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

Across 12,839 closed home-purchase loans in 2025, the median interest rate in Mecklenburg was 6.375%, and the middle half of borrowers got between 5.99% and 6.75%. Median total loan costs ran $5,532 on a median loan of $395,000. 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
6.375%
Middle half of rates
5.99%6.75%
Median total loan costs
$5,532
Median loan amount
$395,000

12,839 loans, 2025.

Refinance

Median rate
6.125%
Middle half of rates
5.75%6.617%
Median total loan costs
$6,310
Median loan amount
$355,000

5,208 loans, 2025.

Lowest median rates in Mecklenburg (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.VANDERBILT MORTGAGE AND FINANCE, INC4.875%37 loans, median costs $10,401
  2. 2.MATTAMY HOME FUNDING LLC5.312%156 loans, median costs $4,942
  3. 3.LOANDEPOT.COM, LLC5.375%197 loans, median costs $10,720
  4. 4.DHI Mortgage Company, LTD.builder lender5.5%127 loans, median costs $1,136
  5. 5.State Employees' Credit Union5.825%292 loans, median costs $5,085

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

Refinance

  1. 1.State Employees' Credit Union5.5%146 loans, median costs $3,688
  2. 2.PENNYMAC LOAN SERVICES LLC5.75%181 loans, median costs $8,626
  3. 3.Village Capital & Investment5.75%38 loans, median costs $7,646
  4. 4.Mortgage Research Center5.875%33 loans, median costs $3,730
  5. 5.Bank of America NA5.99%136 loans, median costs $3,739

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

Every lender that closed at least 5 qualifying loans in Mecklenburg 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
1ROCKET MORTGAGE6826.49%$6,509$3,260$2,724
2United Wholesale Mortgagebroker only6596.5%$7,682$3,285$2,422
3AMERICAN SECURITY MORTGAGE COR6396.5%$4,724$1,395$1,883
4MOVEMENT MORTGAGE, LLC6276.562%$5,567$1,873$2,304
5ATLANTIC BAY MORTGAGE GROUP5986.624%$5,765$1,814$3,079
6FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF PA5146.125%$7,596$3,925$9,661
7Bank of America NA4206%$4,082$1,407$3,967
8JPMorgan Chase Bank, NA3976.5%$4,322$1,449$2,060
9WELLS FARGO BANK NA3196.125%$5,037$2,195$1,400
10State Employees' Credit Union2925.825%$5,085$2,500n/a
11NVR MORTGAGE FINANCE, INC.builder lender2546.25%$6,934$4,383$7,991
12Pulte Mortgage LLCbuilder lender2535.99%$730$0$9,460
13TRUIST BANK2406.125%$4,942$1,250$1,454
14CROSSCOUNTRY MORTGAGE, LLC2286.75%$8,526$4,053$4,159
15LOANDEPOT.COM, LLC1975.375%$10,720$1,689$10,512
16ZILLOW HOME LOANS, LLC1956.5%$6,263$3,553$2,902
17MATTAMY HOME FUNDING LLC1565.312%$4,942$101$10,655
18PENNYMAC LOAN SERVICES LLC1556.499%$6,444$1,594$2,330
19Founders Federal Credit Union1376%$5,185$2,295$3,015
20M/I FINANCIAL. LLCbuilder lender1365.875%$16,492$13,418$9,749
21DHI Mortgage Company, LTD.builder lender1275.5%$1,136$0$3,504
22GUILD MORTGAGE COMPANY1266.625%$6,894$3,762$3,584
23FAIRWAY INDEPENDENT MORT CORP1256.75%$5,728$2,317$2,096
24Toll Brothers Mortgage Company1226.433%$5,852$3,329$8,265
25US BANK, N.A.1196.5%$4,998$1,245$4,703
26REGIONS BANK1196.5%$5,132$1,070$1,700
27TowneBank1166.49%$8,183$4,060$3,365
28Mutual of Omaha Mortgage1086.49%$7,129$2,753$3,044
29Navy Federal Credit Union1046.125%$3,254$0$2,520
30Mortgage Research Center1046.25%$4,550$0$1,386
31Tri Pointe Connect, LLC1036.25%$7,074$1,490$6,376
32PRIMIS BANK1036.375%$7,329$3,361$2,543
33PNC BANK N.A.1026.375%$4,586$1,210$1,150
34ALCOVA Mortgage, LLC1016.625%$4,909$1,894$2,743
35UWHARRIE BANK1006.688%$4,795$1,990$1,942
36NEW AMERICAN FUNDING, LLC.1006.5%$9,427$4,696$3,830
37Provident Funding Associates996.5%$4,311$1,125$1,140
38HOWARD HANNA FINANCIAL SERVICES, INC986.606%$4,627$1,495$2,170
39IXONIA BANK926.75%$5,537$1,695$3,717
40First Ciitizens Bank and Trust905.986%$6,356$1,688$1,433

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 Mecklenburg County in 2025?

The median interest rate on closed home-purchase loans in Mecklenburg County, North Carolina in 2025 was 6.375%, across 12,839 first-lien, owner-occupied loans. The middle half of borrowers got between 5.99% 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.