Cornerstone Financial Credit Union · Tennessee · 2025

Cornerstone Financial Credit Union in Tennessee: approval rate, denial rate and rates (2025)

Cornerstone Financial Credit Union took 182 mortgage applications in Tennessee in 2025, ranking #230 of 1,274 lenders active in the state. It originated 47.3% of them and denied 30.2% (36.2% of the applications it decided), against a statewide denial rate of 17.1%.

182Applicationsin TN
36.2%Decision denial ratestate 21.7%
5.90%Median ratestate 6.62%
$205,000Median loanstate $225,000
$23MVolume27 counties

Cornerstone Financial Credit Union in Tennessee vs the state

30.2%Denial rate+13.08 pts vs state
36.2%Decision denial rate+14.50 pts vs state
47.3%Origination rate-10.83 pts vs state
5.90%Median rate-0.72 pts vs state
-0.24Rate spread (pts)-0.47 pts vs state
$108kMedian applicant income
86Loans originated
55Denied

Trend in Tennessee

YearApplicationsOriginatedDenial rateMedian rateRank in state
202320213719.3%6.25%#191
20241345838.1%7.50%#261
20251828630.2%5.90%#230

What Cornerstone Financial Credit Union lends in Tennessee

By loan purpose

Home purchase 48 26% · 25.0% denied
Refinance 32 18% · 28.1% denied
Cash-out refinance 94 52% · 30.9% denied
Home improvement 1 1% · 0.0% denied
Other / HELOC 7 4% · 71.4% denied

By loan type

Conventional 182 100% · 30.2% denied

Why it denied Tennessee applicants

Credit history 12 22%
Debt-to-income ratio 11 20%
Other 9 16%
Incomplete application 9 16%
Collateral 8 15%
Employment history 2 4%
Insufficient cash 2 4%
Unverifiable information 2 4%

Where in Tennessee

Counties with the most Cornerstone Financial Credit Union applications in 2025.

CountyApplicationsOriginatedDeniedDenial rate
Davidson County 462412 26.1%
Williamson County 23107 30.4%
Sumner County 2099 45.0%
Rutherford County 1894 22.2%
Dickson County 17105 29.4%
Montgomery County 1244 33.3%
Cheatham County 823 37.5%
Humphreys County 522 40.0%
Wilson County 320 0.0%
Robertson County 311 33.3%

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: 182 applications in 2025, of which 86 were originated and 55 denied.

30.2% of all applications, or 36.2% of the applications it actually decided on. The Tennessee statewide average across all lenders was 17.1%.

The median rate on loans Cornerstone Financial Credit Union originated in Tennessee in 2025 was 5.90%, against a statewide median of 6.62%.

About this data. Figures are Cornerstone Financial Credit Union'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