Foundation Mortgage · Tennessee · 2025

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

Foundation Mortgage took 37 mortgage applications in Tennessee in 2025, ranking #457 of 1,274 lenders active in the state. It originated 32.4% of them and denied 24.3% (25.0% of the applications it decided), against a statewide denial rate of 17.1%.

37Applicationsin TN
25.0%Decision denial ratestate 21.7%
7.13%Median ratestate 6.62%
$305,000Median loanstate $225,000
$4.4MVolume12 counties

Foundation Mortgage in Tennessee vs the state

24.3%Denial rate+7.18 pts vs state
25.0%Decision denial rate+3.32 pts vs state
32.4%Origination rate-25.65 pts vs state
7.13%Median rate+0.50 pts vs state
1.14Rate spread (pts)+0.91 pts vs state
$76kMedian applicant income
12Loans originated
9Denied

Trend in Tennessee

YearApplicationsOriginatedDenial rateMedian rateRank in state
2023840.0%8.50%#656
2024251512.0%7.50%#491
2025371224.3%7.13%#457

What Foundation Mortgage lends in Tennessee

By loan purpose

Home purchase 18 49% · 22.2% denied
Refinance 19 51% · 26.3% denied

By loan type

Conventional 37 100% · 24.3% denied

Why it denied Tennessee applicants

Collateral 3 33%
Unverifiable information 3 33%
Debt-to-income ratio 2 22%
Credit history 1 11%

Where in Tennessee

Counties with the most Foundation Mortgage applications in 2025.

CountyApplicationsOriginatedDeniedDenial rate
Davidson County 1191 9.1%
Sevier County 904 44.4%
Shelby County 411 25.0%
Bradley County 210 0.0%
Knox County 200 0.0%
Grundy County 201 50.0%
Hamilton County 201 50.0%
Cheatham County 101 100.0%
Marion County 100 0.0%
Rhea 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: 37 applications in 2025, of which 12 were originated and 9 denied.

24.3% of all applications, or 25.0% of the applications it actually decided on. The Tennessee statewide average across all lenders was 17.1%.

The median rate on loans Foundation Mortgage originated in Tennessee in 2025 was 7.13%, against a statewide median of 6.62%.

About this data. Figures are Foundation 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