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Golden Empire Mortgage, Inc. in California
HMDA record for properties in California, calendar year 2024. National record · California overview
HMDA data alone cannot be used to determine whether a lender is complying with fair lending laws. The data do not include some legitimate credit risk considerations for loan approval and loan pricing decisions. Cells under 25 applications are withheld.
Golden Empire Mortgage, Inc.'s 2024 HMDA record for California covers 4,420 applications, 3,227 of them originated, worth $1.2bn.
Its denial rate in the state was 7.9%, below the California rate of 24.8% across all lenders and compared with the lender's national rate of 8.0%.
The median rate spread on its California originations was 0.3 percentage points (state median 0.4).
Applications in the state were up 60% on 2023.
Compared with the state and the lender's national record
| Measure | In California | California, all lenders | Golden Empire Mortgage, Inc., all states | United States |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denial rate | 7.9% | 24.8% | 8.0% | 24.3% |
| Median rate spread, pp | 0.3 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 0.3 |
| Originations with spread of 1.5 pp or more | 1.6% | 19.9% | 1.7% | 15.6% |
| Average originated loan | $371k | $566k | $372k | $329k |
| Home purchase share | 89.6% | 51.2% | 89.4% | 57.0% |
| FHA-insured share | 32.4% | 11.4% | 31.0% | 13.4% |
| VA-guaranteed share | 5.4% | 4.8% | 5.5% | 7.9% |
Trend by year
ApplicationsOriginations
This lender in stateCalifornia, all lenders
Loan purpose and loan type in California
By purpose
Home purchase 90% (2,891)Refinancing 4% (125)Cash-out refinancing 6% (197)Other purpose 0% (14)
By type
Conventional 62% (2,002)FHA 32% (1,045)VA 5% (175)USDA 0% (5)
Denial reasons as coded
Share of 284 denials in California by first denial reason coded (outlined bar: all lenders in the state).
Counties in California
| County | Applications | Originations | Amount | Denial rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tulare County | 649 | 527 | $160m | 3.4% |
| Kern County | 599 | 450 | $117m | 7.4% |
| Fresno County | 504 | 345 | $107m | 5.4% |
| San Bernardino County | 411 | 291 | $101m | 8.3% |
| Los Angeles County | 403 | 274 | $152m | 9.4% |
| Ventura County | 277 | 212 | $114m | 11.5% |
| Kings County | 216 | 172 | $55m | 5.9% |
| Riverside County | 232 | 165 | $69m | 11.7% |
| San Diego County | 207 | 145 | $87m | 10.4% |
| Madera County | 162 | 117 | $32m | 5.5% |
| Stanislaus County | 130 | 101 | $26m | 8.7% |
| San Joaquin County | 105 | 73 | $18m | 15.7% |
| Merced County | 89 | 61 | $13m | 14.1% |
| Orange County | 92 | 59 | $38m | 9.2% |
| San Luis Obispo County | 68 | 51 | $33m | 11.7% |
| Santa Barbara County | 60 | 38 | $20m | 2.6% |
| Imperial County | 56 | 34 | $7.3m | 10.5% |
| Contra Costa County | 40 | 28 | $12m | 15.2% |
| Sacramento County | 35 | 25 | $8.6m | 19.4% |
Counties with at least 25 applications, by originations.
Questions and answers
How many mortgages did Golden Empire Mortgage, Inc. originate in California in 2024?
3,227 loans totalling $1.2bn, from 4,420 applications reported for properties in California.
What is Golden Empire Mortgage, Inc.'s denial rate in California?
7.9% of decided applications in California were denied, against 24.8% for all lenders in the state and 8.0% for this lender nationally. HMDA data alone cannot be used to determine whether a lender is complying with fair lending laws.
Which California counties does Golden Empire Mortgage, Inc. lend in most?
By originations: Tulare County (527), Kern County (450), Fresno County (345), San Bernardino County (291), Los Angeles County (274).
Where does this data come from?
From the 2024 public HMDA loan/application register (FFIEC and CFPB), filtered to the lender's LEI and the property state. Cells under 25 applications are withheld.
Provenance
Source: HMDA public loan/application register 2022, 2023, 2024 (FFIEC and CFPB, public domain), records for this LEI with a property in California. Built 1 Oct 2026; data through 1 Aug 2026. See methodology and corrections.