Guardian Savings Bank · Kentucky · 2025

Guardian Savings Bank in Kentucky: approval rate, denial rate and rates (2025)

Guardian Savings Bank took 1,767 mortgage applications in Kentucky in 2025, ranking #24 of 856 lenders active in the state. It originated 79.0% of them and denied 8.5% (9.5% of the applications it decided), against a statewide denial rate of 18.8%.

1.8kApplicationsin KY
9.5%Decision denial ratestate 23.5%
6.63%Median ratestate 6.75%
$245,000Median loanstate $155,000
$422MVolume47 counties

Guardian Savings Bank in Kentucky vs the state

8.5%Denial rate-10.32 pts vs state
9.5%Decision denial rate-14.03 pts vs state
79.0%Origination rate+20.96 pts vs state
6.63%Median rate-0.13 pts vs state
0.20Rate spread (pts)-0.12 pts vs state
$120kMedian applicant income
1,396Loans originated
150Denied

Trend in Kentucky

YearApplicationsOriginatedDenial rateMedian rateRank in state
20231,19091311.9%6.63%#33
20241,4051,07012.9%6.88%#30
20251,7671,3968.5%6.63%#24

What Guardian Savings Bank lends in Kentucky

By loan purpose

Home purchase 905 51% · 5.9% denied
Refinance 367 21% · 7.9% denied
Cash-out refinance 209 12% · 13.4% denied
Home improvement 37 2% · 8.1% denied
Other / HELOC 249 14% · 14.9% denied

By loan type

Conventional 1,645 93% · 8.0% denied
FHA 98 6% · 17.4% denied
VA 14 1% · 7.1% denied
USDA / RHS 10 1% · 0.0% denied

Why it denied Kentucky applicants

Incomplete application 68 45%
Debt-to-income ratio 40 27%
Credit history 27 18%
Collateral 9 6%
Other 5 3%
Insufficient cash 1 1%

Where in Kentucky

Counties with the most Guardian Savings Bank applications in 2025.

CountyApplicationsOriginatedDeniedDenial rate
Kenton County 39330641 10.4%
Fayette County 36730521 5.7%
Boone County 27421720 7.3%
Campbell County 18314715 8.2%
Jefferson County 916711 12.1%
Jessamine County 84728 9.5%
Scott County 61497 11.5%
Madison County 57414 7.0%
Woodford County 36303 8.3%
Grant County 28241 3.6%

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: 1,767 applications in 2025, of which 1,396 were originated and 150 denied.

8.5% of all applications, or 9.5% of the applications it actually decided on. The Kentucky statewide average across all lenders was 18.8%.

The median rate on loans Guardian Savings Bank originated in Kentucky in 2025 was 6.63%, against a statewide median of 6.75%.

About this data. Figures are Guardian Savings Bank'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