SmartFi Home Loans · Tennessee · 2025

SmartFi Home Loans in Tennessee: approval rate, denial rate and rates (2025)

SmartFi Home Loans took 11 mortgage applications in Tennessee in 2025, ranking #621 of 1,274 lenders active in the state. It originated 54.6% of them and denied 36.4% (40.0% of the applications it decided), against a statewide denial rate of 17.1%.

11Applicationsin TN
40.0%Decision denial ratestate 21.7%
6.13%Median ratestate 6.62%
$135,000Median loanstate $225,000
$930kVolume10 counties

SmartFi Home Loans in Tennessee vs the state

36.4%Denial rate+19.22 pts vs state
40.0%Decision denial rate+18.32 pts vs state
54.6%Origination rate-3.53 pts vs state
6.13%Median rate-0.50 pts vs state
Rate spread (pts)
$33kMedian applicant income
6Loans originated
4Denied

What SmartFi Home Loans lends in Tennessee

By loan purpose

Home purchase 2 18% · 0.0% denied
Refinance 9 82% · 44.4% denied

By loan type

FHA 11 100% · 36.4% denied

Why it denied Tennessee applicants

Collateral 3 75%
Insufficient cash 1 25%

Where in Tennessee

Counties with the most SmartFi Home Loans applications in 2025.

CountyApplicationsOriginatedDeniedDenial rate
Davidson County 211 50.0%
Blount County 110 0.0%
Marshall County 100 0.0%
Dyer County 101 100.0%
Williamson County 110 0.0%
Sevier County 101 100.0%
Franklin County 101 100.0%
Shelby County 110 0.0%
Cumberland County 110 0.0%
Wilson County 110 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: 11 applications in 2025, of which 6 were originated and 4 denied.

36.4% of all applications, or 40.0% of the applications it actually decided on. The Tennessee statewide average across all lenders was 17.1%.

The median rate on loans SmartFi Home Loans originated in Tennessee in 2025 was 6.13%, against a statewide median of 6.62%.

About this data. Figures are SmartFi Home Loans'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