Home Federal Bank of Tennessee · Tennessee · 2025

Home Federal Bank of Tennessee in Tennessee: approval rate, denial rate and rates (2025)

Home Federal Bank of Tennessee took 978 mortgage applications in Tennessee in 2025, ranking #68 of 1,274 lenders active in the state. It originated 84.5% of them and denied 5.9% (6.5% of the applications it decided), against a statewide denial rate of 17.1%.

978Applicationsin TN
6.5%Decision denial ratestate 21.7%
5.99%Median ratestate 6.62%
$205,000Median loanstate $225,000
$235MVolume18 counties

Home Federal Bank of Tennessee in Tennessee vs the state

5.9%Denial rate-11.21 pts vs state
6.5%Decision denial rate-15.23 pts vs state
84.5%Origination rate+26.38 pts vs state
5.99%Median rate-0.63 pts vs state
-0.42Rate spread (pts)-0.65 pts vs state
$119kMedian applicant income
826Loans originated
58Denied

Trend in Tennessee

YearApplicationsOriginatedDenial rateMedian rateRank in state
20237936437.7%5.75%#75
20248226748.8%6.00%#73
20259788265.9%5.99%#68

What Home Federal Bank of Tennessee lends in Tennessee

By loan purpose

Home purchase 457 47% · 1.3% denied
Refinance 124 13% · 6.5% denied
Cash-out refinance 22 2% · 4.6% denied
Home improvement 257 26% · 12.1% denied
Other / HELOC 118 12% · 10.2% denied

By loan type

Conventional 978 100% · 5.9% denied

Why it denied Tennessee applicants

Credit history 23 40%
Debt-to-income ratio 19 33%
Other 10 17%
Collateral 4 7%
Insufficient cash 2 3%

Where in Tennessee

Counties with the most Home Federal Bank of Tennessee applications in 2025.

CountyApplicationsOriginatedDeniedDenial rate
Knox County 67157136 5.4%
Blount County 83742 2.4%
Sevier County 60505 8.3%
Anderson County 39296 15.4%
Loudon County 34320 0.0%
Roane County 19190 0.0%
Jefferson County 16121 6.3%
Grainger County 16111 6.3%
Union County 15132 13.3%
Monroe County 520 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: 978 applications in 2025, of which 826 were originated and 58 denied.

5.9% of all applications, or 6.5% of the applications it actually decided on. The Tennessee statewide average across all lenders was 17.1%.

The median rate on loans Home Federal Bank of Tennessee originated in Tennessee in 2025 was 5.99%, against a statewide median of 6.62%.

About this data. Figures are Home Federal Bank of Tennessee'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