Empeople Credit Union · Tennessee · 2025

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

Empeople Credit Union took 47 mortgage applications in Tennessee in 2025, ranking #420 of 1,274 lenders active in the state. It originated 68.1% of them and denied 17.0% (20.0% of the applications it decided), against a statewide denial rate of 17.1%.

47Applicationsin TN
20.0%Decision denial ratestate 21.7%
6.43%Median ratestate 6.62%
$155,000Median loanstate $225,000
$6.8MVolume24 counties

Empeople Credit Union in Tennessee vs the state

17.0%Denial rate-0.12 pts vs state
20.0%Decision denial rate-1.68 pts vs state
68.1%Origination rate+10.01 pts vs state
6.43%Median rate-0.19 pts vs state
-0.34Rate spread (pts)-0.57 pts vs state
$112kMedian applicant income
32Loans originated
8Denied

Trend in Tennessee

YearApplicationsOriginatedDenial rateMedian rateRank in state
2023442525.0%7.25%#406
2024452226.7%6.56%#405
2025473217.0%6.43%#420

What Empeople Credit Union lends in Tennessee

By loan purpose

Home purchase 18 38% · 5.6% denied
Refinance 9 19% · 0.0% denied
Cash-out refinance 8 17% · 12.5% denied
Home improvement 4 9% · 0.0% denied
Other / HELOC 8 17% · 75.0% denied

By loan type

Conventional 47 100% · 17.0% denied

Why it denied Tennessee applicants

Debt-to-income ratio 6 75%
Collateral 1 13%
Credit history 1 13%

Where in Tennessee

Counties with the most Empeople Credit Union applications in 2025.

CountyApplicationsOriginatedDeniedDenial rate
Rutherford County 440 0.0%
Davidson County 421 25.0%
Hamilton County 430 0.0%
Greene County 330 0.0%
Crockett County 321 33.3%
Gibson County 321 33.3%
Franklin County 312 66.7%
Lauderdale County 202 100.0%
Weakley County 220 0.0%
McMinn County 200 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: 47 applications in 2025, of which 32 were originated and 8 denied.

17.0% of all applications, or 20.0% of the applications it actually decided on. The Tennessee statewide average across all lenders was 17.1%.

The median rate on loans Empeople Credit Union originated in Tennessee in 2025 was 6.43%, against a statewide median of 6.62%.

About this data. Figures are Empeople 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