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Mortgage lending in Milwaukee County, Wisconsin

Lenders in Milwaukee County, Wisconsin reported 31,922 mortgage applications for 2025, according to the CFPB.

31,922 mortgage applications and 19,383 loans originated in 2025; the denial rate was 23.2% of 26,707 applications decided. The median loan was about $175,000. From 2025, the CFPB’s Snapshot release.

HUD’s Fair Market Rent for the county, on the housing hub: Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI MSA.

31,922
Applications
19,383
Loans originated
23.2%
Denial rate
6,204 denied of 26,707 applications decided.

Every year

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Mortgage applications and loans originated in Milwaukee County, Wisconsin, by year
YearApplicationsOriginated
202531,92219,383
202428,92117,577
202326,63216,456
202235,22222,526
202155,24836,879
202051,53234,341
201934,73622,668
201828,61818,537

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Applications by race, ethnicity and sex, 2025

By race, Milwaukee County, Wisconsin: applications and denial rate
CategoryApplicationsDenial rate
American Indian or Alaska Native18137.1% of 140 decided
Asian1,34122.7% of 1,088 decided
Black or African American5,15940.3% of 4,216 decided
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islanderwithheld
White18,58019.0% of 16,023 decided
2 or more minority races10739.8% of 88 decided
Joint68514.3% of 593 decided
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Race Not Available5,84222.7% of 4,536 decided
By ethnicity, Milwaukee County, Wisconsin: applications and denial rate
CategoryApplicationsDenial rate
Hispanic or Latino3,99730.7% of 3,383 decided
Not Hispanic or Latino21,71622.3% of 18,417 decided
Jointwithheld
Ethnicity Not Available5,47222.3% of 4,266 decided
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By sex, Milwaukee County, Wisconsin: applications and denial rate
CategoryApplicationsDenial rate
Male10,40525.8% of 8,565 decided
Female8,43729.9% of 7,070 decided
Joint9,46015.6% of 8,259 decided
Sex Not Available3,62021.1% of 2,813 decided

A category under 10 applications prints “under 10”, and beside a lone one the next-smallest is withheld too, so neither can be worked out from the whole. No rate is printed on fewer than 50 decisions. A denial rate does not control for credit history, income, debt or the property, so a difference between groups is not a measure of discrimination.

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Sources

Compiled automatically from HMDA public loan/application register (LAR) — each year's fullest national release, Census Bureau population estimates — nation and states, with components of change, HMDA transmittal sheet — every reporting lender, by year, with its name, HMDA reporter panel — every reporting lender, by year, with its RSSD, parent and top holder and Census Bureau county population estimates by a checked SQL query · Editor: Kian O'Connor · How this site is built

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