Guaranteed Rate · Georgia · 2025

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

Guaranteed Rate took 3,236 mortgage applications in Georgia in 2025, ranking #32 of 1,201 lenders active in the state. It originated 44.7% of them and denied 8.2% (15.0% of the applications it decided), against a statewide denial rate of 19.2%.

3.2kApplicationsin GA
15.0%Decision denial ratestate 25.1%
6.50%Median ratestate 6.63%
$285,000Median loanstate $235,000
$486MVolume134 counties

Guaranteed Rate in Georgia vs the state

8.2%Denial rate-11.00 pts vs state
15.0%Decision denial rate-10.03 pts vs state
44.7%Origination rate-9.37 pts vs state
6.50%Median rate-0.13 pts vs state
0.23Rate spread (pts)-0.04 pts vs state
$104kMedian applicant income
1,447Loans originated
266Denied

Trend in Georgia

YearApplicationsOriginatedDenial rateMedian rateRank in state
20234,4492,3135.2%6.58%#23
20243,2361,9177.2%6.63%#34
20253,2361,4478.2%6.50%#32

What Guaranteed Rate lends in Georgia

By loan purpose

Home purchase 1,806 56% · 5.1% denied
Refinance 462 14% · 3.3% denied
Cash-out refinance 718 22% · 10.7% denied
Home improvement 90 3% · 32.2% denied
Other / HELOC 160 5% · 33.1% denied

By loan type

Conventional 1,949 60% · 8.0% denied
FHA 817 25% · 11.3% denied
VA 434 13% · 4.2% denied
USDA / RHS 36 1% · 2.8% denied

Why it denied Georgia applicants

Debt-to-income ratio 79 30%
Credit history 70 26%
Incomplete application 33 12%
Other 32 12%
Collateral 27 10%
Unverifiable information 20 8%
Insufficient cash 4 2%
Employment history 1 0%

Where in Georgia

Counties with the most Guaranteed Rate applications in 2025.

CountyApplicationsOriginatedDeniedDenial rate
Fulton County 34412528 8.1%
Gwinnett County 30514126 8.5%
Cobb County 28712430 10.5%
DeKalb County 2259910 4.4%
Cherokee County 101496 5.9%
Paulding County 94508 8.5%
Coweta County 85525 5.9%
Forsyth County 83325 6.0%
Henry County 79435 6.3%
Clayton County 783311 14.1%

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: 3,236 applications in 2025, of which 1,447 were originated and 266 denied.

8.2% 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 Guaranteed Rate originated in Georgia in 2025 was 6.50%, against a statewide median of 6.63%.

About this data. Figures are Guaranteed Rate'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