First Community Mortgage · Georgia · 2025

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

First Community Mortgage took 725 mortgage applications in Georgia in 2025, ranking #117 of 1,201 lenders active in the state. It originated 71.7% of them and denied 7.0% (7.9% of the applications it decided), against a statewide denial rate of 19.2%.

725Applicationsin GA
7.9%Decision denial ratestate 25.1%
6.63%Median ratestate 6.63%
$305,000Median loanstate $235,000
$187MVolume87 counties

First Community Mortgage in Georgia vs the state

7.0%Denial rate-12.19 pts vs state
7.9%Decision denial rate-17.16 pts vs state
71.7%Origination rate+17.63 pts vs state
6.63%Median rate0.00 pts vs state
0.30Rate spread (pts)+0.03 pts vs state
$110kMedian applicant income
520Loans originated
51Denied

Trend in Georgia

YearApplicationsOriginatedDenial rateMedian rateRank in state
20237635845.4%6.75%#95
20248436275.8%6.63%#93
20257255207.0%6.63%#117

What First Community Mortgage lends in Georgia

By loan purpose

Home purchase 530 73% · 5.5% denied
Refinance 127 18% · 10.2% denied
Cash-out refinance 65 9% · 13.9% denied
Home improvement 3 0% · 0.0% denied

By loan type

Conventional 441 61% · 5.9% denied
FHA 212 29% · 8.5% denied
VA 53 7% · 7.6% denied
USDA / RHS 19 3% · 15.8% denied

Why it denied Georgia applicants

Debt-to-income ratio 17 33%
Incomplete application 13 25%
Credit history 6 12%
Collateral 4 8%
Other 4 8%
Insufficient cash 3 6%
Unverifiable information 2 4%
Employment history 2 4%

Where in Georgia

Counties with the most First Community Mortgage applications in 2025.

CountyApplicationsOriginatedDeniedDenial rate
Fulton County 108766 5.6%
Cobb County 46341 2.2%
DeKalb County 43324 9.3%
Gwinnett County 38301 2.6%
Coweta County 38312 5.3%
Fayette County 27201 3.7%
Bulloch County 22181 4.5%
Hall County 19160 0.0%
Catoosa County 19124 21.1%
Whitfield County 17122 11.8%

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: 725 applications in 2025, of which 520 were originated and 51 denied.

7.0% of all applications, or 7.9% of the applications it actually decided on. The Georgia statewide average across all lenders was 19.2%.

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

About this data. Figures are First Community 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