Cambridge-Newton-Framingham

Metropolitan Statistical Area · MSA Code 15764

According to CFPB HMDA 2024 application volume among tracked metros, Cambridge-Newton-Framingham ranks #45 of 418.

Mortgage lending activity in the Cambridge-Newton-Framingham 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 Cambridge-Newton-Framingham Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA code 15764) financed its book at an average note rate of 7.13%. 20 major lenders are tracked for this metro - CBNA Year to Date, Guaranteed Rate, INC., Leader Bank NA lead by origination volume. Among the 418 metros tracked, Cambridge-Newton-Framingham sits in the 63rd 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 Cambridge-Newton-Framingham denial rate averages across urban core, inner suburbs, and outer commuter communities with very different borrower profiles. A 15.7% denial rate at the MSA level can coexist with widely varying individual-lender denial rates; $476,872 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.

68,707
Applications
38,627
Originated
15.7%
Denial Rate
$476,872
Avg Loan Amount
#157 / 418
Denial Rate Rank

Lender concentration in Cambridge-Newton-Framingham

Lead lender
Top-1 share
7.2%
Top-3 share
18.0%
Book band
Dispersed book

In Cambridge-Newton-Framingham, lead originator CBNA Year to Date funded only 7.2% of 38,627 originated loans, below the fleet's lower tercile (~8.7% top-1 share). The top three reporters together hold 18.0% of the book, so shopping across channels still meets many active filers.

Metros With a Similar Denial Rate

The metro areas closest to Cambridge-Newton-Framingham's 15.7% denial rate among all 418 tracked MSAs.

Metros With Similar Application Volume

Nationwide MSAs nearest to Cambridge-Newton-Framingham's 68,707 HMDA applications (deduped against the denial-rate neighbourhood).

Metros With a Similar Average Loan

Nationwide MSAs nearest to Cambridge-Newton-Framingham's $476,872 average loan (deduped against denial and volume peers).

Lenders active in the Cambridge-Newton-Framingham metro

CBNA Year to Date funded 2,763 of the 38,627 loans originated here, 7.2% of the metro. 20 reporting lenders follow.

# Lender Originated Applications Avg Loan Market Share
1 CBNA Year to Date 2,763 4,833 $308,906 7.2%
2 Guaranteed Rate, INC. 2,184 3,395 $568,432 5.7%
3 Leader Bank NA 2,004 2,377 $569,379 5.2%
4 Crosscountry Mortgage, LLC 1,562 2,098 $566,964 4.0%
5 Rocket Mortgage 1,434 1,879 $391,062 3.7%

Every figure on PlainLender is rendered directly from CFPB HMDA federal source data, no number is typed in by an editor. For the Cambridge-Newton-Framingham 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 Cambridge-Newton-Framingham 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.