Onward Home Mortgage · Georgia · 2025

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

Onward Home Mortgage took 911 mortgage applications in Georgia in 2025, ranking #101 of 1,201 lenders active in the state. It originated 59.7% of them and denied 2.6% (4.2% of the applications it decided), against a statewide denial rate of 19.2%.

911Applicationsin GA
4.2%Decision denial ratestate 25.1%
6.50%Median ratestate 6.63%
$405,000Median loanstate $235,000
$251MVolume43 counties

Onward Home Mortgage in Georgia vs the state

2.6%Denial rate-16.59 pts vs state
4.2%Decision denial rate-20.86 pts vs state
59.7%Origination rate+5.62 pts vs state
6.50%Median rate-0.13 pts vs state
0.16Rate spread (pts)-0.11 pts vs state
$146kMedian applicant income
544Loans originated
24Denied

Trend in Georgia

YearApplicationsOriginatedDenial rateMedian rateRank in state
20232101371.4%7.13%#219
20247184861.7%6.69%#110
20259115442.6%6.50%#101

What Onward Home Mortgage lends in Georgia

By loan purpose

Home purchase 753 83% · 1.9% denied
Refinance 94 10% · 2.1% denied
Cash-out refinance 64 7% · 12.5% denied

By loan type

Conventional 765 84% · 1.7% denied
FHA 106 12% · 10.4% denied
VA 38 4% · 0.0% denied
USDA / RHS 2 0% · 0.0% denied

Why it denied Georgia applicants

Debt-to-income ratio 17 71%
Collateral 4 17%
Unverifiable information 2 8%
Insufficient cash 1 4%

Where in Georgia

Counties with the most Onward Home Mortgage applications in 2025.

CountyApplicationsOriginatedDeniedDenial rate
Fulton County 2281385 2.2%
DeKalb County 140705 3.6%
Gwinnett County 138802 1.4%
Cobb County 112632 1.8%
Forsyth County 75474 5.3%
Cherokee County 60430 0.0%
Hall County 36241 2.8%
Walton County 15120 0.0%
Henry County 1380 0.0%
Paulding County 971 11.1%

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: 911 applications in 2025, of which 544 were originated and 24 denied.

2.6% of all applications, or 4.2% of the applications it actually decided on. The Georgia statewide average across all lenders was 19.2%.

The median rate on loans Onward Home Mortgage originated in Georgia in 2025 was 6.50%, against a statewide median of 6.63%.

About this data. Figures are Onward Home 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