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What people paid for mortgages in Hood County, TX (2025)

Across 1,110 closed home-purchase loans in 2025, the median interest rate in Hood was 6.5%, and the middle half of borrowers got between 6% and 6.875%. Median total loan costs ran $8,273 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
6.5%
Middle half of rates
6%6.875%
Median total loan costs
$8,273
Median loan amount
$295,000

1,110 loans, 2025.

Refinance

Median rate
6.25%
Middle half of rates
5.75%6.875%
Median total loan costs
$6,734
Median loan amount
$295,000

365 loans, 2025.

Lowest median rates in Hood (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 lender4.5%53 loans, median costs $9,284
  2. 2.SFMC, LP6.438%46 loans, median costs $11,121
  3. 3.LOANDEPOT.COM, LLC6.49%41 loans, median costs $8,559
  4. 4.ROCKET MORTGAGE6.495%56 loans, median costs $7,406
  5. 5.United Wholesale Mortgagebroker only6.497%67 loans, median costs $9,242

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

Refinance

  1. 1.PENNYMAC LOAN SERVICES LLC5.875%17 loans, median costs $6,328
  2. 2.United Wholesale Mortgagebroker only5.999%60 loans, median costs $6,546
  3. 3.FREEDOM MORTGAGE CORPORATION6.188%14 loans, median costs $7,110
  4. 4.GATEWAY FIRST BANK6.25%13 loans, median costs $13,048
  5. 5.ROCKET MORTGAGE6.5%56 loans, median costs $7,822

Among lenders with at least 10 closed refinance loans in Hood 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 Hood

Every lender that closed at least 5 qualifying loans in Hood 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 only676.497%$9,242$3,431$2,651
2ROCKET MORTGAGE566.495%$7,406$3,185$3,068
3DHI Mortgage Company, LTD.builder lender534.5%$9,284$0$6,450
4SFMC, LP466.438%$11,121$3,851$3,450
5THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF GRA44n/an/an/an/a
6GUILD MORTGAGE COMPANY446.625%$11,709$4,230$2,908
7FIRST FINANCIAL BANK426.5%$5,208$1,240$841
8LOANDEPOT.COM, LLC416.49%$8,559$1,795$3,929
921ST MORTGAGE419.73%$7,362$4,500n/a
10CARDINAL FINANCIAL COMPANY, LI406.625%$9,372$3,325$3,429
11Mortgage Research Center276.5%$5,116$0$824
12CMG MORTGAGE INC276.625%$8,347$2,568$1,662
13LOWER, LLC276.125%$11,056$2,406$8,576
14American Pacific Mortgage Corporation236.625%$11,769$4,725$2,917
15PRIMELENDING226.875%$6,693$1,545$1,441
16CROSSCOUNTRY MORTGAGE, LLC226.6%$10,978$3,925$4,879
17GATEWAY FIRST BANK216.25%$13,174$4,364$3,852
18NEW AMERICAN FUNDING, LLC.206.875%$8,932$3,331$1,514
19Navy Federal Credit Union176%$4,969$0$2,203
20FAIRWAY INDEPENDENT MORT CORP166.75%$10,033$3,262$1,301
21PARAMOUNT RESIDENTIAL MORTGAGE146.625%$8,524$2,811$1,430
22Highlands Residential Mortgage, Ltd.126.433%$9,084$2,881$1,913
23PENNYMAC LOAN SERVICES LLC126.311%$9,539$4,625$2,101
24Mason-McDuffie Mortgage Corporation116.5%$9,062$3,164$1,312
25GUARANTEED RATE, INC.106.25%$8,039$2,639$1,221
26FIRST UNITED BANK AND TRUST CO96.875%$8,919$2,261$1,403
27JPMorgan Chase Bank, NA96.625%$6,187$3,187$1,505
28The Loan Store, Incbroker only86.312%$8,012$2,284$1,347
29Centennial Bank87.25%$9,883$1,855$288
30Nationstar Mortgage86.875%$5,038$1,533$655
31FREEDOM MORTGAGE CORPORATION86.12%$12,354$2,989$3,806
32Right Start Mortgage, Inc86.625%$12,294$5,451$3,551
33ARK-LA-TEX FINANCIAL SERVICES LLC76.625%$9,107$4,062$3,335
34Mortgage Financial Services75.99%$10,368$1,250$1,520
35American Portfolio Mortgage Corporation76.25%$8,529$3,911$4,163
36NEWREZ LLC76.625%$8,072$2,840$1,838
37First National Bank Mortgage76.5%$4,192$1,770$563
38American Financial Resources LLC66.75%$6,231$1,211$1,776
39CORNERSTONE CAPITAL BANK, SSB66.812%$7,643$2,903$1,400
40Sage Home Loans Corporation65.745%$5,252$1,494$2,861

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 Hood County in 2025?

The median interest rate on closed home-purchase loans in Hood County, Texas in 2025 was 6.5%, across 1,110 first-lien, owner-occupied loans. The middle half of borrowers got between 6% 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.