Guaranteed Rate · Tennessee · 2025

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

Guaranteed Rate took 3,368 mortgage applications in Tennessee in 2025, ranking #22 of 1,274 lenders active in the state. It originated 55.5% of them and denied 4.5% (7.5% of the applications it decided), against a statewide denial rate of 17.1%.

3.4kApplicationsin TN
7.5%Decision denial ratestate 21.7%
6.38%Median ratestate 6.62%
$305,000Median loanstate $225,000
$667MVolume90 counties

Guaranteed Rate in Tennessee vs the state

4.5%Denial rate-12.60 pts vs state
7.5%Decision denial rate-14.21 pts vs state
55.5%Origination rate-2.62 pts vs state
6.38%Median rate-0.25 pts vs state
0.16Rate spread (pts)-0.07 pts vs state
$102kMedian applicant income
1,868Loans originated
153Denied

Trend in Tennessee

YearApplicationsOriginatedDenial rateMedian rateRank in state
20232,3601,2345.4%6.48%#25
20242,4551,5615.5%6.45%#29
20253,3681,8684.5%6.38%#22

What Guaranteed Rate lends in Tennessee

By loan purpose

Home purchase 2,340 69% · 3.4% denied
Refinance 414 12% · 2.4% denied
Cash-out refinance 513 15% · 8.4% denied
Home improvement 39 1% · 18.0% denied
Other / HELOC 62 2% · 22.6% denied

By loan type

Conventional 1,912 57% · 4.5% denied
FHA 746 22% · 6.8% denied
VA 698 21% · 2.4% denied
USDA / RHS 12 0% · 0.0% denied

Why it denied Tennessee applicants

Debt-to-income ratio 47 31%
Credit history 42 27%
Other 17 11%
Collateral 15 10%
Incomplete application 12 8%
Insufficient cash 10 7%
Unverifiable information 9 6%
Employment history 1 1%

Where in Tennessee

Counties with the most Guaranteed Rate applications in 2025.

CountyApplicationsOriginatedDeniedDenial rate
Montgomery County 67245516 2.4%
Shelby County 54633132 5.9%
Davidson County 51129011 2.2%
Williamson County 23612111 4.7%
Knox County 215969 4.2%
Rutherford County 136677 5.1%
Wilson County 84395 6.0%
Hamilton County 82293 3.7%
Sumner County 78476 7.7%
Maury County 53275 9.4%

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: 3,368 applications in 2025, of which 1,868 were originated and 153 denied.

4.5% of all applications, or 7.5% of the applications it actually decided on. The Tennessee statewide average across all lenders was 17.1%.

The median rate on loans Guaranteed Rate originated in Tennessee in 2025 was 6.38%, against a statewide median of 6.62%.

About this data. Figures are Guaranteed Rate'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