Guaranteed Rate · Kentucky · 2025

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

Guaranteed Rate took 726 mortgage applications in Kentucky in 2025, ranking #61 of 856 lenders active in the state. It originated 49.5% of them and denied 5.8% (10.4% of the applications it decided), against a statewide denial rate of 18.8%.

726Applicationsin KY
10.4%Decision denial ratestate 23.5%
6.50%Median ratestate 6.75%
$245,000Median loanstate $155,000
$101MVolume80 counties

Guaranteed Rate in Kentucky vs the state

5.8%Denial rate-13.02 pts vs state
10.4%Decision denial rate-13.07 pts vs state
49.5%Origination rate-8.59 pts vs state
6.50%Median rate-0.25 pts vs state
0.24Rate spread (pts)-0.07 pts vs state
$93kMedian applicant income
359Loans originated
42Denied

Trend in Kentucky

YearApplicationsOriginatedDenial rateMedian rateRank in state
20236763835.0%6.63%#60
20247444823.2%6.58%#55
20257263595.8%6.50%#61

What Guaranteed Rate lends in Kentucky

By loan purpose

Home purchase 501 69% · 4.4% denied
Refinance 104 14% · 3.9% denied
Cash-out refinance 118 16% · 13.6% denied
Other / HELOC 3 0% · 0.0% denied

By loan type

Conventional 394 54% · 3.6% denied
FHA 180 25% · 12.8% denied
VA 141 19% · 3.6% denied
USDA / RHS 11 2% · 0.0% denied

Why it denied Kentucky applicants

Credit history 15 36%
Debt-to-income ratio 13 31%
Collateral 6 14%
Other 4 10%
Unverifiable information 3 7%
Insufficient cash 1 2%

Where in Kentucky

Counties with the most Guaranteed Rate applications in 2025.

CountyApplicationsOriginatedDeniedDenial rate
Jefferson County 120547 5.8%
Kenton County 107592 1.9%
Boone County 79516 7.6%
Christian County 75460 0.0%
Campbell County 52320 0.0%
Fayette County 22113 13.6%
Hardin County 1891 5.6%
Grant County 1341 7.7%
Warren County 1231 8.3%
Nelson County 1120 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: 726 applications in 2025, of which 359 were originated and 42 denied.

5.8% of all applications, or 10.4% of the applications it actually decided on. The Kentucky statewide average across all lenders was 18.8%.

The median rate on loans Guaranteed Rate originated in Kentucky in 2025 was 6.50%, against a statewide median of 6.75%.

About this data. Figures are Guaranteed Rate'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