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Kind Lending, LLC in Tennessee

HMDA record for properties in Tennessee, calendar year 2024. National record · Tennessee overview

LEI 549300MZ8VZJOVC63092
Reporting agency Department of Housing and Urban Development
State Tennessee

HMDA data alone cannot be used to determine whether a lender is complying with fair lending laws. The data do not include some legitimate credit risk considerations for loan approval and loan pricing decisions. Cells under 25 applications are withheld.

Kind Lending, LLC's 2024 HMDA record for Tennessee covers 453 applications, 276 of them originated, worth $97m.

Its denial rate in the state was 28.1%, above the Tennessee rate of 22.6% across all lenders and compared with the lender's national rate of 27.2%.

The median rate spread on its Tennessee originations was 0.3 percentage points (state median 0.3).

Applications in the state were up 86% on 2023.

453applications in TN, 20241.5% of the lender's total
276loans originated$97m
28.1%denial rateTN all lenders 22.6%
0.3 ppmedian rate spreadTN 0.3 pp

Compared with the state and the lender's national record

MeasureIn TennesseeTennessee, all lendersKind Lending, LLC, all statesUnited States
Denial rate28.1%22.6%27.2%24.3%
Median rate spread, pp0.30.30.30.3
Originations with spread of 1.5 pp or more7.8%14.7%8.2%15.6%
Average originated loan$353k$302k$392k$329k
Home purchase share77.5%55.5%80.7%57.0%
FHA-insured share23.2%15.5%25.5%13.4%
VA-guaranteed share9.4%10.0%7.6%7.9%

Trend by year

ApplicationsOriginations

0226.54532022: 123 Applications2023: 244 Applications2024: 453 Applications2022: 72 Originations2023: 140 Originations2024: 276 Originations202220232024
Kind Lending, LLC in Tennessee: applications and originations, 2022–2024

This lender in stateTennessee, all lenders

0%16.1%32.1%2022: 32.1% This lender in state2023: 30.9% This lender in state2024: 28.1% This lender in state202220232024
Denial rate by year, state rate dashed

Loan purpose and loan type in Tennessee

By purpose

Home purchase 78% (214)Home improvement 3% (8)Refinancing 9% (24)Cash-out refinancing 11% (30)

By type

Conventional 65% (179)FHA 23% (64)VA 9% (26)USDA 3% (7)

Denial reasons as coded

Collateral25.7%
Insufficient cash (downpayment, closing costs)25.7%
Other20.2%
Unverifiable information17.4%
Credit application incomplete5.5%
Credit history4.6%
Mortgage insurance denied0.9%
Debt-to-income ratio0%
Employment history0%

Share of 109 denials in Tennessee by first denial reason coded (outlined bar: all lenders in the state).

Counties in Tennessee

CountyApplicationsOriginationsAmountDenial rate
Davidson County6641$18m30.5%
Knox County4428$9.4m17.1%
Rutherford County3019$7.7m—
Shelby County2515$3.8m—
Sevier County3212$4.9m52.0%

Counties with at least 25 applications, by originations.

Questions and answers

How many mortgages did Kind Lending, LLC originate in Tennessee in 2024?

276 loans totalling $97m, from 453 applications reported for properties in Tennessee.

What is Kind Lending, LLC's denial rate in Tennessee?

28.1% of decided applications in Tennessee were denied, against 22.6% for all lenders in the state and 27.2% for this lender nationally. HMDA data alone cannot be used to determine whether a lender is complying with fair lending laws.

Which Tennessee counties does Kind Lending, LLC lend in most?

By originations: Davidson County (41), Knox County (28), Rutherford County (19), Shelby County (15), Sevier County (12).

Where does this data come from?

From the 2024 public HMDA loan/application register (FFIEC and CFPB), filtered to the lender's LEI and the property state. Cells under 25 applications are withheld.

Provenance

Source: HMDA public loan/application register 2022, 2023, 2024 (FFIEC and CFPB, public domain), records for this LEI with a property in Tennessee. Built 30 Sep 2026; data through 1 Aug 2026. See methodology and corrections.