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Cardinal Financial Company, Li in Georgia

HMDA record for properties in Georgia, calendar year 2024. National record · Georgia overview

LEI 549300VORTI31GZTJL53
Reporting agency Department of Housing and Urban Development
State Georgia

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.

Cardinal Financial Company, Li's 2024 HMDA record for Georgia covers 801 applications, 510 of them originated, worth $134m.

Its denial rate in the state was 15.0%, below the Georgia rate of 26.9% across all lenders and compared with the lender's national rate of 10.1%.

The median rate spread on its Georgia originations was 0.6 percentage points (state median 0.4).

Applications in the state were down 51% on 2023.

801applications in GA, 20243.7% of the lender's total
510loans originated$134m
15.0%denial rateGA all lenders 26.9%
0.6 ppmedian rate spreadGA 0.4 pp

Compared with the state and the lender's national record

MeasureIn GeorgiaGeorgia, all lendersCardinal Financial Company, Li, all statesUnited States
Denial rate15.0%26.9%10.1%24.3%
Median rate spread, pp0.60.40.50.3
Originations with spread of 1.5 pp or more13.3%17.5%13.5%15.6%
Average originated loan$263k$313k$299k$329k
Home purchase share76.3%57.0%82.0%57.0%
FHA-insured share48.2%18.3%39.3%13.4%
VA-guaranteed share17.1%11.6%9.1%7.9%

Trend by year

ApplicationsOriginations

01555.53,1112022: 3,111 Applications2023: 1,624 Applications2024: 801 Applications2022: 1,437 Originations2023: 1,042 Originations2024: 510 Originations202220232024
Cardinal Financial Company, Li in Georgia: applications and originations, 2022–2024

This lender in stateGeorgia, all lenders

0%19.4%38.8%2022: 38.8% This lender in state2023: 14.1% This lender in state2024: 15% This lender in state202220232024
Denial rate by year, state rate dashed

Loan purpose and loan type in Georgia

By purpose

Home purchase 76% (389)Refinancing 5% (28)Cash-out refinancing 14% (73)Other purpose 4% (20)

By type

Conventional 33% (170)FHA 48% (246)VA 17% (87)USDA 1% (7)

Denial reasons as coded

Debt-to-income ratio42.7%
Credit history19.1%
Unverifiable information12.7%
Credit application incomplete11.8%
Collateral6.4%
Other3.6%
Employment history2.7%
Insufficient cash (downpayment, closing costs)0.9%
Mortgage insurance denied0%

Share of 110 denials in Georgia by first denial reason coded (outlined bar: all lenders in the state).

Counties in Georgia

CountyApplicationsOriginationsAmountDenial rate
Columbia County4937$12m4.3%
Fulton County5230$8.8m14.3%
Gwinnett County4530$9.9m19.5%
Richmond County3729$5.4m0.0%
Clayton County3824$5.1m11.8%
Henry County4323$5.0m21.6%
Cobb County4421$6.4m19.5%
DeKalb County3920$5.6m28.6%
Paulding County2520$5.4m8.0%

Counties with at least 25 applications, by originations.

Questions and answers

How many mortgages did Cardinal Financial Company, Li originate in Georgia in 2024?

510 loans totalling $134m, from 801 applications reported for properties in Georgia.

What is Cardinal Financial Company, Li's denial rate in Georgia?

15.0% of decided applications in Georgia were denied, against 26.9% for all lenders in the state and 10.1% 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 Cardinal Financial Company, Li lend in most?

By originations: Columbia County (37), Fulton County (30), Gwinnett County (30), Richmond County (29), Clayton County (24).

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.