Planet Home Lending · Tennessee · 2025

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

Planet Home Lending took 374 mortgage applications in Tennessee in 2025, ranking #136 of 1,274 lenders active in the state. It originated 74.3% of them and denied 17.9% (19.2% of the applications it decided), against a statewide denial rate of 17.1%.

374Applicationsin TN
19.2%Decision denial ratestate 21.7%
5.99%Median ratestate 6.62%
$305,000Median loanstate $225,000
$94MVolume74 counties

Planet Home Lending in Tennessee vs the state

17.9%Denial rate+0.77 pts vs state
19.2%Decision denial rate-2.48 pts vs state
74.3%Origination rate+16.25 pts vs state
5.99%Median rate-0.63 pts vs state
-0.18Rate spread (pts)-0.41 pts vs state
$96kMedian applicant income
278Loans originated
67Denied

Trend in Tennessee

YearApplicationsOriginatedDenial rateMedian rateRank in state
202320214524.8%6.25%#190
202431122920.3%5.99%#142
202537427817.9%5.99%#136

What Planet Home Lending lends in Tennessee

By loan purpose

Home purchase 78 21% · 18.0% denied
Refinance 226 60% · 13.3% denied
Cash-out refinance 62 17% · 33.9% denied
Home improvement 7 2% · 28.6% denied
Other / HELOC 1 0% · 0.0% denied

By loan type

Conventional 49 13% · 20.4% denied
FHA 167 45% · 17.4% denied
VA 157 42% · 17.2% denied
USDA / RHS 1 0% · 100.0% denied

Why it denied Tennessee applicants

Incomplete application 35 52%
Credit history 12 18%
Other 8 12%
Collateral 7 10%
Debt-to-income ratio 2 3%
Unverifiable information 2 3%
Insufficient cash 1 1%

Where in Tennessee

Counties with the most Planet Home Lending applications in 2025.

CountyApplicationsOriginatedDeniedDenial rate
Montgomery County 39307 17.9%
Shelby County 28187 25.0%
Knox County 21155 23.8%
Davidson County 21182 9.5%
Rutherford County 20191 5.0%
Hamilton County 19145 26.3%
Sumner County 15122 13.3%
Wilson County 1091 10.0%
Tipton County 990 0.0%
Fayette County 871 12.5%

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: 374 applications in 2025, of which 278 were originated and 67 denied.

17.9% of all applications, or 19.2% of the applications it actually decided on. The Tennessee statewide average across all lenders was 17.1%.

The median rate on loans Planet Home Lending originated in Tennessee in 2025 was 5.99%, against a statewide median of 6.62%.

About this data. Figures are Planet Home 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