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What people paid for mortgages in St. Clair County, AL (2025)

Across 1,362 closed home-purchase loans in 2025, the median interest rate in St. Clair was 6.375%, and the middle half of borrowers got between 5.875% and 6.75%. Median total loan costs ran $6,878 on a median loan of $245,000. 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
6.375%
Middle half of rates
5.875%6.75%
Median total loan costs
$6,878
Median loan amount
$245,000

1,362 loans, 2025.

Refinance

Median rate
6.25%
Middle half of rates
5.75%6.75%
Median total loan costs
$6,364
Median loan amount
$245,000

520 loans, 2025.

Lowest median rates in St. Clair (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.DHI Mortgage Company, LTD.builder lender4.99%103 loans, median costs $6,438
  2. 2.LENDLO MORTGAGE, LLC5.875%47 loans, median costs $9,305
  3. 3.CANOPY MORTGAGE, LLC5.99%34 loans, median costs $14,700
  4. 4.United Wholesale Mortgagebroker only6.125%78 loans, median costs $8,294
  5. 5.SOUTHPOINT BANK6.25%65 loans, median costs $5,470

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

Refinance

  1. 1.United Wholesale Mortgagebroker only5.75%63 loans, median costs $7,105
  2. 2.FREEDOM MORTGAGE CORPORATION5.812%40 loans, median costs $5,299
  3. 3.ROCKET MORTGAGE6.375%72 loans, median costs $7,055

Among lenders with at least 30 closed refinance loans in St. Clair 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 St. Clair

Every lender that closed at least 5 qualifying loans in St. Clair 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
1DHI Mortgage Company, LTD.builder lender1034.99%$6,438$0$5,298
2United Wholesale Mortgagebroker only786.125%$8,294$4,410$1,662
3SOUTHPOINT BANK656.25%$5,470$358$3,470
4FAIRWAY INDEPENDENT MORT CORP536.625%$5,500$2,595$1,983
5FBC Mortgage, LLC476.25%$8,941$4,812$4,302
6LENDLO MORTGAGE, LLC475.875%$9,305$2,540$4,515
721ST MORTGAGE379.88%$6,205$4,410n/a
8CANOPY MORTGAGE, LLC345.99%$14,700$10,019$7,635
9VANDERBILT MORTGAGE AND FINANCE, INC339.5%$6,165$3,011$749
10FIRSTBANK326.562%$7,585$1,350$1,373
11STOCKTON MORTGAGE CORPORATION326.688%$6,883$2,702$1,203
12Mortgage Research Center316.5%$4,531$0$1,029
13ROCKET MORTGAGE316.625%$6,415$2,500$2,090
14TRIAD FINANCIAL SERVICES, INC.288.52%$2,736$2,400n/a
15FIRST FEDERAL BANK286.375%$6,533$2,971$4,190
16REGIONS BANK276.625%$3,446$1,359$1,385
17PROSPERITY HOME MORTGAGE, LLC266.375%$5,184$1,295$1,381
18GUILD MORTGAGE COMPANY266.5%$7,011$2,433$1,932
19Cadence Bank266.062%$5,693$1,323$2,691
20LOANDEPOT.COM, LLC234.99%$8,107$1,600$1,848
21Assurance Financial Group, L.L.C.226.438%$9,183$3,650$2,409
22Hunt Mortgage Corporation226.25%$8,754$2,693$1,971
23Premier Mortgage Resources, LLC226.75%$8,294$2,879$3,793
24Union Home Mortgage Corp.216.5%$8,648$2,890$1,536
25MOVEMENT MORTGAGE, LLC186.5%$5,839$2,306$2,086
26RENASANT BANK166.375%$8,375$2,393$2,287
27LENNAR MORTGAGE, LLCbuilder lender154.99%$4,811$0$2,350
28METRO BANK14n/an/an/an/a
29Kind Lending, LLC146.062%$7,784$2,672$851
30The Mortgage Firm126.375%$8,125$3,220$1,475
31CROSSCOUNTRY MORTGAGE, LLC126.537%$7,490$2,557$2,024
32The Loan Store, Incbroker only115.99%$6,732$2,270$2,184
33Navy Federal Credit Union115.875%$2,333$0n/a
34FREEDOM MORTGAGE CORPORATION116.125%$13,447$5,974$1,566
35FIRST COMMUNITY MORTGAGE116.49%$7,835$3,785$1,517
36Liberty Mortgage Corporation106.625%$2,097$780n/a
37NEW AMERICAN FUNDING, LLC.106.625%$6,976$3,463$2,931
38TRUSTMARK NATIONAL BANK96.125%$4,524$2,014$1,366
39GUARANTEED RATE, INC.96.625%$9,106$2,801$1,799
40The Local Lender, LLC86.125%$5,100$2,967$1,645

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 St. Clair County in 2025?

The median interest rate on closed home-purchase loans in St. Clair County, Alabama in 2025 was 6.375%, across 1,362 first-lien, owner-occupied loans. The middle half of borrowers got between 5.875% and 6.75%.

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.