Better Mortgage · Georgia · 2025

Better Mortgage in Georgia: approval rate, denial rate and rates (2025)

Better Mortgage took 2,236 mortgage applications in Georgia in 2025, ranking #49 of 1,201 lenders active in the state. It originated 30.6% of them and denied 28.8% (47.6% of the applications it decided), against a statewide denial rate of 19.2%.

2.2kApplicationsin GA
47.6%Decision denial ratestate 25.1%
8.13%Median ratestate 6.63%
$175,000Median loanstate $235,000
$174MVolume109 counties

Better Mortgage in Georgia vs the state

28.8%Denial rate+9.58 pts vs state
47.6%Decision denial rate+22.53 pts vs state
30.6%Origination rate-23.45 pts vs state
8.13%Median rate+1.50 pts vs state
1.01Rate spread (pts)+0.74 pts vs state
$149kMedian applicant income
685Loans originated
644Denied

Trend in Georgia

YearApplicationsOriginatedDenial rateMedian rateRank in state
20236892749.0%6.25%#101
202480728015.5%6.50%#98
20252,23668528.8%8.13%#49

What Better Mortgage lends in Georgia

By loan purpose

Home purchase 544 24% · 15.6% denied
Refinance 197 9% · 17.3% denied
Cash-out refinance 287 13% · 29.3% denied
Home improvement 154 7% · 28.6% denied
Other / HELOC 1,054 47% · 37.7% denied

By loan type

Conventional 1,984 89% · 29.0% denied
FHA 228 10% · 28.1% denied
VA 24 1% · 16.7% denied

Why it denied Georgia applicants

Incomplete application 160 25%
Debt-to-income ratio 157 24%
Credit history 157 24%
Unverifiable information 63 10%
Collateral 54 8%
Other 41 6%
Employment history 8 1%
Insufficient cash 4 1%

Where in Georgia

Counties with the most Better Mortgage applications in 2025.

CountyApplicationsOriginatedDeniedDenial rate
Fulton County 345111106 30.7%
Gwinnett County 2507367 26.8%
Cobb County 2417255 22.8%
DeKalb County 1755452 29.7%
Forsyth County 1455127 18.6%
Cherokee County 963726 27.1%
Chatham County 892132 36.0%
Henry County 421013 31.0%
Paulding County 42189 21.4%
Coweta County 391510 25.6%

Other large lenders in Georgia

LenderGradeApplicationsDenial rateMedian rate
Rocket MortgageC 29,84518.2%6.63%
United Shore Financial ServicesB 23,78412.6%6.25%
Navy Federal Credit UnionD 12,38826.4%7.95%
Truist BankC 10,56338.7%6.49%
Pennymac Loan ServicesC 10,27311.6%6.49%
Broker SolutionsD 9,7098.6%6.63%
Mortgage Research CenterC 9,44319.8%6.25%
Freedom MortgageB 9,2939.1%6.25%
Bank of AmericaF 9,16836.5%6.24%
Ameris BankB 8,06510.1%6.50%

Frequently asked questions

Georgia: 2,236 applications in 2025, of which 685 were originated and 644 denied.

28.8% of all applications, or 47.6% of the applications it actually decided on. The Georgia statewide average across all lenders was 19.2%.

The median rate on loans Better Mortgage originated in Georgia in 2025 was 8.13%, against a statewide median of 6.63%.

About this data. Figures are Better Mortgage's own HMDA filing for properties located in Georgia, 2025. The grade is national; state-level figures are shown for context and are not separately graded. Methodology