Planet Home Lending · Georgia · 2025

Planet Home Lending in Georgia: approval rate, denial rate and rates (2025)

Planet Home Lending took 1,482 mortgage applications in Georgia in 2025, ranking #65 of 1,201 lenders active in the state. It originated 75.9% of them and denied 15.5% (16.6% of the applications it decided), against a statewide denial rate of 19.2%.

1.5kApplicationsin GA
16.6%Decision denial ratestate 25.1%
6.00%Median ratestate 6.63%
$255,000Median loanstate $235,000
$323MVolume140 counties

Planet Home Lending in Georgia vs the state

15.5%Denial rate-3.77 pts vs state
16.6%Decision denial rate-8.46 pts vs state
75.9%Origination rate+21.82 pts vs state
6.00%Median rate-0.63 pts vs state
0.18Rate spread (pts)-0.09 pts vs state
$89kMedian applicant income
1,125Loans originated
229Denied

Trend in Georgia

YearApplicationsOriginatedDenial rateMedian rateRank in state
202350232127.7%6.75%#130
202494770019.3%6.38%#90
20251,4821,12515.5%6.00%#65

What Planet Home Lending lends in Georgia

By loan purpose

Home purchase 515 35% · 8.9% denied
Refinance 712 48% · 13.9% denied
Cash-out refinance 139 9% · 33.1% denied
Home improvement 40 3% · 32.5% denied
Other / HELOC 76 5% · 32.9% denied

By loan type

Conventional 222 15% · 26.1% denied
FHA 797 54% · 13.2% denied
VA 457 31% · 14.0% denied
USDA / RHS 6 0% · 33.3% denied

Why it denied Georgia applicants

Incomplete application 135 59%
Credit history 34 15%
Debt-to-income ratio 22 10%
Collateral 17 7%
Other 15 7%
Insufficient cash 2 1%
Employment history 2 1%
Unverifiable information 2 1%

Where in Georgia

Counties with the most Planet Home Lending applications in 2025.

CountyApplicationsOriginatedDeniedDenial rate
Gwinnett County 685311 16.2%
Fulton County 664810 15.2%
Cobb County 64506 9.4%
Henry County 564311 19.6%
DeKalb County 493315 30.6%
Liberty County 48328 16.7%
Columbia County 46395 10.9%
Houston County 45363 6.7%
Cherokee County 33291 3.0%
Laurens County 33271 3.0%

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: 1,482 applications in 2025, of which 1,125 were originated and 229 denied.

15.5% of all applications, or 16.6% of the applications it actually decided on. The Georgia statewide average across all lenders was 19.2%.

The median rate on loans Planet Home Lending originated in Georgia in 2025 was 6.00%, against a statewide median of 6.63%.

About this data. Figures are Planet Home Lending'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