Planet Home Lending · Kentucky · 2025

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

Planet Home Lending took 323 mortgage applications in Kentucky in 2025, ranking #103 of 856 lenders active in the state. It originated 79.0% of them and denied 17.0% (17.7% of the applications it decided), against a statewide denial rate of 18.8%.

323Applicationsin KY
17.7%Decision denial ratestate 23.5%
6.25%Median ratestate 6.75%
$215,000Median loanstate $155,000
$61MVolume81 counties

Planet Home Lending in Kentucky vs the state

17.0%Denial rate-1.78 pts vs state
17.7%Decision denial rate-5.75 pts vs state
79.0%Origination rate+20.91 pts vs state
6.25%Median rate-0.50 pts vs state
0.05Rate spread (pts)-0.27 pts vs state
$81kMedian applicant income
255Loans originated
55Denied

Trend in Kentucky

YearApplicationsOriginatedDenial rateMedian rateRank in state
20231037126.2%6.50%#174
202417313118.5%6.25%#142
202532325517.0%6.25%#103

What Planet Home Lending lends in Kentucky

By loan purpose

Home purchase 108 33% · 14.8% denied
Refinance 149 46% · 10.7% denied
Cash-out refinance 45 14% · 37.8% denied
Home improvement 7 2% · 57.1% denied
Other / HELOC 14 4% · 14.3% denied

By loan type

Conventional 68 21% · 23.5% denied
FHA 144 45% · 15.3% denied
VA 104 32% · 15.4% denied
USDA / RHS 7 2% · 14.3% denied

Why it denied Kentucky applicants

Incomplete application 31 56%
Credit history 6 11%
Collateral 6 11%
Other 5 9%
Debt-to-income ratio 5 9%
Employment history 1 2%
Unverifiable information 1 2%

Where in Kentucky

Counties with the most Planet Home Lending applications in 2025.

CountyApplicationsOriginatedDeniedDenial rate
Jefferson County 33273 9.1%
Pulaski County 15132 13.3%
Kenton County 15104 26.7%
Hardin County 13102 15.4%
Fayette County 1376 46.2%
Boone County 12120 0.0%
Laurel County 12101 8.3%
Madison County 1282 16.7%
Scott County 1192 18.2%
Christian County 871 12.5%

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: 323 applications in 2025, of which 255 were originated and 55 denied.

17.0% of all applications, or 17.7% of the applications it actually decided on. The Kentucky statewide average across all lenders was 18.8%.

The median rate on loans Planet Home Lending originated in Kentucky in 2025 was 6.25%, against a statewide median of 6.75%.

About this data. Figures are Planet Home 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