First Financial Bank · Kentucky · 2025

First Financial Bank in Kentucky: approval rate, denial rate and rates (2025)

First Financial Bank took 244 mortgage applications in Kentucky in 2025, ranking #129 of 856 lenders active in the state. It originated 53.3% of them and denied 39.3% (41.4% of the applications it decided), against a statewide denial rate of 18.8%.

244Applicationsin KY
41.4%Decision denial ratestate 23.5%
6.50%Median ratestate 6.75%
$75,000Median loanstate $155,000
$20MVolume26 counties

First Financial Bank in Kentucky vs the state

39.3%Denial rate+20.53 pts vs state
41.4%Decision denial rate+17.89 pts vs state
53.3%Origination rate-4.76 pts vs state
6.50%Median rate-0.25 pts vs state
0.03Rate spread (pts)-0.28 pts vs state
$68kMedian applicant income
130Loans originated
96Denied

Trend in Kentucky

YearApplicationsOriginatedDenial rateMedian rateRank in state
202322814224.1%7.75%#110
202421714224.4%7.69%#127
202524413039.3%6.50%#129

What First Financial Bank lends in Kentucky

By loan purpose

Home purchase 42 17% · 9.5% denied
Refinance 47 19% · 36.2% denied
Cash-out refinance 9 4% · 44.4% denied
Home improvement 85 35% · 43.5% denied
Other / HELOC 61 25% · 55.7% denied

By loan type

Conventional 236 97% · 39.4% denied
FHA 7 3% · 42.9% denied
USDA / RHS 1 0% · 0.0% denied

Why it denied Kentucky applicants

Debt-to-income ratio 39 41%
Credit history 36 38%
Collateral 13 14%
Other 7 7%
Unverifiable information 1 1%

Where in Kentucky

Counties with the most First Financial Bank applications in 2025.

CountyApplicationsOriginatedDeniedDenial rate
Hopkins County 613027 44.3%
Christian County 271512 44.4%
Marshall County 23158 34.8%
Warren County 19710 52.6%
Calloway County 18126 33.3%
Trigg County 16105 31.3%
Graves County 1274 33.3%
Hancock County 1293 25.0%
Fulton County 1172 18.2%
Breckinridge County 752 28.6%

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: 244 applications in 2025, of which 130 were originated and 96 denied.

39.3% of all applications, or 41.4% of the applications it actually decided on. The Kentucky statewide average across all lenders was 18.8%.

The median rate on loans First Financial Bank originated in Kentucky in 2025 was 6.50%, against a statewide median of 6.75%.

About this data. Figures are First Financial Bank'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