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What people paid for mortgages in Madison County, OH (2025)

Across 609 closed home-purchase loans in 2025, the median interest rate in Madison was 6.375%, and the middle half of borrowers got between 5.625% and 6.75%. Median total loan costs ran $6,251 on a median loan of $295,000. 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
5.625%6.75%
Median total loan costs
$6,251
Median loan amount
$295,000

609 loans, 2025.

Refinance

Median rate
6.25%
Middle half of rates
5.75%6.75%
Median total loan costs
$6,016
Median loan amount
$255,000

243 loans, 2025.

Lowest median rates in Madison (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.DHI Mortgage Company, LTD.builder lender4.75%103 loans, median costs $9,418
  2. 2.VANDERBILT MORTGAGE AND FINANCE, INC5.75%75 loans, median costs $10,244
  3. 3.CROSSCOUNTRY MORTGAGE, LLC6.625%35 loans, median costs $7,441
  4. 4.NFM, INC6.625%32 loans, median costs $7,664

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

Refinance

  1. 1.United Wholesale Mortgagebroker only5.624%21 loans, median costs $7,737
  2. 2.ROCKET MORTGAGE6.125%25 loans, median costs $8,348
  3. 3.FREEDOM MORTGAGE CORPORATION6.625%11 loans, median costs $9,889
  4. 4.Huntington National Bank7.74%27 loans, median costs $3,414

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

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 Madison

Every lender that closed at least 5 qualifying loans in Madison 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.builder lender1034.75%$9,418$0$7,926
2VANDERBILT MORTGAGE AND FINANCE, INC755.75%$10,244$1,926$4,323
3CROSSCOUNTRY MORTGAGE, LLC356.625%$7,441$3,440$2,029
4NFM, INC326.625%$7,664$4,504$2,975
5M/I FINANCIAL. LLCbuilder lender256.375%$6,299$1,950$5,697
6Union Home Mortgage Corp.246.75%$6,072$2,659$1,208
7United Wholesale Mortgagebroker only206.55%$5,942$1,950$1,916
8GUARANTEED RATE, INC.206.463%$7,104$1,768$2,966
921ST MORTGAGE159.89%n/an/an/a
10Mortgage Research Center146.5%$6,125$868$933
11LOWER, LLC146.75%$6,014$2,411$2,494
12ROCKET MORTGAGE126.625%$5,702$3,270$3,270
13Ruoff Mortgage Company106.625%$3,686$0$942
14Huntington National Bank96.125%$6,387$1,295$3,367
15Union Savings Bank96.5%$5,201$400n/a
16MERCHANTS NATIONAL BANK86.75%$3,344$1,095n/a
17NEWREZ LLC86.438%$8,053$3,127$1,821
18HOWARD HANNA FINANCIAL SERVICES, INC76.815%$5,096$2,275$812
19GERMAN AMERICAN BANK76.625%$4,078$1,050$999
20FREEDOM MORTGAGE CORPORATION76.75%$9,234$1,790$722
21Wright Patt Credit Union Inc65.812%$3,212$156$923
22First Financial Bank66.938%$5,174$1,803$1,305
23PENNYMAC LOAN SERVICES LLC66.437%$7,237$537$367
24PARAMOUNT RESIDENTIAL MORTGAGE56.375%$6,423$1,220$5,056
25American Pacific Mortgage Corporation56.5%$5,993$1,590$3,460
26FAIRWAY INDEPENDENT MORT CORP56.49%$7,961$3,204$2,130
27PNC BANK N.A.56.875%$3,291$1,199$11

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 Madison County in 2025?

The median interest rate on closed home-purchase loans in Madison County, Ohio in 2025 was 6.375%, across 609 first-lien, owner-occupied loans. The middle half of borrowers got between 5.625% 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.