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What people paid for mortgages in Worcester County, MA (2025)

Across 7,328 closed home-purchase loans in 2025, the median interest rate in Worcester was 6.575%, and the middle half of borrowers got between 6.125% and 6.875%. Median total loan costs ran $5,599 on a median loan of $415,000. 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
6.575%
Middle half of rates
6.125%6.875%
Median total loan costs
$5,599
Median loan amount
$415,000

7,328 loans, 2025.

Refinance

Median rate
6.25%
Middle half of rates
5.875%6.678%
Median total loan costs
$6,565
Median loan amount
$355,000

3,488 loans, 2025.

Lowest median rates in Worcester (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.MIDDLESEX SAVINGS BANK5.5%52 loans, median costs $3,652
  2. 2.WEBSTER FIRST FEDERAL CREDIT UNION5.625%38 loans, median costs $3,604
  3. 3.Workers Federal Credit Union5.75%48 loans, median costs $4,372
  4. 4.M&T BANK5.875%74 loans, median costs $5,125
  5. 5.IC FEDERAL CREDIT UNION5.99%36 loans, median costs $3,001

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

Refinance

  1. 1.PENNYMAC LOAN SERVICES LLC5.99%92 loans, median costs $8,748
  2. 2.Bank of America NA5.99%46 loans, median costs $3,824
  3. 3.United Wholesale Mortgagebroker only5.999%264 loans, median costs $8,075
  4. 4.AMERISAVE MORTGAGE COMPANY6%35 loans, median costs $15,142
  5. 5.ROCKET MORTGAGE6.125%499 loans, median costs $8,397

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

Every lender that closed at least 5 qualifying loans in Worcester 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 only4476.624%$9,435$2,770$2,041
2CROSSCOUNTRY MORTGAGE, LLC3306.75%$6,084$1,718$2,108
3GUARANTEED RATE, INC.3126.625%$5,543$1,640$1,431
4ROCKET MORTGAGE2866.5%$6,844$2,945$3,847
5Leader Bank NA2856.375%$4,874$1,499$1,672
6TOTAL MORTGAGE SERVICES, LLC2556.625%$9,264$4,604$3,290
7GUILD MORTGAGE COMPANY2466.625%$6,314$1,920$3,008
8CMG MORTGAGE INC2426.625%$5,594$1,740$2,085
9FAIRWAY INDEPENDENT MORT CORP2326.75%$4,998$1,740$1,444
10American Neighborhood Mortgage Acceptance Company2126.75%$7,689$3,285$2,553
11NEW AMERICAN FUNDING, LLC.1756.625%$8,491$1,650$2,465
12MOVEMENT MORTGAGE, LLC1146.625%$5,343$1,745$1,440
13Mortgage Research Center1136.25%$8,223$1,840$1,462
14UNIBANK FOR SAVINGS1106%$2,761$0$3,120
15Northpoint Mortgage, Inc.886.625%$6,461$2,858$2,338
16Digital Federal Credit Union886.625%$3,453$695$2,134
17CORNERSTONE BANK87n/an/an/an/a
18BANKESB856.375%$3,992$899$750
19SALEM FIVE MORTGAGE COMPANY LLC806.438%$5,049$1,295$1,749
20GUARANTEED RATE AFFINITY, LLC786.6%$5,356$1,640$2,632
21M&T BANK745.875%$5,125$1,500$1,544
22Bank of America NA716.125%$4,107$1,334$2,850
23NEWREZ LLC706.625%$5,294$1,188$1,295
24PENNYMAC LOAN SERVICES LLC696.624%$5,049$1,460$1,515
25CBNA Year to Date666.625%$6,497$1,695$2,132
26FIDELITY CO-OPERATIVE BANK646.562%$5,774$3,530$4,085
27ENVOY MORTGAGE, LTD646.99%$5,388$1,305$2,395
28Pulte Mortgage LLCbuilder lender626.375%$550$0$3,516
29JPMorgan Chase Bank, NA586.49%$3,653$1,260$1,400
30EMM Loans LLC576.625%$8,875$3,729$2,648
31HARBORONE MORTGAGE, LLC546.562%$5,762$1,545$2,105
32US BANK, N.A.546.5%$4,999$1,245$864
33Drew Mortgage Associates, Inc536.875%$5,968$1,299n/a
34MIDDLESEX SAVINGS BANK525.5%$3,652$745$4,375
35Radius Financial Group Inc516.625%$5,429$1,674$3,313
36Washington Trust Mortgage Company LLC516.5%$4,617$1,499$1,823
37NEW FED MORTGAGE CORP.516.625%$5,333$1,599$2,334
38ROCKLAND TRUST BANK516.375%$4,349$1,450$467
39LOANDEPOT.COM, LLC506.75%$7,999$2,933$3,059
40Embrace Home Loans, Inc.486.625%$5,955$2,451$1,222

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 Worcester County in 2025?

The median interest rate on closed home-purchase loans in Worcester County, Massachusetts in 2025 was 6.575%, across 7,328 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.