Embrace Home Loans · Tennessee · 2025

Embrace Home Loans in Tennessee: approval rate, denial rate and rates (2025)

Embrace Home Loans took 89 mortgage applications in Tennessee in 2025, ranking #338 of 1,274 lenders active in the state. It originated 76.4% of them and denied 5.6% (6.6% of the applications it decided), against a statewide denial rate of 17.1%.

89Applicationsin TN
6.6%Decision denial ratestate 21.7%
6.50%Median ratestate 6.62%
$205,000Median loanstate $225,000
$16MVolume22 counties

Embrace Home Loans in Tennessee vs the state

5.6%Denial rate-11.52 pts vs state
6.6%Decision denial rate-15.10 pts vs state
76.4%Origination rate+18.32 pts vs state
6.50%Median rate-0.12 pts vs state
0.51Rate spread (pts)+0.28 pts vs state
$77kMedian applicant income
68Loans originated
5Denied

Trend in Tennessee

YearApplicationsOriginatedDenial rateMedian rateRank in state
20231006710.0%6.49%#291
2024664712.1%6.49%#352
202589685.6%6.50%#338

What Embrace Home Loans lends in Tennessee

By loan purpose

Home purchase 74 83% · 1.4% denied
Refinance 4 4% · 25.0% denied
Cash-out refinance 9 10% · 22.2% denied
Other / HELOC 2 2% · 50.0% denied

By loan type

Conventional 55 62% · 1.8% denied
FHA 25 28% · 8.0% denied
VA 6 7% · 16.7% denied
USDA / RHS 3 3% · 33.3% denied

Why it denied Tennessee applicants

Debt-to-income ratio 4 80%
Credit history 1 20%

Where in Tennessee

Counties with the most Embrace Home Loans applications in 2025.

CountyApplicationsOriginatedDeniedDenial rate
Fentress County 28220 0.0%
Cumberland County 25201 4.0%
Putnam County 741 14.3%
Overton County 530 0.0%
White County 210 0.0%
Knox County 220 0.0%
Bledsoe County 220 0.0%
Jackson County 210 0.0%
Sumner County 220 0.0%
Davidson County 211 50.0%

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: 89 applications in 2025, of which 68 were originated and 5 denied.

5.6% of all applications, or 6.6% of the applications it actually decided on. The Tennessee statewide average across all lenders was 17.1%.

The median rate on loans Embrace Home Loans originated in Tennessee in 2025 was 6.50%, against a statewide median of 6.62%.

About this data. Figures are Embrace Home Loans'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