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What people paid for mortgages in Madison County, AL (2025)

Across 5,771 closed home-purchase loans in 2025, the median interest rate in Madison was 6.125%, and the middle half of borrowers got between 5.75% and 6.625%. Median total loan costs ran $5,807 on a median loan of $295,000. Source: federal HMDA filings on first-lien, owner-occupied loans.

Data: FFIEC HMDA modified LAR, 2024 and 2025 filings, loaded August 2026.

Home purchase

Median rate
6.125%
Middle half of rates
5.75%6.625%
Median total loan costs
$5,807
Median loan amount
$295,000

5,771 loans, 2025.

Refinance

Median rate
6.038%
Middle half of rates
5.625%6.625%
Median total loan costs
$5,890
Median loan amount
$285,000

2,301 loans, 2025.

Lowest median rates in Madison (2025)

The lenders whose own closed loans had the lowest median interest rate here, among lenders with enough local volume for the median to mean something. A low median is a reason to include that lender when you collect Loan Estimates; it is not a promise about the rate you will be quoted. An independent mortgage broker can pull quotes from several lenders at once on one application.

Home purchase

  1. 1.LENNAR MORTGAGE, LLCbuilder lender4.75%335 loans, median costs $5,013
  2. 2.DHI Mortgage Company, LTD.builder lender4.99%267 loans, median costs $5,914
  3. 3.Inspire Home Loans Inc.builder lender5.062%30 loans, median costs $7,506
  4. 4.VANDERBILT MORTGAGE AND FINANCE, INC5.49%136 loans, median costs $8,092
  5. 5.AVADIAN CREDIT UNION5.562%44 loans, median costs $7,281

Among lenders with at least 30 closed purchase loans in Madison County in 2025.

Refinance

  1. 1.REGIONS BANK4.99%101 loans, median costs $0
  2. 2.United Wholesale Mortgagebroker only5.625%296 loans, median costs $6,511
  3. 3.PENNYMAC LOAN SERVICES LLC5.625%114 loans, median costs $7,058
  4. 4.Village Capital & Investment5.75%39 loans, median costs $5,488
  5. 5.Mortgage Research Center5.875%48 loans, median costs $4,585

Among lenders with at least 30 closed refinance loans in Madison County in 2025.

Why you may not recognize these names

The largest lenders in most counties are not banks. Homebuilders such as D.R. Horton and Lennar own their own mortgage companies (DHI Mortgage, Lennar Mortgage), and because builders attach rate buydowns and closing-cost incentives to using them, the builder's lender often tops the table in counties with heavy new construction, with median rates that look low because the builder paid to lower them. Lenders marked broker only, such as United Wholesale Mortgage, take no applications from the public: federal HMDA reporting credits each loan to the lender that made the credit decision, so loans arranged by independent brokers appear here under the wholesale lender that funded them. Others, such as PennyMac and Freedom Mortgage, operate at national scale by buying loans from smaller lenders and refinancing the loans they service, heavily in FHA and VA lending. Who actually lends, and why the biggest names are not banks covers the full picture, with sources.

Lender by lender in Madison

Every lender that closed at least 5 qualifying loans in Madison County in 2025, sorted by loan count. The # column is the lender's rank here by closed loans for the selected purpose. Median origination is the lender's own charges (Loan Estimate section A); median points is the discount-points portion. Lenders marked "broker only" fund loans through independent mortgage brokers rather than taking applications directly.

#LenderLoansMedian rateMedian total costsMedian originationMedian points
1United Wholesale Mortgagebroker only4116.127%$5,871$1,885$1,694
2LENNAR MORTGAGE, LLCbuilder lender3354.75%$5,013$0$7,983
3REDSTONE FEDERAL CREDIT UNION2696.375%$3,613$1,295$2,289
4DHI Mortgage Company, LTD.builder lender2674.99%$5,914$0$2,595
5STOCKTON MORTGAGE CORPORATION2576.25%$7,429$2,490$2,023
6CANOPY MORTGAGE, LLC2356%$11,683$5,543$4,846
7HERITAGE MORTGAGE, LLC2255.75%$5,149$0$6,522
8FIRSTBANK2126.375%$4,731$1,614$1,486
9TRUSTMARK NATIONAL BANK1906.125%$5,268$1,647$2,100
10Mortgage Research Center1726.25%$1,713$0$1,298
11ROCKET MORTGAGE1546.5%$6,628$4,089$3,408
12VANDERBILT MORTGAGE AND FINANCE, INC1365.49%$8,092$1,495$5,906
13Navy Federal Credit Union1076%$3,498$0$3,495
14REGIONS BANK1026.125%$5,772$2,886$2,445
15FIRST COMMUNITY MORTGAGE886.312%$6,434$2,232$2,818
16DSLD Mortgage LLC866.25%$1,185$0$1,554
17LOANDEPOT.COM, LLC865.812%$9,321$1,695$2,477
18Colorado Federal Savings Bank856.375%$3,570$1,125$1,167
19Pinnacle Bank676.25%$7,486$5,315$4,351
20NEW AMERICAN FUNDING, LLC.636.5%$8,231$2,862$3,287
21SouthState Bank, N.A.626.375%$4,710$1,495$3,084
22RENASANT BANK616.25%$4,885$1,890$2,157
23FAIRWAY INDEPENDENT MORT CORP596.49%$6,657$3,045$1,760
24Cadence Bank576.375%$5,134$1,370$2,641
25First Colony Mortgage Corporation536.25%$8,132$3,620$2,550
26SYNOVUS BANK496.375%$4,857$2,175$1,409
27FREEDOM MORTGAGE CORPORATION485.75%$9,235$4,361$3,678
28USAA BANK486.062%$5,577$1,673$1,853
29Local Bank466.49%$7,084$3,650$2,649
30TowneBank466.188%$7,226$4,296$3,154
31Contour Mortgage Corporation456.625%$7,583$3,456$3,200
32AVADIAN CREDIT UNION445.562%$7,281$4,346$9,744
33Union Home Mortgage Corp.436.5%$9,979$5,228$3,946
34JPMorgan Chase Bank, NA426.25%$943$0$2,065
35Assurance Financial Group, L.L.C.416.375%$6,567$3,335$2,494
36MOVEMENT MORTGAGE, LLC406.25%$5,941$3,510$4,757
37SERVISFIRST BANK406.5%$3,794$1,075$6,382
38WELLS FARGO BANK NA406.375%$3,842$1,649$727
39Inspire Home Loans Inc.builder lender305.062%$7,506$1,250$4,859
40HomeAmerican Mortgage Corporationbuilder lender294.25%$5,235$0$6,382

What these numbers are, and are not

Everything above is computed from the FFIEC's HMDA Modified Loan/Application Register, the public loan-level file nearly every mortgage lender must submit each year, filtered to originated, first-lien, owner-occupied principal-residence loans that were not business-purpose or reverse mortgages. Groups smaller than 5 loans are omitted. The methodology page documents every step.

The public file contains no credit scores, so differences between lenders mix true pricing differences with different customer bases: loan sizes, points paid, and borrower profiles all vary by lender. A median is context for your own quote, not a ranking and not an offer. Rates here are also a year's worth of closings blended together, while your quote reflects a single day's market.

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Common questions

What mortgage rate did people get in Madison County in 2025?

The median interest rate on closed home-purchase loans in Madison County, Alabama in 2025 was 6.125%, across 5,771 first-lien, owner-occupied loans. The middle half of borrowers got between 5.75% and 6.625%.

Is this a rate I can get today?

No. These are medians of loans that already closed, under those borrowers' credit profiles, loan sizes, discount points, and lock dates. Rates also move daily. The way to learn your own number is to collect Loan Estimates from two or three lenders, which federal rules make close to free.

Why do lenders in the table show different rates?

Partly pricing, partly customer mix. Public HMDA data contains no credit scores, so a lender serving stronger-credit borrowers or larger loans will show a different median than one serving first-time buyers, at identical pricing. Use the table as a map of who is active locally and roughly where they land, not as a ranking.

Where do these numbers come from?

The FFIEC's public HMDA Modified Loan/Application Register, the loan-level data nearly every mortgage lender must file each year, filtered to originated, first-lien, owner-occupied, non-business, non-reverse loans, in groups of at least 5.