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What people paid for mortgages in Bureau County, IL (2025)

Across 229 closed home-purchase loans in 2025, the median interest rate in Bureau was 6.625%, and the middle half of borrowers got between 6.25% and 6.975%. Median total loan costs ran $3,717 on a median loan of $135,000. Source: federal HMDA filings on first-lien, owner-occupied loans.

Home purchase

Median rate
6.625%
Middle half of rates
6.25%6.975%
Median total loan costs
$3,717
Median loan amount
$135,000

229 loans, 2025.

Refinance

Median rate
6.49%
Middle half of rates
5.99%7.125%
Median total loan costs
$3,944
Median loan amount
$115,000

92 loans, 2025.

Lowest median rates in Bureau (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.Rocket Mortgage, LLC6.5%15 loans, median costs $6,676
  2. 2.COMMUNITY BANC MORTGAGE CORPORATION6.75%24 loans, median costs $2,899
  3. 3.Heartland Bank and Trust Company6.85%20 loans, median costs $2,603

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

Refinance

  1. 1.Rocket Mortgage, LLC6.625%19 loans, median costs $5,128

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

Lender by lender in Bureau

Every lender that closed at least 5 qualifying loans in Bureau 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.

#LenderLoansMedian rateMedian total costsMedian originationMedian points
1Central Bank Illinois35n/an/an/an/a
2COMMUNITY BANC MORTGAGE CORPORATION246.75%$2,899$1,201$239
3Heartland Bank and Trust Company206.85%$2,603$800n/a
4Rocket Mortgage, LLC156.5%$6,676$3,290$2,889
5Eureka Savings Bank9n/an/an/an/a
6First State Bank96.875%$1,943$750n/a
7Loandepot.Com, LLC87.125%$5,751$3,061$1,637
8FIRST STATE MORTGAGE SERVICES, LLC66%$3,932$975$1,318
9OSB Community Bank6n/an/an/an/a
10First Federal Savings Bank6n/an/an/an/a
11GUILD MORTGAGE COMPANY66.812%$4,175$1,661$1,422
12FINANCIAL PLUS CREDIT UNION65.75%$1,268$500n/a
13FLAT BRANCH MORTGAGE, INC.66.49%$4,567$2,331$2,000
14United Community Bank56.5%$5,322$680$65
15Mortgage Research Center, LLC56.625%$1,273$0$789

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 Bureau County in 2025?

The median interest rate on closed home-purchase loans in Bureau County, Illinois in 2025 was 6.625%, across 229 first-lien, owner-occupied loans. The middle half of borrowers got between 6.25% and 6.975%.

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.