Key mortgage statistics for second homes in 2024, including loan size, interest rates, and fees.

The 10-year treasury constant maturity rate in the U.S. is forecast to increase by 0.1 percentage points by 2027, while the 30-year fixed mortgage rate is expected to fall by 0.2 percentage points. From 6.6 percent in 2024, the average 30-year mortgage rate is projected to reach 6.4 percent in 2027.

Key mortgage statistics for primary residences in 2024, including loan size, interest rates, and fees.

The mortgage debt service ratio in the United States remained fairly stable in 2024, after recovering from a dip in 2020 and 2021. The ratio measures the mortgage debt service payments as a percentage of disposable personal income during a specific quarter and shows the financial burden placed on households by mortgage borrowing. In the fourth quarter of 2024, the total required mortgage payments amounted to approximately 5.77 percent of disposable personal income. This was substantially lower than the spike recorded during the subprime mortgage crisis.

Key statistics for USDA mortgages in 2024, including loan size, interest rate, and origination fees.

In 2024, United Wholesale Mortgage had the most mortgage loan originations, making it the most active lender that year, with approximately 366 million mortgages originated. Besides by number of originations, United Wholesale Mortgage led by origination volume. Rocket Mortgage came second in the ranking with about 361 million mortgages.

The FCA and the Prudential Regulatory Authority (PRA) both have responsibility for the regulation of mortgage lenders and administrators. They jointly publish the mortgage lending statistics every quarter.

Since the beginning of 2007, around 340 regulated mortgage lenders and administrators have been required to submit a Mortgage Lending and Administration Return (MLAR) each quarter, providing data on their mortgage lending activities.

Latest findings

• The outstanding value of all residential mortgage loans increased by 0.3% from the previous quarter to £1,703.6 billion, and was 2.6% higher than a year earlier.

• The value of gross mortgage advances decreased by 24.2% from the previous quarter to £58.8 billion, the lowest since 2024 Q1, and was 2.4% lower than a year earlier.

• The value of new mortgage commitments (lending agreed to be advanced in the coming months) increased by 14.6% from the previous quarter to £78.2 billion, the highest since 2022 Q3, and was 16.8% higher than a year earlier.

The National Mortgage Database (NMDB®) is a nationally representative five percent sample of residential mortgages in the United States.

In the fourth quarter of 2024, the refinance mortgage originations of one-to-four family housing in the United States rose to approximately 190 billion U.S. dollars. This was substantially higher than the recent market dip to 46 billion U.S. dollars in the final quarter of 2021. Nevertheless, the increase was shy from the volumes observed during the 2020-2021 peak, when refinancing activity surged due to low mortgage interest rates. Refinance mortgage originations were less than 39 percent of total mortgage originations in the fourth quarter of 2023.

Key statistics for purchase mortgages in 2024, including average loan size, interest rate, and fees.

These data relate to new mortgage lending on residential property in Ireland on an annual basis. Data relates to those institutions [(banks and non-bank mortgage lenders)] who issue at least €50 million of new mortgage lending in a six-month period and are subsequently required to submit loan-level information to the Central Bank for the purposes of the macroprudential mortgage measures. The value and volume of new lending is provided, by borrower type, along with the distribution of lending by Loan-to-value and Loan-to-income ratio. Average characteristics are also provided. These data do not constitute official statistics. These data are published to support transparency and understanding of market developments.

The National Mortgage Database (NMDB®) is a nationally​​ representative five percent sample of residential mortgages in the United States. Publication ​of aggregate data from NMDB is a step toward implementing the statutory requirements of section 1324(c) of the Federal Housing Enterprises Financial Safety and Soundness Act of 1992, as amended by the Housing and Economic Recovery Act of 2008. The statute requires FHFA to conduct a monthly mortgage market survey to collect data on the characteristics of individual mortgages, both Enterprise and​ non-Enterprise, and to make the data a​vailable to the public while protecting the privacy of the borrowers.​Notes:1) All CSV file headers are now standardized as described in the Data Dictionary and Technical Notes and all CSV files are zipped.2) Alternate wide format CSV files are available. The wide format may be more easily opened by MS Excel.

Key statistics for conventional mortgages in 2024, including loan size, interest rate, and ARM percentage.

As of October 2024, the ten leading mortgage real estate investment trusts (REITs) in the United States had a combined market capitalization of about 30 billion U.S. dollars. All REITs in the list experienced an increase in market capitalization in 2024, indicating an optimistic outlook. The home financing mortgage REIT Annaly Capital Management, Inc. saw its market cap increase from 7.7 billion U.S. dollars to 9.5 billion U.S. dollars. According to the source, mortgage REITs generate income from the interest on investments in mortgages and mortgage backed securities of income-producing residential and commercial properties. The REITs sector has grown substantially, with the market cap reaching a record high in 2021. After a difficult year of negative returns in 2022, the year-to-date total returns for all property segments returned to positive grounds in 2023.

The FCA and the Prudential Regulatory Authority (PRA) both have responsibility for the regulation of mortgage lenders and administrators. They jointly publish the mortgage lending statistics every quarter. Since the beginning of 2007, around 340 regulated mortgage lenders and administrators have been required to submit a Mortgage Lending and Administration Return (MLAR) each quarter, providing data on their mortgage lending activities. Latest findings The outstanding value of all residential mortgage loans decreased by 0.1% from the previous quarter to £1,657.6 billion, and was 1.1% lower than a year earlier. The value of gross mortgage advances decreased by 13.4% from the previous quarter to £54.0 billion, and was 33.8% lower than a year earlier. The value of new mortgage commitments (lending agreed to be advanced in the coming months) decreased by 6.6% from the previous quarter to £46.0 billion, and was 21.2% lower than a year earlier. If the onset of the Covid-19 pandemic is excluded, this was the lowest observed since 2013 Q1.

Quarterly non-bank outstanding residential mortgages by insurance status, amortization period, total debt service ratio, loan-to-value and, days in arrears, by lender type and number of mortgages, displayed in thousands of dollars, unless otherwise specified.

This table contains 80 series, with data starting from 1982 (not all combinations necessarily have data for all years). This table contains data described by the following dimensions (Not all combinations are available): Geography (1 item: Canada); Mortgages (4 items: Total, mortgage loans outstanding; Mortgages in Canada outstanding; Mortgage loans outside Canada outstanding; Allowance for credit losses); Increases and decreases (15 items: Total, increases and decreases; Gross increase; Cash disbursement of principal; Purchases of mortgages from; ...); Type of mortgage (7 items: Total, mortgages; Total, residential mortgages; Residential mortgages, insured; Residential mortgages, uninsured; ...).

HMDA Data PublicationThe HMDA data and reports are the most comprehensive publicly available information on mortgage market activity. The data and reports can be used along with the Census demographic information for data analysis purposes. Available below are the data and reports for HMDA data collected in or after 2017. For HMDA data and reports for prior years, visit https://www.ffiec.gov/hmda/hmdaproducts.htm.For information about changes to HMDA Publications visit the Updates and Notes page.

Data for households in receipt of Support for Mortgage Interest (SMI) loans is available in Stat-Xplore on a quarterly basis.

These quarterly experimental statistics include number of households who are currently in receipt of the support as well as the number who have received SMI loans so far (see the background information and methodology note for an explanation of households).

The statistics are broken down by:

• Quarter
• Country, Region
• Qualifying Benefit

Background information

Read the background information and methodology note for guidance on these statistics, such as timeliness and interpretation.

Interactive statistics

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Support for Mortgage Interest statistics are published quarterly. The dates for future releases are listed in the statistics release calendar.

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Number of Mortgages: Rural Areas: Bank Loans data was reported at 1,458.000 Unit in May 2018. This records an increase from the previous number of 874.000 Unit for Apr 2018. Number of Mortgages: Rural Areas: Bank Loans data is updated monthly, averaging 1,116.000 Unit from Jan 2003 (Median) to May 2018, with 185 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 2,119.000 Unit in Oct 2008 and a record low of 616.000 Unit in Dec 2013. Number of Mortgages: Rural Areas: Bank Loans data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by National Statistics Institute. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Spain – Table ES.EB012: Mortgage Statistics.