Champions Funding · Kentucky · 2025

Champions Funding in Kentucky: approval rate, denial rate and rates (2025)

Champions Funding took 46 mortgage applications in Kentucky in 2025, ranking #276 of 856 lenders active in the state. It originated 54.4% of them and denied 17.4% (24.2% of the applications it decided), against a statewide denial rate of 18.8%.

46Applicationsin KY
24.2%Decision denial ratestate 23.5%
7.50%Median ratestate 6.75%
$175,000Median loanstate $155,000
$4.8MVolume17 counties

Champions Funding in Kentucky vs the state

17.4%Denial rate-1.42 pts vs state
24.2%Decision denial rate+0.75 pts vs state
54.4%Origination rate-3.69 pts vs state
7.50%Median rate+0.75 pts vs state
Rate spread (pts)
Median applicant income
25Loans originated
8Denied

What Champions Funding lends in Kentucky

By loan purpose

Home purchase 11 24% · 9.1% denied
Refinance 5 11% · 40.0% denied
Cash-out refinance 30 65% · 16.7% denied

By loan type

Conventional 46 100% · 17.4% denied

Why it denied Kentucky applicants

Other 4 50%
Collateral 3 38%
Unverifiable information 1 13%

Where in Kentucky

Counties with the most Champions Funding applications in 2025.

CountyApplicationsOriginatedDeniedDenial rate
Kenton County 1380 0.0%
Jefferson County 960 0.0%
Rowan County 614 66.7%
Campbell County 320 0.0%
Boyle County 211 50.0%
Boone County 220 0.0%
Warren County 110 0.0%
Jessamine County 101 100.0%
Grayson County 110 0.0%
Woodford 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: 46 applications in 2025, of which 25 were originated and 8 denied.

17.4% of all applications, or 24.2% of the applications it actually decided on. The Kentucky statewide average across all lenders was 18.8%.

The median rate on loans Champions Funding originated in Kentucky in 2025 was 7.50%, against a statewide median of 6.75%.

About this data. Figures are Champions Funding'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