Primary Residential Mortgage · Tennessee · 2025

Primary Residential Mortgage in Tennessee: approval rate, denial rate and rates (2025)

Primary Residential Mortgage took 406 mortgage applications in Tennessee in 2025, ranking #129 of 1,274 lenders active in the state. It originated 69.7% of them and denied 5.4% (7.2% of the applications it decided), against a statewide denial rate of 17.1%.

406Applicationsin TN
7.2%Decision denial ratestate 21.7%
6.63%Median ratestate 6.62%
$305,000Median loanstate $225,000
$90MVolume39 counties

Primary Residential Mortgage in Tennessee vs the state

5.4%Denial rate-11.72 pts vs state
7.2%Decision denial rate-14.47 pts vs state
69.7%Origination rate+11.62 pts vs state
6.63%Median rate0.00 pts vs state
0.34Rate spread (pts)+0.11 pts vs state
$93kMedian applicant income
283Loans originated
22Denied

Trend in Tennessee

YearApplicationsOriginatedDenial rateMedian rateRank in state
20232771884.7%6.63%#143
20244162975.1%6.63%#117
20254062835.4%6.63%#129

What Primary Residential Mortgage lends in Tennessee

By loan purpose

Home purchase 327 81% · 4.3% denied
Refinance 36 9% · 8.3% denied
Cash-out refinance 43 11% · 11.6% denied

By loan type

Conventional 215 53% · 3.7% denied
FHA 145 36% · 9.0% denied
VA 37 9% · 2.7% denied
USDA / RHS 9 2% · 0.0% denied

Why it denied Tennessee applicants

Debt-to-income ratio 8 36%
Credit history 7 32%
Other 3 14%
Insufficient cash 3 14%
Unverifiable information 1 5%

Where in Tennessee

Counties with the most Primary Residential Mortgage applications in 2025.

CountyApplicationsOriginatedDeniedDenial rate
Sumner County 110695 4.5%
Davidson County 59316 10.2%
Wilson County 46372 4.3%
Macon County 29250 0.0%
Robertson County 28250 0.0%
Rutherford County 20170 0.0%
Montgomery County 15130 0.0%
Shelby County 1344 30.8%
Cheatham County 1062 20.0%
Smith County 870 0.0%

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: 406 applications in 2025, of which 283 were originated and 22 denied.

5.4% of all applications, or 7.2% of the applications it actually decided on. The Tennessee statewide average across all lenders was 17.1%.

The median rate on loans Primary Residential Mortgage originated in Tennessee in 2025 was 6.63%, against a statewide median of 6.62%.

About this data. Figures are Primary Residential Mortgage'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