Bank of America · Tennessee · 2025

Bank of America in Tennessee: approval rate, denial rate and rates (2025)

Bank of America took 3,749 mortgage applications in Tennessee in 2025, ranking #19 of 1,274 lenders active in the state. It originated 40.0% of them and denied 34.5% (45.7% of the applications it decided), against a statewide denial rate of 17.1%.

3.7kApplicationsin TN
45.7%Decision denial ratestate 21.7%
5.99%Median ratestate 6.62%
$105,000Median loanstate $225,000
$423MVolume86 counties

Bank of America in Tennessee vs the state

34.5%Denial rate+17.38 pts vs state
45.7%Decision denial rate+24.06 pts vs state
40.0%Origination rate-18.10 pts vs state
5.99%Median rate-0.63 pts vs state
1.03Rate spread (pts)+0.80 pts vs state
$107kMedian applicant income
1,499Loans originated
1,294Denied

Trend in Tennessee

YearApplicationsOriginatedDenial rateMedian rateRank in state
20234,6011,61848.8%7.25%#12
20243,7841,44736.7%6.99%#18
20253,7491,49934.5%5.99%#19

What Bank of America lends in Tennessee

By loan purpose

Home purchase 754 20% · 20.2% denied
Refinance 528 14% · 26.3% denied
Cash-out refinance 42 1% · 26.2% denied
Home improvement 1,537 41% · 40.6% denied
Other / HELOC 888 24% · 41.4% denied

By loan type

Conventional 3,715 99% · 34.6% denied
FHA 31 1% · 25.8% denied
VA 3 0% · 66.7% denied

Why it denied Tennessee applicants

Credit history 676 52%
Debt-to-income ratio 416 32%
Collateral 137 11%
Unverifiable information 27 2%
Other 26 2%
Insufficient cash 8 1%
Employment history 4 0%

Where in Tennessee

Counties with the most Bank of America applications in 2025.

CountyApplicationsOriginatedDeniedDenial rate
Davidson County 756333226 29.9%
Shelby County 567162279 49.2%
Williamson County 42222093 22.0%
Rutherford County 29313293 31.7%
Hamilton County 27010591 33.7%
Knox County 25011273 29.2%
Sumner County 1859253 28.6%
Wilson County 1346728 20.9%
Montgomery County 1132949 43.4%
Robertson County 642125 39.1%

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: 3,749 applications in 2025, of which 1,499 were originated and 1,294 denied.

34.5% of all applications, or 45.7% of the applications it actually decided on. The Tennessee statewide average across all lenders was 17.1%.

The median rate on loans Bank of America originated in Tennessee in 2025 was 5.99%, against a statewide median of 6.62%.

About this data. Figures are Bank of America'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