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What people paid for mortgages in Denver County, CO (2025)

Across 6,549 closed home-purchase loans in 2025, the median interest rate in Denver was 6.49%, and the middle half of borrowers got between 6% and 6.75%. Median total loan costs ran $5,563 on a median loan of $485,000. 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%6.75%
Median total loan costs
$5,563
Median loan amount
$485,000

6,549 loans, 2025.

Refinance

Median rate
6.125%
Middle half of rates
5.875%6.624%
Median total loan costs
$5,269
Median loan amount
$475,000

2,663 loans, 2025.

Lowest median rates in Denver (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.CHARLES SCHWAB BANK, SSB5.5%36 loans, median costs $3,752
  2. 2.ENT CREDIT UNION (68671)5.812%74 loans, median costs $4,587
  3. 3.Morgan Stanley Private Bank NA5.9%59 loans, median costs $3,255
  4. 4.Mortgage Research Center5.99%50 loans, median costs $3,910
  5. 5.Bank of America NA6%90 loans, median costs $3,980

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

Refinance

  1. 1.AMERICAN FINANCING CORPORATION5.875%55 loans, median costs $12,843
  2. 2.PENNYMAC LOAN SERVICES LLC5.99%68 loans, median costs $7,957
  3. 3.United Wholesale Mortgagebroker only5.999%591 loans, median costs $6,403
  4. 4.ELEVATION CREDIT UNION6%35 loans, median costs $4,006
  5. 5.ROCKET MORTGAGE6.125%215 loans, median costs $7,203

Among lenders with at least 30 closed refinance loans in Denver 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 Denver

Every lender that closed at least 5 qualifying loans in Denver 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 only1,0566.49%$7,800$4,073$3,272
2ROCKET MORTGAGE2746.375%$5,708$3,465$2,992
3GUILD MORTGAGE COMPANY2686.624%$6,923$3,622$3,328
4CROSSCOUNTRY MORTGAGE, LLC2526.625%$6,629$3,312$4,462
5ELEVATION CREDIT UNION1766.5%$3,622$1,201$1,889
6JPMorgan Chase Bank, NA1626.125%$2,269$500$2,794
7GUARANTEED RATE, INC.1486.525%$4,547$1,790$2,337
8The Loan Store, Incbroker only1356.375%$7,638$3,523$2,274
9ZILLOW HOME LOANS, LLC1316.375%$6,251$3,752$3,881
10V.I.P. MORTGAGE, INC.1296.5%$8,547$5,318$5,622
11FAIRWAY INDEPENDENT MORT CORP1186.625%$6,972$3,563$3,540
12CMG MORTGAGE INC1166.5%$5,585$2,300$3,558
13Sunflower Bank, N.A.956.375%$4,214$1,295$2,234
14LOAN SIMPLE, INC.936.375%$12,458$5,146$3,651
15Bank of America NA906%$3,980$1,515$4,110
16PENNYMAC LOAN SERVICES LLC856.375%$9,313$5,242$1,808
17CANVAS CREDIT UNION836.5%$3,732$995$2,295
18NEW AMERICAN FUNDING, LLC.816.5%$10,772$4,866$4,962
19FirstBank796%$3,620$1,250$4,334
20LOWER, LLC796.5%$9,098$4,442$1,834
21SYNERGY ONE LENDING, INC.756.625%$5,743$3,335$2,463
22ENT CREDIT UNION (68671)745.812%$4,587$1,917$3,970
23MOVEMENT MORTGAGE, LLC736.625%$5,561$2,679$3,332
24MEGASTAR FINANACIAL CORP716.625%$4,283$995$3,513
25US BANK, N.A.636.375%$3,914$1,359$1,000
26SWBC Mortgage Corporation626.625%$3,150$1,395$3,613
27GUARANTEED RATE AFFINITY, LLC616.125%$9,119$5,740$5,765
28Keystone Funding, Inc596.375%$5,537$2,568$1,086
29Morgan Stanley Private Bank NA595.9%$3,255$815n/a
30BMO Harris Bank NA576.375%$4,774$1,915$1,656
31ORIGINPOINT, LLC556.375%$5,466$3,080$5,913
32Mortgage Research Center505.99%$3,910$0$1,231
33Huntington National Bank496.375%$4,582$1,395$8,369
34BOKF NA496.5%$5,380$2,676$1,614
35Nova Financial & Investment Corporation476.625%$3,805$1,695$4,828
36HOME MORTGAGE ADVISORS, LLC466.625%$6,647$4,585$3,410
37PARAMOUNT RESIDENTIAL MORTGAGE466.562%$9,716$4,630$2,511
38Union Home Mortgage Corp.466.5%$5,935$2,649$1,568
39Plains Commerce Bank456.375%$7,381$4,290$3,167
40Provident Funding Associates406.438%$3,421$1,125$1,478

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 Denver County in 2025?

The median interest rate on closed home-purchase loans in Denver County, Colorado in 2025 was 6.49%, across 6,549 first-lien, owner-occupied loans. The middle half of borrowers got between 6% 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.