2025 activity year · Official source proof

Wisconsin 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 reported229KSnapshot dataset; cross-kind change withheld
Originations reported154.7K67.5% of reported applications
Reporting lenders930Institutions with reported activity in Wisconsin

Action taken

What happened to applications?

228,988 total
Originated67.5% · 154,669
Approved, not accepted3.4% · 7,886
Denied13.9% · 31,807
Withdrawn10.9% · 24,969
File closed for incompleteness3.3% · 7,634
Preapproval denied0.2% · 349
Preapproval approved, not accepted0.7% · 1,674

“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 purchase38.9%
  • Home improvement11.8%
  • Other purpose13.8%
  • Not applicable0.1%
  • Refinancing18.3%
  • Cash-out refinancing17.1%

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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