Commerce Home Mortgage · Tennessee · 2025

Commerce Home Mortgage in Tennessee: approval rate, denial rate and rates (2025)

Commerce Home Mortgage took 309 mortgage applications in Tennessee in 2025, ranking #159 of 1,274 lenders active in the state. It originated 55.7% of them and denied 10.7% (16.1% of the applications it decided), against a statewide denial rate of 17.1%.

309Applicationsin TN
16.1%Decision denial ratestate 21.7%
7.25%Median ratestate 6.62%
$325,000Median loanstate $225,000
$76MVolume48 counties

Commerce Home Mortgage in Tennessee vs the state

10.7%Denial rate-6.46 pts vs state
16.1%Decision denial rate-5.58 pts vs state
55.7%Origination rate-2.42 pts vs state
7.25%Median rate+0.63 pts vs state
1.01Rate spread (pts)+0.78 pts vs state
$231kMedian applicant income
172Loans originated
33Denied

Trend in Tennessee

YearApplicationsOriginatedDenial rateMedian rateRank in state
20231155417.4%8.44%#268
20241125117.0%7.63%#284
202530917210.7%7.25%#159

What Commerce Home Mortgage lends in Tennessee

By loan purpose

Home purchase 187 61% · 8.0% denied
Refinance 29 9% · 3.5% denied
Cash-out refinance 91 29% · 18.7% denied
Home improvement 2 1% · 0.0% denied

By loan type

Conventional 298 96% · 10.7% denied
FHA 5 2% · 20.0% denied
VA 6 2% · 0.0% denied

Why it denied Tennessee applicants

Collateral 14 42%
Incomplete application 5 15%
Credit history 5 15%
Other 4 12%
Unverifiable information 2 6%
Insufficient cash 2 6%
Debt-to-income ratio 1 3%

Where in Tennessee

Counties with the most Commerce Home Mortgage applications in 2025.

CountyApplicationsOriginatedDeniedDenial rate
Shelby County 54288 14.8%
Davidson County 49198 16.3%
Knox County 25150 0.0%
Sevier County 23144 17.4%
Williamson County 23132 8.7%
Hamilton County 14120 0.0%
Rutherford County 1380 0.0%
Blount County 960 0.0%
Wilson County 850 0.0%
Roane County 850 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: 309 applications in 2025, of which 172 were originated and 33 denied.

10.7% of all applications, or 16.1% of the applications it actually decided on. The Tennessee statewide average across all lenders was 17.1%.

The median rate on loans Commerce Home Mortgage originated in Tennessee in 2025 was 7.25%, against a statewide median of 6.62%.

About this data. Figures are Commerce Home Mortgage'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