Okeechobee County

Florida · FIPS 12093

According to CFPB HMDA 2024 application volume among U.S. counties, Okeechobee County ranks #1,060 of 3,223, and #45 of 67 in Florida.

Mortgage lending activity in Okeechobee 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. Okeechobee County, Florida lenders denied 413 of the applications reported here, financing the rest at an average note rate of 7.05%, with applicants self-reporting average annual income of $40K. 134 distinct institutions reported mortgage activity in this county.

Borrower leverage and affordability signal. The loan-to-income ratio averages 5.4x, meaning typical borrowers took on mortgages of about 5.4 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.

1,630
Applications
639
Originated
25.3%
Denial Rate
$217,626
Avg Loan Amount

Lender concentration in Okeechobee County

Top-1 share
11.6%
Top-3 share
23.9%
Book band
Balanced book

In Okeechobee County, lead originator United Wholesale Mortgage funded 11.6% of 639 originated loans, in the middle tercile of U.S. counties (~10.9-16.7% top-1). The top three reporters together hold 23.9% 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 Okeechobee County's 1,630 HMDA applications.

Counties With a Similar Average Loan

Nationwide counties nearest to Okeechobee County's $217,626 average loan (deduped against volume peers).

Lenders active in Okeechobee County

United Wholesale Mortgage funded 74 of the 639 loans originated in Okeechobee County, 11.6% of the county. 134 lenders reported activity here.

Every figure on PlainLender is rendered directly from CFPB HMDA federal source data, no number is typed in by an editor. For Okeechobee County, from the FFIEC/CFPB HMDA Snapshot National Loan-Level Dataset (2024) -- county FIPS codes follow U.S. Census Bureau standards. Not financial advice for Okeechobee County borrowers. 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.