Boulder Mortgage Lending in 2025

Explore mortgage lending activity in Boulder (MSA/MD Code 14500) 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 14500
4,033 Loans Originated
• Primary State: Colorado (CO)
• $2.49 Billion Originated Volume
• $545,000 Median Loan
Actionable Applications 4,644 +13.46% vs 2024
Approval Rate 91.00% +1.24 pp vs 2024
Denial Rate 9.00% -1.24 pp vs 2024
Loan Originations 4,033 +14.90% vs 2024
Originated Volume $2.49 Billion +18.04% vs 2024

Credit Decision Outcomes (2025)

Outcomes for 4,644 actionable applications (Actions 1, 2, and 3).

91.00%
9.00%
4,226 approved 418 denied
Action 1: Originated
4,033 (86.84%)
Action 2: Approved not accepted
193 (4.16%)
Action 3: Denied
418 (9.00%)
Action 4: Withdrawn (not in denominator)
1,142 —
Action 5: Incomplete (not in denominator)
192 —
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 Boulder Compares

Metro vs. State Baseline (2025)

Metric Boulder Colorado
Actionable Apps 4,644 117,504
Approval Rate 91.00% 85.92%
Denial Rate 9.00% 14.08%
Originations 4,033 95,877
Originated Volume $2.49 Billion $47.29 Billion
Median Loan $545,000 $445,000
Compared against Colorado statewide baseline in 2025.

Lending Trends in Boulder

Year-over-year shifts: 2025 vs. 2024

Metric 2024 2025 Change
Consumer Universe 5,125 5,978 +16.64%
Actionable Apps 4,093 4,644 +13.46%
Originations 3,510 4,033 +14.90%
Approval Rate 89.76% 91.00% +1.24 pp
Denial Rate 10.24% 9.00% -1.24 pp
Median Loan $525,000 $545,000 +3.81%
Dollar Volume $2.11 Billion $2.49 Billion +18.04%

Applications by Borrower Income (Boulder)

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

Income Bracket Apps Approval % Denial %
$100k–$149,999 928 91.70% 8.30%
$150k+ 2,725 94.57% 5.43%
$50k–$99,999 711 83.97% 16.03%
<$50k 130 54.62% 45.38%
Income unavailable/entity 150 86.67% 13.33%
Gross annual borrower income relied upon during credit underwriting. Descriptive figures only; does not establish causation.

Geographic Market Context

Regional integration within Colorado (2025)

Official Geographic Designation: Metropolitan Statistical Area / Division 14500, anchored in Colorado (CO).
Metro Share of State Apps 3.95%
Metro Share of State Volume 5.27%
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 Colorado statewide mortgage activity

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

Colorado Statewide Overview Active Profile
Statewide Actionable Applications: 117,504
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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).

Public Interest Commitment: OpenFileData does not sell mortgage leads, lender placements, paid rankings, or individualized mortgage recommendations.

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