Southwest Stage Funding · Georgia · 2025

Southwest Stage Funding in Georgia: approval rate, denial rate and rates (2025)

Southwest Stage Funding took 582 mortgage applications in Georgia in 2025, ranking #138 of 1,201 lenders active in the state. It originated 23.2% of them and denied 7.0% (16.0% of the applications it decided), against a statewide denial rate of 19.2%.

582Applicationsin GA
16.0%Decision denial ratestate 25.1%
7.50%Median ratestate 6.63%
$165,000Median loanstate $235,000
$26MVolume127 counties

Southwest Stage Funding in Georgia vs the state

7.0%Denial rate-12.18 pts vs state
16.0%Decision denial rate-9.12 pts vs state
23.2%Origination rate-30.89 pts vs state
7.50%Median rate+0.88 pts vs state
1.51Rate spread (pts)+1.24 pts vs state
$71kMedian applicant income
135Loans originated
41Denied

Trend in Georgia

YearApplicationsOriginatedDenial rateMedian rateRank in state
202321812039.5%7.20%#214
20246371086.4%7.36%#125
20255821357.0%7.50%#138

What Southwest Stage Funding lends in Georgia

By loan purpose

Home purchase 581 100% · 7.1% denied
Refinance 1 0% · 0.0% denied

By loan type

Conventional 416 71% · 7.5% denied
FHA 151 26% · 6.0% denied
VA 15 3% · 6.7% denied

Why it denied Georgia applicants

Debt-to-income ratio 15 37%
Collateral 8 20%
Other 7 17%
Credit history 5 12%
Insufficient cash 4 10%
Employment history 2 5%

Where in Georgia

Counties with the most Southwest Stage Funding applications in 2025.

CountyApplicationsOriginatedDeniedDenial rate
Carroll County 2441 4.2%
Floyd County 1720 0.0%
Murray County 1681 6.3%
Brantley County 1671 6.3%
Laurens County 1640 0.0%
Whitfield County 1531 6.7%
Lowndes County 1452 14.3%
Walker County 1432 14.3%
Bulloch County 1250 0.0%
Colquitt County 1210 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: 582 applications in 2025, of which 135 were originated and 41 denied.

7.0% of all applications, or 16.0% of the applications it actually decided on. The Georgia statewide average across all lenders was 19.2%.

The median rate on loans Southwest Stage Funding originated in Georgia in 2025 was 7.50%, against a statewide median of 6.63%.

About this data. Figures are Southwest Stage Funding'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