Freedom Mortgage · Georgia · 2025

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

Freedom Mortgage took 9,293 mortgage applications in Georgia in 2025, ranking #8 of 1,201 lenders active in the state. It originated 42.5% of them and denied 9.1% (15.0% of the applications it decided), against a statewide denial rate of 19.2%.

9.3kApplicationsin GA
15.0%Decision denial ratestate 25.1%
6.25%Median ratestate 6.63%
$305,000Median loanstate $235,000
$1.3BVolume145 counties

Freedom Mortgage in Georgia vs the state

9.1%Denial rate-10.12 pts vs state
15.0%Decision denial rate-10.04 pts vs state
42.5%Origination rate-11.63 pts vs state
6.25%Median rate-0.38 pts vs state
0.10Rate spread (pts)-0.17 pts vs state
$93kMedian applicant income
3,946Loans originated
846Denied

Trend in Georgia

YearApplicationsOriginatedDenial rateMedian rateRank in state
20233,2141,35613.6%6.75%#32
20247,1713,3799.6%6.25%#12
20259,2933,9469.1%6.25%#8

What Freedom Mortgage lends in Georgia

By loan purpose

Home purchase 749 8% · 18.7% denied
Refinance 4,831 52% · 3.3% denied
Cash-out refinance 3,679 40% · 14.8% denied
Other / HELOC 34 0% · 11.8% denied

By loan type

Conventional 940 10% · 10.1% denied
FHA 4,245 46% · 12.3% denied
VA 4,106 44% · 5.6% denied
USDA / RHS 2 0% · 0.0% denied

Why it denied Georgia applicants

Collateral 342 40%
Debt-to-income ratio 178 21%
Credit history 137 16%
Other 81 10%
Unverifiable information 47 6%
Insufficient cash 37 4%
Employment history 14 2%
Incomplete application 10 1%

Where in Georgia

Counties with the most Freedom Mortgage applications in 2025.

CountyApplicationsOriginatedDeniedDenial rate
Gwinnett County 75229866 8.8%
Fulton County 63225076 12.0%
Cobb County 50920646 9.0%
Henry County 45119434 7.5%
DeKalb County 42716946 10.8%
Clayton County 29110748 16.5%
Paulding County 28912728 9.7%
Cherokee County 26611717 6.4%
Columbia County 26212316 6.1%
Chatham County 24510829 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%
Bank of AmericaF 9,16836.5%6.24%
Ameris BankB 8,06510.1%6.50%
NewrezD 7,88021.5%6.63%

Frequently asked questions

Georgia: 9,293 applications in 2025, of which 3,946 were originated and 846 denied.

9.1% of all applications, or 15.0% of the applications it actually decided on. The Georgia statewide average across all lenders was 19.2%.

The median rate on loans Freedom Mortgage originated in Georgia in 2025 was 6.25%, against a statewide median of 6.63%.

About this data. Figures are Freedom 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