Fort Worth · active as of Sep 2026
Paragon Bank has 19 commercial mortgage closings on record since Nov 2023, in Shelby — most in Shelby. The middle half of its loans ran $1.1M–$1.4M, median $1.2M. Everything below is what the county record shows this lender did, dated to its last closing — not a credit box, and not a promise that it is lending on the same terms today.
Counted from the recorded mortgages that name Paragon Bank as the lender: one row per loan, the originator of record only, every spelling the clerk used folded together (2 spellings). The last 36 months, as of Nov 2026; 41 loans on file in all since Nov 2016.
Where Paragon Bank lends
| County | Market | Last 36 months | All time |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shelby | Memphis | 19 | 40 |
| Denton | Dallas–Fort Worth | 0 | 1 |
A county links to its own lender page — every institution that has closed there, ranked, by property type and loan size.
Closings by quarter
Recorded closings in each of the last 12 quarters. A lender that stopped reads as stopped: the bars are what was recorded, quarter by quarter, nothing smoothed.
What it lends on, and how much
Collateral
- Unclassified19100%
Loan size
- Middle half
- $1.1M–$1.4M
- Median
- $1.2M
- Largest single recording
- $4.1M
- Not tied to a purchase
- not classified in this market
Recent closings
| Recorded | County | Collateral | Amount | Borrower |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 8, 2026 | Shelby | — | $4.1M | on the signed-in profile |
| Jul 15, 2026 | Shelby | — | $2M | on the signed-in profile |
| Jul 15, 2026 | Shelby | — | $1.2M | on the signed-in profile |
| Dec 17, 2025 | Shelby | — | $1.2M | on the signed-in profile |
| Dec 17, 2025 | Shelby | — | $1.2M | on the signed-in profile |
The 5 most recent of 41 recorded loans. The signed-in profile lists all of them with the property, the borrower and when each comes due.
Lenders like this one
The most active lenders on Shelby, where Paragon Bank does most of its business — the names a broker would call alongside it.
| Lender | Type | Closings there | Typical size | Active as of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| First Horizon Bank | Bank | 59 | $1.7M–$7.6M | Oct 2026 |
| Pinnacle Bank | Bank | 44 | $1.8M–$4.5M | Nov 2026 |
| Financial Federal Bank | Bank | 43 | $1.3M–$2.7M | Sep 2026 |
| Blackwell Staci TR | — | 38 | $3.7M–$26.4M | Oct 2026 |
| Preheim Arnold W TR | — | 31 | $1.2M–$3M | Sep 2026 |
Institutions with 3+ closings on this cut in the last 36 months, by closings. Every lender in the county, by property type and loan size.
3 people on record at Paragon Bank
3 who run the firm or its lending — the commercial lending people Paragon Bank's own team page, its announcements and the county's filings name, each cited to its source, with published work emails where there are any. And every one of its 41 recorded loans, with the borrower, the collateral and when each comes due.
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How this is counted
- Source of record. Every closing is a mortgage recorded with the county that names Paragon Bank, or a spelling of it, as the lender. Loans where it appears as nominee, servicer or trustee are left out.
- One loan, one closing. A blanket loan over several lots, or a facility recorded once per property, counts once.
- Revealed, not stated. This is what Paragon Bank has done, not what it says it wants. It has not told us its credit box, and this page never guesses one from the sizes it has closed.
- Dated. The window is the last 36 months to Nov 2026. Re-counted every six hours from the weekly re-read of the record. An institution has a page once it has 10 closings in the window.
How spellings become one institution is on the methodology page. The same count across a whole market, with the 25 most active lenders named, is in who lends on Texas commercial real estate.
Questions brokers ask about Paragon Bank
Does Paragon Bank lend in Shelby?
It has: 19 of its 19 commercial mortgage closings recorded since Nov 2023 are in Shelby. No other county is on its record in this window.
What size loans does Paragon Bank make?
The middle half of its recorded loans since Nov 2023 ran $1.1M to $1.4M, with a median of $1.2M; the largest single recording was $4.1M. These are recorded amounts, not a stated credit box.
Is Paragon Bank still lending?
Its last recorded closing was in Sep 2026, and it recorded 3 closings in 2026 Q3, the last full quarter. The record says what it did and when; it does not say what it will do next.