First Financial Bank · Tennessee · 2025

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

First Financial Bank took 370 mortgage applications in Tennessee in 2025, ranking #139 of 1,274 lenders active in the state. It originated 58.9% of them and denied 28.1% (30.3% of the applications it decided), against a statewide denial rate of 17.1%.

370Applicationsin TN
30.3%Decision denial ratestate 21.7%
6.69%Median ratestate 6.62%
$125,000Median loanstate $225,000
$97MVolume37 counties

First Financial Bank in Tennessee vs the state

28.1%Denial rate+10.97 pts vs state
30.3%Decision denial rate+8.64 pts vs state
58.9%Origination rate+0.84 pts vs state
6.69%Median rate+0.06 pts vs state
0.24Rate spread (pts)+0.01 pts vs state
$90kMedian applicant income
218Loans originated
104Denied

Trend in Tennessee

YearApplicationsOriginatedDenial rateMedian rateRank in state
20231127223.2%7.75%#275
20241568725.0%7.50%#239
202537021828.1%6.69%#139

What First Financial Bank lends in Tennessee

By loan purpose

Home purchase 101 27% · 15.8% denied
Refinance 95 26% · 25.3% denied
Cash-out refinance 14 4% · 28.6% denied
Home improvement 96 26% · 34.4% denied
Other / HELOC 64 17% · 42.2% denied

By loan type

Conventional 365 99% · 28.2% denied
FHA 3 1% · 33.3% denied
VA 1 0% · 0.0% denied
USDA / RHS 1 0% · 0.0% denied

Why it denied Tennessee applicants

Debt-to-income ratio 53 51%
Credit history 25 24%
Other 12 12%
Collateral 7 7%
Insufficient cash 3 3%
Unverifiable information 2 2%
Employment history 2 2%

Where in Tennessee

Counties with the most First Financial Bank applications in 2025.

CountyApplicationsOriginatedDeniedDenial rate
Rhea County 824328 34.1%
Cheatham County 38287 18.4%
Hamilton County 34199 26.5%
Montgomery County 21147 33.3%
Davidson County 20133 15.0%
Obion County 20135 25.0%
Meigs County 20910 50.0%
Roane County 1887 38.9%
Bledsoe County 1587 46.7%
Knox County 15113 20.0%

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: 370 applications in 2025, of which 218 were originated and 104 denied.

28.1% of all applications, or 30.3% of the applications it actually decided on. The Tennessee statewide average across all lenders was 17.1%.

The median rate on loans First Financial Bank originated in Tennessee in 2025 was 6.69%, against a statewide median of 6.62%.

About this data. Figures are First Financial Bank'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