Waterstone Mortgage · Tennessee · 2025

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

Waterstone Mortgage took 86 mortgage applications in Tennessee in 2025, ranking #348 of 1,274 lenders active in the state. It originated 64.0% of them and denied 8.1% (11.3% of the applications it decided), against a statewide denial rate of 17.1%.

86Applicationsin TN
11.3%Decision denial ratestate 21.7%
6.75%Median ratestate 6.62%
$305,000Median loanstate $225,000
$20MVolume27 counties

Waterstone Mortgage in Tennessee vs the state

8.1%Denial rate-9.00 pts vs state
11.3%Decision denial rate-10.39 pts vs state
64.0%Origination rate+5.87 pts vs state
6.75%Median rate+0.13 pts vs state
0.55Rate spread (pts)+0.32 pts vs state
$105kMedian applicant income
55Loans originated
7Denied

Trend in Tennessee

YearApplicationsOriginatedDenial rateMedian rateRank in state
202393602.2%6.63%#308
202488523.4%6.99%#326
202586558.1%6.75%#348

What Waterstone Mortgage lends in Tennessee

By loan purpose

Home purchase 76 88% · 5.3% denied
Refinance 6 7% · 33.3% denied
Cash-out refinance 4 5% · 25.0% denied

By loan type

Conventional 58 67% · 3.5% denied
FHA 21 24% · 23.8% denied
VA 7 8% · 0.0% denied

Why it denied Tennessee applicants

Credit history 5 71%
Debt-to-income ratio 2 29%

Where in Tennessee

Counties with the most Waterstone Mortgage applications in 2025.

CountyApplicationsOriginatedDeniedDenial rate
Knox County 14110 0.0%
Blount County 1280 0.0%
Anderson County 860 0.0%
Loudon County 750 0.0%
Jefferson County 540 0.0%
Davidson County 430 0.0%
Montgomery County 422 50.0%
Bedford County 430 0.0%
Johnson County 320 0.0%
Sevier County 320 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: 86 applications in 2025, of which 55 were originated and 7 denied.

8.1% of all applications, or 11.3% of the applications it actually decided on. The Tennessee statewide average across all lenders was 17.1%.

The median rate on loans Waterstone Mortgage originated in Tennessee in 2025 was 6.75%, against a statewide median of 6.62%.

About this data. Figures are Waterstone 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