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Consumer Real Estate Finance Co / Society Mortgage

HMDA reporter, headquartered in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Record for calendar year 2024.

23 states with 25+ applications
LEI 549300PJ2WT35S77Q208
Reporting agency Department of Housing and Urban Development
Years reported 2021–2024

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.

Consumer Real Estate Finance Co / Society Mortgage's 2024 HMDA filing covers 2,144 applications and 931 originated loans totalling $179m, in 23 states.

Its denial rate, the share of decided applications the lender denied, was 37.3%, above the national rate of 24.3% and above the Illinois rate of 23.3%. 660 applications were withdrawn by the applicant and 0 files were closed for incompleteness; those are not counted in the denial rate.

By loan purpose the originations were mostly home purchase (94%) and cash-out refinancing (4%); by loan type, FHA (43%) and conventional (33%).

The largest volumes were in Illinois (93 originations), Florida (62 originations) and Ohio (64 originations).

Applications were about level with 2023.

2,144applications, 20240 purchased loans, counted separately
931loans originated$179m in total
37.3%denial rateUS 24.3% · IL 23.3%
—median rate spread on originationsUS 0.3 pp

Compared with Illinois and the nation

MeasureThis lenderIllinois, all lendersUnited States
Denial rate (denied ÷ decided applications)37.3%23.3%24.3%
Median rate spread, percentage points—0.50.3
Originations with spread of 1.5 pp or more—15.4%15.6%
Average originated loan$192k$273k$329k
Home purchase share of originations94.1%61.1%57.0%
FHA-insured share of originations42.7%10.7%13.4%
VA-guaranteed share of originations1.2%4.9%7.9%
Applications withdrawn by applicant30.8%14.9%14.3%

Illinois 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

01,1002,2002022: 2,077 Applications2023: 2,200 Applications2024: 2,144 Applications2022: 960 Originations2023: 948 Originations2024: 931 Originations202220232024
Applications and originations reported by Consumer Real Estate Finance Co / Society Mortgage, 2022–2024

This lenderIllinoisUnited States

0%18.6%37.3%2022: 21.8% This lender2023: 32% This lender2024: 37.3% This lender202220232024
Denial rate by year, with Illinois and US rates dashed
01,1022,2042021: 1,463 LAR records2022: 2,077 LAR records2023: 2,204 LAR records2024: 2,144 LAR records2021202220232024
Loan/application register records filed by Consumer Real Estate Finance Co / Society Mortgage each year, 2021–2024 (HMDA transmittal sheets; includes purchased loans and preapproval requests)
YearApplicationsOriginationsAmountDenial rateMedian spreadLAR records
2021—————1,463
20222,077960$197m21.8%-3.02,077
20232,200948$184m32.0%—2,204
20242,144931$179m37.3%—2,144

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 94% (876)Refinancing 2% (21)Cash-out refinancing 4% (34)

By type

Conventional 33% (308)FHA 43% (398)VA 1% (11)USDA 23% (214)

Loan typeApplicationsOriginationsDeniedDenial rate (of applications)
Conventional62930812620.0%
FHA-insured1,03939828327.2%
VA-guaranteed32111340.6%
USDA Rural Housing Service or Farm Service Agency guaranteed44421413129.5%

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 originated93143.4%
2 Application approved but not accepted00.0%
3 Application denied55325.8%
4 Application withdrawn by applicant66030.8%
5 File closed for incompleteness00.0%
6 Purchased loan00.0%
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

Debt-to-income ratio31.8%
Collateral24.2%
Other14.8%
Insufficient cash (downpayment, closing costs)10.5%
Employment history8.3%
Credit history8.1%
Unverifiable information2.2%
Credit application incomplete0%
Mortgage insurance denied0%

Share of the lender's 553 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
Illinois19193$20m34.5%—
Florida17062$17m44.1%—
Ohio16564$9.0m40.2%—
Pennsylvania16269$11m37.8%—
Texas13955$10m40.9%—
Michigan11246$7.0m41.0%—
Indiana11251$7.9m36.3%—
Wisconsin11272$16m19.1%—
Georgia8933$6.6m37.7%—
Alabama7333$6.1m35.3%—
North Carolina7222$4.7m48.8%—
Tennessee7234$7.6m32.0%—
Missouri7029$4.5m39.6%—
Kentucky6727$4.0m42.6%—
West Virginia6731$4.5m38.0%—
Mississippi6424$3.8m45.5%—
Minnesota6337$7.5m27.5%—
Arkansas5621$3.1m48.8%—
South Carolina5523$4.3m37.8%—
Virginia4622$4.7m21.4%—
Louisiana4116$2.3m42.9%—
Massachusetts3014$6.0m——
Maryland2514$3.2m——

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

Counties

CountyStateApplicationsOriginationsAmountDenial rate
Cook CountyIL6328$8.0m34.9%

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

Questions and answers

How many mortgages did Consumer Real Estate Finance Co / Society Mortgage originate in 2024?

931 loans totalling $179m, from 2,144 applications reported under HMDA. It also purchased 0 loans from other institutions, which are counted separately.

What is Consumer Real Estate Finance Co / Society Mortgage's denial rate and how does it compare?

37.3% of decided applications were denied in 2024, against 24.3% nationally and 23.3% in Illinois. 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 Consumer Real Estate Finance Co / Society Mortgage lend in most?

By originations: Cook County, IL (28).

What loan types does Consumer Real Estate Finance Co / Society Mortgage make?

Conventional 308, FHA 398, VA 11 and USDA 214 originations in 2024; by purpose, home purchase 876, home improvement 0, refinancing 21, cash-out refinancing 34 and other purpose 0.

What reasons did Consumer Real Estate Finance Co / Society Mortgage report for denials?

The first denial reason recorded most often was debt-to-income ratio (176), collateral (134) and other (82), 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. 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 2021–2024, published by the FFIEC and CFPB at ffiec.cfpb.gov, public domain. 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.