Baltimore-Columbia-Towson
Metropolitan Statistical Area · MSA Code 12580
According to CFPB HMDA 2024 application volume among tracked metros, Baltimore-Columbia-Towson ranks #18 of 418.
Mortgage lending activity in the Baltimore-Columbia-Towson metro area based on lender filings under the Home Mortgage Disclosure Act (HMDA). Data covers all applications received by HMDA-reporting institutions operating in this geography during 2024. Why mortgages get denied walks the denial-reason codes that appear in books like this one.
Metro-area mortgage activity. The Baltimore-Columbia-Towson Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA code 12580) financed its book at an average note rate of 7.16%. 20 major lenders are tracked for this metro - Rocket Mortgage, United Wholesale Mortgage, Navy Federal Credit Union lead by origination volume. Among the 418 metros tracked, Baltimore-Columbia-Towson sits in the 46th percentile for approval-friendliness by denial rate, and shares its 5-point denial-rate band with 241 other tracked metros.
What MSA numbers tell you, and what they don't. Metro area boundaries are defined by the U.S. Office of Management and Budget and typically span multiple counties, so a single Baltimore-Columbia-Towson denial rate averages across urban core, inner suburbs, and outer commuter communities with very different borrower profiles. A 16.9% denial rate at the MSA level can coexist with widely varying individual-lender denial rates; $311,705 average loan size reflects the MSA's property values and the borrower pool that actually applied, not any single neighborhood. This page is informational data reporting, not financial, legal, or mortgage advice.
Lender concentration in Baltimore-Columbia-Towson
In Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, lead originator Rocket Mortgage funded only 6.5% of 53,198 originated loans, below the fleet's lower tercile (~8.7% top-1 share). The top three reporters together hold 14.6% of the book, so shopping across channels still meets many active filers.
Metros With a Similar Denial Rate
The metro areas closest to Baltimore-Columbia-Towson's 16.9% denial rate among all 418 tracked MSAs.
Metros With Similar Application Volume
Nationwide MSAs nearest to Baltimore-Columbia-Towson's 105,265 HMDA applications (deduped against the denial-rate neighbourhood).
Metros With a Similar Average Loan
Nationwide MSAs nearest to Baltimore-Columbia-Towson's $311,705 average loan (deduped against denial and volume peers).
Lenders active in the Baltimore-Columbia-Towson metro
Rocket Mortgage funded 3,440 of the 53,198 loans originated here, 6.5% of the metro. 20 reporting lenders follow.
| # | Lender | Originated | Applications | Avg Loan | Market Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rocket Mortgage | 3,440 | 4,587 | $291,780 | 6.5% |
| 2 | United Wholesale Mortgage | 2,357 | 3,231 | $365,817 | 4.4% |
| 3 | Navy Federal Credit Union | 1,968 | 4,289 | $213,811 | 3.7% |
| 4 | First Home Mortgage | 1,791 | 2,296 | $381,860 | 3.4% |
| 5 | M&T Bank | 1,576 | 2,951 | $166,796 | 3.0% |
Every figure on PlainLender is rendered directly from CFPB HMDA federal source data, no number is typed in by an editor. For the Baltimore-Columbia-Towson metropolitan area, from the FFIEC/CFPB HMDA Snapshot National Loan-Level Dataset (2024) -- Metropolitan Statistical Areas are defined by the U.S. Office of Management and Budget (OMB). Not financial advice for Baltimore-Columbia-Towson 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.