Right Start Mortgage · Kentucky · 2025

Right Start Mortgage in Kentucky: approval rate, denial rate and rates (2025)

Right Start Mortgage took 20 mortgage applications in Kentucky in 2025, ranking #352 of 856 lenders active in the state. It originated 60.0% of them and denied 5.0% (7.7% of the applications it decided), against a statewide denial rate of 18.8%.

20Applicationsin KY
7.7%Decision denial ratestate 23.5%
6.75%Median ratestate 6.75%
$145,000Median loanstate $155,000
$2.3MVolume6 counties

Right Start Mortgage in Kentucky vs the state

5.0%Denial rate-13.81 pts vs state
7.7%Decision denial rate-15.80 pts vs state
60.0%Origination rate+1.96 pts vs state
6.75%Median rate0.00 pts vs state
0.64Rate spread (pts)+0.33 pts vs state
$69kMedian applicant income
12Loans originated
1Denied

Trend in Kentucky

YearApplicationsOriginatedDenial rateMedian rateRank in state
2024520.0%7.19%#489
202520125.0%6.75%#352

What Right Start Mortgage lends in Kentucky

By loan purpose

Home purchase 17 85% · 0.0% denied
Refinance 1 5% · 0.0% denied
Cash-out refinance 2 10% · 50.0% denied

By loan type

Conventional 5 25% · 0.0% denied
FHA 12 60% · 8.3% denied
VA 1 5% · 0.0% denied
USDA / RHS 2 10% · 0.0% denied

Why it denied Kentucky applicants

Collateral 1 100%

Where in Kentucky

Counties with the most Right Start Mortgage applications in 2025.

CountyApplicationsOriginatedDeniedDenial rate
Bell County 1261 8.3%
Warren County 320 0.0%
Knox County 220 0.0%
Gallatin County 110 0.0%
Harlan County 100 0.0%
Simpson County 110 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: 20 applications in 2025, of which 12 were originated and 1 denied.

5.0% of all applications, or 7.7% of the applications it actually decided on. The Kentucky statewide average across all lenders was 18.8%.

The median rate on loans Right Start Mortgage originated in Kentucky in 2025 was 6.75%, against a statewide median of 6.75%.

About this data. Figures are Right Start Mortgage'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