Charlottesville
Metropolitan Statistical Area · MSA Code 16820
According to CFPB HMDA 2024 application volume among tracked metros, Charlottesville ranks #230 of 418.
Mortgage lending activity in the Charlottesville 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 Charlottesville Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA code 16820) financed its book at an average note rate of 7.10%. 20 major lenders are tracked for this metro - Uva Community Credit Union, Rocket Mortgage, First Heritage Mortgage, LLC lead by origination volume. Among the 418 metros tracked, Charlottesville sits in the 66th 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 Charlottesville denial rate averages across urban core, inner suburbs, and outer commuter communities with very different borrower profiles. A 15.4% denial rate at the MSA level can coexist with widely varying individual-lender denial rates; $329,706 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 Charlottesville
In Charlottesville, lead originator Uva Community Credit Union funded 10.7% of 4,293 originated loans, in the middle tercile of U.S. metros (~8.7-12.8% top-1). The top three reporters together hold 21.9% of the book; a local credit union or regional bank still sits beside the national wholesalers.
Metros With a Similar Denial Rate
The metro areas closest to Charlottesville's 15.4% denial rate among all 418 tracked MSAs.
Metros With Similar Application Volume
Nationwide MSAs nearest to Charlottesville's 8,309 HMDA applications (deduped against the denial-rate neighbourhood).
Metros With a Similar Average Loan
Nationwide MSAs nearest to Charlottesville's $329,706 average loan (deduped against denial and volume peers).
Lenders active in the Charlottesville metro
Uva Community Credit Union funded 461 of the 4,293 loans originated here, 10.7% of the metro. 20 reporting lenders follow.
| # | Lender | Originated | Applications | Avg Loan | Market Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Uva Community Credit Union | 461 | 790 | $174,253 | 10.7% |
| 2 | Rocket Mortgage | 277 | 362 | $285,000 | 6.5% |
| 3 | First Heritage Mortgage, LLC | 201 | 230 | $419,652 | 4.7% |
| 4 | Fulton Bank, National Association | 175 | 236 | $557,669 | 4.1% |
| 5 | Truist Bank | 174 | 373 | $209,665 | 4.1% |
Every figure on PlainLender is rendered directly from CFPB HMDA federal source data, no number is typed in by an editor. For the Charlottesville 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 Charlottesville 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.