Homestead Funding · Tennessee · 2025

Homestead Funding in Tennessee: approval rate, denial rate and rates (2025)

Homestead Funding took 54 mortgage applications in Tennessee in 2025, ranking #403 of 1,274 lenders active in the state. It originated 77.8% of them and denied 1.9% (2.3% of the applications it decided), against a statewide denial rate of 17.1%.

54Applicationsin TN
2.3%Decision denial ratestate 21.7%
5.88%Median ratestate 6.62%
$345,000Median loanstate $225,000
$16MVolume21 counties

Homestead Funding in Tennessee vs the state

1.9%Denial rate-15.29 pts vs state
2.3%Decision denial rate-19.35 pts vs state
77.8%Origination rate+19.70 pts vs state
5.88%Median rate-0.75 pts vs state
-0.28Rate spread (pts)-0.51 pts vs state
$130kMedian applicant income
42Loans originated
1Denied

Trend in Tennessee

YearApplicationsOriginatedDenial rateMedian rateRank in state
202319125.3%6.25%#524
202437305.4%6.25%#432
202554421.9%5.88%#403

What Homestead Funding lends in Tennessee

By loan purpose

Home purchase 18 33% · 0.0% denied
Refinance 32 59% · 3.1% denied
Cash-out refinance 4 7% · 0.0% denied

By loan type

Conventional 44 81% · 2.3% denied
FHA 1 2% · 0.0% denied
VA 9 17% · 0.0% denied

Why it denied Tennessee applicants

Collateral 1 100%

Where in Tennessee

Counties with the most Homestead Funding applications in 2025.

CountyApplicationsOriginatedDeniedDenial rate
Davidson County 850 0.0%
Hamilton County 660 0.0%
Wilson County 650 0.0%
Knox County 540 0.0%
Sumner County 430 0.0%
Williamson County 420 0.0%
Shelby County 440 0.0%
Rutherford County 310 0.0%
Tipton County 220 0.0%
Montgomery 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: 54 applications in 2025, of which 42 were originated and 1 denied.

1.9% of all applications, or 2.3% of the applications it actually decided on. The Tennessee statewide average across all lenders was 17.1%.

The median rate on loans Homestead Funding originated in Tennessee in 2025 was 5.88%, against a statewide median of 6.62%.

About this data. Figures are Homestead Funding'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