The Loan Store · Georgia · 2025

The Loan Store in Georgia: approval rate, denial rate and rates (2025)

The Loan Store took 1,672 mortgage applications in Georgia in 2025, ranking #56 of 1,201 lenders active in the state. It originated 63.1% of them and denied 14.1% (15.7% of the applications it decided), against a statewide denial rate of 19.2%.

1.7kApplicationsin GA
15.7%Decision denial ratestate 25.1%
6.99%Median ratestate 6.63%
$225,000Median loanstate $235,000
$301MVolume93 counties

The Loan Store in Georgia vs the state

14.1%Denial rate-5.16 pts vs state
15.7%Decision denial rate-9.36 pts vs state
63.1%Origination rate+9.01 pts vs state
6.99%Median rate+0.37 pts vs state
0.64Rate spread (pts)+0.37 pts vs state
$126kMedian applicant income
1,055Loans originated
235Denied

Trend in Georgia

YearApplicationsOriginatedDenial rateMedian rateRank in state
202333319118.0%7.38%#166
20241,29774316.3%7.13%#69
20251,6721,05514.1%6.99%#56

What The Loan Store lends in Georgia

By loan purpose

Home purchase 785 47% · 5.6% denied
Refinance 93 6% · 11.8% denied
Cash-out refinance 191 11% · 12.6% denied
Home improvement 240 14% · 20.8% denied
Other / HELOC 363 22% · 29.2% denied

By loan type

Conventional 1,531 92% · 14.8% denied
FHA 115 7% · 7.0% denied
VA 24 1% · 4.2% denied
USDA / RHS 2 0% · 0.0% denied

Why it denied Georgia applicants

Debt-to-income ratio 121 51%
Incomplete application 35 15%
Collateral 31 13%
Other 24 10%
Credit history 18 8%
Employment history 4 2%
Insufficient cash 2 1%

Where in Georgia

Counties with the most The Loan Store applications in 2025.

CountyApplicationsOriginatedDeniedDenial rate
Gwinnett County 28019333 11.8%
Fulton County 21312730 14.1%
Cobb County 1528427 17.8%
DeKalb County 1076120 18.7%
Forsyth County 925910 10.9%
Cherokee County 805110 12.5%
Chatham County 74557 9.5%
Paulding County 39252 5.1%
Bartow County 29186 20.7%
Newton County 27164 14.8%

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: 1,672 applications in 2025, of which 1,055 were originated and 235 denied.

14.1% of all applications, or 15.7% of the applications it actually decided on. The Georgia statewide average across all lenders was 19.2%.

The median rate on loans The Loan Store originated in Georgia in 2025 was 6.99%, against a statewide median of 6.63%.

About this data. Figures are The Loan Store'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