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What people paid for mortgages in Catawba County, NC (2025)

Across 2,232 closed home-purchase loans in 2025, the median interest rate in Catawba was 6.375%, and the middle half of borrowers got between 5.875% and 6.75%. Median total loan costs ran $5,508 on a median loan of $285,000. Source: federal HMDA filings on first-lien, owner-occupied loans.

Home purchase

Median rate
6.375%
Middle half of rates
5.875%6.75%
Median total loan costs
$5,508
Median loan amount
$285,000

2,232 loans, 2025.

Refinance

Median rate
6.125%
Middle half of rates
5.75%6.75%
Median total loan costs
$6,929
Median loan amount
$205,000

913 loans, 2025.

Lowest median rates in Catawba (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.Loandepot.Com, LLC4.99%60 loans, median costs $8,756
  2. 2.DHI MORTGAGE COMPANY, LTD.5.375%222 loans, median costs $3,733
  3. 3.STATE EMPLOYEES'6%221 loans, median costs $4,626
  4. 4.LENNAR MORTGAGE, LLC6%96 loans, median costs $1,230
  5. 5.Truist Bank6.375%57 loans, median costs $4,911

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

Refinance

  1. 1.STATE EMPLOYEES'5.5%77 loans, median costs $3,138
  2. 2.UNITED SHORE FINANCIAL SERVICES, LLCbroker only5.625%99 loans, median costs $9,116
  3. 3.PENNYMAC LOAN SERVICES, LLC5.625%37 loans, median costs $8,006
  4. 4.FREEDOM MORTGAGE CORPORATION6.188%50 loans, median costs $5,493
  5. 5.Rocket Mortgage, LLC6.25%144 loans, median costs $7,287

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

Lender by lender in Catawba

Every lender that closed at least 5 qualifying loans in Catawba 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
1DHI MORTGAGE COMPANY, LTD.2225.375%$3,733$0$1,818
2STATE EMPLOYEES'2216%$4,626$2,500n/a
3Rocket Mortgage, LLC1466.5%$6,657$2,500$2,127
4ATLANTIC BAY MORTGAGE GROUP, L.L.C.1356.625%$7,125$3,280$2,809
5LENNAR MORTGAGE, LLC966%$1,230$1,230$4,394
6CROSSCOUNTRY MORTGAGE, INC.816.625%$9,223$3,651$3,585
7MOVEMENT MORTGAGE, LLC796.75%$5,654$1,887$2,965
8Fairway Independent Mortgage Corporation696.75%$6,370$3,001$1,630
9UNITED SHORE FINANCIAL SERVICES, LLCbroker only616.57%$7,162$2,225$2,382
10Loandepot.Com, LLC604.99%$8,756$2,771$6,203
11Truist Bank576.375%$4,911$2,294$1,141
12Alcova Mortgage LLC486.625%$5,221$1,954$2,185
13HIGHLANDS RESIDENTIAL MORTGAGE, LTD.476.75%$7,446$3,100$2,762
14Mortgage Research Center, LLC436.5%$4,081$0$959
15INSPIRE HOME LOANS INC.426.375%$6,673$1,500$4,900
16GUILD MORTGAGE COMPANY346.625%$6,747$2,471$2,321
17MUTUAL OF OMAHA MORTGAGE, INC.285.812%$4,977$1,909$2,686
18Peoples Bank256.25%$5,728$2,497$629
19Primis Mortgage Company226.625%$8,038$3,128$1,980
20M/I FINANCIAL, LLC225.5%$13,025$9,821$7,782
21CARDINAL FINANCIAL COMPANY, LIMITED PARTNERSHIP216.875%$7,136$1,490$1,609
22First-Citizens Bank & Trust Company206.05%$4,609$1,622$158
23Navy Federal Credit Union186.188%$4,019$78$1,399
24NVR Mortgage Finance, Inc.186.188%$4,381$4,792$4,845
25Wells Fargo Bank, National Association186.312%$4,483$2,177$2,018
26Taylorsville Savings Bank, SSB17n/an/an/an/a
27Broker Solutions, Inc.176.625%$8,945$4,232$5,108
28Bank of America, National Association176.125%$3,291$1,485$4,143
29First Federal Savings Bank of Lincolnton16n/an/an/an/a
30First Heritage Mortgage, LLC166.75%$5,351$1,731$1,428
31VANDERBILT MORTGAGE AND FINANCE, INC.149.15%$8,366$4,805$1,038
32Atlantic Coast Mortgage, LLC146.625%$6,299$2,591$1,465
33American Security Mortgage Corp.146.375%$5,730$1,395$1,579
34Renasant Bank136.375%$6,372$4,000$1,027
35PENNYMAC LOAN SERVICES, LLC136.625%$6,913$2,485$1,643
36PRIMARY RESIDENTIAL MORTGAGE, INC.126.5%$9,322$3,264$1,781
37NEWREZ LLC126.438%$6,034$1,209$1,019
38PRIMELENDING, A PLAINSCAPITAL COMPANY116.875%$5,785$3,465$1,905
39Fifth Third Bank, National Association106.688%$4,212$1,295$610
40MORTGAGE ASSURANCE, INC.96.625%n/an/an/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 Catawba County in 2025?

The median interest rate on closed home-purchase loans in Catawba County, North Carolina in 2025 was 6.375%, across 2,232 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.