Guidance Residential · Georgia · 2025

Guidance Residential in Georgia: approval rate, denial rate and rates (2025)

Guidance Residential took 127 mortgage applications in Georgia in 2025, ranking #303 of 1,201 lenders active in the state. It originated 62.2% of them and denied 0.8% (1.2% of the applications it decided), against a statewide denial rate of 19.2%.

127Applicationsin GA
1.2%Decision denial ratestate 25.1%
6.88%Median ratestate 6.63%
$375,000Median loanstate $235,000
$30MVolume18 counties

Guidance Residential in Georgia vs the state

0.8%Denial rate-18.43 pts vs state
1.2%Decision denial rate-23.92 pts vs state
62.2%Origination rate+8.11 pts vs state
6.88%Median rate+0.25 pts vs state
0.31Rate spread (pts)+0.04 pts vs state
$147kMedian applicant income
79Loans originated
1Denied

Trend in Georgia

YearApplicationsOriginatedDenial rateMedian rateRank in state
202363324.8%7.06%#389
202492496.5%7.13%#350
2025127790.8%6.88%#303

What Guidance Residential lends in Georgia

By loan purpose

Home purchase 75 59% · 1.3% denied
Refinance 25 20% · 0.0% denied
Cash-out refinance 27 21% · 0.0% denied

By loan type

Conventional 127 100% · 0.8% denied

Why it denied Georgia applicants

Unverifiable information 1 100%

Where in Georgia

Counties with the most Guidance Residential applications in 2025.

CountyApplicationsOriginatedDeniedDenial rate
Gwinnett County 40251 2.5%
Fulton County 24110 0.0%
Forsyth County 1390 0.0%
DeKalb County 1170 0.0%
Cobb County 1090 0.0%
Cherokee County 740 0.0%
Houston County 420 0.0%
Clayton County 320 0.0%
Columbia County 320 0.0%
Fayette County 210 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: 127 applications in 2025, of which 79 were originated and 1 denied.

0.8% of all applications, or 1.2% of the applications it actually decided on. The Georgia statewide average across all lenders was 19.2%.

The median rate on loans Guidance Residential originated in Georgia in 2025 was 6.88%, against a statewide median of 6.63%.

About this data. Figures are Guidance Residential'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