In the fourth quarter of 2021, the total value of mortgage originations for purchasing one-to-four family residential housing in the United States was approximately 424 billion U.S. dollars, which one of the largest quarterly value since the third quarter of 2005. This was approximately half of the total volume of mortgage lending in the fourth quarter of 2021.
Purchase mortgage originations in the United States from 1st quarter 2000 to 4th quarter 2021
(in billion U.S. dollars)
Covers one- to four-family residential non farm mortgage
loans. Mortgage origination is the making of a new mortgage, including all steps taken by a lender to attract and qualify a borrower, process the mortgage loan, and place it on the lender’s books. Based on the national Delinquency Survey which covers 45 million loans on one- to four unit properties, representing between 80 to 85 percent of all 'first lien' residential mortgage loan outstanding. Loans surveyed were reported by approximately 120 lenders, including mortgage bankers, commercial banks and thrifts.
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Mortgage Bankers Association. (January 30, 2022). Purchase mortgage originations in the United States from 1st quarter 2000 to 4th quarter 2021 (in billion U.S. dollars) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved June 25, 2022, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/205947/us-purchase-mortgage-originations-since-1990/
Mortgage Bankers Association. "Purchase mortgage originations in the United States from 1st quarter 2000 to 4th quarter 2021 (in billion U.S. dollars)." Chart. January 30, 2022. Statista. Accessed June 25, 2022. https://www.statista.com/statistics/205947/us-purchase-mortgage-originations-since-1990/
Mortgage Bankers Association. (2022). Purchase mortgage originations in the United States from 1st quarter 2000 to 4th quarter 2021 (in billion U.S. dollars). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: June 25, 2022. https://www.statista.com/statistics/205947/us-purchase-mortgage-originations-since-1990/
Mortgage Bankers Association. "Purchase Mortgage Originations in The United States from 1st Quarter 2000 to 4th Quarter 2021 (in Billion U.S. Dollars)." Statista, Statista Inc., 30 Jan 2022, https://www.statista.com/statistics/205947/us-purchase-mortgage-originations-since-1990/
Mortgage Bankers Association, Purchase mortgage originations in the United States from 1st quarter 2000 to 4th quarter 2021 (in billion U.S. dollars) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/205947/us-purchase-mortgage-originations-since-1990/ (last visited June 25, 2022)
