Stock Yards Bank & Trust · Kentucky · 2025

Stock Yards Bank & Trust in Kentucky: approval rate, denial rate and rates (2025)

Stock Yards Bank & Trust took 3,044 mortgage applications in Kentucky in 2025, ranking #11 of 856 lenders active in the state. It originated 67.2% of them and denied 19.8% (22.5% of the applications it decided), against a statewide denial rate of 18.8%.

3.0kApplicationsin KY
22.5%Decision denial ratestate 23.5%
6.50%Median ratestate 6.75%
$155,000Median loanstate $155,000
$499MVolume63 counties

Stock Yards Bank & Trust in Kentucky vs the state

19.8%Denial rate+1.00 pts vs state
22.5%Decision denial rate-0.95 pts vs state
67.2%Origination rate+9.11 pts vs state
6.50%Median rate-0.25 pts vs state
-0.65Rate spread (pts)-0.96 pts vs state
$82kMedian applicant income
2,044Loans originated
603Denied

Trend in Kentucky

YearApplicationsOriginatedDenial rateMedian rateRank in state
20232,7701,77822.6%6.99%#8
20242,7991,82622.9%7.00%#10
20253,0442,04419.8%6.50%#11

What Stock Yards Bank & Trust lends in Kentucky

By loan purpose

Home purchase 1,404 46% · 8.1% denied
Refinance 492 16% · 17.5% denied
Cash-out refinance 65 2% · 18.5% denied
Home improvement 583 19% · 33.3% denied
Other / HELOC 500 16% · 39.6% denied

By loan type

Conventional 2,832 93% · 19.8% denied
FHA 158 5% · 23.4% denied
VA 38 1% · 2.6% denied
USDA / RHS 16 1% · 25.0% denied

Why it denied Kentucky applicants

Credit history 224 37%
Debt-to-income ratio 221 37%
Collateral 53 9%
Other 37 6%
Incomplete application 27 4%
Employment history 17 3%
Unverifiable information 13 2%
Insufficient cash 11 2%

Where in Kentucky

Counties with the most Stock Yards Bank & Trust applications in 2025.

CountyApplicationsOriginatedDeniedDenial rate
Jefferson County 1,4521,012269 18.5%
Fayette County 20415219 9.3%
Bullitt County 17611244 25.0%
Oldham County 16111419 11.8%
Shelby County 1137725 22.1%
Clark County 1046829 27.9%
Madison County 845314 16.7%
Scott County 785415 19.2%
Bourbon County 734419 26.0%
Harrison County 583614 24.1%

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: 3,044 applications in 2025, of which 2,044 were originated and 603 denied.

19.8% of all applications, or 22.5% of the applications it actually decided on. The Kentucky statewide average across all lenders was 18.8%.

The median rate on loans Stock Yards Bank & Trust originated in Kentucky in 2025 was 6.50%, against a statewide median of 6.75%.

About this data. Figures are Stock Yards Bank & Trust'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