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What people paid for mortgages in Cherokee County, GA (2025)

Across 3,564 closed home-purchase loans in 2025, the median interest rate in Cherokee was 6.5%, and the middle half of borrowers got between 6% and 6.875%. Median total loan costs ran $7,499 on a median loan of $415,000. Source: federal HMDA filings on first-lien, owner-occupied loans.

Home purchase

Median rate
6.5%
Middle half of rates
6%6.875%
Median total loan costs
$7,499
Median loan amount
$415,000

3,564 loans, 2025.

Refinance

Median rate
6.125%
Middle half of rates
5.75%6.625%
Median total loan costs
$7,676
Median loan amount
$375,000

1,761 loans, 2025.

Lowest median rates in Cherokee (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, LLC5.25%75 loans, median costs $5,823
  2. 2.DELTA COMMUNITY CREDIT UNION5.875%33 loans, median costs $8,169
  3. 3.Mortgage Research Center, LLC5.99%32 loans, median costs $7,050
  4. 4.Navy Federal Credit Union6%34 loans, median costs $3,528
  5. 5.Wells Fargo Bank, National Association6.25%47 loans, median costs $4,974

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

Refinance

  1. 1.PENNYMAC LOAN SERVICES, LLC5.933%54 loans, median costs $11,379
  2. 2.Loandepot.Com, LLC5.933%30 loans, median costs $11,144
  3. 3.Rocket Mortgage, LLC5.99%273 loans, median costs $8,038
  4. 4.UNITED SHORE FINANCIAL SERVICES, LLCbroker only5.999%264 loans, median costs $7,787
  5. 5.LAKEVIEW LOAN SERVICING, LLC6.125%31 loans, median costs $6,457

Among lenders with at least 30 closed refinance loans in Cherokee County in 2025.

Lender by lender in Cherokee

Every lender that closed at least 5 qualifying loans in Cherokee 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 only3616.499%$7,744$3,500$2,350
2Rocket Mortgage, LLC1836.5%$7,354$3,644$3,413
3Ameris Bank1416.49%$7,384$3,109$3,025
4TOLL BROTHERS MORTGAGE COMPANY1156.625%$6,278$1,499$6,169
5Fairway Independent Mortgage Corporation1066.625%$6,264$2,783$2,863
6CROSSCOUNTRY MORTGAGE, INC.1026.575%$8,720$4,932$3,847
7EVERETT FINANCIAL, INC.856.75%$10,768$6,360$3,911
8LENNAR MORTGAGE, LLC755.25%$5,823$1,404$2,221
9HOMEOWNERS FINANCIAL GROUP USA, LLC756.375%$8,895$4,311$3,884
10MOVEMENT MORTGAGE, LLC746.5%$8,010$3,345$4,631
11BANKSOUTH MORTGAGE COMPANY, LLC686.375%$9,027$4,918$4,770
12KIND LENDING, LLC676.625%$10,815$4,739$2,307
13Truist Bank666.357%$5,704$1,745$2,764
14VANDERBILT MORTGAGE AND FINANCE, INC.646.495%$5,962$1,968$1,730
15PENNYMAC LOAN SERVICES, LLC626.499%$7,519$2,442$1,941
16ZILLOW HOME LOANS, LLC526.438%$5,932$2,608$1,961
17PRC Mortgage516.625%$5,677$0$6,279
18Prosperity Home Mortgage, LLC516.625%$7,645$3,035$2,394
19First Heritage Mortgage, LLC476.5%$11,878$3,588$4,427
20Wells Fargo Bank, National Association476.25%$4,974$2,236$2,453
21MORTGAGE ASSURANCE, INC.396.25%$9,158$5,749$2,081
22Paramount Residential Mortgage Group, Inc.396.5%$10,983$2,924$2,060
23SOUTHEAST MORTGAGE OF GEORGIA, INC.396.625%$8,428$3,943$2,502
24Presidential Bank, FSB356.5%$9,442$4,805$4,850
25LGE COMMUNITY CREDIT UNION35n/an/an/an/a
26Navy Federal Credit Union346%$3,528$0$5,345
27Bank of America, National Association346.25%$5,228$1,585$2,957
28Onward Home Mortgage, LLC336.625%$7,189$3,593$2,563
29DELTA COMMUNITY CREDIT UNION335.875%$8,169$4,819$2,181
30United Community Bank336.625%$7,458$1,820$1,360
31PROVIDENT FUNDING ASSOCIATES, L.P.326.438%$5,623$1,605$1,792
32Mortgage Research Center, LLC325.99%$7,050$0$1,818
33GUARANTEED RATE, INC.326.5%$7,533$2,914$2,670
34JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association306.37%$716$291$3,032
35Capital City Home Loans, LLC286.5%$6,058$1,999$3,938
36STOCKTON MORTGAGE CORPORATION286.25%$9,758$6,053$2,709
37Associated Credit Union255.625%$9,651$5,685n/a
38FIRST CONTINENTAL MORTGAGE, LTD.226.438%$8,058$0$7,155
39NexBank226.75%$4,841$1,770$1,058
40PRINCETON MORTGAGE CORPORATION226.49%$7,507$3,752$3,433

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 Cherokee County in 2025?

The median interest rate on closed home-purchase loans in Cherokee County, Georgia in 2025 was 6.5%, across 3,564 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.