Armed Forces Bank · Tennessee · 2025

Armed Forces Bank in Tennessee: approval rate, denial rate and rates (2025)

Armed Forces Bank took 49 mortgage applications in Tennessee in 2025, ranking #414 of 1,274 lenders active in the state. It originated 51.0% of them and denied 8.2% (13.8% of the applications it decided), against a statewide denial rate of 17.1%.

49Applicationsin TN
13.8%Decision denial ratestate 21.7%
6.00%Median ratestate 6.62%
$405,000Median loanstate $225,000
$11MVolume25 counties

Armed Forces Bank in Tennessee vs the state

8.2%Denial rate-8.98 pts vs state
13.8%Decision denial rate-7.89 pts vs state
51.0%Origination rate-7.06 pts vs state
6.00%Median rate-0.62 pts vs state
-0.33Rate spread (pts)-0.56 pts vs state
$127kMedian applicant income
25Loans originated
4Denied

Trend in Tennessee

YearApplicationsOriginatedDenial rateMedian rateRank in state
202324144.2%6.00%#489
2024311419.4%6.19%#457
202549258.2%6.00%#414

What Armed Forces Bank lends in Tennessee

By loan purpose

Home purchase 36 73% · 2.8% denied
Refinance 6 12% · 33.3% denied
Cash-out refinance 6 12% · 0.0% denied
Other / HELOC 1 2% · 100.0% denied

By loan type

Conventional 10 20% · 0.0% denied
FHA 2 4% · 0.0% denied
VA 37 76% · 10.8% denied

Why it denied Tennessee applicants

Incomplete application 3 75%
Employment history 1 25%

Where in Tennessee

Counties with the most Armed Forces Bank applications in 2025.

CountyApplicationsOriginatedDeniedDenial rate
Montgomery County 1081 10.0%
Williamson County 410 0.0%
Marshall County 410 0.0%
Knox County 411 25.0%
Rutherford County 310 0.0%
Hamilton County 310 0.0%
Sumner County 211 50.0%
Sullivan County 210 0.0%
Loudon County 101 100.0%
Washington County 110 0.0%

Other large lenders in Tennessee

LenderGradeApplicationsDenial rateMedian rate
Rocket MortgageC 16,50317.3%6.50%
United Shore Financial ServicesB 12,45810.9%6.12%
Regions BankC 11,24736.5%4.99%
Vanderbilt Mortgage and FinanceF 9,64935.8%8.75%
Mortgage Research CenterC 6,56817.3%6.25%
FirstBankC 5,67714.5%6.88%
CMG MortgageA 5,6432.9%6.50%
Freedom MortgageB 5,4938.0%6.25%
Pennymac Loan ServicesC 5,33111.2%6.00%
Mortgage Investors GroupB 4,4543.5%6.50%

Frequently asked questions

Tennessee: 49 applications in 2025, of which 25 were originated and 4 denied.

8.2% of all applications, or 13.8% of the applications it actually decided on. The Tennessee statewide average across all lenders was 17.1%.

The median rate on loans Armed Forces Bank originated in Tennessee in 2025 was 6.00%, against a statewide median of 6.62%.

About this data. Figures are Armed Forces Bank's own HMDA filing for properties located in Tennessee, 2025. The grade is national; state-level figures are shown for context and are not separately graded. Methodology