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What people paid for mortgages in Alameda County, CA (2025)

Across 8,403 closed home-purchase loans in 2025, the median interest rate in Alameda was 6.375%, and the middle half of borrowers got between 5.875% and 6.75%. Median total loan costs ran $7,757 on a median loan of $805,000. Source: federal HMDA filings on first-lien, owner-occupied loans.

Home purchase

Median rate
6.375%
Middle half of rates
5.875%6.75%
Median total loan costs
$7,757
Median loan amount
$805,000

8,403 loans, 2025.

Refinance

Median rate
5.99%
Middle half of rates
5.625%6.49%
Median total loan costs
$3,851
Median loan amount
$855,000

5,802 loans, 2025.

Lowest median rates in Alameda (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.City National Bank5.33%38 loans, median costs $7,886
  2. 2.Charles Schwab Bank, SSB5.45%67 loans, median costs $6,671
  3. 3.Wells Fargo Bank, National Association5.625%597 loans, median costs $8,595
  4. 4.Bank of America, National Association5.625%439 loans, median costs $8,268
  5. 5.Patelco Credit Union5.625%108 loans, median costs $6,260

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

Refinance

  1. 1.City National Bank5.408%60 loans, median costs $4,435
  2. 2.Citibank, National Association5.5%467 loans, median costs $3,525
  3. 3.Bank of America, National Association5.5%441 loans, median costs $3,792
  4. 4.Wells Fargo Bank, National Association5.625%283 loans, median costs $3,940
  5. 5.THE GOLDEN 15.625%124 loans, median costs $3,120

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

Lender by lender in Alameda

Every lender that closed at least 5 qualifying loans in Alameda 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 SHORE FINANCIAL SERVICES, LLCbroker only6556.5%$9,694$3,195$2,818
2Rocket Mortgage, LLC6306.5%$6,293$1,500$4,126
3Wells Fargo Bank, National Association5975.625%$8,595$2,351$2,013
4CROSSCOUNTRY MORTGAGE, INC.4716.75%$8,655$2,590$3,945
5Bank of America, National Association4395.625%$8,268$1,465$1,637
6JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association3716.125%$5,548$650$3,302
7U.S. Bank National Association3456.125%$7,139$1,545$2,175
8CMG MORTGAGE, INC.2936.625%$8,327$2,070$3,853
9Citibank, National Association2675.75%$7,631$1,190$3,656
10PENNYMAC LOAN SERVICES, LLC1456.5%$9,338$2,869$2,421
11THE GOLDEN 11295.875%$6,624$995$1,670
12Broker Solutions, Inc.1236.75%$8,690$1,991$3,329
13GUARANTEED RATE, INC.1206.5%$8,421$2,308$3,281
14HSBC BANK USA, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION1155.885%$6,823$1,475$969
15PNC Bank, National Association1126.25%$7,126$1,410$1,153
16BMO Bank National Association1086%$7,299$1,250$2,532
17Patelco Credit Union1085.625%$6,260$933$1,747
18Vellum Mortgage, Inc.916.625%$7,402$1,670$6,134
19LENNAR MORTGAGE, LLC905.812%$7,444$1,925$41,337
20General Mortgage Capital Corporation846.5%$7,011$1,890$4,535
21Provident Credit Union815.75%$5,494$0$9,240
22AMERICAN PACIFIC MORTGAGE CORPORATION816.75%$9,970$4,796$4,055
23AMWEST FUNDING CORP.806.812%n/a$7,400$2,080
24NEW WAVE LENDING GROUP INC787%$7,682$1,550$1,540
25STAR ONE Credit Union765.875%$5,449$0$5,920
26Sunward Federal Credit Union765.75%$6,712$1,495$21,330
27GUARANTEED RATE AFFINITY, LLC736.6%$7,160$1,640$3,000
28Charles Schwab Bank, SSB675.45%$6,671$928$1,814
29EVERETT FINANCIAL, INC.666.625%$13,485$7,286$3,540
30Loandepot.Com, LLC656.75%$6,799$1,615$2,784
31THE LOAN STORE, INC.broker only616.49%$9,148$2,440$1,952
32GOOGAIN, INC.616.624%$6,820$1,050$5,543
33NMSI, INC.556.625%$9,486$4,165$1,600
34OriginPoint, LLC546.5%$7,830$1,640$1,569
35Fairway Independent Mortgage Corporation536.625%$8,833$2,856$4,555
36AMERITRUST MORTGAGE CORPORATION496.875%$13,017$7,823$4,514
37Fremont Bank486.5%$925$495$6,150
38Commerce Home Mortgage, Inc.456.875%$9,118$2,991$1,951
39East West Bank426%$4,739$1,080$4,219
40City National Bank385.33%$7,886$1,615n/a

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 Alameda County in 2025?

The median interest rate on closed home-purchase loans in Alameda County, California in 2025 was 6.375%, across 8,403 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.