Equity Prime Mortgage · Kentucky · 2025

Equity Prime Mortgage in Kentucky: approval rate, denial rate and rates (2025)

Equity Prime Mortgage took 546 mortgage applications in Kentucky in 2025, ranking #74 of 856 lenders active in the state. It originated 52.8% of them and denied 8.1% (13.2% of the applications it decided), against a statewide denial rate of 18.8%.

546Applicationsin KY
13.2%Decision denial ratestate 23.5%
6.63%Median ratestate 6.75%
$185,000Median loanstate $155,000
$59MVolume92 counties

Equity Prime Mortgage in Kentucky vs the state

8.1%Denial rate-10.75 pts vs state
13.2%Decision denial rate-10.28 pts vs state
52.8%Origination rate-5.29 pts vs state
6.63%Median rate-0.13 pts vs state
0.47Rate spread (pts)+0.16 pts vs state
$70kMedian applicant income
288Loans originated
44Denied

Trend in Kentucky

YearApplicationsOriginatedDenial rateMedian rateRank in state
20232191483.7%6.88%#113
20244553011.5%6.75%#74
20255462888.1%6.63%#74

What Equity Prime Mortgage lends in Kentucky

By loan purpose

Home purchase 350 64% · 5.1% denied
Refinance 31 6% · 9.7% denied
Cash-out refinance 165 30% · 13.9% denied

By loan type

Conventional 8 1% · 0.0% denied
FHA 248 45% · 10.9% denied
VA 133 24% · 9.0% denied
USDA / RHS 157 29% · 3.2% denied

Why it denied Kentucky applicants

Other 17 39%
Credit history 13 30%
Debt-to-income ratio 9 20%
Insufficient cash 2 5%
Unverifiable information 1 2%
Employment history 1 2%
Collateral 1 2%

Where in Kentucky

Counties with the most Equity Prime Mortgage applications in 2025.

CountyApplicationsOriginatedDeniedDenial rate
Jefferson County 65355 7.7%
Boyd County 53344 7.5%
Greenup County 50282 4.0%
Laurel County 26132 7.7%
Hardin County 1983 15.8%
Whitley County 1691 6.3%
Kenton County 1360 0.0%
Nelson County 1281 8.3%
Bullitt County 1170 0.0%
Boone County 1032 20.0%

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: 546 applications in 2025, of which 288 were originated and 44 denied.

8.1% of all applications, or 13.2% of the applications it actually decided on. The Kentucky statewide average across all lenders was 18.8%.

The median rate on loans Equity Prime Mortgage originated in Kentucky in 2025 was 6.63%, against a statewide median of 6.75%.

About this data. Figures are Equity Prime Mortgage'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