Bank of the Bluegrass and Trust · Kentucky · 2025

Bank of the Bluegrass and Trust in Kentucky: approval rate, denial rate and rates (2025)

Bank of the Bluegrass and Trust took 120 mortgage applications in Kentucky in 2025, ranking #188 of 856 lenders active in the state. It originated 67.5% of them and denied 7.5% (9.8% of the applications it decided), against a statewide denial rate of 18.8%.

120Applicationsin KY
9.8%Decision denial ratestate 23.5%
Median ratestate 6.75%
$305,000Median loanstate $155,000
$44MVolume16 counties

Bank of the Bluegrass and Trust in Kentucky vs the state

7.5%Denial rate-11.31 pts vs state
9.8%Decision denial rate-13.71 pts vs state
67.5%Origination rate+9.46 pts vs state
Median rate
Rate spread (pts)
$224kMedian applicant income
81Loans originated
9Denied

Trend in Kentucky

YearApplicationsOriginatedDenial rateMedian rateRank in state
2023874618.4%#186
202491579.9%#204
2025120817.5%#188

What Bank of the Bluegrass and Trust lends in Kentucky

By loan purpose

Home purchase 68 57% · 7.4% denied
Refinance 46 38% · 6.5% denied
Home improvement 3 3% · 0.0% denied
Other / HELOC 3 3% · 33.3% denied

By loan type

Conventional 119 99% · 7.6% denied
VA 1 1% · 0.0% denied

Where in Kentucky

Counties with the most Bank of the Bluegrass and Trust applications in 2025.

CountyApplicationsOriginatedDeniedDenial rate
Fayette County 66503 4.5%
Jessamine County 18121 5.6%
Madison County 990 0.0%
Scott County 731 14.3%
Bourbon County 411 25.0%
Franklin County 311 33.3%
Woodford County 320 0.0%
Larue County 210 0.0%
Boyle County 110 0.0%
Anderson County 101 100.0%

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: 120 applications in 2025, of which 81 were originated and 9 denied.

7.5% of all applications, or 9.8% of the applications it actually decided on. The Kentucky statewide average across all lenders was 18.8%.

This lender did not report interest rates on its originated loans (some institutions are exempt from HMDA pricing fields).

About this data. Figures are Bank of the Bluegrass and Trust'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