Commercial Banking · Georgia · 2025

Commercial Banking in Georgia: approval rate, denial rate and rates (2025)

Commercial Banking took 169 mortgage applications in Georgia in 2025, ranking #264 of 1,201 lenders active in the state. It originated 87.0% of them and denied 6.5% (6.9% of the applications it decided), against a statewide denial rate of 19.2%.

169Applicationsin GA
6.9%Decision denial ratestate 25.1%
Median ratestate 6.63%
$125,000Median loanstate $235,000
$27MVolume16 counties

Commercial Banking in Georgia vs the state

6.5%Denial rate-12.71 pts vs state
6.9%Decision denial rate-18.19 pts vs state
87.0%Origination rate+32.89 pts vs state
Median rate
Rate spread (pts)
$96kMedian applicant income
147Loans originated
11Denied

Trend in Georgia

YearApplicationsOriginatedDenial rateMedian rateRank in state
20231931469.8%#232
20241531355.9%#265
20251691476.5%#264

What Commercial Banking lends in Georgia

By loan purpose

Home purchase 79 47% · 2.5% denied
Refinance 74 44% · 6.8% denied
Home improvement 3 2% · 66.7% denied
Other / HELOC 13 8% · 15.4% denied

By loan type

Conventional 169 100% · 6.5% denied

Why it denied Georgia applicants

Debt-to-income ratio 8 73%
Credit history 2 18%
Other 1 9%

Where in Georgia

Counties with the most Commercial Banking applications in 2025.

CountyApplicationsOriginatedDeniedDenial rate
Lowndes County 75692 2.7%
Colquitt County 34274 11.8%
Tift County 29271 3.4%
Brooks County 742 28.6%
Worth County 550 0.0%
Cook County 431 25.0%
Lanier County 330 0.0%
Thomas County 211 50.0%
Mitchell County 220 0.0%
Crisp County 220 0.0%

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: 169 applications in 2025, of which 147 were originated and 11 denied.

6.5% of all applications, or 6.9% of the applications it actually decided on. The Georgia statewide average across all lenders was 19.2%.

This lender did not report interest rates on its originated loans (some institutions are exempt from HMDA pricing fields).

About this data. Figures are Commercial Banking'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