Rocket Mortgage · Kentucky · 2025

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

Rocket Mortgage took 8,420 mortgage applications in Kentucky in 2025, ranking #1 of 856 lenders active in the state. It originated 71.8% of them and denied 18.1% (19.6% of the applications it decided), against a statewide denial rate of 18.8%.

8.4kApplicationsin KY
19.6%Decision denial ratestate 23.5%
6.75%Median ratestate 6.75%
$165,000Median loanstate $155,000
$1.2BVolume120 counties

Rocket Mortgage in Kentucky vs the state

18.1%Denial rate-0.73 pts vs state
19.6%Decision denial rate-3.94 pts vs state
71.8%Origination rate+13.80 pts vs state
6.75%Median rate0.00 pts vs state
0.65Rate spread (pts)+0.34 pts vs state
$78kMedian applicant income
6,049Loans originated
1,522Denied

Trend in Kentucky

YearApplicationsOriginatedDenial rateMedian rateRank in state
20235,2183,76418.3%6.63%#2
20246,2614,67916.8%6.63%#2
20258,4206,04918.1%6.75%#1

What Rocket Mortgage lends in Kentucky

By loan purpose

Home purchase 2,428 29% · 12.4% denied
Refinance 1,481 18% · 17.8% denied
Cash-out refinance 4,124 49% · 20.6% denied
Home improvement 137 2% · 27.7% denied
Other / HELOC 250 3% · 28.0% denied

By loan type

Conventional 5,435 65% · 15.3% denied
FHA 2,220 26% · 25.1% denied
VA 765 9% · 17.1% denied

Why it denied Kentucky applicants

Collateral 657 43%
Incomplete application 311 20%
Debt-to-income ratio 281 18%
Credit history 106 7%
Insufficient cash 79 5%
Other 47 3%
Unverifiable information 30 2%
Employment history 11 1%

Where in Kentucky

Counties with the most Rocket Mortgage applications in 2025.

CountyApplicationsOriginatedDeniedDenial rate
Jefferson County 1,5171,111258 17.0%
Fayette County 46136065 14.1%
Boone County 33225946 13.9%
Kenton County 29521946 15.6%
Hardin County 25019341 16.4%
Warren County 23317043 18.5%
Bullitt County 20314434 16.7%
Madison County 19815033 16.7%
Scott County 19315322 11.4%
Oldham County 17413821 12.1%

Other large lenders in Kentucky

LenderGradeApplicationsDenial rateMedian rate
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%
Stock Yards Bank & TrustB 3,04419.8%6.50%

Frequently asked questions

Kentucky: 8,420 applications in 2025, of which 6,049 were originated and 1,522 denied.

18.1% of all applications, or 19.6% of the applications it actually decided on. The Kentucky statewide average across all lenders was 18.8%.

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

About this data. Figures are Rocket 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