First Freedom Bank · Tennessee · 2025

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

First Freedom Bank took 44 mortgage applications in Tennessee in 2025, ranking #427 of 1,274 lenders active in the state. It originated 84.1% of them and denied 2.3% (2.5% of the applications it decided), against a statewide denial rate of 17.1%.

44Applicationsin TN
2.5%Decision denial ratestate 21.7%
Median ratestate 6.62%
$295,000Median loanstate $225,000
$20MVolume10 counties

First Freedom Bank in Tennessee vs the state

2.3%Denial rate-14.87 pts vs state
2.5%Decision denial rate-19.18 pts vs state
84.1%Origination rate+26.01 pts vs state
Median rate
Rate spread (pts)
$336kMedian applicant income
37Loans originated
1Denied

Trend in Tennessee

YearApplicationsOriginatedDenial rateMedian rateRank in state
202354511.9%#382
202437322.7%#427
202544372.3%#427

What First Freedom Bank lends in Tennessee

By loan purpose

Home purchase 25 57% · 0.0% denied
Refinance 18 41% · 5.6% denied
Home improvement 1 2% · 0.0% denied

By loan type

Conventional 44 100% · 2.3% denied

Where in Tennessee

Counties with the most First Freedom Bank applications in 2025.

CountyApplicationsOriginatedDeniedDenial rate
Wilson County 23230 0.0%
Jackson County 621 16.7%
Davidson County 540 0.0%
Putnam County 440 0.0%
Smith County 110 0.0%
DeKalb County 110 0.0%
Sumner County 110 0.0%
Madison County 100 0.0%
Rutherford County 110 0.0%
White County 100 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: 44 applications in 2025, of which 37 were originated and 1 denied.

2.3% of all applications, or 2.5% of the applications it actually decided on. The Tennessee statewide average across all lenders was 17.1%.

This lender did not report interest rates on its originated loans (some institutions are exempt from HMDA pricing fields).

About this data. Figures are First Freedom 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