Who Lends on Investment Properties in Minnesota? 2025 HMDA Data
In 2025, 406 lenders originated 5,990 closed-end mortgages on 1–4 unit investment properties in Minnesota, totaling $1.51B. The 25 most active wrote 38.2% of them. Figures are computed from federal HMDA loan-level data published by the CFPB, retrieved November 11, 2026.
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Who lends on investment properties in Minnesota?
These are the 25 institutions that reported the most originated, closed-end loans on 1–4 unit investment property in Minnesota for 2025, ranked by loan count. Volume is the reported dollar total, average loan size is volume divided by count, and purchase share is the proportion of each lender's loans made to buy rather than refinance. The busiest, Kiavi Funding, Inc., reported 245 of them.
| Lender | Loans | Volume | Avg loan | Purchase share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kiavi Funding, Inc. | 245 | $64.0M | $261K | 89.0% |
| United Wholesale Mortgage | 234 | $53.5M | $229K | 59.0% |
| Bridgewater Bank | 149 | $45.9M | $308K | 91.3% |
| Bell Bank | 146 | $35.4M | $242K | 82.2% |
| Rocket Mortgage, LLC | 112 | $26.9M | $240K | 60.7% |
| Frandsen Bank & Trust | 108 | $23.9M | $222K | 67.6% |
| CROSSCOUNTRY MORTGAGE, INC. | 102 | $24.7M | $242K | 77.5% |
| PENNYMAC LOAN SERVICES, LLC | 101 | $31.6M | $313K | 77.2% |
| Coulee Bank | 94 | $21.3M | $227K | 95.7% |
| LENNAR MORTGAGE, LLC | 79 | $21.6M | $273K | 100.0% |
| RF RENOVO MANAGEMENT COMPANY, LLC | 79 | $20.2M | $256K | 84.8% |
| Luminate Bank | 77 | $23.2M | $302K | 71.4% |
| Old National Bank | 71 | $17.1M | $241K | 36.6% |
| Granite Bank | 66 | $20.2M | $307K | 78.8% |
| Royal Credit Union | 64 | $17.5M | $274K | 59.4% |
| National Bank of Commerce | 63 | $12.9M | $205K | 46.0% |
| TRUSTONE FINANCIAL CREDIT UNION | 62 | $10.7M | $173K | 37.1% |
| Merchants Bank, National Association | 60 | $12.9M | $215K | 60.0% |
| MAGNIFI FINANCIAL CREDIT UNION | 59 | $14.1M | $240K | 44.1% |
| U.S. Bank National Association | 58 | $13.7M | $237K | 72.4% |
| HomeTown Bank | 53 | $15.8M | $297K | 64.2% |
| THE LOAN STORE, INC. | 53 | $14.4M | $273K | 52.8% |
| Sunrise Banks, National Association | 53 | $9.9M | $187K | 88.7% |
| Security Bank & Trust Company | 49 | $15.0M | $306K | 57.1% |
| Alerus Financial, National Association | 49 | $12.0M | $245K | 77.6% |
All 25 rows, 2025 HMDA loan-level data (CFPB/FFIEC Data Browser), retrieved November 11, 2026. Download the MN dataset as CSV — every figure in this table, plus each lender's Legal Entity Identifier.
How was this data filtered?
Four constraints, applied to the full Minnesota extract. The loan had to be originated — applications, approvals that never closed and withdrawn files are excluded. The property had to be 1–4 units. The occupancy had to be investment, not owner-occupied or second home. And the loan had to be closed-end: open-end lines of credit and reverse mortgages are dropped.
The occupancy filter is the one that takes work. The Data Browser API accepts an occupancy parameter and then ignores it, so the filter has to be applied locally to the whole state extract rather than requested from the server. An analysis that trusts the parameter silently includes owner-occupied lending and reports numbers several times too large. The full definition is on the methodology page.
How concentrated is Minnesota's investor lending market?
The 25 lenders in the table above wrote 2,286 of Minnesota's 5,990 investor loans — 38.2%. The top five alone wrote 886, or 14.8%. The other 381 reporting lenders divided the remainder.
The average Minnesota investor loan on this vintage was $251,000 — $1.51B across 5,990 loans. Concentration is worth reading alongside the purchase-share column: a lender doing mostly purchase business and one doing mostly refinances are competing for different files even at the same rank.
Minnesota investor lending by county
The same 2025 HMDA rows, by county. A county page exists for each county with at least 100 investor loans and 25 reporting lenders; each has its own lender table and CSV.
| County | Loans | Lenders | Volume | County page | CSV |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hennepin County | 1,532 | 218 | $457.5M | DSCR loans in Hennepin County | CSV |
| Ramsey County | 583 | 139 | $145.7M | DSCR loans in Ramsey County | CSV |
| Dakota County | 421 | 129 | $106.8M | DSCR loans in Dakota County | CSV |
| Anoka County | 306 | 104 | $80.4M | DSCR loans in Anoka County | CSV |
| St. Louis County | 283 | 78 | $53.2M | DSCR loans in St. Louis County | CSV |
| Washington County | 271 | 86 | $81.0M | DSCR loans in Washington County | CSV |
| Olmsted County | 248 | 71 | $61.7M | DSCR loans in Olmsted County | CSV |
| Stearns County | 156 | 57 | $30.5M | DSCR loans in Stearns County | CSV |
| Clay County | 126 | 39 | $25.5M | DSCR loans in Clay County | CSV |
| Scott County | 120 | 71 | $35.0M | DSCR loans in Scott County | CSV |
| Blue Earth County | 107 | 37 | $19.2M | DSCR loans in Blue Earth County | CSV |
| Crow Wing County | 105 | 52 | $30.3M | DSCR loans in Crow Wing County | CSV |
| Wright County | 103 | 57 | $27.6M | DSCR loans in Wright County | CSV |
| Carver County | 98 | 54 | $31.7M | Under 100 loans or 25 lenders | — |
| Winona County | 71 | 26 | $11.2M | Under 100 loans or 25 lenders | — |
| Sherburne County | 62 | 39 | $18.1M | Under 100 loans or 25 lenders | — |
| Rice County | 57 | 26 | $11.1M | Under 100 loans or 25 lenders | — |
| Mower County | 53 | 25 | $6.8M | Under 100 loans or 25 lenders | — |
| Otter Tail County | 53 | 26 | $12.5M | Under 100 loans or 25 lenders | — |
| Cass County | 49 | 36 | $20.6M | Under 100 loans or 25 lenders | — |
| Mille Lacs County | 49 | 30 | $9.9M | Under 100 loans or 25 lenders | — |
| Becker County | 45 | 16 | $17.2M | Under 100 loans or 25 lenders | — |
| Isanti County | 42 | 35 | $9.1M | Under 100 loans or 25 lenders | — |
| Carlton County | 38 | 15 | $6.9M | Under 100 loans or 25 lenders | — |
| Chisago County | 38 | 25 | $11.1M | Under 100 loans or 25 lenders | — |
| Goodhue County | 38 | 30 | $9.0M | Under 100 loans or 25 lenders | — |
| Benton County | 37 | 20 | $7.5M | Under 100 loans or 25 lenders | — |
| Nicollet County | 35 | 15 | $5.7M | Under 100 loans or 25 lenders | — |
| McLeod County | 34 | 18 | $7.6M | Under 100 loans or 25 lenders | — |
| Kandiyohi County | 33 | 19 | $9.1M | Under 100 loans or 25 lenders | — |
| Douglas County | 32 | 21 | $6.3M | Under 100 loans or 25 lenders | — |
| Freeborn County | 32 | 17 | $3.1M | Under 100 loans or 25 lenders | — |
| Steele County | 31 | 19 | $4.9M | Under 100 loans or 25 lenders | — |
| Le Sueur County | 30 | 20 | $6.3M | Under 100 loans or 25 lenders | — |
| Polk County | 30 | 14 | $4.9M | Under 100 loans or 25 lenders | — |
| Meeker County | 27 | 15 | $6.5M | Under 100 loans or 25 lenders | — |
| Morrison County | 26 | 20 | $5.9M | Under 100 loans or 25 lenders | — |
| Brown County | 25 | 12 | $4.2M | Under 100 loans or 25 lenders | — |
| Itasca County | 25 | 16 | $5.4M | Under 100 loans or 25 lenders | — |
| Nobles County | 25 | 11 | $4.0M | Under 100 loans or 25 lenders | — |
| Houston County | 24 | 9 | $3.8M | Under 100 loans or 25 lenders | — |
| Pine County | 24 | 16 | $7.0M | Under 100 loans or 25 lenders | — |
| Todd County | 23 | 14 | $4.1M | Under 100 loans or 25 lenders | — |
| Cook County | 21 | 19 | $9.0M | Under 100 loans or 25 lenders | — |
| Beltrami County | 20 | 13 | $3.1M | Under 100 loans or 25 lenders | — |
| Fillmore County | 19 | 14 | $2.7M | Under 100 loans or 25 lenders | — |
| Lyon County | 19 | 12 | $2.9M | Under 100 loans or 25 lenders | — |
| Pennington County | 18 | 6 | $2.1M | Under 100 loans or 25 lenders | — |
| Hubbard County | 16 | 14 | $5.9M | Under 100 loans or 25 lenders | — |
| Pipestone County | 16 | 6 | $1.5M | Under 100 loans or 25 lenders | — |
| Wabasha County | 16 | 10 | $2.1M | Under 100 loans or 25 lenders | — |
| Lake County | 15 | 12 | $5.2M | Under 100 loans or 25 lenders | — |
| Martin County | 15 | 9 | $1.8M | Under 100 loans or 25 lenders | — |
| Renville County | 15 | 9 | $2.0M | Under 100 loans or 25 lenders | — |
| Dodge County | 14 | 10 | $2.9M | Under 100 loans or 25 lenders | — |
| Sibley County | 14 | 10 | $2.3M | Under 100 loans or 25 lenders | — |
| Waseca County | 14 | 10 | $1.9M | Under 100 loans or 25 lenders | — |
| Rock County | 12 | 8 | $1.2M | Under 100 loans or 25 lenders | — |
| Kanabec County | 11 | 9 | $1.9M | Under 100 loans or 25 lenders | — |
| Wadena County | 11 | 10 | $1.9M | Under 100 loans or 25 lenders | — |
| Aitkin County | 10 | 10 | $2.1M | Under 100 loans or 25 lenders | — |
| Watonwan County | 10 | 4 | $1.0M | Under 100 loans or 25 lenders | — |
| Faribault County | 9 | 9 | $1.0M | Under 100 loans or 25 lenders | — |
| Big Stone County | 8 | 4 | $2.0M | Under 100 loans or 25 lenders | — |
| Pope County | 8 | 7 | $1.5M | Under 100 loans or 25 lenders | — |
| Redwood County | 8 | 6 | $0.9M | Under 100 loans or 25 lenders | — |
| Cottonwood County | 7 | 2 | $0.5M | Under 100 loans or 25 lenders | — |
| Lake of the Woods County | 7 | 4 | $2.0M | Under 100 loans or 25 lenders | — |
| Koochiching County | 6 | 3 | $0.9M | Under 100 loans or 25 lenders | — |
| Stevens County | 6 | 4 | $0.4M | Under 100 loans or 25 lenders | — |
| Swift County | 6 | 6 | $0.4M | Under 100 loans or 25 lenders | — |
| Yellow Medicine County | 6 | 4 | $0.4M | Under 100 loans or 25 lenders | — |
| Clearwater County | 5 | 3 | $0.7M | Under 100 loans or 25 lenders | — |
| Grant County | 5 | 5 | $0.5M | Under 100 loans or 25 lenders | — |
| Mahnomen County | 5 | 3 | $1.2M | Under 100 loans or 25 lenders | — |
| Murray County | 5 | 5 | $0.4M | Under 100 loans or 25 lenders | — |
| Chippewa County | 4 | 4 | $0.4M | Under 100 loans or 25 lenders | — |
| Jackson County | 4 | 1 | $0.6M | Under 100 loans or 25 lenders | — |
| Lincoln County | 3 | 3 | $0.3M | Under 100 loans or 25 lenders | — |
| Roseau County | 3 | 2 | $0.2M | Under 100 loans or 25 lenders | — |
| Kittson County | 2 | 1 | $0.1M | Under 100 loans or 25 lenders | — |
| Lac qui Parle County | 2 | 1 | $0.2M | Under 100 loans or 25 lenders | — |
| Marshall County | 2 | 2 | $0.1M | Under 100 loans or 25 lenders | — |
| Norman County | 2 | 2 | $0.1M | Under 100 loans or 25 lenders | — |
| Wilkin County | 2 | 2 | $0.3M | Under 100 loans or 25 lenders | — |
| Red Lake County | 1 | 1 | $0.1M | Under 100 loans or 25 lenders | — |
| Traverse County | 1 | 1 | $0.1M | Under 100 loans or 25 lenders | — |
| No county code | 40 | — | $10.9M | — | — |
| Minnesota total | 5,990 | 406 | $1.51B |
Lenders are counted per county; a lender active in several counties counts once in each, so the county lender counts do not sum to the state's.
What does this data not show?
Three gaps, and they matter more than the rankings.
- Temporary financing is exempt from reporting. Fix-and-flip, bridge and most hard-money lending never enters HMDA, so a lender's position here reflects its reportable closed-end activity, not its whole book. Some of the busiest investor lenders in Minnesota are largely invisible in this table by rule.
- Small lenders do not file. An institution under roughly 25 closed-end loans a year sits below the reporting threshold. Local private lenders and the smallest community banks are absent by design, not by omission.
- The data is annual, and it moves. 2025 is the current vintage. The CFPB rebuilds a published file as institutions resubmit, so counts drift upward for months after release — which is why the retrieval date is stated everywhere the figures are.
Where does this data come from?
The Home Mortgage Disclosure Act requires covered institutions to report every mortgage they originate, loan by loan. The CFPB publishes those filings through the FFIEC Data Browser. This page reads the 2025 vintage, retrieved November 11, 2026, filtered as described above and aggregated by Legal Entity Identifier. Lender names are the names on file with the CFPB at retrieval, which is why one may differ from the brand a borrower recognises.
Federal government data, public domain. $1505.8M of Minnesota lending sits behind this page and every figure on it is reproducible from the published CSV. All 50 states and DC are indexed on the methodology page, and the same filers are ranked across all of them together on who lends on investment properties across all 50 states and DC.
How do I reach Dominick Prevete?
Call or text (908) 220-6404 — Dominick takes these calls himself — or email dominick@dominickprevete.com. For written DSCR loan terms, use the Instant Term Sheet at dominickprevete.com/instant-term-sheet.
Researching the market is one job; financing a building is another. If you are buying or refinancing in Minnesota rather than studying who lends there, the Minnesota investor financing page covers programs, terms and how a file gets placed.