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Cardinal Financial Company, Li in Tennessee

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

LEI 549300VORTI31GZTJL53
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.

Cardinal Financial Company, Li's 2024 HMDA record for Tennessee covers 866 applications, 610 of them originated, worth $161m.

Its denial rate in the state was 8.9%, below the Tennessee rate of 22.6% across all lenders and compared with the lender's national rate of 10.1%.

The median rate spread on its Tennessee originations was 0.6 percentage points (state median 0.3).

Applications in the state were down 52% on 2023.

866applications in TN, 20244.0% of the lender's total
610loans originated$161m
8.9%denial rateTN all lenders 22.6%
0.6 ppmedian rate spreadTN 0.3 pp

Compared with the state and the lender's national record

MeasureIn TennesseeTennessee, all lendersCardinal Financial Company, Li, all statesUnited States
Denial rate8.9%22.6%10.1%24.3%
Median rate spread, pp0.60.30.50.3
Originations with spread of 1.5 pp or more12.6%14.7%13.5%15.6%
Average originated loan$264k$302k$299k$329k
Home purchase share75.9%55.5%82.0%57.0%
FHA-insured share42.5%15.5%39.3%13.4%
VA-guaranteed share9.5%10.0%9.1%7.9%

Trend by year

ApplicationsOriginations

02012.54,0252022: 4,025 Applications2023: 1,819 Applications2024: 866 Applications2022: 2,397 Originations2023: 1,240 Originations2024: 610 Originations202220232024
Cardinal Financial Company, Li in Tennessee: applications and originations, 2022–2024

This lender in stateTennessee, all lenders

0%13.4%26.8%2022: 26.8% This lender in state2023: 10% This lender in state2024: 8.9% This lender in state202220232024
Denial rate by year, state rate dashed

Loan purpose and loan type in Tennessee

By purpose

Home purchase 76% (463)Refinancing 5% (30)Cash-out refinancing 15% (90)Other purpose 4% (27)

By type

Conventional 46% (281)FHA 42% (259)VA 10% (58)USDA 2% (12)

Denial reasons as coded

Debt-to-income ratio30%
Credit history17.1%
Unverifiable information14.3%
Other12.9%
Credit application incomplete8.6%
Employment history7.1%
Collateral7.1%
Insufficient cash (downpayment, closing costs)2.9%
Mortgage insurance denied0%

Share of 70 denials in Tennessee by first denial reason coded (outlined bar: all lenders in the state).

Counties in Tennessee

CountyApplicationsOriginationsAmountDenial rate
Sullivan County8960$11m13.8%
Washington County6449$12m13.8%
Knox County6942$13m4.7%
Dickson County4039$12m0.0%
Davidson County4535$17m2.4%
Shelby County3724$6.3m6.7%
Loudon County2823$5.4m3.8%
Greene County2716$3.4m—

Counties with at least 25 applications, by originations.

Questions and answers

How many mortgages did Cardinal Financial Company, Li originate in Tennessee in 2024?

610 loans totalling $161m, from 866 applications reported for properties in Tennessee.

What is Cardinal Financial Company, Li's denial rate in Tennessee?

8.9% of decided applications in Tennessee were denied, against 22.6% for all lenders in the state and 10.1% 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 Cardinal Financial Company, Li lend in most?

By originations: Sullivan County (60), Washington County (49), Knox County (42), Dickson County (39), Davidson County (35).

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.