Miami-Dade County

Florida · FIPS 12086

According to CFPB HMDA 2024 application volume among U.S. counties, Miami-Dade County ranks #8 of 3,210, and #1 of 67 in Florida.

Mortgage lending activity in Miami-Dade County, Florida based on lender filings under the Home Mortgage Disclosure Act (HMDA). Data covers all applications received by HMDA-reporting institutions operating in this county during 2024. Why mortgages get denied walks the denial-reason codes that appear in books like this one.

Local mortgage market. Miami-Dade County, Florida saw 82,352 HMDA-reported mortgage applications in 2024. Lenders originated 33,574 of those loans and denied 20,889, producing a denial rate of 25.4% and an approval (origination) rate of 40.8%. The average loan amount was $467,642 at an average note rate of 7.32%, with applicants self-reporting average annual income of $41K. 607 distinct institutions reported mortgage activity in this county.

Borrower leverage and affordability signal. The loan-to-income ratio averages 11.4x, meaning typical borrowers took on mortgages of about 11.4 times their annual income. That ratio is a rough affordability signal: higher multiples imply tighter monthly budgets and greater exposure to rate or income shocks. See our methodology for how to read the denial rate against a local applicant pool. This page is informational data reporting, not financial, legal, or mortgage advice.

82,352
Applications
33,574
Originated
25.4%
Denial Rate
$467,642
Avg Loan Amount

Lender concentration in Miami-Dade County

Top-1 share
15.0%
Top-3 share
25.2%
Book band
Balanced book

In Miami-Dade County, lead originator United Wholesale Mortgage funded 15.0% of 33,574 originated loans, in the middle tercile of U.S. counties (~10.9-16.7% top-1). The top three reporters together hold 25.2% of the book; a local credit union or regional bank still sits beside the national wholesalers.

Counties With Similar Application Volume

Nationwide counties nearest to Miami-Dade County's 82,352 HMDA applications.

Counties With a Similar Average Loan

Nationwide counties nearest to Miami-Dade County's $467,642 average loan (deduped against volume peers).

Lenders active in Miami-Dade County

United Wholesale Mortgage funded 5,044 of the 33,574 loans originated in Miami-Dade County, 15.0% of the county. 607 lenders reported activity here.

Source: Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), Home Mortgage Disclosure Act (HMDA) 2024. County FIPS codes per U.S. Census Bureau standards.

Data from FFIEC / CFPB HMDA Snapshot National Loan-Level Dataset (2024). Provided for informational purposes only; does not constitute financial advice for Miami-Dade County borrowers.

Every figure on PlainLender is rendered directly from CFPB HMDA federal source data, no number is typed in by an editor. This Miami-Dade County page draws directly on CFPB HMDA federal source data, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of 2026-08-10. HMDA figures are lender-filed application outcomes for a published reporting year - not creditworthiness scores, rate quotes, Loan Estimates, underwriting decisions, or mortgage advice.