Iowa City Mortgage Lending in 2025

Explore mortgage lending activity in Iowa City (MSA/MD Code 26980) using official HMDA public records. Review underwriting outcomes, borrower characteristics, and regional lending benchmarks.

Source: Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council (FFIEC) / Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) • Dataset: 2025 Snapshot National Loan-Level Dataset • Updated: June 2, 2026 • Methodology →
Metropolitan Area 26980
2,520 Loans Originated
• Primary State: Iowa (IA)
• $748.47 Million Originated Volume
• $265,000 Median Loan
Actionable Applications 2,871 +19.43% vs 2024
Approval Rate 90.84% +0.78 pp vs 2024
Denial Rate 9.16% -0.78 pp vs 2024
Loan Originations 2,520 +18.92% vs 2024
Originated Volume $748.47 Million +26.75% vs 2024

Credit Decision Outcomes (2025)

Outcomes for 2,871 actionable applications (Actions 1, 2, and 3).

90.84%
9.16%
2,608 approved 263 denied
Action 1: Originated
2,520 (87.77%)
Action 2: Approved not accepted
88 (3.07%)
Action 3: Denied
263 (9.16%)
Action 4: Withdrawn (not in denominator)
358 —
Action 5: Incomplete (not in denominator)
105 —
How to read this: Approval rate uses Actions 1, 2, and 3. Actions 4 and 5 are excluded from the credit decision denominator. Read the full methodology →

How Iowa City Compares

Metro vs. State Baseline (2025)

Metric Iowa City Iowa
Actionable Apps 2,871 49,043
Approval Rate 90.84% 85.23%
Denial Rate 9.16% 14.77%
Originations 2,520 40,418
Originated Volume $748.47 Million $9.72 Billion
Median Loan $265,000 $205,000
Compared against Iowa statewide baseline in 2025.

Lending Trends in Iowa City

Year-over-year shifts: 2025 vs. 2024

Metric 2024 2025 Change
Consumer Universe 2,874 3,334 +16.01%
Actionable Apps 2,404 2,871 +19.43%
Originations 2,119 2,520 +18.92%
Approval Rate 90.06% 90.84% +0.78 pp
Denial Rate 9.94% 9.16% -0.78 pp
Median Loan $245,000 $265,000 +8.16%
Dollar Volume $590.50 Million $748.47 Million +26.75%

Applications by Borrower Income (Iowa City)

Approval and denial rates across gross annual income tiers (2025)

Income Bracket Apps Approval % Denial %
$100k–$149,999 662 95.02% 4.98%
$150k+ 840 98.21% 1.79%
$50k–$99,999 1,031 89.43% 10.57%
<$50k 260 61.92% 38.08%
Income unavailable/entity 78 91.03% 8.97%
Gross annual borrower income relied upon during credit underwriting. Descriptive figures only; does not establish causation.

Geographic Market Context

Regional integration within Iowa (2025)

Official Geographic Designation: Metropolitan Statistical Area / Division 26980, anchored in Iowa (IA).
Metro Share of State Apps 5.85%
Metro Share of State Volume 7.70%
Geographic Notice: OpenFileData reports verified OMB-designated metropolitan boundaries. Detailed county-level vector choropleths are omitted unless authoritative polygon geometries and county-level consumer records are officially available, preventing data fabrication.

Parent State Association

Explore Iowa statewide mortgage activity

Iowa City is part of OpenFileData’s statewide coverage of Iowa. View statewide approval benchmarks, metropolitan rankings, and institution profiles across all reporting jurisdictions.

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Statewide Actionable Applications: 49,043
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Methodology

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Methodology & Disclosures

Credit Decision Denominator Rule: Approval and denial rates are calculated strictly among actionable applications reaching a formal credit underwriting decision (Actions 1, 2, and 3: loan originated, approved but not accepted, denied). Applications withdrawn by borrower (Action 4) and closed for incompleteness (Action 5) are tracked in the broader Consumer Mortgage Universe for market completeness but excluded from credit decision rates as no underwriting decision occurred.

Official Data Source & Freeze Date: Official Home Mortgage Disclosure Act (HMDA) records published by the Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council (FFIEC) and Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB). Primary analysis uses the 2025 Snapshot National Loan-Level Dataset (frozen June 2, 2026); historical baseline uses the 2024 One-Year National Loan-Level Dataset (frozen June 2, 2026).

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For complete technical formulas, SQL implementations, and data definitions, read the full Mortgage Lending Methodology Specification.