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Discover Bank in Tennessee

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

LEI X05BVSK68TQ7YTOSNR22
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.

Discover Bank's 2024 HMDA record for Tennessee covers 4,697 applications, 887 of them originated, worth $77m.

Its denial rate in the state was 71.0%, above the Tennessee rate of 22.6% across all lenders and compared with the lender's national rate of 76.0%.

The median rate spread on its Tennessee originations was 2.3 percentage points (state median 0.3).

Applications in the state were down 12% on 2023.

4,697applications in TN, 20242.2% of the lender's total
887loans originated$77m
71.0%denial rateTN all lenders 22.6%
2.3 ppmedian rate spreadTN 0.3 pp

Compared with the state and the lender's national record

MeasureIn TennesseeTennessee, all lendersDiscover Bank, all statesUnited States
Denial rate71.0%22.6%76.0%24.3%
Median rate spread, pp2.30.32.30.3
Originations with spread of 1.5 pp or more74.5%14.7%75.6%15.6%
Average originated loan$87k$302k$90k$329k
Home purchase share3.9%55.5%3.1%57.0%
FHA-insured share0.0%15.5%0.0%13.4%
VA-guaranteed share0.0%10.0%0.0%7.9%

Trend by year

ApplicationsOriginations

02,6665,3322022: 3,878 Applications2023: 5,332 Applications2024: 4,697 Applications2022: 570 Originations2023: 915 Originations2024: 887 Originations202220232024
Discover Bank in Tennessee: applications and originations, 2022–2024

This lender in stateTennessee, all lenders

0%37.5%74.9%2022: 74.9% This lender in state2023: 70.6% This lender in state2024: 71% This lender in state202220232024
Denial rate by year, state rate dashed

Loan purpose and loan type in Tennessee

By purpose

Home purchase 4% (35)Home improvement 30% (267)Refinancing 20% (176)Other purpose 46% (409)

By type

Conventional 100% (887)

Denial reasons as coded

Credit history47.5%
Debt-to-income ratio18%
Credit application incomplete14.1%
Collateral11.3%
Other7.8%
Unverifiable information0.9%
Employment history0.4%
Insufficient cash (downpayment, closing costs)0%
Mortgage insurance denied0%

Share of 2,230 denials in Tennessee by first denial reason coded (outlined bar: all lenders in the state).

Counties in Tennessee

CountyApplicationsOriginationsAmountDenial rate
Knox County37882$8.1m65.6%
Shelby County51673$5.9m78.8%
Rutherford County30968$6.1m67.0%
Williamson County25868$7.7m55.9%
Hamilton County30766$5.4m65.5%
Davidson County40950$4.3m79.5%
Sumner County20148$3.6m67.8%
Wilson County14938$3.3m66.1%
Blount County12829$2.5m65.5%
Montgomery County16328$1.9m74.8%
Maury County10124$1.8m62.0%
Sullivan County9422$1.6m57.7%
Robertson County6721$1.6m58.0%
Sevier County8318$2.1m64.0%
Bradley County8216$1.6m70.9%
Washington County7015$1.3m63.8%
Tipton County5810$680k77.3%
Putnam County5210$1.0m73.7%
Anderson County519$805k68.8%
Cheatham County378$850k—
Roane County338$710k69.2%
Hamblen County497$455k75.9%
Loudon County457$665k77.1%
Madison County427$685k72.4%
Cumberland County556$460k76.7%
Monroe County346$520k—
Hawkins County256$490k—
McMinn County395$325k83.3%
Fayette County385$385k83.9%
Dickson County355$515k—
Carter County305$445k—
Franklin County285$435k—
Gibson County275$555k—
Greene County364$590k—
Coffee County363$265k—
Jefferson County263$145k—
Campbell County252$90k—
Bedford County301$55k—

Counties with at least 25 applications, by originations.

Questions and answers

How many mortgages did Discover Bank originate in Tennessee in 2024?

887 loans totalling $77m, from 4,697 applications reported for properties in Tennessee.

What is Discover Bank's denial rate in Tennessee?

71.0% of decided applications in Tennessee were denied, against 22.6% for all lenders in the state and 76.0% 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 Discover Bank lend in most?

By originations: Knox County (82), Shelby County (73), Rutherford County (68), Williamson County (68), Hamilton County (66).

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.