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

Across 8,122 closed home-purchase loans in 2025, the median interest rate in Pinellas was 6.5%, and the middle half of borrowers got between 6.125% and 6.875%. Median total loan costs ran $7,644 on a median loan of $355,000. 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
6.5%
Middle half of rates
6.125%6.875%
Median total loan costs
$7,644
Median loan amount
$355,000

8,122 loans, 2025.

Refinance

Median rate
6.25%
Middle half of rates
5.75%6.75%
Median total loan costs
$7,519
Median loan amount
$305,000

2,985 loans, 2025.

Lowest median rates in Pinellas (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.REPUBLIC BANK & TRUST4.25%39 loans, median costs $4,976
  2. 2.DHI Mortgage Company, LTD.builder lender4.99%77 loans, median costs $4,083
  3. 3.SUNCOAST CREDIT UNION5.375%118 loans, median costs $3,882
  4. 4.Morgan Stanley Private Bank NA6.025%34 loans, median costs $4,743
  5. 5.Bank of America NA6.125%116 loans, median costs $4,599

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

Refinance

  1. 1.Navy Federal Credit Union5.75%33 loans, median costs $3,143
  2. 2.MIDFLORIDA CREDIT UNION5.99%34 loans, median costs $3,830
  3. 3.United Wholesale Mortgagebroker only5.999%447 loans, median costs $8,544
  4. 4.PENNYMAC LOAN SERVICES LLC5.999%73 loans, median costs $8,223
  5. 5.REGIONS BANK6%85 loans, median costs $0

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

Every lender that closed at least 5 qualifying loans in Pinellas 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 only1,1306.49%$9,289$3,795$2,347
2ROCKET MORTGAGE4286.5%$7,452$3,268$2,653
3CROSSCOUNTRY MORTGAGE, LLC4026.625%$8,349$3,534$2,926
4PENNYMAC LOAN SERVICES LLC1946.624%$8,527$2,200$1,753
5Mortgage Research Center1476.25%$5,348$178$1,593
6MOVEMENT MORTGAGE, LLC1446.562%$8,405$2,758$1,992
7NEWREZ LLC1386.5%$8,226$3,551$1,432
8JPMorgan Chase Bank, NA1306.495%$5,419$1,690$2,156
9Navy Federal Credit Union1246.25%$4,600$0$2,760
10EVERETT FINANCIAL, INC.1246.75%$8,199$3,465$3,000
11GUARANTEED RATE, INC.1236.575%$7,256$2,259$3,183
12SUNCOAST CREDIT UNION1185.375%$3,882$500$3,195
13Bank of America NA1166.125%$4,599$1,534$2,859
14CMG MORTGAGE INC1066.625%$9,258$3,102$2,230
15FAIRWAY INDEPENDENT MORT CORP1066.625%$7,737$2,901$2,694
16VanDyk Mortgage Corporation1036.625%$6,153$1,690$2,768
17TRUIST BANK996.375%$7,511$1,250$880
18NFM, INC976.625%$6,948$1,960$2,600
19HOMEOWNERS FINANCIAL GROUP, LLC956.75%$7,115$2,330$2,046
20Kind Lending, LLC896.5%$10,449$4,071$2,120
21LOWER, LLC886.5%$7,630$2,088$2,897
22PARAMOUNT RESIDENTIAL MORTGAGE826.5%$10,176$3,004$2,252
23GUARANTEED RATE AFFINITY, LLC786.375%$7,110$2,366$3,012
24REGIONS BANK786.375%$6,547$1,458$1,764
25DHI Mortgage Company, LTD.builder lender774.99%$4,083$0$3,810
26The Mortgage Firm766.875%$8,023$2,672$2,240
27AMERICAN FINANCIAL NETWORK, INC.716.625%$7,701$4,176n/a
28ZILLOW HOME LOANS, LLC706.5%$6,094$2,708$2,076
29JMAC Lending, Inc.696.375%$10,741$4,493$2,000
30A&D MORTGAGE LLC686.812%$7,963$4,970$593
31Union Home Mortgage Corp.686.562%$8,113$3,194$1,443
32Top Flite Financial, Inc.656.624%$6,840$2,033$3,437
33GERSHMAN INVESTMENT CORP.646.5%$8,737$2,248$2,575
34Third Federal Savings and Loan626.27%$3,009$795n/a
35Legend Lending Corporation626.625%$9,898$2,162$3,140
36US BANK, N.A.626.375%$7,017$1,848$1,262
37The Loan Store, Incbroker only606.562%$9,428$3,744$1,402
38Click n' Close, Inc.576.875%$17,090$5,065$3,179
39FREEDOM MORTGAGE CORPORATION536.25%$11,141$2,640$2,255
40Fifth Third Bank, National Association516.25%$5,094$1,295$825

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 Pinellas County in 2025?

The median interest rate on closed home-purchase loans in Pinellas County, Florida in 2025 was 6.5%, across 8,122 first-lien, owner-occupied loans. The middle half of borrowers got between 6.125% 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.