The Loan Store · Kentucky · 2025

The Loan Store in Kentucky: approval rate, denial rate and rates (2025)

The Loan Store took 629 mortgage applications in Kentucky in 2025, ranking #67 of 856 lenders active in the state. It originated 73.5% of them and denied 7.5% (8.5% of the applications it decided), against a statewide denial rate of 18.8%.

629Applicationsin KY
8.5%Decision denial ratestate 23.5%
6.63%Median ratestate 6.75%
$235,000Median loanstate $155,000
$123MVolume62 counties

The Loan Store in Kentucky vs the state

7.5%Denial rate-11.34 pts vs state
8.5%Decision denial rate-14.99 pts vs state
73.5%Origination rate+15.41 pts vs state
6.63%Median rate-0.13 pts vs state
0.31Rate spread (pts)0.00 pts vs state
$107kMedian applicant income
462Loans originated
47Denied

Trend in Kentucky

YearApplicationsOriginatedDenial rateMedian rateRank in state
202335285.7%6.88%#270
20242711903.7%6.63%#106
20256294627.5%6.63%#67

What The Loan Store lends in Kentucky

By loan purpose

Home purchase 477 76% · 5.7% denied
Refinance 41 7% · 17.1% denied
Cash-out refinance 54 9% · 11.1% denied
Home improvement 11 2% · 27.3% denied
Other / HELOC 46 7% · 8.7% denied

By loan type

Conventional 548 87% · 6.6% denied
FHA 62 10% · 16.1% denied
VA 12 2% · 8.3% denied
USDA / RHS 7 1% · 0.0% denied

Why it denied Kentucky applicants

Debt-to-income ratio 19 40%
Collateral 13 28%
Other 5 11%
Credit history 5 11%
Insufficient cash 2 4%
Employment history 1 2%
Unverifiable information 1 2%
Incomplete application 1 2%

Where in Kentucky

Counties with the most The Loan Store applications in 2025.

CountyApplicationsOriginatedDeniedDenial rate
Jefferson County 34224633 9.6%
Oldham County 36281 2.8%
Kenton County 26230 0.0%
Boone County 25210 0.0%
Bullitt County 23181 4.3%
Campbell County 18130 0.0%
Shelby County 16110 0.0%
Fayette County 15110 0.0%
Spencer County 1191 9.1%
Warren County 1170 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: 629 applications in 2025, of which 462 were originated and 47 denied.

7.5% of all applications, or 8.5% of the applications it actually decided on. The Kentucky statewide average across all lenders was 18.8%.

The median rate on loans The Loan Store originated in Kentucky in 2025 was 6.63%, against a statewide median of 6.75%.

About this data. Figures are The Loan Store'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