Freedom Mortgage · Tennessee · 2025

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

Freedom Mortgage took 5,493 mortgage applications in Tennessee in 2025, ranking #8 of 1,274 lenders active in the state. It originated 44.4% of them and denied 8.0% (13.2% of the applications it decided), against a statewide denial rate of 17.1%.

5.5kApplicationsin TN
13.2%Decision denial ratestate 21.7%
6.25%Median ratestate 6.62%
$295,000Median loanstate $225,000
$770MVolume93 counties

Freedom Mortgage in Tennessee vs the state

8.0%Denial rate-9.13 pts vs state
13.2%Decision denial rate-8.52 pts vs state
44.4%Origination rate-13.73 pts vs state
6.25%Median rate-0.37 pts vs state
0.15Rate spread (pts)-0.08 pts vs state
$84kMedian applicant income
2,436Loans originated
440Denied

Trend in Tennessee

YearApplicationsOriginatedDenial rateMedian rateRank in state
20231,70878613.7%6.75%#36
20243,6811,6909.1%6.25%#20
20255,4932,4368.0%6.25%#8

What Freedom Mortgage lends in Tennessee

By loan purpose

Home purchase 277 5% · 13.0% denied
Refinance 2,822 51% · 3.0% denied
Cash-out refinance 2,370 43% · 13.4% denied
Other / HELOC 24 0% · 8.3% denied

By loan type

Conventional 567 10% · 8.6% denied
FHA 2,614 48% · 9.9% denied
VA 2,308 42% · 5.6% denied
USDA / RHS 4 0% · 50.0% denied

Why it denied Tennessee applicants

Collateral 205 47%
Debt-to-income ratio 79 18%
Credit history 62 14%
Other 51 12%
Incomplete application 14 3%
Unverifiable information 14 3%
Insufficient cash 12 3%
Employment history 3 1%

Where in Tennessee

Counties with the most Freedom Mortgage applications in 2025.

CountyApplicationsOriginatedDeniedDenial rate
Montgomery County 50424932 6.3%
Shelby County 49521541 8.3%
Knox County 36916927 7.3%
Rutherford County 35415823 6.5%
Davidson County 33414424 7.2%
Hamilton County 28612121 7.3%
Sumner County 19110514 7.3%
Wilson County 1355713 9.6%
Washington County 1316015 11.5%
Blount County 1275810 7.9%

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%
Pennymac Loan ServicesC 5,33111.2%6.00%
Mortgage Investors GroupB 4,4543.5%6.50%
Eastman Credit UnionD 4,43621.5%7.25%

Frequently asked questions

Tennessee: 5,493 applications in 2025, of which 2,436 were originated and 440 denied.

8.0% of all applications, or 13.2% of the applications it actually decided on. The Tennessee statewide average across all lenders was 17.1%.

The median rate on loans Freedom Mortgage originated in Tennessee in 2025 was 6.25%, against a statewide median of 6.62%.

About this data. Figures are Freedom 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