Shelter Home Mortgage · Georgia · 2025

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

Shelter Home Mortgage took 495 mortgage applications in Georgia in 2025, ranking #154 of 1,201 lenders active in the state. It originated 62.4% of them and denied 4.9% (7.2% of the applications it decided), against a statewide denial rate of 19.2%.

495Applicationsin GA
7.2%Decision denial ratestate 25.1%
6.63%Median ratestate 6.63%
$335,000Median loanstate $235,000
$117MVolume41 counties

Shelter Home Mortgage in Georgia vs the state

4.9%Denial rate-14.37 pts vs state
7.2%Decision denial rate-17.91 pts vs state
62.4%Origination rate+8.33 pts vs state
6.63%Median rate0.00 pts vs state
0.34Rate spread (pts)+0.07 pts vs state
$138kMedian applicant income
309Loans originated
24Denied

Trend in Georgia

YearApplicationsOriginatedDenial rateMedian rateRank in state
20237555062.1%6.63%#98
20243352215.4%6.99%#176
20254953094.9%6.63%#154

What Shelter Home Mortgage lends in Georgia

By loan purpose

Home purchase 365 74% · 2.5% denied
Refinance 43 9% · 4.7% denied
Cash-out refinance 87 18% · 14.9% denied

By loan type

Conventional 414 84% · 4.6% denied
FHA 56 11% · 8.9% denied
VA 24 5% · 0.0% denied
USDA / RHS 1 0% · 0.0% denied

Why it denied Georgia applicants

Debt-to-income ratio 15 63%
Collateral 6 25%
Credit history 1 4%
Insufficient cash 1 4%
Other 1 4%

Where in Georgia

Counties with the most Shelter Home Mortgage applications in 2025.

CountyApplicationsOriginatedDeniedDenial rate
DeKalb County 19412210 5.2%
Fulton County 110665 4.5%
Cobb County 48312 4.2%
Gwinnett County 44233 6.8%
Paulding County 830 0.0%
Douglas County 870 0.0%
Cherokee County 870 0.0%
Forsyth County 640 0.0%
Barrow County 641 16.7%
Bibb County 520 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: 495 applications in 2025, of which 309 were originated and 24 denied.

4.9% of all applications, or 7.2% of the applications it actually decided on. The Georgia statewide average across all lenders was 19.2%.

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

About this data. Figures are Shelter 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