Kind Lending · Tennessee · 2025

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

Kind Lending took 987 mortgage applications in Tennessee in 2025, ranking #67 of 1,274 lenders active in the state. It originated 60.5% of them and denied 26.7% (30.3% of the applications it decided), against a statewide denial rate of 17.1%.

987Applicationsin TN
30.3%Decision denial ratestate 21.7%
6.50%Median ratestate 6.62%
$315,000Median loanstate $225,000
$209MVolume78 counties

Kind Lending in Tennessee vs the state

26.7%Denial rate+9.51 pts vs state
30.3%Decision denial rate+8.65 pts vs state
60.5%Origination rate+2.41 pts vs state
6.50%Median rate-0.12 pts vs state
0.25Rate spread (pts)+0.02 pts vs state
$109kMedian applicant income
597Loans originated
263Denied

Trend in Tennessee

YearApplicationsOriginatedDenial rateMedian rateRank in state
202324414025.8%6.50%#161
202445327624.1%6.63%#109
202598759726.7%6.50%#67

What Kind Lending lends in Tennessee

By loan purpose

Home purchase 727 74% · 23.7% denied
Refinance 86 9% · 32.6% denied
Cash-out refinance 122 12% · 33.6% denied
Home improvement 44 4% · 43.2% denied
Other / HELOC 8 1% · 37.5% denied

By loan type

Conventional 553 56% · 26.9% denied
FHA 295 30% · 28.5% denied
VA 99 10% · 21.2% denied
USDA / RHS 40 4% · 22.5% denied

Why it denied Tennessee applicants

Unverifiable information 71 27%
Other 70 27%
Insufficient cash 47 18%
Collateral 35 13%
Credit history 19 7%
Employment history 8 3%
Incomplete application 5 2%
Mortgage insurance denied 5 2%
Debt-to-income ratio 3 1%

Where in Tennessee

Counties with the most Kind Lending applications in 2025.

CountyApplicationsOriginatedDeniedDenial rate
Davidson County 1075637 34.6%
Knox County 945328 29.8%
Sumner County 755113 17.3%
Williamson County 754422 29.3%
Rutherford County 542915 27.8%
Shelby County 472313 27.7%
Sullivan County 37257 18.9%
Washington County 33253 9.1%
Sevier County 33209 27.3%
Hamilton County 30236 20.0%

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: 987 applications in 2025, of which 597 were originated and 263 denied.

26.7% of all applications, or 30.3% of the applications it actually decided on. The Tennessee statewide average across all lenders was 17.1%.

The median rate on loans Kind Lending originated in Tennessee in 2025 was 6.50%, against a statewide median of 6.62%.

About this data. Figures are Kind Lending'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