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What people paid for mortgages in Thurston County, WA (2025)

Across 3,078 closed home-purchase loans in 2025, the median interest rate in Thurston was 6.49%, and the middle half of borrowers got between 6% and 6.875%. Median total loan costs ran $8,809 on a median loan of $455,000. 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
6.49%
Middle half of rates
6%6.875%
Median total loan costs
$8,809
Median loan amount
$455,000

3,078 loans, 2025.

Refinance

Median rate
5.99%
Middle half of rates
5.625%6.5%
Median total loan costs
$7,007
Median loan amount
$435,000

1,672 loans, 2025.

Lowest median rates in Thurston (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 lender5.125%68 loans, median costs $3,227
  2. 2.Navy Federal Credit Union5.938%46 loans, median costs $8,682
  3. 3.PENNYMAC LOAN SERVICES LLC6.124%37 loans, median costs $10,077
  4. 4.Mortgage Research Center6.125%112 loans, median costs $9,017
  5. 5.NEWREZ LLC6.125%98 loans, median costs $12,906

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

Refinance

  1. 1.United Wholesale Mortgagebroker only5.625%286 loans, median costs $6,877
  2. 2.FREEDOM MORTGAGE CORPORATION5.75%114 loans, median costs $7,104
  3. 3.PENNYMAC LOAN SERVICES LLC5.75%41 loans, median costs $7,637
  4. 4.Mortgage Research Center5.75%36 loans, median costs $6,962
  5. 5.ROCKET MORTGAGE5.99%220 loans, median costs $7,501

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

Every lender that closed at least 5 qualifying loans in Thurston 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
1GUILD MORTGAGE COMPANY3716.5%$9,903$5,833$4,905
2United Wholesale Mortgagebroker only2246.374%$8,801$2,068$2,939
3CROSSCOUNTRY MORTGAGE, LLC1926.575%$10,079$1,779$3,880
4MOVEMENT MORTGAGE, LLC1736.625%$9,115$5,223$4,263
5Mortgage Research Center1126.125%$9,017$0$3,121
6CMG MORTGAGE INC1086.375%$10,217$3,480$3,627
7ROCKET MORTGAGE1026.25%$6,452$4,004$3,607
8NEWREZ LLC986.125%$12,906$4,935$5,300
9FAIRWAY INDEPENDENT MORT CORP826.688%$9,017$4,393$3,429
10OLYMPIA FEDERAL SAVINGS & LOAN806.125%$6,210$2,256n/a
11EVERGREEN MONEYSOURCE MORTGAGE COMPANY806.875%$9,903$5,924$4,678
12DHI Mortgage Company, LTD.builder lender685.125%$3,227$0$5,072
13GUARANTEED RATE, INC.626.25%$8,998$0$4,270
14PARAMOUNT RESIDENTIAL MORTGAGE516.375%$10,500$5,070$3,982
15WSECU516.375%$4,344$924$2,531
16Navy Federal Credit Union465.938%$8,682$0$7,891
17The Loan Store, Incbroker only396.375%$7,156$3,558$3,115
18MLD MORTGAGE, INC.dba The Money Store376.125%$9,138$2,088$1,956
19PENNYMAC LOAN SERVICES LLC376.124%$10,077$2,557$1,805
20Boeing Employees' Credit Union356.375%$3,831$808$1,500
21Bay Equity LLC356.49%$7,828$3,706$3,495
22TRIAD FINANCIAL SERVICES, INC.338.73%n/an/an/a
231st Security Bank of Washington326.75%$9,703$5,775$4,657
24NEW AMERICAN FUNDING, LLC.326.75%$9,140$4,917$3,397
25Cornerstone First Mortgage276.75%$14,669$6,126$5,336
26TWINSTAR CREDIT UNION276.125%$3,611$336$1,088
27PLANET HOME LENDING, LLC226.375%$7,273$1,705$2,421
28Luminate Bank226.688%$10,177$6,273$4,798
29TAYLOR MORRISON HOME FUNDING, INC.builder lender226.125%$3,482$1$4,166
30JPMorgan Chase Bank, NA226.495%$4,029$586$3,648
31Kind Lending, LLC216.5%$10,320$2,335$2,380
32USAA BANK216.375%$9,031$1,829$1,443
33Inspire Home Loans Inc.builder lender195.5%$15,700$1,500$9,055
34O BEE CREDIT UNION196.625%$7,781$4,673n/a
35Premier Mortgage Resources, LLC186.688%$10,811$5,288$3,869
36LENNAR MORTGAGE, LLCbuilder lender183.933%$9,680$1,490$5,626
37Mason-McDuffie Mortgage Corporation186.75%$9,555$1,672$1,430
38ENVOY MORTGAGE, LTD176.5%$4,852$1,495$2,929
39Nova Financial & Investment Corporation166.49%$12,437$5,466$4,375
40American Pacific Mortgage Corporation166.875%$11,595$6,113$7,360

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 Thurston County in 2025?

The median interest rate on closed home-purchase loans in Thurston County, Washington in 2025 was 6.49%, across 3,078 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.