Knoxville Teachers Federal Credit Union · Tennessee · 2025

Knoxville Teachers Federal Credit Union in Tennessee: approval rate, denial rate and rates (2025)

Knoxville Teachers Federal Credit Union took 199 mortgage applications in Tennessee in 2025, ranking #217 of 1,274 lenders active in the state. It originated 98.5% of them and denied 0.5% (0.5% of the applications it decided), against a statewide denial rate of 17.1%.

199Applicationsin TN
0.5%Decision denial ratestate 21.7%
6.65%Median ratestate 6.62%
$165,000Median loanstate $225,000
$46MVolume11 counties

Knoxville Teachers Federal Credit Union in Tennessee vs the state

0.5%Denial rate-16.64 pts vs state
0.5%Decision denial rate-21.17 pts vs state
98.5%Origination rate+40.41 pts vs state
6.65%Median rate+0.03 pts vs state
-0.14Rate spread (pts)-0.37 pts vs state
$144kMedian applicant income
196Loans originated
1Denied

Trend in Tennessee

YearApplicationsOriginatedDenial rateMedian rateRank in state
202378762.6%6.99%#330
20241071031.9%7.15%#294
20251991960.5%6.65%#217

What Knoxville Teachers Federal Credit Union lends in Tennessee

By loan purpose

Home purchase 40 20% · 2.5% denied
Refinance 5 3% · 0.0% denied
Cash-out refinance 102 51% · 0.0% denied
Home improvement 5 3% · 0.0% denied
Other / HELOC 47 24% · 0.0% denied

By loan type

Conventional 199 100% · 0.5% denied

Why it denied Tennessee applicants

Debt-to-income ratio 1 100%

Where in Tennessee

Counties with the most Knoxville Teachers Federal Credit Union applications in 2025.

CountyApplicationsOriginatedDeniedDenial rate
Knox County 1261241 0.8%
Roane County 36350 0.0%
Anderson County 14140 0.0%
Loudon County 770 0.0%
Union County 660 0.0%
Blount County 440 0.0%
Sevier County 220 0.0%
Jefferson County 110 0.0%
Grainger County 110 0.0%
Morgan 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: 199 applications in 2025, of which 196 were originated and 1 denied.

0.5% of all applications, or 0.5% of the applications it actually decided on. The Tennessee statewide average across all lenders was 17.1%.

The median rate on loans Knoxville Teachers Federal Credit Union originated in Tennessee in 2025 was 6.65%, against a statewide median of 6.62%.

About this data. Figures are Knoxville Teachers Federal Credit Union'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