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

Across 18,020 closed home-purchase loans in 2025, the median interest rate in San Diego was 6.375%, and the middle half of borrowers got between 5.99% and 6.75%. Median total loan costs ran $9,739 on a median loan of $715,000. Source: federal HMDA filings on first-lien, owner-occupied loans.

Home purchase

Median rate
6.375%
Middle half of rates
5.99%6.75%
Median total loan costs
$9,739
Median loan amount
$715,000

18,020 loans, 2025.

Refinance

Median rate
6.123%
Middle half of rates
5.74%6.591%
Median total loan costs
$5,689
Median loan amount
$695,000

10,975 loans, 2025.

Lowest median rates in San Diego (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.NATIONSTAR MORTGAGE LLC4.125%33 loans, median costs $4,490
  2. 2.LENNAR MORTGAGE, LLC4.99%546 loans, median costs $6,865
  3. 3.Charles Schwab Bank, SSB5.375%75 loans, median costs $7,458
  4. 4.CALIFORNIA CREDIT UNION5.625%188 loans, median costs $0
  5. 5.MISSION5.875%435 loans, median costs $6,956

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

Refinance

  1. 1.Citibank, National Association5.5%67 loans, median costs $3,560
  2. 2.PLANET HOME LENDING, LLC5.5%40 loans, median costs $7,313
  3. 3.Charles Schwab Bank, SSB5.5%39 loans, median costs $131
  4. 4.MYPOINT Credit Union5.5%35 loans, median costs $2,392
  5. 5.CALIFORNIA CREDIT UNION5.625%107 loans, median costs $0

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

Lender by lender in San Diego

Every lender that closed at least 5 qualifying loans in San Diego 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 only3,2396.485%$11,602$2,801$3,266
2Rocket Mortgage, LLC1,3416.375%$8,514$2,517$2,733
3CROSSCOUNTRY MORTGAGE, INC.7636.575%$11,419$3,263$6,305
4PENNYMAC LOAN SERVICES, LLC5896.375%$11,139$2,840$3,284
5LENNAR MORTGAGE, LLC5464.99%$6,865$1,645$12,224
6U.S. Bank National Association5196.125%$8,225$1,545$2,042
7JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association4546.125%$5,933$650$3,307
8MISSION4355.875%$6,956$1,050$7,582
9Mortgage Research Center, LLC3076.125%$10,062$0$3,446
10Fairway Independent Mortgage Corporation2966.5%$10,418$2,993$3,105
11Navy Federal Credit Union2916.125%$6,264$0$6,250
12NEWREZ LLC2886.25%$15,109$2,090$2,963
13CMG MORTGAGE, INC.2816.375%$13,844$2,125$4,680
14THE LOAN STORE, INC.broker only2806.49%$8,676$2,225$2,798
15Wells Fargo Bank, National Association2785.938%$9,790$2,414$3,711
16GUARANTEED RATE, INC.2466.5%$8,452$1,640$3,520
17Bank of America, National Association2035.875%$8,575$1,554$1,674
18CALIFORNIA CREDIT UNION1885.625%$0$0$1,363
19ZILLOW HOME LOANS, LLC1866.375%$8,420$2,899$3,016
20RESICENTRAL, LLC1846.25%$13,273$2,281$2,130
21Loandepot.Com, LLC1806.25%$11,291$3,457$7,474
22POINT MORTGAGE CORPORATION1696.374%$10,260$1,895$2,411
23GUILD MORTGAGE COMPANY1696.5%$13,829$6,167$4,913
24KIND LENDING, LLC1666.5%$15,474$4,698$3,613
25TRIAD FINANCIAL SERVICES, INC.1608.73%n/an/an/a
26Paramount Residential Mortgage Group, Inc.1426%$12,213$2,080$16,705
2721st Mortgage Corporation1419.62%$8,661$4,500n/a
28Broker Solutions, Inc.1346.625%$12,256$6,238$5,977
29OCMBC, INC.1336.625%$18,420$9,323$3,507
30RESIDENTIAL WHOLESALE MORTGAGE, INC.1256.5%$8,453$1,590$5,043
31FREEDOM MORTGAGE CORPORATION1246.125%$15,635$1,770$3,794
32AMWEST FUNDING CORP.1246.75%n/a$8,000$1,775
33Cornerstone First Mortgage, Inc1236.499%$15,598$6,700$7,370
34GUARANTEED RATE AFFINITY, LLC1146.49%$7,870$1,640$2,724
35Sierra Pacific Mortgage Company, Inc.1136.5%$13,072$6,447$3,044
36Prosperity Home Mortgage, LLC1016.5%$8,417$1,695$2,250
37STG MORTGAGE INC986.5%$21,668$9,497$1,967
38Morgan Stanley Private Bank, National Association975.875%$7,495$815n/a
39AMERICAN PACIFIC MORTGAGE CORPORATION946.625%$15,042$8,057$7,991
40MOVEMENT MORTGAGE, LLC936.625%$9,017$1,840$3,845

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 San Diego County in 2025?

The median interest rate on closed home-purchase loans in San Diego County, California in 2025 was 6.375%, across 18,020 first-lien, owner-occupied loans. The middle half of borrowers got between 5.99% 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.