San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara
Metropolitan Statistical Area · MSA Code 41940
According to CFPB HMDA 2024 application volume among tracked metros, San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara ranks #70 of 418.
Mortgage lending activity in the San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara 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 San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA code 41940) financed its book at an average note rate of 7.01%. 20 major lenders are tracked for this metro - Bank of America NA, Wells Fargo Bank NA, Us Bank, N.A. lead by origination volume. Among the 418 metros tracked, San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara sits in the 74th percentile for approval-friendliness by denial rate, 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 San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara denial rate averages across urban core, inner suburbs, and outer commuter communities with very different borrower profiles. A 14.6% denial rate at the MSA level can coexist with widely varying individual-lender denial rates; $885,170 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 San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara
In San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, lead originator Bank of America NA funded only 8.1% of 22,301 originated loans, below the fleet's lower tercile (~8.7% top-1 share). The top three reporters together hold 21.4% of the book, so shopping across channels still meets many active filers.
Metros With a Similar Denial Rate
The metro areas closest to San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara's 14.6% denial rate among all 418 tracked MSAs.
Metros With Similar Application Volume
Nationwide MSAs nearest to San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara's 40,371 HMDA applications (deduped against the denial-rate neighbourhood).
Metros With a Similar Average Loan
Nationwide MSAs nearest to San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara's $885,170 average loan (deduped against denial and volume peers).
Lenders active in the San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara metro
Bank of America NA funded 1,805 of the 22,301 loans originated here, 8.1% of the metro. 20 reporting lenders follow.
| # | Lender | Originated | Applications | Avg Loan | Market Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bank of America NA | 1,805 | 3,037 | $870,130 | 8.1% |
| 2 | Wells Fargo Bank NA | 1,506 | 2,513 | $1,511,228 | 6.8% |
| 3 | Us Bank, N.A. | 1,460 | 2,309 | $996,061 | 6.5% |
| 4 | Rocket Mortgage | 1,399 | 1,948 | $688,152 | 6.3% |
| 5 | United Wholesale Mortgage | 1,034 | 1,469 | $739,248 | 4.6% |
Every figure on PlainLender is rendered directly from CFPB HMDA federal source data, no number is typed in by an editor. For the San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara 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 San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara 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.