Premier Lending · Kentucky · 2025

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

Premier Lending took 142 mortgage applications in Kentucky in 2025, ranking #172 of 856 lenders active in the state. It originated 93.0% of them and denied 0.7% (0.7% of the applications it decided), against a statewide denial rate of 18.8%.

142Applicationsin KY
0.7%Decision denial ratestate 23.5%
6.25%Median ratestate 6.75%
$205,000Median loanstate $155,000
$26MVolume24 counties

Premier Lending in Kentucky vs the state

0.7%Denial rate-18.11 pts vs state
0.7%Decision denial rate-22.75 pts vs state
93.0%Origination rate+34.92 pts vs state
6.25%Median rate-0.50 pts vs state
0.41Rate spread (pts)+0.10 pts vs state
$78kMedian applicant income
132Loans originated
1Denied

Trend in Kentucky

YearApplicationsOriginatedDenial rateMedian rateRank in state
202441380.0%6.25%#269
20251421320.7%6.25%#172

What Premier Lending lends in Kentucky

By loan purpose

Home purchase 114 80% · 0.9% denied
Refinance 15 11% · 0.0% denied
Cash-out refinance 12 8% · 0.0% denied
Other / HELOC 1 1% · 0.0% denied

By loan type

Conventional 56 39% · 0.0% denied
FHA 60 42% · 1.7% denied
VA 23 16% · 0.0% denied
USDA / RHS 3 2% · 0.0% denied

Why it denied Kentucky applicants

Debt-to-income ratio 1 100%

Where in Kentucky

Counties with the most Premier Lending applications in 2025.

CountyApplicationsOriginatedDeniedDenial rate
Hardin County 43400 0.0%
Jefferson County 17170 0.0%
Grayson County 12110 0.0%
Breckinridge County 12100 0.0%
Meade County 1191 9.1%
Bullitt County 770 0.0%
Marion County 660 0.0%
Hart County 550 0.0%
Barren County 550 0.0%
Warren County 430 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: 142 applications in 2025, of which 132 were originated and 1 denied.

0.7% of all applications, or 0.7% of the applications it actually decided on. The Kentucky statewide average across all lenders was 18.8%.

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

About this data. Figures are Premier 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