West Palm Beach-Boca Raton-Delray Beach
Metropolitan Statistical Area · MSA Code 48424
According to CFPB HMDA 2024 application volume among tracked metros, West Palm Beach-Boca Raton-Delray Beach ranks #50 of 418.
Mortgage lending activity in the West Palm Beach-Boca Raton-Delray Beach 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 West Palm Beach-Boca Raton-Delray Beach Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA code 48424) recorded 60,302 HMDA-reported mortgage applications in 2024. Lenders originated 26,347 of those and denied others at a rate of 22.6%, for an approval (origination) rate of 43.7%. The average loan amount across the MSA was $412,067 at an average note rate of 7.30%. 20 major lenders are tracked for this metro - United Wholesale Mortgage, Rocket Mortgage, Crosscountry Mortgage, LLC lead by origination volume. Among the 418 metros tracked, West Palm Beach-Boca Raton-Delray Beach ranks #405 by denial rate (the 3rd percentile for approval-friendliness), and shares its 5-point denial-rate band with 47 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 West Palm Beach-Boca Raton-Delray Beach denial rate averages across urban core, inner suburbs, and outer commuter communities with very different borrower profiles. A 22.6% denial rate at the MSA level can coexist with widely varying individual-lender denial rates; $412,067 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 West Palm Beach-Boca Raton-Delray Beach
In West Palm Beach-Boca Raton-Delray Beach, lead originator United Wholesale Mortgage funded 11.6% of 26,347 originated loans, in the middle tercile of U.S. metros (~8.7-12.8% top-1). The top three reporters together hold 23.7% 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 West Palm Beach-Boca Raton-Delray Beach's 22.6% denial rate among all 418 tracked MSAs.
Metros With Similar Application Volume
Nationwide MSAs nearest to West Palm Beach-Boca Raton-Delray Beach's 60,302 HMDA applications (deduped against the denial-rate neighbourhood).
Metros With a Similar Average Loan
Nationwide MSAs nearest to West Palm Beach-Boca Raton-Delray Beach's $412,067 average loan (deduped against denial and volume peers).
Lenders active in the West Palm Beach-Boca Raton-Delray Beach metro
United Wholesale Mortgage funded 3,051 of the 26,347 loans originated here, 11.6% of the metro. 20 reporting lenders follow.
| # | Lender | Originated | Applications | Avg Loan | Market Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | United Wholesale Mortgage | 3,051 | 4,420 | $402,419 | 11.6% |
| 2 | Rocket Mortgage | 1,733 | 2,566 | $311,216 | 6.6% |
| 3 | Crosscountry Mortgage, LLC | 1,448 | 2,282 | $454,566 | 5.5% |
| 4 | Bank of America NA | 820 | 2,625 | $383,667 | 3.1% |
| 5 | Third Federal Savings and Loan | 646 | 1,489 | $131,380 | 2.5% |
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 West Palm Beach-Boca Raton-Delray Beach borrowers.
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Every figure on PlainLender is rendered directly from CFPB HMDA federal source data, no number is typed in by an editor. This West Palm Beach-Boca Raton-Delray Beach 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.