Zillow Home Loans · Kentucky · 2025

Zillow Home Loans in Kentucky: approval rate, denial rate and rates (2025)

Zillow Home Loans took 159 mortgage applications in Kentucky in 2025, ranking #163 of 856 lenders active in the state. It originated 67.3% of them and denied 7.6% (10.0% of the applications it decided), against a statewide denial rate of 18.8%.

159Applicationsin KY
10.0%Decision denial ratestate 23.5%
6.63%Median ratestate 6.75%
$195,000Median loanstate $155,000
$24MVolume57 counties

Zillow Home Loans in Kentucky vs the state

7.6%Denial rate-11.26 pts vs state
10.0%Decision denial rate-13.49 pts vs state
67.3%Origination rate+9.26 pts vs state
6.63%Median rate-0.13 pts vs state
0.60Rate spread (pts)+0.29 pts vs state
$77kMedian applicant income
107Loans originated
12Denied

Trend in Kentucky

YearApplicationsOriginatedDenial rateMedian rateRank in state
202384528.3%6.75%#191
20241157217.4%6.75%#176
20251591077.6%6.63%#163

What Zillow Home Loans lends in Kentucky

By loan purpose

Home purchase 156 98% · 7.7% denied
Refinance 1 1% · 0.0% denied
Cash-out refinance 2 1% · 0.0% denied

By loan type

Conventional 109 69% · 5.5% denied
FHA 46 29% · 13.0% denied
VA 4 3% · 0.0% denied

Why it denied Kentucky applicants

Other 6 50%
Debt-to-income ratio 3 25%
Collateral 3 25%

Where in Kentucky

Counties with the most Zillow Home Loans applications in 2025.

CountyApplicationsOriginatedDeniedDenial rate
Jefferson County 42244 9.5%
Boone County 1090 0.0%
Kenton County 950 0.0%
Scott County 650 0.0%
Campbell County 650 0.0%
McCracken County 430 0.0%
Shelby County 430 0.0%
Bullitt County 430 0.0%
Clark County 320 0.0%
Harrison County 310 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: 159 applications in 2025, of which 107 were originated and 12 denied.

7.6% of all applications, or 10.0% of the applications it actually decided on. The Kentucky statewide average across all lenders was 18.8%.

The median rate on loans Zillow Home Loans originated in Kentucky in 2025 was 6.63%, against a statewide median of 6.75%.

About this data. Figures are Zillow Home Loans'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