Member First Mortgage · Georgia · 2025

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

Member First Mortgage took 462 mortgage applications in Georgia in 2025, ranking #160 of 1,201 lenders active in the state. It originated 31.6% of them and denied 18.8% (35.4% of the applications it decided), against a statewide denial rate of 19.2%.

462Applicationsin GA
35.4%Decision denial ratestate 25.1%
6.38%Median ratestate 6.63%
$215,000Median loanstate $235,000
$40MVolume88 counties

Member First Mortgage in Georgia vs the state

18.8%Denial rate-0.39 pts vs state
35.4%Decision denial rate+10.30 pts vs state
31.6%Origination rate-22.49 pts vs state
6.38%Median rate-0.25 pts vs state
0.21Rate spread (pts)-0.06 pts vs state
$86kMedian applicant income
146Loans originated
87Denied

Trend in Georgia

YearApplicationsOriginatedDenial rateMedian rateRank in state
202340014320.0%6.63%#147
202438713218.6%6.50%#162
202546214618.8%6.38%#160

What Member First Mortgage lends in Georgia

By loan purpose

Home purchase 239 52% · 17.2% denied
Refinance 43 9% · 2.3% denied
Cash-out refinance 174 38% · 25.9% denied
Home improvement 6 1% · 0.0% denied

By loan type

Conventional 232 50% · 16.0% denied
FHA 208 45% · 21.6% denied
VA 15 3% · 13.3% denied
USDA / RHS 7 2% · 42.9% denied

Why it denied Georgia applicants

Credit history 32 37%
Debt-to-income ratio 25 29%
Collateral 16 18%
Other 9 10%
Insufficient cash 2 2%
Unverifiable information 2 2%
Employment history 1 1%

Where in Georgia

Counties with the most Member First Mortgage applications in 2025.

CountyApplicationsOriginatedDeniedDenial rate
Floyd County 481614 29.2%
Polk County 40235 12.5%
Bartow County 37254 10.8%
Fulton County 28610 35.7%
Gwinnett County 2444 16.7%
Cobb County 2353 13.0%
DeKalb County 2113 14.3%
Chatham County 1842 11.1%
Walton County 1321 7.7%
Forsyth County 930 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: 462 applications in 2025, of which 146 were originated and 87 denied.

18.8% of all applications, or 35.4% of the applications it actually decided on. The Georgia statewide average across all lenders was 19.2%.

The median rate on loans Member First Mortgage originated in Georgia in 2025 was 6.38%, against a statewide median of 6.63%.

About this data. Figures are Member First 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