Right Start Mortgage · Tennessee · 2025

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

Right Start Mortgage took 106 mortgage applications in Tennessee in 2025, ranking #312 of 1,274 lenders active in the state. It originated 62.3% of them and denied 9.4% (13.0% of the applications it decided), against a statewide denial rate of 17.1%.

106Applicationsin TN
13.0%Decision denial ratestate 21.7%
6.62%Median ratestate 6.62%
$235,000Median loanstate $225,000
$16MVolume26 counties

Right Start Mortgage in Tennessee vs the state

9.4%Denial rate-7.71 pts vs state
13.0%Decision denial rate-8.69 pts vs state
62.3%Origination rate+4.18 pts vs state
6.62%Median rate0.00 pts vs state
0.52Rate spread (pts)+0.29 pts vs state
$85kMedian applicant income
66Loans originated
10Denied

Trend in Tennessee

YearApplicationsOriginatedDenial rateMedian rateRank in state
2024905714.4%6.75%#323
2025106669.4%6.62%#312

What Right Start Mortgage lends in Tennessee

By loan purpose

Home purchase 62 58% · 4.8% denied
Refinance 7 7% · 42.9% denied
Cash-out refinance 37 35% · 10.8% denied

By loan type

Conventional 47 44% · 0.0% denied
FHA 49 46% · 14.3% denied
VA 8 8% · 37.5% denied
USDA / RHS 2 2% · 0.0% denied

Why it denied Tennessee applicants

Debt-to-income ratio 4 40%
Credit history 3 30%
Unverifiable information 2 20%
Collateral 1 10%

Where in Tennessee

Counties with the most Right Start Mortgage applications in 2025.

CountyApplicationsOriginatedDeniedDenial rate
Davidson County 1662 12.5%
Claiborne County 1491 7.1%
Knox County 14130 0.0%
Giles County 622 33.3%
Rutherford County 612 33.3%
Montgomery County 531 20.0%
Bradley County 550 0.0%
Cheatham County 540 0.0%
Dickson County 330 0.0%
Sullivan County 320 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: 106 applications in 2025, of which 66 were originated and 10 denied.

9.4% of all applications, or 13.0% of the applications it actually decided on. The Tennessee statewide average across all lenders was 17.1%.

The median rate on loans Right Start Mortgage originated in Tennessee in 2025 was 6.62%, against a statewide median of 6.62%.

About this data. Figures are Right Start 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