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home improvement loan lenders · HMDA 2023–2025

Home improvement loan lenders in Fayette County, Kentucky

Fat Boy Data analyzed home improvement loan activity in Fayette County, Kentucky to show which lenders are making these loans, how often they approve, how often borrowers accept the offer, and how much they typically finance. 3,390 applications were decided by 86 lenders between 2023 and 2025.

Fayette County at a glance

86Active lenders23 with 20+ decisions
74.0%Market approval rate2,507 of 3,390 decided
$65KTypical loanmedian lender, $10K brackets
93%Borrower take-up2,336 loans funded

How Fayette County compares

Approval rate compared
Fayette County74.0%Kentucky69.2%All 616 counties62.7%
Typical loan compared
Fayette County$65KKentucky$65KAll 616 counties$75K

What the data shows

University of Kentucky made the most home improvement loans in Fayette County, KY, 998 of them.

That is 43% of every home improvement loan originated here, so this market is unusually concentrated in one lender.

Whitaker Bank approved the highest share of applications among lenders with at least 20 decisions here, 100% of 20.

Only 2 lenders here typically write at or below $35K: Guardian Savings Bank, Park Federal Credit Union.

Approval rate of all 23 lenders with 20+ decisions here
0%25%50%75%100%Discover Bank: 17% approved of 53Truist Bank: 40% approved of 58U.S. Bank National Association: 42% approved of 120Spring Eq, LLC: 46% approved of 28Bank of America, National Association: 48% approved of 60Fifth Third Bank, National Association: 61% approved of 241PNC Bank, National Association: 64% approved of 162City National Bank of West Virginia: 66% approved of 47WesBanco Bank, Inc.: 70% approved of 43Commonwealth Federal Credit Union: 72% approved of 271Navy Federal Credit Union: 73% approved of 26Stock Yards Bank & Trust Company: 75% approved of 57University of Kentucky: 79% approved of 1,378Republic Bank & Trust Company: 81% approved of 90Central Bank & Trust Co.: 83% approved of 191Traditional Bank, Inc.: 86% approved of 28Park Federal Credit Union: 86% approved of 22The Health & Education Federal Credit Union: 90% approved of 50Community Trust Bank, Inc.: 91% approved of 54MEMBERS HERITAGE Credit Union: 92% approved of 74Guardian Savings Bank: 98% approved of 42Coastal Community Bank: 100% approved of 51Whitaker Bank: 100% approved of 20

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Home improvement loan lenders in Fayette County

LenderApprovalApprovedTaken upTypical loanLoans made
1University of Kentucky79%1,094 / 1,37891%$65K998
2Commonwealth Federal Credit Union72%195 / 271100%$65K195
3Fifth Third Bank, National Association61%148 / 24197%$85K144
4Central Bank & Trust Co.83%159 / 19197%$65K154
5PNC Bank, National Association64%104 / 16298%$75K102

Ranked by lending volume. Approval is the share of decided applications a lender approved; taken up is the share of approvals the borrower accepted. Lenders with fewer than 20 decisions are marked as a limited sample and are never used for a “highest approval” claim. How these numbers are built.

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