Equity Prime Mortgage · Tennessee · 2025

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

Equity Prime Mortgage took 1,025 mortgage applications in Tennessee in 2025, ranking #64 of 1,274 lenders active in the state. It originated 47.9% of them and denied 9.1% (15.8% of the applications it decided), against a statewide denial rate of 17.1%.

1.0kApplicationsin TN
15.8%Decision denial ratestate 21.7%
6.50%Median ratestate 6.62%
$235,000Median loanstate $225,000
$129MVolume90 counties

Equity Prime Mortgage in Tennessee vs the state

9.1%Denial rate-8.07 pts vs state
15.8%Decision denial rate-5.84 pts vs state
47.9%Origination rate-10.18 pts vs state
6.50%Median rate-0.12 pts vs state
0.26Rate spread (pts)+0.03 pts vs state
$77kMedian applicant income
491Loans originated
93Denied

Trend in Tennessee

YearApplicationsOriginatedDenial rateMedian rateRank in state
20233712262.2%6.75%#116
20246674343.9%6.63%#86
20251,0254919.1%6.50%#64

What Equity Prime Mortgage lends in Tennessee

By loan purpose

Home purchase 378 37% · 7.1% denied
Refinance 70 7% · 7.1% denied
Cash-out refinance 577 56% · 10.6% denied

By loan type

Conventional 19 2% · 10.5% denied
FHA 637 62% · 9.7% denied
VA 266 26% · 9.8% denied
USDA / RHS 103 10% · 2.9% denied

Why it denied Tennessee applicants

Other 34 37%
Credit history 28 30%
Debt-to-income ratio 23 25%
Insufficient cash 3 3%
Unverifiable information 2 2%
Incomplete application 2 2%
Employment history 1 1%

Where in Tennessee

Counties with the most Equity Prime Mortgage applications in 2025.

CountyApplicationsOriginatedDeniedDenial rate
Shelby County 1214218 14.9%
Davidson County 62184 6.5%
Montgomery County 60313 5.0%
Knox County 45202 4.4%
Rutherford County 44206 13.6%
Hardin County 42390 0.0%
Blount County 29181 3.4%
Hamilton County 2894 14.3%
Greene County 28223 10.7%
Sumner County 25122 8.0%

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: 1,025 applications in 2025, of which 491 were originated and 93 denied.

9.1% of all applications, or 15.8% of the applications it actually decided on. The Tennessee statewide average across all lenders was 17.1%.

The median rate on loans Equity Prime Mortgage originated in Tennessee in 2025 was 6.50%, against a statewide median of 6.62%.

About this data. Figures are Equity Prime 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