Sun West Mortgage Company · Tennessee · 2025

Sun West Mortgage Company in Tennessee: approval rate, denial rate and rates (2025)

Sun West Mortgage Company took 457 mortgage applications in Tennessee in 2025, ranking #121 of 1,274 lenders active in the state. It originated 52.3% of them and denied 14.9% (17.1% of the applications it decided), against a statewide denial rate of 17.1%.

457Applicationsin TN
17.1%Decision denial ratestate 21.7%
6.00%Median ratestate 6.62%
$275,000Median loanstate $225,000
$72MVolume73 counties

Sun West Mortgage Company in Tennessee vs the state

14.9%Denial rate-2.26 pts vs state
17.1%Decision denial rate-4.55 pts vs state
52.3%Origination rate-5.78 pts vs state
6.00%Median rate-0.62 pts vs state
0.11Rate spread (pts)-0.12 pts vs state
$85kMedian applicant income
239Loans originated
68Denied

Trend in Tennessee

YearApplicationsOriginatedDenial rateMedian rateRank in state
202322310325.6%6.38%#175
202427713812.6%5.88%#158
202545723914.9%6.00%#121

What Sun West Mortgage Company lends in Tennessee

By loan purpose

Home purchase 102 22% · 10.8% denied
Refinance 88 19% · 5.7% denied
Cash-out refinance 257 56% · 20.2% denied
Other / HELOC 10 2% · 0.0% denied

By loan type

Conventional 80 18% · 0.0% denied
FHA 246 54% · 17.5% denied
VA 125 27% · 18.4% denied
USDA / RHS 6 1% · 33.3% denied

Why it denied Tennessee applicants

Credit history 29 43%
Other 17 25%
Debt-to-income ratio 15 22%
Collateral 3 4%
Unverifiable information 2 3%
Employment history 1 1%
Incomplete application 1 1%

Where in Tennessee

Counties with the most Sun West Mortgage Company applications in 2025.

CountyApplicationsOriginatedDeniedDenial rate
Shelby County 64368 12.5%
Montgomery County 40216 15.0%
Davidson County 29116 20.7%
Knox County 27154 14.8%
Sumner County 23107 30.4%
Rutherford County 1583 20.0%
Williamson County 14110 0.0%
Madison County 1322 15.4%
Hamilton County 1260 0.0%
Blount County 1070 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: 457 applications in 2025, of which 239 were originated and 68 denied.

14.9% of all applications, or 17.1% of the applications it actually decided on. The Tennessee statewide average across all lenders was 17.1%.

The median rate on loans Sun West Mortgage Company originated in Tennessee in 2025 was 6.00%, against a statewide median of 6.62%.

About this data. Figures are Sun West Mortgage Company'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