Southwest Stage Funding · Kentucky · 2025

Southwest Stage Funding in Kentucky: approval rate, denial rate and rates (2025)

Southwest Stage Funding took 409 mortgage applications in Kentucky in 2025, ranking #90 of 856 lenders active in the state. It originated 11.7% of them and denied 4.4% (12.4% of the applications it decided), against a statewide denial rate of 18.8%.

409Applicationsin KY
12.4%Decision denial ratestate 23.5%
8.20%Median ratestate 6.75%
$135,000Median loanstate $155,000
$7.0MVolume101 counties

Southwest Stage Funding in Kentucky vs the state

4.4%Denial rate-14.41 pts vs state
12.4%Decision denial rate-11.08 pts vs state
11.7%Origination rate-46.30 pts vs state
8.20%Median rate+1.45 pts vs state
2.28Rate spread (pts)+1.97 pts vs state
$70kMedian applicant income
48Loans originated
18Denied

Trend in Kentucky

YearApplicationsOriginatedDenial rateMedian rateRank in state
2023723941.7%8.20%#204
2024422116.7%8.90%#261
2025409484.4%8.20%#90

What Southwest Stage Funding lends in Kentucky

By loan purpose

Home purchase 409 100% · 4.4% denied

By loan type

Conventional 390 95% · 3.9% denied
FHA 19 5% · 15.8% denied

Why it denied Kentucky applicants

Debt-to-income ratio 7 39%
Collateral 4 22%
Credit history 3 17%
Other 2 11%
Insufficient cash 1 6%
Unverifiable information 1 6%

Where in Kentucky

Counties with the most Southwest Stage Funding applications in 2025.

CountyApplicationsOriginatedDeniedDenial rate
Grant County 2415 20.8%
Carter County 1810 0.0%
Pike County 1730 0.0%
Laurel County 1310 0.0%
Boyd County 1230 0.0%
Floyd County 1100 0.0%
Owen County 1000 0.0%
Pulaski County 920 0.0%
Grayson County 901 11.1%
Muhlenberg County 920 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: 409 applications in 2025, of which 48 were originated and 18 denied.

4.4% of all applications, or 12.4% of the applications it actually decided on. The Kentucky statewide average across all lenders was 18.8%.

The median rate on loans Southwest Stage Funding originated in Kentucky in 2025 was 8.20%, against a statewide median of 6.75%.

About this data. Figures are Southwest Stage Funding'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