The 21 largest of residential mortgage lender in Austin originated $7.8 billion in home purchase loans during 2024. This online-only list is based upon FFIEC/HMDA data. Data includes lenders, local and nonlocal, who have provided mortgage loans in the Austin area during 2024. This list is in addition to the ABJ list of local mortgage companies compiled later in the year through ABJ survey. Information was analyzed by ACBJ from HMDA-LAR data published by the Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council. Figures include purchase loans originated in 2024 for residential properties — defined as buildings with four or fewer units — in the Austin area. Only mortgages used for property purchases are included; refinance, home improvement, cash-out refinancing and other purposes are not included. This week’s List is part of a shift in our research methodology and philosophy in 2025, one that will emphasize more data and context for readers while better coordinating the resources available to us and our 46 sister publications under the American City Business Journals flag. We anticipate this effort will identify thousands of new local records — and cumulatively, tens of thousands of new businesses across ACBJ’s footprint — this year alone.