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What people paid for mortgages in Polk County, MN (2025)

Across 254 closed home-purchase loans in 2025, the median interest rate in Polk was 6.5%, and the middle half of borrowers got between 6.125% and 6.775%. Median total loan costs ran $5,932 on a median loan of $215,000. Source: federal HMDA filings on first-lien, owner-occupied loans.

Home purchase

Median rate
6.5%
Middle half of rates
6.125%6.775%
Median total loan costs
$5,932
Median loan amount
$215,000

254 loans, 2025.

Refinance

Median rate
6.124%
Middle half of rates
5.875%6.625%
Median total loan costs
$5,744
Median loan amount
$205,000

100 loans, 2025.

Lowest median rates in Polk (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.Gate City Bank5.875%14 loans, median costs $6,591
  2. 2.Mortgage Research Center, LLC6.25%11 loans, median costs $3,947
  3. 3.UNITED SHORE FINANCIAL SERVICES, LLCbroker only6.499%27 loans, median costs $6,225
  4. 4.Old National Bank6.5%25 loans, median costs $5,194
  5. 5.Frandsen Bank & Trust6.5%15 loans, median costs $5,667

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

Refinance

  1. 1.UNITED SHORE FINANCIAL SERVICES, LLCbroker only5.874%12 loans, median costs $6,744
  2. 2.Rocket Mortgage, LLC6.125%20 loans, median costs $6,865

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

Lender by lender in Polk

Every lender that closed at least 5 qualifying loans in Polk 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 only276.499%$6,225$3,065$2,788
2Old National Bank256.5%$5,194$1,928$393
3Frandsen Bank & Trust156.5%$5,667$3,048n/a
4Gate City Bank145.875%$6,591$3,472$1,352
5First International Bank & Trust136.625%$6,226$815$2,809
6Mortgage Research Center, LLC116.25%$3,947$0$325
7Rocket Mortgage, LLC116.875%$4,816$2,207$1,572
8American Federal Bank9n/an/an/an/a
9Barrington Bank & Trust Company, National Association96.25%$7,817$3,760$2,711
10FIRST COMMUNITY CREDIT UNION86.375%$5,300$2,697$270
11Granite Bank86.5%$8,011$2,938$1,483
12Nations Lending Corporation76.75%$6,764$1,545$1,760
13ARK-LA-TEX FINANCIAL SERVICES, LLC.77%$4,776$0$4,223
14Ultima Bank Minnesota6n/an/an/an/a
15FIRST HOLDING COMPANY OF CAVALIER, INC.5n/an/an/an/a
16Bremer Bank, National Association56.875%$5,539$2,565$363
17Alerus Financial, National Association56.625%$3,955$1,339$1,820
18The First National Bank of Bagley5n/an/an/an/a
19Merchants Bank, National Association56.775%$4,872$2,515n/a

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 Polk County in 2025?

The median interest rate on closed home-purchase loans in Polk County, Minnesota in 2025 was 6.5%, across 254 first-lien, owner-occupied loans. The middle half of borrowers got between 6.125% and 6.775%.

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.