Harrisonburg

Metropolitan Statistical Area · MSA Code 25500

According to CFPB HMDA 2024 application volume among tracked metros, Harrisonburg ranks #361 of 418.

Mortgage lending activity in the Harrisonburg 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 Harrisonburg Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA code 25500) recorded 3,963 HMDA-reported mortgage applications in 2024. Lenders originated 2,233 of those and denied others at a rate of 13.2%, for an approval (origination) rate of 56.3%. The average loan amount across the MSA was $253,130 at an average note rate of 7.23%. 20 major lenders are tracked for this metro - Park View Federal Credit Union, Farmers & Merchants Bank, Nvr Mortgage Finance, INC. lead by origination volume. Among the 418 metros tracked, Harrisonburg ranks #46 by denial rate (the 89th percentile for approval-friendliness), and shares its 5-point denial-rate band with 117 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 Harrisonburg denial rate averages across urban core, inner suburbs, and outer commuter communities with very different borrower profiles. A 13.2% denial rate at the MSA level can coexist with widely varying individual-lender denial rates; $253,130 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.

3,963
Applications
2,233
Originated
13.2%
Denial Rate
$253,130
Avg Loan Amount
#46 / 418
Denial Rate Rank

Lender concentration in Harrisonburg

Top-1 share
10.2%
Top-3 share
25.5%
Book band
Balanced book

In Harrisonburg, lead originator Park View Federal Credit Union funded 10.2% of 2,233 originated loans, in the middle tercile of U.S. metros (~8.7-12.8% top-1). The top three reporters together hold 25.5% 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 Harrisonburg's 13.2% denial rate among all 418 tracked MSAs.

Metros With Similar Application Volume

Nationwide MSAs nearest to Harrisonburg's 3,963 HMDA applications (deduped against the denial-rate neighbourhood).

Metros With a Similar Average Loan

Nationwide MSAs nearest to Harrisonburg's $253,130 average loan (deduped against denial and volume peers).

Lenders active in the Harrisonburg metro

Park View Federal Credit Union funded 227 of the 2,233 loans originated here, 10.2% of the metro. 20 reporting lenders follow.

# Lender Originated Applications Avg Loan Market Share
1 Park View Federal Credit Union 227 247 $197,267 10.2%
2 Farmers & Merchants Bank 188 242 $272,314 8.4%
3 Nvr Mortgage Finance, INC. 154 217 $300,530 6.9%
4 Dupont Community Credit Union 143 183 $224,672 6.4%
5 Rocket Mortgage 112 145 $226,517 5.0%

Source: Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), Home Mortgage Disclosure Act (HMDA) 2024. Metropolitan Statistical Areas defined by the U.S. Office of Management and Budget (OMB).

Data from FFIEC / CFPB HMDA Snapshot National Loan-Level Dataset (2024). Provided for informational purposes only; does not constitute financial advice for Harrisonburg borrowers.

Every figure on PlainLender is rendered directly from CFPB HMDA federal source data, no number is typed in by an editor. This Harrisonburg page draws directly on CFPB HMDA federal source data, no figure is typed in by an editor. 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.