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Wells Fargo Bank NA in Tennessee

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

LEI KB1H1DSPRFMYMCUFXT09
Reporting agency Consumer Financial Protection Bureau
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.

Wells Fargo Bank NA's 2024 HMDA record for Tennessee covers 1,040 applications, 487 of them originated, worth $241m.

Its denial rate in the state was 31.4%, above the Tennessee rate of 22.6% across all lenders and compared with the lender's national rate of 31.7%.

The median rate spread on its Tennessee originations was 0.1 percentage points (state median 0.3).

Applications in the state were down 34% on 2023.

1,040applications in TN, 20241.3% of the lender's total
487loans originated$241m
31.4%denial rateTN all lenders 22.6%
0.1 ppmedian rate spreadTN 0.3 pp

Compared with the state and the lender's national record

MeasureIn TennesseeTennessee, all lendersWells Fargo Bank NA, all statesUnited States
Denial rate31.4%22.6%31.7%24.3%
Median rate spread, pp0.10.3-0.00.3
Originations with spread of 1.5 pp or more4.1%14.7%2.2%15.6%
Average originated loan$495k$302k$1.0m$329k
Home purchase share63.2%55.5%66.4%57.0%
FHA-insured share4.5%15.5%2.3%13.4%
VA-guaranteed share3.7%10.0%2.1%7.9%

Trend by year

ApplicationsOriginations

02,1294,2582022: 4,258 Applications2023: 1,572 Applications2024: 1,040 Applications2022: 2,011 Originations2023: 756 Originations2024: 487 Originations202220232024
Wells Fargo Bank NA in Tennessee: applications and originations, 2022–2024

This lender in stateTennessee, all lenders

0%17.9%35.8%2022: 35.8% This lender in state2023: 31.8% This lender in state2024: 31.4% This lender in state202220232024
Denial rate by year, state rate dashed

Loan purpose and loan type in Tennessee

By purpose

Home purchase 63% (308)Home improvement 1% (6)Refinancing 8% (40)Cash-out refinancing 22% (107)Other purpose 5% (26)

By type

Conventional 92% (447)FHA 5% (22)VA 4% (18)

Denial reasons as coded

Debt-to-income ratio48.9%
Credit history22.9%
Collateral12.1%
Other6.7%
Insufficient cash (downpayment, closing costs)4.9%
Credit application incomplete2.7%
Unverifiable information1.8%
Employment history0%
Mortgage insurance denied0%

Share of 223 denials in Tennessee by first denial reason coded (outlined bar: all lenders in the state).

Counties in Tennessee

CountyApplicationsOriginationsAmountDenial rate
Shelby County15359$14m45.4%
Davidson County12858$97m31.0%
Williamson County7335$29m22.2%
Knox County7130$10m31.8%
Hamilton County6427$14m30.8%
Rutherford County5127$7.7m25.0%
Montgomery County4022$5.3m21.4%
Wilson County3521$7.9m22.2%
Sumner County3820$6.9m23.1%
Sevier County269$4.2m—

Counties with at least 25 applications, by originations.

Questions and answers

How many mortgages did Wells Fargo Bank NA originate in Tennessee in 2024?

487 loans totalling $241m, from 1,040 applications reported for properties in Tennessee.

What is Wells Fargo Bank NA's denial rate in Tennessee?

31.4% of decided applications in Tennessee were denied, against 22.6% for all lenders in the state and 31.7% 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 Wells Fargo Bank NA lend in most?

By originations: Shelby County (59), Davidson County (58), Williamson County (35), Knox County (30), Hamilton County (27).

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.