Guidance Residential · Tennessee · 2025

Guidance Residential in Tennessee: approval rate, denial rate and rates (2025)

Guidance Residential took 53 mortgage applications in Tennessee in 2025, ranking #406 of 1,274 lenders active in the state. It originated 69.8% of them and denied 1.9% (2.5% of the applications it decided), against a statewide denial rate of 17.1%.

53Applicationsin TN
2.5%Decision denial ratestate 21.7%
6.88%Median ratestate 6.62%
$265,000Median loanstate $225,000
$11MVolume12 counties

Guidance Residential in Tennessee vs the state

1.9%Denial rate-15.25 pts vs state
2.5%Decision denial rate-19.18 pts vs state
69.8%Origination rate+11.73 pts vs state
6.88%Median rate+0.25 pts vs state
0.20Rate spread (pts)-0.03 pts vs state
$130kMedian applicant income
37Loans originated
1Denied

Trend in Tennessee

YearApplicationsOriginatedDenial rateMedian rateRank in state
202329180.0%7.00%#464
202445352.2%7.25%#406
202553371.9%6.88%#406

What Guidance Residential lends in Tennessee

By loan purpose

Home purchase 47 89% · 2.1% denied
Refinance 3 6% · 0.0% denied
Cash-out refinance 3 6% · 0.0% denied

By loan type

Conventional 53 100% · 1.9% denied

Why it denied Tennessee applicants

Unverifiable information 1 100%

Where in Tennessee

Counties with the most Guidance Residential applications in 2025.

CountyApplicationsOriginatedDeniedDenial rate
Shelby County 15100 0.0%
Knox County 1190 0.0%
Davidson County 1180 0.0%
Washington County 430 0.0%
Rutherford County 330 0.0%
Sevier County 210 0.0%
Hamilton County 200 0.0%
Putnam County 110 0.0%
Blount County 100 0.0%
Maury County 110 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: 53 applications in 2025, of which 37 were originated and 1 denied.

1.9% of all applications, or 2.5% of the applications it actually decided on. The Tennessee statewide average across all lenders was 17.1%.

The median rate on loans Guidance Residential originated in Tennessee in 2025 was 6.88%, against a statewide median of 6.62%.

About this data. Figures are Guidance Residential'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