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

Across 1,249 closed home-purchase loans in 2025, the median interest rate in Newton was 6.25%, and the middle half of borrowers got between 5.875% and 6.75%. Median total loan costs ran $9,824 on a median loan of $305,000. 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
6.25%
Middle half of rates
5.875%6.75%
Median total loan costs
$9,824
Median loan amount
$305,000

1,249 loans, 2025.

Refinance

Median rate
6.125%
Middle half of rates
5.75%6.625%
Median total loan costs
$7,945
Median loan amount
$265,000

692 loans, 2025.

Lowest median rates in Newton (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.DHI Mortgage Company, LTD.builder lender4.99%50 loans, median costs $9,789
  2. 2.Trailblazer Mortgage L.L.C.4.99%37 loans, median costs $10,540
  3. 3.GUILD MORTGAGE COMPANY6.125%49 loans, median costs $15,086
  4. 4.NEW AMERICAN FUNDING, LLC.6.188%40 loans, median costs $13,977
  5. 5.United Wholesale Mortgagebroker only6.49%81 loans, median costs $9,844

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

Refinance

  1. 1.United Wholesale Mortgagebroker only5.75%80 loans, median costs $10,236
  2. 2.PENNYMAC LOAN SERVICES LLC5.99%43 loans, median costs $7,707
  3. 3.ROCKET MORTGAGE6.25%122 loans, median costs $8,137
  4. 4.FREEDOM MORTGAGE CORPORATION6.25%54 loans, median costs $6,157

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

Every lender that closed at least 5 qualifying loans in Newton 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 only816.49%$9,844$2,856$3,047
2ROCKET MORTGAGE636.5%$7,538$2,868$2,655
3DHI Mortgage Company, LTD.builder lender504.99%$9,789$0$2,698
4FAIRWAY INDEPENDENT MORT CORP506.625%$10,657$4,106$2,158
5GUILD MORTGAGE COMPANY496.125%$15,086$6,209$6,192
6NEW AMERICAN FUNDING, LLC.406.188%$13,977$5,623$8,594
7CROSSCOUNTRY MORTGAGE, LLC386.49%$12,310$4,962$4,196
8Mortgage Research Center376.5%$4,053$0$987
9Trailblazer Mortgage L.L.C.374.99%$10,540$1,490$3,629
10NFM, INC286.25%$10,181$3,926$3,117
11Pulte Mortgage LLCbuilder lender274.99%$6,626$0$10,132
12Ameris Bank276.125%$10,104$4,078$3,550
13Jet HomeLoans, LP254.99%$10,796$1,325$5,178
14EVERETT FINANCIAL, INC.256.75%$14,134$7,760$2,946
15American Pacific Mortgage Corporation246.25%$14,898$5,332$6,222
16SOUTHEAST MORTGAGE OF GEORGIA, INC.226%$10,641$5,805$4,576
17ZILLOW HOME LOANS, LLC216.375%$6,040$2,113$3,570
18Presidential Bank, FSB196.5%$13,134$4,739$3,055
19REGIONS BANK176.375%$7,082$3,025$3,273
20VANDERBILT MORTGAGE AND FINANCE, INC156.375%$12,181$3,011$2,782
21TRUIST BANK156.6%$5,806$1,833$2,006
22HOMEOWNERS FINANCIAL GROUP, LLC136.5%$8,954$3,173$1,898
23CANOPY MORTGAGE, LLC135.99%$28,980$18,889$18,202
24JPMorgan Chase Bank, NA136.49%$1,547$193$1,186
25Inspire Home Loans Inc.builder lender124.875%$9,748$1,250$3,166
26Cornerstone First Mortgage116.25%$11,713$5,466$3,104
27ACOPIA, LLC116.5%$9,238$4,815$4,784
28LOWER, LLC116%$12,505$4,263$3,222
29UNITED BANK116.75%$6,265$3,414$1,261
30Navy Federal Credit Union106.625%$3,080$0$3,867
31LOANDEPOT.COM, LLC106.625%$10,467$3,364$2,201
32Equity Prime Mortgage LLC106.25%$13,031$4,656$2,945
33Kind Lending, LLC106.5%$8,073$2,472$1,578
34MAGNOLIA BANK106.375%$5,569$2,345$2,038
35PENNYMAC LOAN SERVICES LLC106.062%$8,146$1,051$5,580
36PARAMOUNT RESIDENTIAL MORTGAGE96.125%$11,302$4,479$2,589
37AMERICAN FINANCIAL NETWORK, INC.96.375%$7,631$4,784n/a
38Plains Commerce Bank96.75%$9,091$3,994$810
39Union Home Mortgage Corp.96.375%$11,969$4,646$2,716
40SUCCESS MORTGAGE PARTNERS, INC96.375%$12,574$4,696$2,895

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 Newton County in 2025?

The median interest rate on closed home-purchase loans in Newton County, Georgia in 2025 was 6.25%, across 1,249 first-lien, owner-occupied loans. The middle half of borrowers got between 5.875% 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.