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

Across 3,479 closed home-purchase loans in 2025, the median interest rate in Santa Rosa was 6.125%, and the middle half of borrowers got between 5.5% and 6.625%. Median total loan costs ran $7,516 on a median loan of $325,000. 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
6.125%
Middle half of rates
5.5%6.625%
Median total loan costs
$7,516
Median loan amount
$325,000

3,479 loans, 2025.

Refinance

Median rate
6.125%
Middle half of rates
5.625%6.625%
Median total loan costs
$6,090
Median loan amount
$315,000

1,115 loans, 2025.

Lowest median rates in Santa Rosa (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 lender4.5%186 loans, median costs $8,129
  2. 2.DHI Mortgage Company, LTD.builder lender4.75%449 loans, median costs $7,082
  3. 3.Coastal Loans, LLC4.99%72 loans, median costs $8,464
  4. 4.DSLD Mortgage LLC5.99%34 loans, median costs $8,445
  5. 5.FBC Mortgage, LLC5.99%33 loans, median costs $8,330

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

Refinance

  1. 1.United Wholesale Mortgagebroker only5.625%194 loans, median costs $5,794
  2. 2.PENNYMAC LOAN SERVICES LLC5.99%47 loans, median costs $6,903
  3. 3.LOANDEPOT.COM, LLC5.99%33 loans, median costs $7,363
  4. 4.Navy Federal Credit Union6%47 loans, median costs $3,307
  5. 5.ROCKET MORTGAGE6.125%186 loans, median costs $7,144

Among lenders with at least 30 closed refinance loans in Santa Rosa 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 Santa Rosa

Every lender that closed at least 5 qualifying loans in Santa Rosa 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
1DHI Mortgage Company, LTD.builder lender4494.75%$7,082$0$4,557
2UNIVERSITY BANK2506.25%$6,914$1,145$3,437
3United Wholesale Mortgagebroker only2206.189%$7,283$1,320$2,447
4Navy Federal Credit Union2026.25%$4,949$0$2,564
5LENNAR MORTGAGE, LLCbuilder lender1864.5%$8,129$1,795$4,052
6Mortgage Research Center1496.25%$5,752$0$1,195
7ARK-LA-TEX FINANCIAL SERVICES LLC1236.49%$3,455$0$3,760
8ROCKET MORTGAGE1106.49%$7,702$2,539$2,557
9MOVEMENT MORTGAGE, LLC746.375%$10,237$2,599$2,861
10Coastal Loans, LLC724.99%$8,464$1,790$5,506
11CMG MORTGAGE INC666%$11,932$2,544$3,558
12CROSSCOUNTRY MORTGAGE, LLC666.412%$7,536$1,590$3,027
13The Mortgage Firm646.75%$6,427$2,209$2,572
14FAIRWAY INDEPENDENT MORT CORP626.25%$9,598$3,374$5,861
15GUILD MORTGAGE COMPANY576.25%$10,254$3,925$3,343
16Ameris Bank476.25%$8,862$2,926$1,754
17REGIONS BANK376.125%$6,815$1,170$1,283
18PRIMELENDING366.49%$8,405$1,813$2,693
19DSLD Mortgage LLC345.99%$8,445$0$1,086
20GUARANTEED RATE AFFINITY, LLC336.25%$9,822$4,027$5,414
21FBC Mortgage, LLC335.99%$8,330$1,987$4,694
22FREEDOM MORTGAGE CORPORATION315.99%$7,222$704$1,749
23SYNOVUS BANK306.375%$8,188$3,321$2,059
24Primary Residential Mortgage, INC.286.5%$7,265$3,448$1,939
25GUARANTEED RATE, INC.266.375%$8,659$1,710$2,225
26PENNYMAC LOAN SERVICES LLC255.875%$7,333$2,684$3,041
27Pen Air Credit Union246.5%$9,508$5,523$1,669
28VANDERBILT MORTGAGE AND FINANCE, INC249.375%$7,971$4,194$779
29NEWREZ LLC246.188%$7,622$2,256$2,505
3021ST MORTGAGE249.285%$6,327$4,500n/a
31WATERSTONE MORTGAGE CORPORATION226.438%$9,700$2,423$4,812
32TOWNE MORTGAGE COMPANY225.995%$10,984$1,308$813
33Gardner Financial Services216.5%$7,729$3,960$2,338
34NEW AMERICAN FUNDING, LLC.206.75%$10,120$2,670$3,189
35Mortgage Solutions of Colorado207.312%$6,817$345$3,885
36Gulf Winds Credit186.25%$7,809$3,525$1,170
37USAA BANK186.125%$9,199$1,536$1,415
38Kind Lending, LLC166.125%$8,578$1,195$1,446
39SouthState Bank, N.A.166.425%$4,244$1,495$377
40CANOPY MORTGAGE, LLC156.25%$12,126$5,626$5,173

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 Santa Rosa County in 2025?

The median interest rate on closed home-purchase loans in Santa Rosa County, Florida in 2025 was 6.125%, across 3,479 first-lien, owner-occupied loans. The middle half of borrowers got between 5.5% and 6.625%.

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.