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

Across 1,789 closed home-purchase loans in 2025, the median interest rate in Waller was 5.99%, and the middle half of borrowers got between 4.99% and 6.625%. Median total loan costs ran $9,086 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
5.99%
Middle half of rates
4.99%6.625%
Median total loan costs
$9,086
Median loan amount
$295,000

1,789 loans, 2025.

Refinance

Median rate
6.25%
Middle half of rates
5.875%6.99%
Median total loan costs
$7,563
Median loan amount
$355,000

291 loans, 2025.

Lowest median rates in Waller (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.LENNAR MORTGAGE, LLCbuilder lender4.25%369 loans, median costs $8,093
  2. 2.VELOCIO MORTGAGE, L.L.C.builder lender4.99%52 loans, median costs $11,341
  3. 3.ARK-LA-TEX FINANCIAL SERVICES LLC5.49%51 loans, median costs $6,429
  4. 4.CALCON MUTUAL MORTGAGE LLC5.5%72 loans, median costs $9,933
  5. 5.INTERLINC MORTGAGE SERVICES, LLC5.6%30 loans, median costs $6,879

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

Refinance

  1. 1.PENNYMAC LOAN SERVICES LLC5.99%11 loans, median costs $8,807
  2. 2.United Wholesale Mortgagebroker only5.999%59 loans, median costs $8,043
  3. 3.FREEDOM MORTGAGE CORPORATION6.125%21 loans, median costs $8,513
  4. 4.ROCKET MORTGAGE6.75%35 loans, median costs $7,276

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

Every lender that closed at least 5 qualifying loans in Waller 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
1LENNAR MORTGAGE, LLCbuilder lender3694.25%$8,093$1,650$6,548
2United Wholesale Mortgagebroker only856.624%$10,879$3,849$2,654
3CALCON MUTUAL MORTGAGE LLC725.5%$9,933$1,820$8,508
4KBHS HOME LOANS, LLCbuilder lender586.375%$10,333$3,162$6,113
5ROCKET MORTGAGE546.125%$10,077$4,009$2,153
6VELOCIO MORTGAGE, L.L.C.builder lender524.99%$11,341$1,662$2,242
7ARK-LA-TEX FINANCIAL SERVICES LLC515.49%$6,429$0$7,258
8TOWNE MORTGAGE COMPANY405.875%$15,713$6,417$7,083
921ST MORTGAGE3510.29%$7,217$4,449n/a
10CMG MORTGAGE INC336.5%$11,522$4,762$5,585
11INTERLINC MORTGAGE SERVICES, LLC305.6%$6,879$0$6,358
12LOANDEPOT.COM, LLC305.875%$9,882$1,600$7,862
13DHI Mortgage Company, LTD.builder lender283.99%$8,899$0$3,191
14TRIAD FINANCIAL SERVICES, INC.2710.45%$2,898$2,575n/a
15CLM MORTGAGE, INC275.25%$6,794$1,950$12,216
16SFMC, LP265.438%$12,574$0$6,999
17STONE MEADOW LENDING, LLC256.125%$7,268$852$5,009
18PARAMOUNT RESIDENTIAL MORTGAGE246.058%$11,124$6,536$4,728
19VANDERBILT MORTGAGE AND FINANCE, INC2410.375%n/an/an/a
20Brightland Mortgage Services, Ltd.245.24%$7,140$0$4,844
21CROSSCOUNTRY MORTGAGE, LLC246.575%$11,498$3,770$5,944
22NETWORK FUNDING, L.P.224.99%$11,303$4,164$3,746
23CORNERSTONE CAPITAL BANK, SSB225.812%$10,731$4,634$8,371
24NEW AMERICAN FUNDING, LLC.216.75%$12,431$5,059$3,759
25JPMorgan Chase Bank, NA166.188%$5,072$227$5,722
26SYNERGY ONE LENDING, INC.156.25%$13,997$7,279$6,930
27Pikeview Mortgage, LLC155.49%$3,675$0$3,869
28Kind Lending, LLC156.625%$13,859$5,241$4,816
29PRIMELENDING145.99%$8,264$2,158$4,593
30Navy Federal Credit Union146%$4,264$0$1,809
31REPUBLIC STATE MORTGAGE CO.135.19%$11,491$2,065$5,486
32GRACE HOME LENDING, LLC136.375%$8,204$1,595$4,938
33FAIRWAY INDEPENDENT MORT CORP126.495%$7,633$2,212$3,239
34SECURITYNATIONAL MORTGAGE COMPANY126.812%$13,056$4,889$6,287
35Cadence Bank126.188%$14,236$6,920$5,950
36HERITAGE MORTGAGE, LLC116.25%$5,273$0$5,031
37CRESTMARK MORTGAGE COMPANY, LTD116.125%$7,023$1,920$10,967
38Mortgage Research Center105.812%$4,741$0$5,497
39NFM, INC106.688%$11,218$1,950$833
40Obsidian Financial Services96.875%$18,707$11,022$5,813

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 Waller County in 2025?

The median interest rate on closed home-purchase loans in Waller County, Texas in 2025 was 5.99%, across 1,789 first-lien, owner-occupied loans. The middle half of borrowers got between 4.99% and 6.625%.

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.