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What people paid for mortgages in Columbia County, FL (2025)

Across 577 closed home-purchase loans in 2025, the median interest rate in Columbia was 6.625%, and the middle half of borrowers got between 6.25% and 7.125%. Median total loan costs ran $7,863 on a median loan of $235,000. Source: federal HMDA filings on first-lien, owner-occupied loans.

Home purchase

Median rate
6.625%
Middle half of rates
6.25%7.125%
Median total loan costs
$7,863
Median loan amount
$235,000

577 loans, 2025.

Refinance

Median rate
6.25%
Middle half of rates
5.99%6.75%
Median total loan costs
$7,261
Median loan amount
$235,000

251 loans, 2025.

Lowest median rates in Columbia (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.First Federal Bank6.375%42 loans, median costs $7,172
  2. 2.UNITED SHORE FINANCIAL SERVICES, LLCbroker only6.5%62 loans, median costs $9,592
  3. 3.Rocket Mortgage, LLC6.625%32 loans, median costs $10,399
  4. 4.21st Mortgage Corporation9.45%50 loans, median costs $6,931

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

Refinance

  1. 1.UNITED SHORE FINANCIAL SERVICES, LLCbroker only6.061%36 loans, median costs $7,881
  2. 2.Rocket Mortgage, LLC6.125%39 loans, median costs $7,030
  3. 3.MOVEMENT MORTGAGE, LLC6.125%11 loans, median costs $8,678
  4. 4.CAMPUS USA CREDIT UNION6.375%11 loans, median costs $1,766
  5. 5.Florida Credit Union6.688%14 loans, median costs $4,278

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

Lender by lender in Columbia

Every lender that closed at least 5 qualifying loans in Columbia 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 only626.5%$9,592$2,522$1,756
221st Mortgage Corporation509.45%$6,931$4,456n/a
3First Federal Bank426.375%$7,172$1,373$404
4Rocket Mortgage, LLC326.625%$10,399$2,911$2,463
5AMERICAN FINANCIAL NETWORK, INC.296.625%$10,790$4,339n/a
6MOVEMENT MORTGAGE, LLC266.25%$11,674$4,534$3,430
7Mortgage Research Center, LLC246.375%$4,433$0$1,539
8ATLANTIC BAY MORTGAGE GROUP, L.L.C.226.75%$7,995$760$5,210
9CAMPUS USA CREDIT UNION216.5%$5,681$1,000n/a
10TRIAD FINANCIAL SERVICES, INC.189.15%$1,391$1,200n/a
11AMERICAN FINANCIAL RESOURCES, INC.136.75%$8,055$965$772
12Florida Credit Union136.25%$5,243$1,175$2,726
13AFFORDABLE MORTGAGE ADVISORS, LLC.126.562%$6,741$3,447$4,225
14CSL Financial, LLC108.115%$3,943$3,367$6,766
15VYSTAR CREDIT UNION96.25%$4,707$845$699
16Navy Federal Credit Union95.875%$7,313$2,600$3,850
17VANDERBILT MORTGAGE AND FINANCE, INC.88.87%$6,749$4,779$890
18CROSSCOUNTRY MORTGAGE, INC.86.287%$8,734$2,707$2,450
19Equity Prime Mortgage LLC76.75%$13,634$3,511$2,667
20RMC HOME MORTGAGE, LLC75.49%$13,111$1,825$7,849
21Ameris Bank76.49%$11,881$4,335$2,910
22UNION HOME MORTGAGE CORP.66.5%$10,215$3,516$2,064
23Seacoast National Bank56.75%$7,495$1,875$449
24T2 FINANCIAL LLC57%$12,494$2,250$8,141
25AMERICAN PACIFIC MORTGAGE CORPORATION56.75%$9,837$3,354$1,964
26KIND LENDING, LLC56.625%$8,352$3,387$4,665
27PENNYMAC LOAN SERVICES, LLC56.125%$10,114$2,209$860

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 Columbia County in 2025?

The median interest rate on closed home-purchase loans in Columbia County, Florida in 2025 was 6.625%, across 577 first-lien, owner-occupied loans. The middle half of borrowers got between 6.25% and 7.125%.

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.