Guild Mortgage · Kentucky · 2025

Guild Mortgage in Kentucky: approval rate, denial rate and rates (2025)

Guild Mortgage took 135 mortgage applications in Kentucky in 2025, ranking #175 of 856 lenders active in the state. It originated 67.4% of them and denied 5.9% (7.4% of the applications it decided), against a statewide denial rate of 18.8%.

135Applicationsin KY
7.4%Decision denial ratestate 23.5%
6.38%Median ratestate 6.75%
$175,000Median loanstate $155,000
$17MVolume37 counties

Guild Mortgage in Kentucky vs the state

5.9%Denial rate-12.88 pts vs state
7.4%Decision denial rate-16.08 pts vs state
67.4%Origination rate+9.37 pts vs state
6.38%Median rate-0.38 pts vs state
0.53Rate spread (pts)+0.22 pts vs state
$72kMedian applicant income
91Loans originated
8Denied

Trend in Kentucky

YearApplicationsOriginatedDenial rateMedian rateRank in state
202341232.4%7.13%#259
202491496.6%6.75%#203
2025135915.9%6.38%#175

What Guild Mortgage lends in Kentucky

By loan purpose

Home purchase 103 76% · 5.8% denied
Refinance 8 6% · 0.0% denied
Cash-out refinance 23 17% · 8.7% denied
Home improvement 1 1% · 0.0% denied

By loan type

Conventional 59 44% · 5.1% denied
FHA 57 42% · 5.3% denied
VA 14 10% · 14.3% denied
USDA / RHS 5 4% · 0.0% denied

Why it denied Kentucky applicants

Collateral 5 63%
Insufficient cash 1 13%
Debt-to-income ratio 1 13%
Credit history 1 13%

Where in Kentucky

Counties with the most Guild Mortgage applications in 2025.

CountyApplicationsOriginatedDeniedDenial rate
Jefferson County 37260 0.0%
McCracken County 14110 0.0%
Fayette County 750 0.0%
Bullitt County 760 0.0%
Hardin County 540 0.0%
Pike County 523 60.0%
Warren County 420 0.0%
Madison County 430 0.0%
Marshall County 430 0.0%
Oldham County 430 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: 135 applications in 2025, of which 91 were originated and 8 denied.

5.9% of all applications, or 7.4% of the applications it actually decided on. The Kentucky statewide average across all lenders was 18.8%.

The median rate on loans Guild Mortgage originated in Kentucky in 2025 was 6.38%, against a statewide median of 6.75%.

About this data. Figures are Guild Mortgage'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