1st Signature Lending · Kentucky · 2025

1st Signature Lending in Kentucky: approval rate, denial rate and rates (2025)

1st Signature Lending took 80 mortgage applications in Kentucky in 2025, ranking #225 of 856 lenders active in the state. It originated 71.3% of them and denied 1.3% (1.7% of the applications it decided), against a statewide denial rate of 18.8%.

80Applicationsin KY
1.7%Decision denial ratestate 23.5%
5.88%Median ratestate 6.75%
$245,000Median loanstate $155,000
$14MVolume1 counties

1st Signature Lending in Kentucky vs the state

1.3%Denial rate-17.56 pts vs state
1.7%Decision denial rate-21.77 pts vs state
71.3%Origination rate+13.21 pts vs state
5.88%Median rate-0.88 pts vs state
0.35Rate spread (pts)+0.03 pts vs state
$80kMedian applicant income
57Loans originated
1Denied

Trend in Kentucky

YearApplicationsOriginatedDenial rateMedian rateRank in state
2023261219.2%6.81%#300
202441244.9%6.50%#267
202580571.3%5.88%#225

What 1st Signature Lending lends in Kentucky

By loan purpose

Home purchase 74 93% · 0.0% denied
Refinance 6 8% · 16.7% denied

By loan type

Conventional 2 3% · 0.0% denied
FHA 68 85% · 1.5% denied
VA 8 10% · 0.0% denied
USDA / RHS 2 3% · 0.0% denied

Why it denied Kentucky applicants

Other 1 100%

Where in Kentucky

Counties with the most 1st Signature Lending applications in 2025.

CountyApplicationsOriginatedDeniedDenial rate
Fayette County 100 0.0%

Other large lenders in Kentucky

LenderGradeApplicationsDenial rateMedian rate
Rocket MortgageC 8,42018.1%6.75%
Vanderbilt Mortgage and FinanceF 8,22044.8%9.50%
United Shore Financial ServicesB 6,8719.8%6.50%
Fifth Third BankD 5,66325.5%7.75%
U.S. BankD 4,88729.5%7.00%
Mortgage Research CenterC 3,61718.0%6.25%
PNC BankD 3,58523.7%7.40%
21st MortgageF 3,47848.0%9.95%
CommonwealthC 3,27024.9%7.25%
Stockton MortgageD 3,2556.1%6.63%

Frequently asked questions

Kentucky: 80 applications in 2025, of which 57 were originated and 1 denied.

1.3% of all applications, or 1.7% of the applications it actually decided on. The Kentucky statewide average across all lenders was 18.8%.

The median rate on loans 1st Signature Lending originated in Kentucky in 2025 was 5.88%, against a statewide median of 6.75%.

About this data. Figures are 1st Signature Lending's own HMDA filing for properties located in Kentucky, 2025. The grade is national; state-level figures are shown for context and are not separately graded. Methodology