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Discover Bank in Pennsylvania
HMDA record for properties in Pennsylvania, calendar year 2024. National record · Pennsylvania 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.
In Pennsylvania, Discover Bank reported 8,704 applications and 1,355 originations for 2024, $110m in all.
Its denial rate in the state was 75.8%, above the Pennsylvania rate of 24.2% across all lenders and compared with the lender's national rate of 76.0%.
The median rate spread on its Pennsylvania originations was 2.3 percentage points (state median 0.3).
Applications in the state were about level with 2023.
Compared with the state and the lender's national record
| Measure | In Pennsylvania | Pennsylvania, all lenders | Discover Bank, all states | United States |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denial rate | 75.8% | 24.2% | 76.0% | 24.3% |
| Median rate spread, pp | 2.3 | 0.3 | 2.3 | 0.3 |
| Originations with spread of 1.5 pp or more | 74.1% | 14.1% | 75.6% | 15.6% |
| Average originated loan | $81k | $226k | $90k | $329k |
| Home purchase share | 3.4% | 48.7% | 3.1% | 57.0% |
| FHA-insured share | 0.0% | 9.8% | 0.0% | 13.4% |
| VA-guaranteed share | 0.0% | 4.0% | 0.0% | 7.9% |
Trend by year
ApplicationsOriginations
This lender in statePennsylvania, all lenders
Loan purpose and loan type in Pennsylvania
By purpose
Home purchase 3% (46)Home improvement 30% (413)Refinancing 21% (287)Other purpose 45% (609)
By type
Conventional 100% (1,355)
Denial reasons as coded
Share of 4,336 denials in Pennsylvania by first denial reason coded (outlined bar: all lenders in the state).
Counties in Pennsylvania
| County | Applications | Originations | Amount | Denial rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Montgomery County | 690 | 129 | $12m | 70.3% |
| Allegheny County | 813 | 122 | $10m | 76.3% |
| Bucks County | 605 | 110 | $8.9m | 70.1% |
| Chester County | 463 | 84 | $8.1m | 71.5% |
| York County | 362 | 75 | $5.6m | 66.7% |
| Philadelphia County | 703 | 66 | $5.7m | 85.6% |
| Northampton County | 322 | 66 | $5.2m | 69.9% |
| Lancaster County | 340 | 61 | $5.1m | 71.9% |
| Berks County | 329 | 55 | $4.3m | 72.7% |
| Delaware County | 410 | 54 | $4.8m | 80.3% |
| Lehigh County | 274 | 50 | $3.7m | 72.3% |
| Monroe County | 274 | 46 | $3.6m | 75.9% |
| Luzerne County | 236 | 42 | $3.0m | 74.4% |
| Westmoreland County | 244 | 32 | $2.4m | 78.5% |
| Lackawanna County | 159 | 30 | $2.6m | 69.6% |
| Washington County | 164 | 27 | $2.1m | 74.5% |
| Cumberland County | 159 | 26 | $1.7m | 74.3% |
| Dauphin County | 157 | 26 | $1.7m | 75.5% |
| Butler County | 117 | 21 | $1.5m | 70.0% |
| Lebanon County | 115 | 17 | $1.2m | 75.4% |
| Erie County | 137 | 16 | $1.5m | 82.0% |
| Schuylkill County | 104 | 16 | $1.2m | 79.2% |
| Franklin County | 91 | 16 | $1.0m | 71.9% |
| Adams County | 81 | 15 | $1.1m | 72.4% |
| Pike County | 106 | 14 | $1.3m | 80.5% |
| Centre County | 64 | 12 | $1.1m | 72.1% |
| Cambria County | 63 | 12 | $1.1m | 70.0% |
| Mifflin County | 28 | 9 | $635k | — |
| Mercer County | 62 | 8 | $870k | 80.5% |
| Beaver County | 92 | 6 | $390k | 88.9% |
| Carbon County | 58 | 6 | $450k | 84.6% |
| Blair County | 53 | 6 | $340k | 83.3% |
| Lawrence County | 45 | 6 | $300k | 81.3% |
| Columbia County | 34 | 6 | $520k | — |
| Union County | 25 | 6 | $470k | — |
| Crawford County | 34 | 5 | $355k | 81.5% |
| Indiana County | 26 | 5 | $365k | — |
| Northumberland County | 46 | 4 | $230k | 86.2% |
| Armstrong County | 38 | 4 | $220k | 84.6% |
| Fayette County | 76 | 3 | $155k | 94.9% |
Counties with at least 25 applications, by originations.
Questions and answers
How many mortgages did Discover Bank originate in Pennsylvania in 2024?
1,355 loans totalling $110m, from 8,704 applications reported for properties in Pennsylvania.
What is Discover Bank's denial rate in Pennsylvania?
75.8% of decided applications in Pennsylvania were denied, against 24.2% for all lenders in the state and 76.0% for this lender nationally. HMDA data alone cannot be used to determine whether a lender is complying with fair lending laws.
Which Pennsylvania counties does Discover Bank lend in most?
By originations: Montgomery County (129), Allegheny County (122), Bucks County (110), Chester County (84), York County (75).
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 Pennsylvania. Built 30 Sep 2026; data through 1 Aug 2026. See methodology and corrections.