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Ocmbc, Inc.

HMDA reporter, headquartered in Irvine, California. Record for calendar year 2024.

VA lender statistics41 states with 25+ applications
LEI 549300J7I82PNDVU8H22
Reporting agency Department of Housing and Urban Development
Years reported 2018–2024

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. Figures are from the 2024 public HMDA loan/application register; cells under 25 applications are withheld.

Ocmbc, Inc. reported 23,670 mortgage applications under the Home Mortgage Disclosure Act for 2024 in 41 states, of which 12,877 became loans it originated, for $5.3bn in total.

Its denial rate, the share of decided applications the lender denied, was 17.7%, below the national rate of 24.3% and below the California rate of 24.8%. 3,599 applications were withdrawn by the applicant and 0 files were closed for incompleteness; those are not counted in the denial rate.

The median rate spread on its originated loans, the difference between the loan's APR and the average prime offer rate, was 1.1 percentage points (national median 0.3); 39.7% of its originations had a spread of 1.5 points or more.

By loan purpose the originations were mostly home purchase (68%) and cash-out refinancing (24%); by loan type, conventional (77%) and FHA (21%).

The largest volumes were in California (5,827 originations), Florida (1,224 originations) and Texas (1,061 originations).

Applications were up 40% on 2023.

VA lender statistics list 39 VA-guaranteed loans for the lender in August 2026.

23,670applications, 2024385 purchased loans, counted separately
12,877loans originated$5.3bn in total
17.7%denial rateUS 24.3% · CA 24.8%
1.1 ppmedian rate spread on originationsUS 0.3 pp

Compared with California and the nation

MeasureThis lenderCalifornia, all lendersUnited States
Denial rate (denied ÷ decided applications)17.7%24.8%24.3%
Median rate spread, percentage points1.10.40.3
Originations with spread of 1.5 pp or more39.7%19.9%15.6%
Average originated loan$415k$566k$329k
Home purchase share of originations68.1%51.2%57.0%
FHA-insured share of originations21.0%11.4%13.4%
VA-guaranteed share of originations1.7%4.8%7.9%
Applications withdrawn by applicant15.2%15.4%14.3%

California is the lender's largest state by applications. State and national columns cover every HMDA reporter. Rate spread is reported on originated loans only.

Trend by year

ApplicationsOriginations

011,83523,6702022: 11,436 Applications2023: 16,910 Applications2024: 23,670 Applications2022: 6,219 Originations2023: 8,891 Originations2024: 12,877 Originations202220232024
Applications and originations reported by Ocmbc, Inc., 2022–2024

This lenderCaliforniaUnited States

0%20.6%41.3%2022: 41.3% This lender2023: 22.8% This lender2024: 17.7% This lender202220232024
Denial rate by year, with California and US rates dashed
012027.524,0552018: 3,272 LAR records2019: 5,149 LAR records2020: 11,428 LAR records2021: 14,461 LAR records2022: 11,459 LAR records2023: 17,858 LAR records2024: 24,055 LAR records2018201920202021202220232024
Loan/application register records filed by Ocmbc, Inc. each year, 2018–2024 (HMDA transmittal sheets; includes purchased loans and preapproval requests)
YearApplicationsOriginationsAmountDenial rateMedian spreadLAR records
2018—————3,272
2019—————5,149
2020—————11,428
2021—————14,461
202211,4366,219$2.7bn41.3%1.111,459
202316,9108,891$3.6bn22.8%1.517,858
202423,67012,877$5.3bn17.7%1.124,055

Applications, originations and rates are computed from the public LAR for 2022, 2023, 2024; LAR record counts come from each year's transmittal sheet.

Loan purpose and loan type

By purpose

Home purchase 68% (8,770)Refinancing 8% (967)Cash-out refinancing 24% (3,140)

By type

Conventional 77% (9,955)FHA 21% (2,701)VA 2% (218)USDA 0% (3)

Loan typeApplicationsOriginationsDeniedDenial rate (of applications)
Conventional18,9529,9553,04516.1%
FHA-insured4,3162,70145110.4%
VA-guaranteed3792184511.9%
USDA Rural Housing Service or Farm Service Agency guaranteed2338—

Shares are of originated loans. The per-type denial rate here divides denials by all applications of that type, because decided counts are not kept per type.

Action taken

HMDA action takenRecordsShare
1 Loan originated12,87753.5%
2 Application approved but not accepted3,64515.2%
3 Application denied3,54914.8%
4 Application withdrawn by applicant3,59915.0%
5 File closed for incompleteness00.0%
6 Purchased loan3851.6%
7 Preapproval request denied00.0%
8 Preapproval request approved but not accepted00.0%

Codes and labels are the HMDA action-taken codes. Applications are codes 1–5; the denial rate divides code 3 by codes 1–3.

Denial reasons as coded

Credit application incomplete44.5%
Debt-to-income ratio13.8%
Collateral13.5%
Other9.8%
Credit history8.8%
Unverifiable information5.7%
Employment history1.9%
Insufficient cash (downpayment, closing costs)1.9%
Mortgage insurance denied0.1%

Share of the lender's 3,549 denials by the first denial reason it coded (outlined bar: all lenders nationally). Lenders may record up to four reasons; only the first is counted here.

States

StateApplicationsOriginationsAmountDenial rateMedian spread
California9,8205,827$3.0bn10.3%0.7
Florida2,5811,224$457m25.2%1.6
Texas2,1021,061$312m20.3%1.8
Maryland837500$152m19.6%1.9
Georgia834417$140m17.5%1.4
Arizona703391$146m17.8%1.2
Illinois686372$102m27.4%1.9
Nevada565330$117m17.3%1.5
Massachusetts426271$121m19.5%2.0
New Jersey377188$86m22.9%1.6
Virginia371214$68m21.2%1.7
Colorado329176$75m19.8%1.7
North Carolina313157$43m18.5%1.6
Michigan303137$29m31.4%2.2
Pennsylvania271119$28m22.1%2.0
Tennessee262136$44m20.5%1.8
Washington261122$51m27.1%1.0
Louisiana21699$21m31.5%1.6
Ohio206106$23m13.9%—
South Carolina199102$35m25.0%1.5
Connecticut197106$32m25.7%2.3
Oregon17684$36m30.8%1.7
Indiana16676$16m31.8%—
Missouri14569$17m25.0%—
Alabama13363$13m28.2%1.3
Oklahoma13260$15m22.3%—
Utah11754$21m34.7%1.5
Minnesota10949$15m33.3%1.7
Hawaii9731$19m34.2%—
Wisconsin9249$11m23.3%—
Rhode Island6530$11m12.2%—
Kentucky6326$5.0m25.5%—
Kansas5726$6.0m21.3%—
District of Columbia5721$7.1m36.2%—
Idaho5630$10m29.2%—
Maine4918$5.7m43.6%—
Delaware4419$4.7m45.0%—
New Hampshire4319$5.8m36.1%—
Arkansas4020$5.3m27.3%—
Mississippi3819$4.2m36.4%—
New Mexico3213$4.4m——

States with at least 25 applications. States with 100 or more link to the lender's page for that state.

Counties

CountyStateApplicationsOriginationsAmountDenial rate
Los Angeles CountyCA3,5462,177$1.3bn7.8%
San Bernardino CountyCA1,543958$397m6.2%
Riverside CountyCA1,412824$380m8.1%
Clark CountyNV520302$108m16.5%
Kern CountyCA452290$88m6.8%
Harris CountyTX554282$71m16.4%
Maricopa CountyAZ486271$105m17.6%
Orange CountyCA490270$198m11.9%
Cook CountyIL466242$67m29.0%
San Diego CountyCA432217$134m20.5%
Miami-Dade CountyFL351169$84m26.0%
Broward CountyFL337151$66m31.2%
Ventura CountyCA206123$80m7.6%
Sacramento CountyCA194111$36m22.5%
Dallas CountyTX212103$34m17.9%
Prince George's CountyMD172100$31m20.8%
Baltimore cityMD19497$18m21.1%
Baltimore CountyMD13496$29m13.3%
Lee CountyFL16389$29m22.3%
Hillsborough CountyFL18086$28m17.2%
Tarrant CountyTX15786$26m17.3%
Fulton CountyGA17285$38m15.9%
San Joaquin CountyCA13877$29m20.9%
Worcester CountyMA11176$28m18.6%
Alameda CountyCA13475$43m24.1%
Montgomery CountyMD11871$32m14.4%
Stanislaus CountyCA10569$22m13.4%
Contra Costa CountyCA12166$33m31.7%
Palm Beach CountyFL15564$34m34.8%
Orange CountyFL13864$24m26.3%

Up to 30 counties with at least 50 applications, by originations.

VA-guaranteed loans by month

All VA loansPurchase

0234624/09: 34 All VA loans24/10: 29 All VA loans24/11: 36 All VA loans24/12: 22 All VA loans25/01: 33 All VA loans25/02: 19 All VA loans25/03: 22 All VA loans25/04: 32 All VA loans25/05: 26 All VA loans25/06: 18 All VA loans25/07: 21 All VA loans25/08: 26 All VA loans25/09: 24 All VA loans25/10: 33 All VA loans25/11: 32 All VA loans25/12: 46 All VA loans26/01: 35 All VA loans26/02: 24 All VA loans26/03: 32 All VA loans26/04: 36 All VA loans26/05: 32 All VA loans26/06: 41 All VA loans26/07: 44 All VA loans26/08: 39 All VA loans24/09: 21 Purchase24/10: 20 Purchase24/11: 25 Purchase24/12: 12 Purchase25/01: 25 Purchase25/02: 13 Purchase25/03: 17 Purchase25/04: 26 Purchase25/05: 18 Purchase25/06: 16 Purchase25/07: 17 Purchase25/08: 23 Purchase25/09: 21 Purchase25/10: 26 Purchase25/11: 28 Purchase25/12: 35 Purchase26/01: 19 Purchase26/02: 17 Purchase26/03: 18 Purchase26/04: 22 Purchase26/05: 23 Purchase26/06: 34 Purchase26/07: 42 Purchase26/08: 35 Purchase24/0924/1225/0325/0625/0925/1226/0326/0626/08
Loans guaranteed by VA for OCMBC, INC, Sep 2024 to Aug 2026 (VA lender statistics, national)
MonthAllPurchaseCash-outIRRRL
Aug 2026393531
Jul 2026444202
Jun 2026413443
May 2026322327
Apr 20263622410
Mar 20263218311
Feb 2026241725
Jan 2026351988
Dec 2025463538
Nov 2025322813
Oct 2025332652
Sep 2025242130

Fiscal-year totals (VA): FY2018 70,048,732 · FY2019 52,946,282 · FY2020 146,079,255 · FY2021 203,788,716 · FY2022 94,074,689 · FY2023 85,039,106 · FY2024 95,374,104 · FY2025 147,264,756. Matched to the VA lender name "OCMBC, INC"; VA counts loans by guarantee date, HMDA by application year, so the two series differ.

Questions and answers

How many mortgages did Ocmbc, Inc. originate in 2024?

12,877 loans totalling $5.3bn, from 23,670 applications reported under HMDA. It also purchased 385 loans from other institutions, which are counted separately.

What is Ocmbc, Inc.'s denial rate and how does it compare?

17.7% of decided applications were denied in 2024, against 24.3% nationally and 24.8% in California. 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.

Which counties does Ocmbc, Inc. lend in most?

By originations: Los Angeles County, CA (2,177), San Bernardino County, CA (958), Riverside County, CA (824), Clark County, NV (302) and Kern County, CA (290).

What loan types does Ocmbc, Inc. make?

Conventional 9,955, FHA 2,701, VA 218 and USDA 3 originations in 2024; by purpose, home purchase 8,770, home improvement 0, refinancing 967, cash-out refinancing 3,140 and other purpose 0.

What reasons did Ocmbc, Inc. report for denials?

The first denial reason recorded most often was credit application incomplete (1,579), debt-to-income ratio (491) and collateral (478), as coded by the lender in its HMDA filing.

Where does this data come from?

From the 2024 public HMDA loan/application register published by the FFIEC and CFPB, with the lender's name from its HMDA transmittal sheet and VA loan volume from the Department of Veterans Affairs lender statistics. Cells under 25 applications are withheld.

Provenance

Source: Home Mortgage Disclosure Act public loan/application register for 2024 (trend years 2022, 2023, 2024) and transmittal sheets 2018–2024, published by the FFIEC and CFPB at ffiec.cfpb.gov, public domain; VA lender statistics from the Department of Veterans Affairs. Lender identity is the LEI and name on its transmittal sheet. This site was built 30 Sep 2026. Errors in processing are corrected at the next build; see corrections. Data through 1 Aug 2026.