Inspire Home Loans · Tennessee · 2025

Inspire Home Loans in Tennessee: approval rate, denial rate and rates (2025)

Inspire Home Loans took 296 mortgage applications in Tennessee in 2025, ranking #166 of 1,274 lenders active in the state. It originated 82.1% of them and denied 5.1% (5.3% of the applications it decided), against a statewide denial rate of 17.1%.

296Applicationsin TN
5.3%Decision denial ratestate 21.7%
5.25%Median ratestate 6.62%
$425,000Median loanstate $225,000
$102MVolume5 counties

Inspire Home Loans in Tennessee vs the state

5.1%Denial rate-12.07 pts vs state
5.3%Decision denial rate-16.36 pts vs state
82.1%Origination rate+24.01 pts vs state
5.25%Median rate-1.37 pts vs state
-0.93Rate spread (pts)-1.16 pts vs state
$125kMedian applicant income
243Loans originated
15Denied

Trend in Tennessee

YearApplicationsOriginatedDenial rateMedian rateRank in state
20232071518.2%5.88%#187
20242832266.0%5.50%#155
20252962435.1%5.25%#166

What Inspire Home Loans lends in Tennessee

By loan purpose

Home purchase 295 100% · 5.1% denied
Refinance 1 0% · 0.0% denied

By loan type

Conventional 159 54% · 2.5% denied
FHA 103 35% · 8.7% denied
VA 34 11% · 5.9% denied

Why it denied Tennessee applicants

Debt-to-income ratio 11 73%
Other 2 13%
Credit history 1 7%
Unverifiable information 1 7%

Where in Tennessee

Counties with the most Inspire Home Loans applications in 2025.

CountyApplicationsOriginatedDeniedDenial rate
Wilson County 1431228 5.6%
Cheatham County 56470 0.0%
Rutherford County 47325 10.6%
Maury County 37311 2.7%
Davidson County 13111 7.7%

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: 296 applications in 2025, of which 243 were originated and 15 denied.

5.1% of all applications, or 5.3% of the applications it actually decided on. The Tennessee statewide average across all lenders was 17.1%.

The median rate on loans Inspire Home Loans originated in Tennessee in 2025 was 5.25%, against a statewide median of 6.62%.

About this data. Figures are Inspire Home Loans'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