2025 activity year · Official source proof

Georgia mortgage market

Reported mortgage application activity from the official CFPB/FFIEC HMDA Data Browser, with purchased loans excluded from the application denominator.

Activity year
2025
Applications reported451.9KSnapshot dataset; cross-kind change withheld
Originations reported242.9K53.8% of reported applications
Reporting lenders1,186Institutions with reported activity in Georgia

Action taken

What happened to applications?

451,915 total
Originated53.8% · 242,931
Approved, not accepted3.3% · 15,016
Denied19.1% · 86,323
Withdrawn16.3% · 73,654
File closed for incompleteness6.9% · 31,222
Preapproval denied0.1% · 360
Preapproval approved, not accepted0.5% · 2,409

“Originated” means the reported application resulted in a loan. It is not an approval probability for a future applicant.

Loan purpose

Why people applied

  • Home purchase45.4%
  • Home improvement8.9%
  • Other purpose10.8%
  • Not applicable0.0%
  • Refinancing15.4%
  • Cash-out refinancing19.5%

Next source gate

Denial reasons are not published yet.

That analysis requires the raw modified-LAR pipeline, reason-code reconciliation, and small-cell review. We will not fill the gap with estimates or unsupported conclusions.

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Data provenance

Every published number will carry its source.

This profile identifies the activity year, cohort rules, source endpoint, response hash, and processing date. Source: CFPB/FFIEC HMDA Data Browser API. Last refreshed September 2, 2026.

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