First Savings Bank · Kentucky · 2025

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

First Savings Bank took 25 mortgage applications in Kentucky in 2025, ranking #331 of 856 lenders active in the state. It originated 52.0% of them and denied 28.0% (33.3% of the applications it decided), against a statewide denial rate of 18.8%.

25Applicationsin KY
33.3%Decision denial ratestate 23.5%
7.00%Median ratestate 6.75%
$345,000Median loanstate $155,000
$4.2MVolume9 counties

First Savings Bank in Kentucky vs the state

28.0%Denial rate+9.19 pts vs state
33.3%Decision denial rate+9.84 pts vs state
52.0%Origination rate-6.04 pts vs state
7.00%Median rate+0.25 pts vs state
0.05Rate spread (pts)-0.26 pts vs state
$146kMedian applicant income
13Loans originated
7Denied

Trend in Kentucky

YearApplicationsOriginatedDenial rateMedian rateRank in state
20232331646.0%6.75%#109
2024321421.9%7.63%#293
2025251328.0%7.00%#331

What First Savings Bank lends in Kentucky

By loan purpose

Home purchase 9 36% · 11.1% denied
Refinance 3 12% · 33.3% denied
Cash-out refinance 9 36% · 44.4% denied
Home improvement 3 12% · 33.3% denied
Other / HELOC 1 4% · 0.0% denied

By loan type

Conventional 25 100% · 28.0% denied

Why it denied Kentucky applicants

Debt-to-income ratio 4 57%
Credit history 2 29%
Insufficient cash 1 14%

Where in Kentucky

Counties with the most First Savings Bank applications in 2025.

CountyApplicationsOriginatedDeniedDenial rate
Jefferson County 1494 28.6%
Logan County 303 100.0%
Breckinridge County 200 0.0%
Warren County 110 0.0%
Grayson County 110 0.0%
Shelby County 100 0.0%
Trimble County 110 0.0%
Oldham County 110 0.0%
Hardin County 100 0.0%

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: 25 applications in 2025, of which 13 were originated and 7 denied.

28.0% of all applications, or 33.3% of the applications it actually decided on. The Kentucky statewide average across all lenders was 18.8%.

The median rate on loans First Savings Bank originated in Kentucky in 2025 was 7.00%, against a statewide median of 6.75%.

About this data. Figures are First Savings 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