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

Across 1,207 closed home-purchase loans in 2025, the median interest rate in Yolo was 6.49%, and the middle half of borrowers got between 6% and 6.875%. Median total loan costs ran $6,868 on a median loan of $495,000. 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
6.49%
Middle half of rates
6%6.875%
Median total loan costs
$6,868
Median loan amount
$495,000

1,207 loans, 2025.

Refinance

Median rate
6.125%
Middle half of rates
5.75%6.625%
Median total loan costs
$5,800
Median loan amount
$455,000

509 loans, 2025.

Lowest median rates in Yolo (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 lender5.25%44 loans, median costs $6,821
  2. 2.Inspire Home Loans Inc.builder lender6.125%33 loans, median costs $4,550
  3. 3.The Loan Store, Incbroker only6.25%42 loans, median costs $5,263
  4. 4.Kind Lending, LLC6.25%35 loans, median costs $12,079
  5. 5.ROCKET MORTGAGE6.375%75 loans, median costs $5,349

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

Refinance

  1. 1.LOANDEPOT.COM, LLC5.87%10 loans, median costs $3,295
  2. 2.PENNYMAC LOAN SERVICES LLC5.875%12 loans, median costs $9,914
  3. 3.TRAVIS CREDIT UNION5.875%11 loans, median costs $3,385
  4. 4.ROCKET MORTGAGE5.99%57 loans, median costs $5,272
  5. 5.United Wholesale Mortgagebroker only6%111 loans, median costs $6,329

Among lenders with at least 10 closed refinance loans in Yolo County in 2025. Fewer than 3 lenders reached 30 such loans here, so this list uses a 10-loan floor.

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 Yolo

Every lender that closed at least 5 qualifying loans in Yolo 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 only2446.499%$8,703$3,671$3,768
2ROCKET MORTGAGE756.375%$5,349$2,863$2,863
3GUILD MORTGAGE COMPANY706.5%$8,157$4,241$4,087
4PRIMELENDING546.625%$6,339$2,954$2,600
5LENNAR MORTGAGE, LLCbuilder lender445.25%$6,821$2,085$10,000
6The Loan Store, Incbroker only426.25%$5,263$1,941$2,225
7Kind Lending, LLC356.25%$12,079$4,556$3,037
8Inspire Home Loans Inc.builder lender336.125%$4,550$1,500$11,190
9CROSSCOUNTRY MORTGAGE, LLC285.719%$11,787$3,674$19,923
10LOANDEPOT.COM, LLC266.062%$13,076$3,055$6,125
11TRIAD FINANCIAL SERVICES, INC.268.79%n/an/an/a
12American Pacific Mortgage Corporation266.562%$6,817$6,501$4,571
13US BANK, N.A.246.495%$5,316$1,684$2,751
14WELLS FARGO BANK NA186.062%$5,106$1,601n/a
15PENNYMAC LOAN SERVICES LLC176.625%$7,892$3,339$1,873
16PARAMOUNT RESIDENTIAL MORTGAGE166.25%$13,808$5,307$2,660
17SCENIC OAKS FUNDING, LLC166.933%$7,375$5,698$5,776
18Bank of America NA166.245%$4,428$1,938$2,555
19Sierra Pacific Mortgage Co. Inc156.5%$13,825$8,095$690
20Alameda Mortgage Corporation156.625%$6,218$1,695$2,393
21JPMorgan Chase Bank, NA156.5%$2,088$500$1,713
22Mortgage Research Center136.125%$9,577$1,808$4,020
23CMG MORTGAGE INC136.5%$13,772$5,277$4,702
24ZILLOW HOME LOANS, LLC126.125%$9,023$6,095$5,299
25NEWREZ LLC116.875%$5,646$1,950$1,697
26GUARANTEED RATE, INC.116.625%$5,610$2,906$2,386
27The Golden 1 Credit Union116.25%$3,760$1,745$1,859
28ENVOY MORTGAGE, LTD106.5%$6,281$3,487$2,660
29Mason-McDuffie Mortgage Corporation106.49%$4,774$1,390$573
30Provident Funding Associates86.312%$4,690$1,423$3,771
31BMO Harris Bank NA76.75%$6,724$1,250$949
32GUARANTEED RATE AFFINITY, LLC76.5%$5,748$1,640$487
33TRAVIS CREDIT UNION75.625%$6,089$1,986$641
34Resicentral LLC66.125%$14,831$10,415$7,241
35Navy Federal Credit Union65.812%$2,899$0n/a
36AMERICAN FINANCIAL NETWORK, INC.66.375%$9,816$3,345n/a
37GOOGAIN, INC66.688%$3,832$1,050n/a
38TRI COUNTIES BANK67.125%$5,006$1,220$1,948
3921ST MORTGAGE69.52%n/an/an/a
40Better Mortgage Corporation66.562%$4,067$1,502$903

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 Yolo County in 2025?

The median interest rate on closed home-purchase loans in Yolo County, California in 2025 was 6.49%, across 1,207 first-lien, owner-occupied loans. The middle half of borrowers got between 6% and 6.875%.

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.