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

Across 609 closed home-purchase loans in 2025, the median interest rate in Van Zandt was 6.75%, and the middle half of borrowers got between 6.125% and 7.25%. Median total loan costs ran $8,347 on a median loan of $255,000. 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
6.75%
Middle half of rates
6.125%7.25%
Median total loan costs
$8,347
Median loan amount
$255,000

609 loans, 2025.

Refinance

Median rate
6.625%
Middle half of rates
6%7.1%
Median total loan costs
$6,486
Median loan amount
$285,000

222 loans, 2025.

Lowest median rates in Van Zandt (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 lender4.245%42 loans, median costs $7,967
  2. 2.FAIRWAY INDEPENDENT MORT CORP6.75%47 loans, median costs $12,351
  3. 3.21ST MORTGAGE9.73%59 loans, median costs $7,516

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

Refinance

  1. 1.United Wholesale Mortgagebroker only6.124%24 loans, median costs $5,981
  2. 2.ROCKET MORTGAGE6.625%42 loans, median costs $7,285

Among lenders with at least 10 closed refinance loans in Van Zandt 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 Van Zandt

Every lender that closed at least 5 qualifying loans in Van Zandt 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
121ST MORTGAGE599.73%$7,516$4,500n/a
2FAIRWAY INDEPENDENT MORT CORP476.75%$12,351$5,919$1,926
3DHI Mortgage Company, LTD.builder lender424.245%$7,967$0$2,713
4ROCKET MORTGAGE286.562%$7,769$2,399$1,684
5CROSSCOUNTRY MORTGAGE, LLC276.625%$9,059$3,115$2,373
6United Wholesale Mortgagebroker only246.522%$8,147$1,331$1,471
7AMERICAN NATIONAL BANK OF TEXA216.75%$10,774$6,842n/a
8CMG MORTGAGE INC206.688%$9,980$3,214$2,197
9Mortgage Research Center166.25%$4,052$0$1,671
10THE CITY NATIONAL BANK OF SULPHUR SPRINGS157%$4,285$985$2,725
11GUILD MORTGAGE COMPANY106.25%$12,475$4,670$3,013
12SOUTHWEST STAGE FUNDING LLC98.3%$5,486$4,104$4,171
13NEW AMERICAN FUNDING, LLC.96.25%$15,345$6,186$4,517
14INTEGRITY MORTGAGE CORPORATION OF TEXAS96.49%$9,487$4,887$2,835
15ARK-LA-TEX FINANCIAL SERVICES LLC86.562%$7,937$0$2,318
16SFMC, LP86.75%$8,021$4,431$4,715
17SUMMIT FUNDING.INC86.688%$12,949$3,969$3,186
18Texas National Bank of Jacksonville8n/an/an/an/a
19VANDERBILT MORTGAGE AND FINANCE, INC79.75%$10,631$5,072$3,309
20AUSTIN BANK, TEXAS NATIONAL ASSOCIATION77.2%$5,299$1,100n/a
21Mortgage Financial Services76.75%$10,133$4,912$3,788
22TRIAD FINANCIAL SERVICES, INC.78.6%$2,975$2,575n/a
23Right Start Mortgage, Inc66.438%$12,044$4,774$2,784
24TexasBank57.75%$5,972$3,150$83
25NATIONS LENDING CORPORATION56.625%$9,724$50$3,892
26American Portfolio Mortgage Corporation56.625%$9,924$2,478$3,268
27United Built Homes, LLC58.99%n/a$3,645n/a
28CARDINAL FINANCIAL COMPANY, LI57.25%$10,569$4,292$8,102
29CANOPY MORTGAGE, LLC56.375%$8,777$4,860$3,115

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 Van Zandt County in 2025?

The median interest rate on closed home-purchase loans in Van Zandt County, Texas in 2025 was 6.75%, across 609 first-lien, owner-occupied loans. The middle half of borrowers got between 6.125% and 7.25%.

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.