2025 activity year · Official source proof

Michigan mortgage market

Reported mortgage application activity from the official CFPB/FFIEC HMDA Data Browser, with purchased loans excluded from the application denominator.

Activity year
2025
Applications reported387.7KSnapshot dataset; cross-kind change withheld
Originations reported229.5K59.2% of reported applications
Reporting lenders966Institutions with reported activity in Michigan

Action taken

What happened to applications?

387,714 total
Originated59.2% · 229,505
Approved, not accepted3.6% · 13,843
Denied18.3% · 70,986
Withdrawn12.9% · 49,832
File closed for incompleteness4.9% · 19,060
Preapproval denied0.1% · 441
Preapproval approved, not accepted1.0% · 4,047

“Originated” means the reported application resulted in a loan. It is not an approval probability for a future applicant.

Loan purpose

Why people applied

  • Home purchase42.3%
  • Home improvement11.8%
  • Other purpose13.0%
  • Not applicable0.0%
  • Refinancing15.6%
  • Cash-out refinancing17.4%

Next source gate

Denial reasons are not published yet.

That analysis requires the raw modified-LAR pipeline, reason-code reconciliation, and small-cell review. We will not fill the gap with estimates or unsupported conclusions.

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Data provenance

Every published number will carry its source.

This profile identifies the activity year, cohort rules, source endpoint, response hash, and processing date. Source: CFPB/FFIEC HMDA Data Browser API. Last refreshed September 2, 2026.

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