Royal United Mortgage · Kentucky · 2025

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

Royal United Mortgage took 205 mortgage applications in Kentucky in 2025, ranking #145 of 856 lenders active in the state. It originated 62.4% of them and denied 20.0% (23.6% of the applications it decided), against a statewide denial rate of 18.8%.

205Applicationsin KY
23.6%Decision denial ratestate 23.5%
6.88%Median ratestate 6.75%
$105,000Median loanstate $155,000
$16MVolume83 counties

Royal United Mortgage in Kentucky vs the state

20.0%Denial rate+1.19 pts vs state
23.6%Decision denial rate+0.07 pts vs state
62.4%Origination rate+4.40 pts vs state
6.88%Median rate+0.13 pts vs state
1.08Rate spread (pts)+0.77 pts vs state
$44kMedian applicant income
128Loans originated
41Denied

Trend in Kentucky

YearApplicationsOriginatedDenial rateMedian rateRank in state
202321214218.4%7.13%#117
202426115923.0%7.00%#110
202520512820.0%6.88%#145

What Royal United Mortgage lends in Kentucky

By loan purpose

Home purchase 8 4% · 0.0% denied
Refinance 197 96% · 20.8% denied

By loan type

Conventional 170 83% · 20.0% denied
FHA 24 12% · 20.8% denied
VA 11 5% · 18.2% denied

Why it denied Kentucky applicants

Incomplete application 21 51%
Collateral 15 37%
Credit history 3 7%
Unverifiable information 2 5%

Where in Kentucky

Counties with the most Royal United Mortgage applications in 2025.

CountyApplicationsOriginatedDeniedDenial rate
Jefferson County 24133 12.5%
Barren County 751 14.3%
Kenton County 761 14.3%
Hardin County 651 16.7%
Hopkins County 642 33.3%
Christian County 641 16.7%
Daviess County 532 40.0%
Marshall County 541 20.0%
Simpson County 430 0.0%
Montgomery County 431 25.0%

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: 205 applications in 2025, of which 128 were originated and 41 denied.

20.0% of all applications, or 23.6% of the applications it actually decided on. The Kentucky statewide average across all lenders was 18.8%.

The median rate on loans Royal United Mortgage originated in Kentucky in 2025 was 6.88%, against a statewide median of 6.75%.

About this data. Figures are Royal United 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