New Day Financial · Tennessee · 2025

New Day Financial in Tennessee: approval rate, denial rate and rates (2025)

New Day Financial took 1,586 mortgage applications in Tennessee in 2025, ranking #48 of 1,274 lenders active in the state. It originated 20.5% of them and denied 21.5% (48.7% of the applications it decided), against a statewide denial rate of 17.1%.

1.6kApplicationsin TN
48.7%Decision denial ratestate 21.7%
6.99%Median ratestate 6.62%
$275,000Median loanstate $225,000
$96MVolume91 counties

New Day Financial in Tennessee vs the state

21.5%Denial rate+4.36 pts vs state
48.7%Decision denial rate+27.03 pts vs state
20.5%Origination rate-37.59 pts vs state
6.99%Median rate+0.37 pts vs state
0.78Rate spread (pts)+0.55 pts vs state
$74kMedian applicant income
325Loans originated
341Denied

Trend in Tennessee

YearApplicationsOriginatedDenial rateMedian rateRank in state
20231,24822623.6%7.49%#51
20241,69028326.0%7.63%#41
20251,58632521.5%6.99%#48

What New Day Financial lends in Tennessee

By loan purpose

Home purchase 35 2% · 8.6% denied
Refinance 199 13% · 3.5% denied
Cash-out refinance 1,311 83% · 24.0% denied
Other / HELOC 41 3% · 39.0% denied

By loan type

Conventional 1 0% · 0.0% denied
FHA 54 3% · 48.2% denied
VA 1,531 97% · 20.6% denied

Why it denied Tennessee applicants

Credit history 174 51%
Debt-to-income ratio 123 36%
Other 25 7%
Collateral 17 5%
Unverifiable information 1 0%
Employment history 1 0%

Where in Tennessee

Counties with the most New Day Financial applications in 2025.

CountyApplicationsOriginatedDeniedDenial rate
Montgomery County 1533329 19.0%
Shelby County 1492437 24.8%
Knox County 722014 19.4%
Rutherford County 67517 25.4%
Davidson County 67916 23.9%
Hamilton County 621519 30.6%
Madison County 431013 30.2%
Sullivan County 38413 34.2%
Sumner County 36312 33.3%
Wilson County 3285 15.6%

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: 1,586 applications in 2025, of which 325 were originated and 341 denied.

21.5% of all applications, or 48.7% of the applications it actually decided on. The Tennessee statewide average across all lenders was 17.1%.

The median rate on loans New Day Financial originated in Tennessee in 2025 was 6.99%, against a statewide median of 6.62%.

About this data. Figures are New Day Financial'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