Polaris Home Funding · Kentucky · 2025

Polaris Home Funding in Kentucky: approval rate, denial rate and rates (2025)

Polaris Home Funding took 181 mortgage applications in Kentucky in 2025, ranking #156 of 856 lenders active in the state. It originated 72.4% of them and denied 6.1% (6.7% of the applications it decided), against a statewide denial rate of 18.8%.

181Applicationsin KY
6.7%Decision denial ratestate 23.5%
6.50%Median ratestate 6.75%
$185,000Median loanstate $155,000
$27MVolume29 counties

Polaris Home Funding in Kentucky vs the state

6.1%Denial rate-12.73 pts vs state
6.7%Decision denial rate-16.82 pts vs state
72.4%Origination rate+14.34 pts vs state
6.50%Median rate-0.25 pts vs state
0.55Rate spread (pts)+0.23 pts vs state
$71kMedian applicant income
131Loans originated
11Denied

Trend in Kentucky

YearApplicationsOriginatedDenial rateMedian rateRank in state
20231841324.9%6.63%#131
20241651287.3%6.75%#145
20251811316.1%6.50%#156

What Polaris Home Funding lends in Kentucky

By loan purpose

Home purchase 156 86% · 5.8% denied
Refinance 14 8% · 7.1% denied
Cash-out refinance 2 1% · 0.0% denied
Home improvement 4 2% · 0.0% denied
Other / HELOC 5 3% · 20.0% denied

By loan type

Conventional 42 23% · 9.5% denied
FHA 91 50% · 5.5% denied
VA 15 8% · 0.0% denied
USDA / RHS 33 18% · 6.1% denied

Why it denied Kentucky applicants

Collateral 4 36%
Other 3 27%
Credit history 2 18%
Debt-to-income ratio 2 18%

Where in Kentucky

Counties with the most Polaris Home Funding applications in 2025.

CountyApplicationsOriginatedDeniedDenial rate
Laurel County 77552 2.6%
Boone County 15114 26.7%
Whitley County 1481 7.1%
Kenton County 14110 0.0%
Knox County 851 12.5%
Pendleton County 750 0.0%
Clay County 651 16.7%
Rockcastle County 411 25.0%
Madison County 430 0.0%
Campbell County 320 0.0%

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: 181 applications in 2025, of which 131 were originated and 11 denied.

6.1% of all applications, or 6.7% of the applications it actually decided on. The Kentucky statewide average across all lenders was 18.8%.

The median rate on loans Polaris Home Funding originated in Kentucky in 2025 was 6.50%, against a statewide median of 6.75%.

About this data. Figures are Polaris Home Funding'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