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US mortgage lending / DC

District of Columbia

In 2024, lenders originated 8,399 mortgages in District of Columbia, $5.94B in volume, the 45th largest of 54 states and territories. The denial rate was 25.1% (15th highest), against 24.3% nationally.

15,159
Applications
2024
8,399
Originations
2024
$5.94B
Origination volume
peak $17.94B (2021)
$455K
Median originated loan
national $235K

Origination volume, 20072024

Total dollars of mortgages originated in District of Columbia each year. The series peak is $17.94B in 2021.

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Source: HMDA public LAR (CFPB/FFIEC), 2007-2024 Sum of loan amounts on originated loans (action taken = 1). Legacy-era amounts converted from thousands of dollars. Methodology

Applications and originations

Applications (action codes 1-5) and the subset that closed as originated loans.

ApplicationsOriginations
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Source: HMDA public LAR (CFPB/FFIEC), 2007-2024 Counts of loan-level records; the applications series excludes purchased loans and preapproval requests. Methodology

Denial rate, vs the national rate

Denials as a share of applications that reached a credit decision, in District of Columbia and nationally. In 2024: 25.1% vs 24.3% national.

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Source: HMDA public LAR (CFPB/FFIEC), 2007-2024 Denial rate = denials / (originations + denials + approved-not-accepted), identical definition in both schema eras. Methodology

Purchase vs refinance originations

Originated loans in District of Columbia split by stated purpose. In 2024: 5,463 purchase loans, 1,810 refinances.

Home purchaseRefinance (incl. cash-out)Improvement + other
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Source: HMDA public LAR (CFPB/FFIEC), 2007-2024 Loan-purpose codes: purchase = 1 (both eras); refinance = 3 (2007-2017) and 31/32 (2018+); improvement = 2; other-purpose codes exist only from 2018. Methodology

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