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Colorado mortgage market benchmarks

Colorado origination trends 20182025 from HMDA public data: volume, denial rates, and purchase vs refinance mix. Free and open — no account required.

Originations 2025

156,418

+9.4% vs 2024

2024: 143,013

Volume 2025

$68.40B

originated $
2024: $59.44B

Denial rate 2025

15.6%

denied / actioned
2024: 17.4% denied / actioned

Reporting lenders 2025

1,131

HMDA reporters
2024: 1,095 reporters

Origination volume by year

Dollar volume of originated loans

$ VOLUME · HOVER FOR UNITS
$0$50B$100B$150B$200B20182019202020212022202320242025$68.40B

Loan purpose mix

Share of 2025 originations

Denial rate by year

Denials / actioned applications (CFPB convention)

0.0%10.0%20.0%2018201920202021202220232024202515.6%

Colorado market by year

YEARLENDERSAPPLICATIONSORIGINATIONSVOLUMEDENIALPURCHASEREFI
20251,131262,282156,418$68.40B2025 origination volume156,418 loans originated15.6%2025 denial rate262,282 applications actioned52.1%44.5%
20241,095242,085143,013$59.44B2024 origination volume143,013 loans originated17.4%2024 denial rate242,085 applications actioned55.7%35.4%
20231,191227,650134,826$52.81B2023 origination volume134,826 loans originated16.9%2023 denial rate227,650 applications actioned59.5%26.6%
20221,231364,902221,816$89.90B2022 origination volume221,816 loans originated14.3%2022 denial rate364,902 applications actioned47.9%48.1%
20211,249658,645440,861$161.67B2021 origination volume440,861 loans originated9.9%2021 denial rate658,645 applications actioned31.2%82.5%
20201,289710,003468,586$159.39B2020 origination volume468,586 loans originated10.1%2020 denial rate710,003 applications actioned27.4%84.2%
20191,213471,907302,870$99.71B2019 origination volume302,870 loans originated13.1%2019 denial rate471,907 applications actioned39.7%69.3%
20181,153376,403230,601$68.34B2018 origination volume230,601 loans originated16.9%2018 denial rate376,403 applications actioned49.8%54.2%

Attribution & methodology. Benchmarks are computed by MortRadar from Home Mortgage Disclosure Act (HMDA) public data files published by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) and the Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council (FFIEC), covering activity years 20182025. Originations = loans originated (action taken 1); denial rate = denials / actioned applications (CFPB Data Browser convention); loan amounts are the public files' midpoint-rounded values. MortRadar's aggregations are derived works and are not published, reviewed, or endorsed by the CFPB, FFIEC, or any government agency. See data attribution and the disclaimer.

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