The Monticello Banking · Kentucky · 2025

The Monticello Banking in Kentucky: approval rate, denial rate and rates (2025)

The Monticello Banking took 229 mortgage applications in Kentucky in 2025, ranking #132 of 856 lenders active in the state. It originated 72.1% of them and denied 16.6% (18.7% of the applications it decided), against a statewide denial rate of 18.8%.

229Applicationsin KY
18.7%Decision denial ratestate 23.5%
Median ratestate 6.75%
$135,000Median loanstate $155,000
$51MVolume29 counties

The Monticello Banking in Kentucky vs the state

16.6%Denial rate-2.22 pts vs state
18.7%Decision denial rate-4.77 pts vs state
72.1%Origination rate+14.01 pts vs state
Median rate
Rate spread (pts)
$74kMedian applicant income
165Loans originated
38Denied

Trend in Kentucky

YearApplicationsOriginatedDenial rateMedian rateRank in state
202339528014.7%#81
202429419618.0%#101
202522916516.6%#132

What The Monticello Banking lends in Kentucky

By loan purpose

Home purchase 150 66% · 14.7% denied
Refinance 37 16% · 5.4% denied
Cash-out refinance 38 17% · 34.2% denied
Home improvement 4 2% · 25.0% denied

By loan type

Conventional 227 99% · 16.3% denied
FHA 1 0% · 0.0% denied
USDA / RHS 1 0% · 100.0% denied

Where in Kentucky

Counties with the most The Monticello Banking applications in 2025.

CountyApplicationsOriginatedDeniedDenial rate
Wayne County 42288 19.0%
Pulaski County 28194 14.3%
Harlan County 1888 44.4%
Clinton County 18112 11.1%
Laurel County 15105 33.3%
Fayette County 14120 0.0%
Russell County 13102 15.4%
Warren County 11101 9.1%
Boyle County 880 0.0%
Madison County 861 12.5%

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: 229 applications in 2025, of which 165 were originated and 38 denied.

16.6% of all applications, or 18.7% of the applications it actually decided on. The Kentucky statewide average across all lenders was 18.8%.

This lender did not report interest rates on its originated loans (some institutions are exempt from HMDA pricing fields).

About this data. Figures are The Monticello Banking'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