Strong Home Mortgage · Tennessee · 2025

Strong Home Mortgage in Tennessee: approval rate, denial rate and rates (2025)

Strong Home Mortgage took 39 mortgage applications in Tennessee in 2025, ranking #449 of 1,274 lenders active in the state. It originated 43.6% of them and denied 7.7% (15.0% of the applications it decided), against a statewide denial rate of 17.1%.

39Applicationsin TN
15.0%Decision denial ratestate 21.7%
6.25%Median ratestate 6.62%
$515,000Median loanstate $225,000
$10MVolume18 counties

Strong Home Mortgage in Tennessee vs the state

7.7%Denial rate-9.45 pts vs state
15.0%Decision denial rate-6.68 pts vs state
43.6%Origination rate-14.49 pts vs state
6.25%Median rate-0.37 pts vs state
-0.12Rate spread (pts)-0.35 pts vs state
$169kMedian applicant income
17Loans originated
3Denied

Trend in Tennessee

YearApplicationsOriginatedDenial rateMedian rateRank in state
202335162.9%6.81%#440
202451273.9%6.13%#392
202539177.7%6.25%#449

What Strong Home Mortgage lends in Tennessee

By loan purpose

Home purchase 21 54% · 4.8% denied
Refinance 15 38% · 13.3% denied
Cash-out refinance 2 5% · 0.0% denied
Other / HELOC 1 3% · 0.0% denied

By loan type

Conventional 24 62% · 0.0% denied
FHA 9 23% · 33.3% denied
VA 6 15% · 0.0% denied

Why it denied Tennessee applicants

Debt-to-income ratio 2 67%
Other 1 33%

Where in Tennessee

Counties with the most Strong Home Mortgage applications in 2025.

CountyApplicationsOriginatedDeniedDenial rate
Williamson County 741 14.3%
Rutherford County 511 20.0%
Davidson County 520 0.0%
Sevier County 310 0.0%
Montgomery County 210 0.0%
Shelby County 210 0.0%
Robertson County 210 0.0%
Hamilton County 200 0.0%
Blount County 201 50.0%
Roane 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: 39 applications in 2025, of which 17 were originated and 3 denied.

7.7% of all applications, or 15.0% of the applications it actually decided on. The Tennessee statewide average across all lenders was 17.1%.

The median rate on loans Strong Home Mortgage originated in Tennessee in 2025 was 6.25%, against a statewide median of 6.62%.

About this data. Figures are Strong Home Mortgage'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