Kind Lending · Kentucky · 2025

Kind Lending in Kentucky: approval rate, denial rate and rates (2025)

Kind Lending took 626 mortgage applications in Kentucky in 2025, ranking #68 of 856 lenders active in the state. It originated 66.9% of them and denied 20.3% (23.2% of the applications it decided), against a statewide denial rate of 18.8%.

626Applicationsin KY
23.2%Decision denial ratestate 23.5%
6.63%Median ratestate 6.75%
$225,000Median loanstate $155,000
$103MVolume83 counties

Kind Lending in Kentucky vs the state

20.3%Denial rate+1.48 pts vs state
23.2%Decision denial rate-0.31 pts vs state
66.9%Origination rate+8.89 pts vs state
6.63%Median rate-0.13 pts vs state
0.48Rate spread (pts)+0.17 pts vs state
$86kMedian applicant income
419Loans originated
127Denied

Trend in Kentucky

YearApplicationsOriginatedDenial rateMedian rateRank in state
202348032518.8%6.88%#77
202455235223.4%6.63%#67
202562641920.3%6.63%#68

What Kind Lending lends in Kentucky

By loan purpose

Home purchase 522 83% · 19.7% denied
Refinance 52 8% · 32.7% denied
Cash-out refinance 42 7% · 16.7% denied
Home improvement 10 2% · 0.0% denied

By loan type

Conventional 249 40% · 20.5% denied
FHA 253 40% · 22.9% denied
VA 77 12% · 9.1% denied
USDA / RHS 47 8% · 23.4% denied

Why it denied Kentucky applicants

Insufficient cash 36 28%
Collateral 27 21%
Unverifiable information 27 21%
Other 22 17%
Credit history 9 7%
Employment history 6 5%

Where in Kentucky

Counties with the most Kind Lending applications in 2025.

CountyApplicationsOriginatedDeniedDenial rate
Jefferson County 20913459 28.2%
Bullitt County 45346 13.3%
Warren County 36282 5.6%
Oldham County 18143 16.7%
Nelson County 16113 18.8%
Hardin County 16123 18.8%
Logan County 1456 42.9%
Barren County 1354 30.8%
Franklin County 1365 38.5%
Fayette County 12110 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: 626 applications in 2025, of which 419 were originated and 127 denied.

20.3% of all applications, or 23.2% of the applications it actually decided on. The Kentucky statewide average across all lenders was 18.8%.

The median rate on loans Kind Lending originated in Kentucky in 2025 was 6.63%, against a statewide median of 6.75%.

About this data. Figures are Kind Lending'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