Guaranteed Rate Affinity · Georgia · 2025

Guaranteed Rate Affinity in Georgia: approval rate, denial rate and rates (2025)

Guaranteed Rate Affinity took 1,102 mortgage applications in Georgia in 2025, ranking #87 of 1,201 lenders active in the state. It originated 56.6% of them and denied 7.6% (11.5% of the applications it decided), against a statewide denial rate of 19.2%.

1.1kApplicationsin GA
11.5%Decision denial ratestate 25.1%
6.63%Median ratestate 6.63%
$285,000Median loanstate $235,000
$207MVolume67 counties

Guaranteed Rate Affinity in Georgia vs the state

7.6%Denial rate-11.60 pts vs state
11.5%Decision denial rate-13.59 pts vs state
56.6%Origination rate+2.53 pts vs state
6.63%Median rate0.00 pts vs state
0.42Rate spread (pts)+0.15 pts vs state
$109kMedian applicant income
624Loans originated
84Denied

Trend in Georgia

YearApplicationsOriginatedDenial rateMedian rateRank in state
20238764636.7%6.63%#89
20248464749.5%6.88%#92
20251,1026247.6%6.63%#87

What Guaranteed Rate Affinity lends in Georgia

By loan purpose

Home purchase 837 76% · 5.1% denied
Refinance 62 6% · 12.9% denied
Cash-out refinance 117 11% · 13.7% denied
Home improvement 28 3% · 28.6% denied
Other / HELOC 58 5% · 15.5% denied

By loan type

Conventional 721 65% · 8.2% denied
FHA 278 25% · 7.9% denied
VA 101 9% · 3.0% denied
USDA / RHS 2 0% · 0.0% denied

Why it denied Georgia applicants

Debt-to-income ratio 36 43%
Credit history 17 20%
Incomplete application 9 11%
Collateral 6 7%
Other 5 6%
Insufficient cash 5 6%
Employment history 3 4%
Unverifiable information 3 4%

Where in Georgia

Counties with the most Guaranteed Rate Affinity applications in 2025.

CountyApplicationsOriginatedDeniedDenial rate
DeKalb County 1638515 9.2%
Fulton County 1617815 9.3%
Cobb County 145864 2.8%
Gwinnett County 1035615 14.6%
Cherokee County 542810 18.5%
Clayton County 52204 7.7%
Henry County 49232 4.1%
Paulding County 38213 7.9%
Forsyth County 32233 9.4%
Hall County 30201 3.3%

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: 1,102 applications in 2025, of which 624 were originated and 84 denied.

7.6% of all applications, or 11.5% of the applications it actually decided on. The Georgia statewide average across all lenders was 19.2%.

The median rate on loans Guaranteed Rate Affinity originated in Georgia in 2025 was 6.63%, against a statewide median of 6.63%.

About this data. Figures are Guaranteed Rate Affinity'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