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Rocket Mortgage in Georgia
HMDA record for properties in Georgia, calendar year 2024. National record · Georgia overview
HMDA data alone cannot be used to determine whether a lender is complying with fair lending laws. The data do not include some legitimate credit risk considerations for loan approval and loan pricing decisions. Cells under 25 applications are withheld.
Rocket Mortgage's 2024 HMDA record for Georgia covers 25,763 applications, 19,055 of them originated, worth $4.7bn.
Its denial rate in the state was 17.6%, below the Georgia rate of 26.9% across all lenders and compared with the lender's national rate of 18.2%.
The median rate spread on its Georgia originations was 0.4 percentage points (state median 0.4).
Applications in the state were up 17% on 2023.
Compared with the state and the lender's national record
| Measure | In Georgia | Georgia, all lenders | Rocket Mortgage, all states | United States |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denial rate | 17.6% | 26.9% | 18.2% | 24.3% |
| Median rate spread, pp | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.5 | 0.3 |
| Originations with spread of 1.5 pp or more | 18.3% | 17.5% | 17.8% | 15.6% |
| Average originated loan | $248k | $313k | $270k | $329k |
| Home purchase share | 35.5% | 57.0% | 38.0% | 57.0% |
| FHA-insured share | 21.3% | 18.3% | 18.5% | 13.4% |
| VA-guaranteed share | 10.5% | 11.6% | 7.8% | 7.9% |
Trend by year
ApplicationsOriginations
This lender in stateGeorgia, all lenders
Loan purpose and loan type in Georgia
By purpose
Home purchase 35% (6,764)Home improvement 1% (170)Refinancing 9% (1,790)Cash-out refinancing 50% (9,570)Other purpose 4% (761)
By type
Conventional 68% (12,998)FHA 21% (4,055)VA 11% (2,002)
Denial reasons as coded
Share of 4,177 denials in Georgia by first denial reason coded (outlined bar: all lenders in the state).
Counties in Georgia
| County | Applications | Originations | Amount | Denial rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gwinnett County | 2,346 | 1,723 | $486m | 17.5% |
| Fulton County | 2,113 | 1,489 | $441m | 20.9% |
| Cobb County | 1,660 | 1,221 | $339m | 17.4% |
| DeKalb County | 1,563 | 1,073 | $265m | 23.0% |
| Forsyth County | 931 | 723 | $279m | 13.3% |
| Henry County | 878 | 641 | $165m | 18.3% |
| Cherokee County | 791 | 635 | $171m | 11.3% |
| Paulding County | 625 | 490 | $117m | 13.1% |
| Clayton County | 724 | 476 | $95m | 26.1% |
| Chatham County | 634 | 465 | $121m | 19.0% |
| Houston County | 498 | 382 | $86m | 16.4% |
| Douglas County | 496 | 361 | $90m | 18.6% |
| Hall County | 444 | 360 | $88m | 13.8% |
| Camden County | 422 | 357 | $100m | 7.9% |
| Glynn County | 414 | 339 | $98m | 11.8% |
| Coweta County | 434 | 317 | $76m | 16.2% |
| Newton County | 428 | 295 | $62m | 21.9% |
| Columbia County | 398 | 295 | $72m | 15.8% |
| Fayette County | 334 | 263 | $74m | 13.2% |
| Barrow County | 328 | 258 | $56m | 14.4% |
| Carroll County | 339 | 253 | $54m | 16.9% |
| Richmond County | 351 | 250 | $43m | 22.7% |
| Walton County | 329 | 249 | $58m | 16.9% |
| Rockdale County | 334 | 230 | $56m | 21.1% |
| Bibb County | 316 | 230 | $40m | 19.2% |
| Muscogee County | 320 | 219 | $39m | 21.3% |
| Jackson County | 280 | 215 | $52m | 15.6% |
| Effingham County | 269 | 201 | $51m | 16.0% |
| Floyd County | 255 | 198 | $39m | 15.7% |
| Bartow County | 255 | 196 | $43m | 14.6% |
| Bulloch County | 202 | 154 | $34m | 13.7% |
| Liberty County | 182 | 143 | $28m | 12.5% |
| Lowndes County | 192 | 141 | $26m | 17.5% |
| Catoosa County | 166 | 133 | $27m | 12.7% |
| Spalding County | 179 | 130 | $25m | 17.3% |
| Bryan County | 164 | 129 | $39m | 9.6% |
| Whitfield County | 166 | 126 | $25m | 17.0% |
| Walker County | 166 | 121 | $24m | 15.5% |
| Dawson County | 136 | 115 | $35m | 11.5% |
| Clarke County | 131 | 104 | $23m | 16.8% |
Counties with at least 25 applications, by originations.
Questions and answers
How many mortgages did Rocket Mortgage originate in Georgia in 2024?
19,055 loans totalling $4.7bn, from 25,763 applications reported for properties in Georgia.
What is Rocket Mortgage's denial rate in Georgia?
17.6% of decided applications in Georgia were denied, against 26.9% for all lenders in the state and 18.2% for this lender nationally. HMDA data alone cannot be used to determine whether a lender is complying with fair lending laws.
Which Georgia counties does Rocket Mortgage lend in most?
By originations: Gwinnett County (1,723), Fulton County (1,489), Cobb County (1,221), DeKalb County (1,073), Forsyth County (723).
Where does this data come from?
From the 2024 public HMDA loan/application register (FFIEC and CFPB), filtered to the lender's LEI and the property state. Cells under 25 applications are withheld.
Provenance
Source: HMDA public loan/application register 2022, 2023, 2024 (FFIEC and CFPB, public domain), records for this LEI with a property in Georgia. Built 30 Sep 2026; data through 1 Aug 2026. See methodology and corrections.