Guaranteed Rate Affinity · Tennessee · 2025

Guaranteed Rate Affinity in Tennessee: approval rate, denial rate and rates (2025)

Guaranteed Rate Affinity took 58 mortgage applications in Tennessee in 2025, ranking #395 of 1,274 lenders active in the state. It originated 65.5% of them and denied 3.5% (5.0% of the applications it decided), against a statewide denial rate of 17.1%.

58Applicationsin TN
5.0%Decision denial ratestate 21.7%
6.50%Median ratestate 6.62%
$385,000Median loanstate $225,000
$15MVolume31 counties

Guaranteed Rate Affinity in Tennessee vs the state

3.5%Denial rate-13.69 pts vs state
5.0%Decision denial rate-16.68 pts vs state
65.5%Origination rate+7.44 pts vs state
6.50%Median rate-0.12 pts vs state
-0.01Rate spread (pts)-0.24 pts vs state
$160kMedian applicant income
38Loans originated
2Denied

Trend in Tennessee

YearApplicationsOriginatedDenial rateMedian rateRank in state
202333220.0%6.46%#450
202446314.4%6.63%#403
202558383.5%6.50%#395

What Guaranteed Rate Affinity lends in Tennessee

By loan purpose

Home purchase 51 88% · 2.0% denied
Refinance 6 10% · 16.7% denied
Cash-out refinance 1 2% · 0.0% denied

By loan type

Conventional 39 67% · 5.1% denied
FHA 8 14% · 0.0% denied
VA 11 19% · 0.0% denied

Why it denied Tennessee applicants

Credit history 1 50%
Debt-to-income ratio 1 50%

Where in Tennessee

Counties with the most Guaranteed Rate Affinity applications in 2025.

CountyApplicationsOriginatedDeniedDenial rate
Davidson County 850 0.0%
Shelby County 732 28.6%
Knox County 540 0.0%
Williamson County 420 0.0%
Madison County 210 0.0%
Giles County 210 0.0%
Hamilton County 220 0.0%
Washington County 210 0.0%
Wilson County 220 0.0%
Rutherford County 220 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: 58 applications in 2025, of which 38 were originated and 2 denied.

3.5% of all applications, or 5.0% of the applications it actually decided on. The Tennessee statewide average across all lenders was 17.1%.

The median rate on loans Guaranteed Rate Affinity originated in Tennessee in 2025 was 6.50%, against a statewide median of 6.62%.

About this data. Figures are Guaranteed Rate Affinity'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