Navy Federal Credit Union · Tennessee · 2025

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

Navy Federal Credit Union took 4,080 mortgage applications in Tennessee in 2025, ranking #14 of 1,274 lenders active in the state. It originated 46.6% of them and denied 21.4% (31.0% of the applications it decided), against a statewide denial rate of 17.1%.

4.1kApplicationsin TN
31.0%Decision denial ratestate 21.7%
7.25%Median ratestate 6.62%
$165,000Median loanstate $225,000
$448MVolume93 counties

Navy Federal Credit Union in Tennessee vs the state

21.4%Denial rate+4.21 pts vs state
31.0%Decision denial rate+9.31 pts vs state
46.6%Origination rate-11.46 pts vs state
7.25%Median rate+0.63 pts vs state
0.34Rate spread (pts)+0.11 pts vs state
$112kMedian applicant income
1,902Loans originated
871Denied

Trend in Tennessee

YearApplicationsOriginatedDenial rateMedian rateRank in state
20233,8041,64927.2%7.25%#16
20243,9621,83221.8%7.25%#14
20254,0801,90221.4%7.25%#14

What Navy Federal Credit Union lends in Tennessee

By loan purpose

Home purchase 1,403 34% · 8.3% denied
Refinance 276 7% · 12.0% denied
Cash-out refinance 501 12% · 20.2% denied
Home improvement 937 23% · 32.1% denied
Other / HELOC 963 24% · 33.1% denied

By loan type

Conventional 3,026 74% · 25.7% denied
VA 1,054 26% · 8.8% denied

Why it denied Tennessee applicants

Debt-to-income ratio 303 35%
Other 203 23%
Credit history 202 23%
Collateral 71 8%
Unverifiable information 36 4%
Incomplete application 33 4%
Employment history 16 2%
Insufficient cash 7 1%

Where in Tennessee

Counties with the most Navy Federal Credit Union applications in 2025.

CountyApplicationsOriginatedDeniedDenial rate
Shelby County 759286221 29.1%
Montgomery County 551254142 25.8%
Davidson County 25811267 26.0%
Knox County 24312847 19.3%
Hamilton County 21310429 13.6%
Rutherford County 1929743 22.4%
Williamson County 1125520 17.9%
Tipton County 1095524 22.0%
Sumner County 974517 17.5%
Wilson County 884712 13.6%

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: 4,080 applications in 2025, of which 1,902 were originated and 871 denied.

21.4% of all applications, or 31.0% of the applications it actually decided on. The Tennessee statewide average across all lenders was 17.1%.

The median rate on loans Navy Federal Credit Union originated in Tennessee in 2025 was 7.25%, against a statewide median of 6.62%.

About this data. Figures are Navy 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