Success Lending · Tennessee · 2025

Success Lending in Tennessee: approval rate, denial rate and rates (2025)

Success Lending took 15 mortgage applications in Tennessee in 2025, ranking #583 of 1,274 lenders active in the state. It originated 80.0% of them and denied 0.0% (0.0% of the applications it decided), against a statewide denial rate of 17.1%.

15Applicationsin TN
0.0%Decision denial ratestate 21.7%
6.81%Median ratestate 6.62%
$265,000Median loanstate $225,000
$4.5MVolume10 counties

Success Lending in Tennessee vs the state

0.0%Denial rate-17.14 pts vs state
0.0%Decision denial rate-21.68 pts vs state
80.0%Origination rate+21.92 pts vs state
6.81%Median rate+0.19 pts vs state
0.42Rate spread (pts)+0.19 pts vs state
$88kMedian applicant income
12Loans originated
0Denied

Trend in Tennessee

YearApplicationsOriginatedDenial rateMedian rateRank in state
20239511.1%6.38%#623
202410710.0%7.25%#601
202515120.0%6.81%#583

What Success Lending lends in Tennessee

By loan purpose

Home purchase 14 93% · 0.0% denied
Cash-out refinance 1 7% · 0.0% denied

By loan type

Conventional 6 40% · 0.0% denied
FHA 7 47% · 0.0% denied
VA 2 13% · 0.0% denied

Where in Tennessee

Counties with the most Success Lending applications in 2025.

CountyApplicationsOriginatedDeniedDenial rate
Shelby County 440 0.0%
Montgomery County 320 0.0%
Knox County 100 0.0%
Cumberland County 110 0.0%
Claiborne County 110 0.0%
Johnson County 100 0.0%
Putnam County 110 0.0%
Hawkins County 110 0.0%
Fayette County 110 0.0%
Sumner 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: 15 applications in 2025, of which 12 were originated and 0 denied.

0.0% of all applications, or 0.0% of the applications it actually decided on. The Tennessee statewide average across all lenders was 17.1%.

The median rate on loans Success Lending originated in Tennessee in 2025 was 6.81%, against a statewide median of 6.62%.

About this data. Figures are Success Lending'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