Suffolk County

New York · FIPS 36103

According to CFPB HMDA 2024 application volume among U.S. counties, Suffolk County ranks #34 of 3,223, and #1 of 62 in New York.

Mortgage lending activity in Suffolk County, New York 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. Suffolk County, New York lenders denied 9,295 of the applications reported here, financing the rest at an average note rate of 7.32%, with applicants self-reporting average annual income of $40K. 315 distinct institutions reported mortgage activity in this county.

Borrower leverage and affordability signal. The loan-to-income ratio averages 11.0x, meaning typical borrowers took on mortgages of about 11.0 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.

46,185
Applications
23,796
Originated
20.1%
Denial Rate
$440,145
Avg Loan Amount

Lender concentration in Suffolk County

Top-1 share
8.6%
Top-3 share
21.7%
Book band
Dispersed book

In Suffolk County, lead originator Bethpage Federal Credit Union funded only 8.6% of 23,796 originated loans, below the county fleet's lower tercile (~10.9% top-1 share). The top three reporters together hold 21.7% of the book, so shopping across channels still meets many active filers.

Counties With Similar Application Volume

Nationwide counties nearest to Suffolk County's 46,185 HMDA applications.

Counties With a Similar Average Loan

Nationwide counties nearest to Suffolk County's $440,145 average loan (deduped against volume peers).

Lenders active in Suffolk County

Bethpage Federal Credit Union funded 2,036 of the 23,796 loans originated in Suffolk County, 8.6% of the county. 315 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 Suffolk 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 Suffolk 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.