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What HMDA can and cannot tell you

Public mortgage records show patterns, with important limits.

Rate Editorial · 2026-09-10 · September 10, 2026

HMDA brings transparency to mortgage applications and lending outcomes. The public loan-level records include pricing, geography and application outcomes.

Loan amounts are disclosed as $10,000 interval midpoints. Ages and some ratios are bucketed, and certain values are suppressed. There is no public credit score. Historical 2025 figures are not today’s mortgage offers.

Methodology · FFIEC public data documentation

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