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What people paid for mortgages in Berkeley County, WV (2025)

Across 2,245 closed home-purchase loans in 2025, the median interest rate in Berkeley was 6.49%, and the middle half of borrowers got between 6.125% and 6.75%. Median total loan costs ran $8,027 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
6.49%
Middle half of rates
6.125%6.75%
Median total loan costs
$8,027
Median loan amount
$295,000

2,245 loans, 2025.

Refinance

Median rate
6.125%
Middle half of rates
5.75%6.625%
Median total loan costs
$7,502
Median loan amount
$265,000

820 loans, 2025.

Lowest median rates in Berkeley (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.First Heritage Mortgage, LLC6.125%40 loans, median costs $9,400
  2. 2.NVR MORTGAGE FINANCE, INC.builder lender6.25%109 loans, median costs $5,302
  3. 3.PRIMELENDING6.25%66 loans, median costs $9,301
  4. 4.Mortgage Research Center6.25%63 loans, median costs $3,214
  5. 5.City National Bank of WV6.25%49 loans, median costs $2,336

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

Refinance

  1. 1.PENNYMAC LOAN SERVICES LLC5.625%75 loans, median costs $8,920
  2. 2.United Wholesale Mortgagebroker only5.875%76 loans, median costs $7,694
  3. 3.ROCKET MORTGAGE6.125%135 loans, median costs $7,863
  4. 4.FREEDOM MORTGAGE CORPORATION6.25%88 loans, median costs $7,562

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

Every lender that closed at least 5 qualifying loans in Berkeley 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
1Integrity Home Mortgage Corporation2966.5%$10,302$4,056$3,545
2CROSSCOUNTRY MORTGAGE, LLC2086.5%$9,429$4,079$3,392
3NVR MORTGAGE FINANCE, INC.builder lender1096.25%$5,302$4,011$5,981
4ATLANTIC COAST MORTGAGE, LLC876.375%$8,852$2,290$2,724
5ROCKET MORTGAGE806.625%$7,883$4,105$4,665
6Navy Federal Credit Union756.375%$3,126$0$3,240
7American Pacific Mortgage Corporation736.625%$10,026$4,326$2,711
8PRIMELENDING666.25%$9,301$2,787$2,248
9Mortgage Research Center636.25%$3,214$0$698
10United Wholesale Mortgagebroker only636.499%$9,116$3,989$2,386
11RMC Home Mortgage, LLC636.625%$10,230$3,913$2,935
12K. Hovnanian American Mortgage606.312%$8,940$1,800$5,262
13City National Bank of WV496.25%$2,336$600n/a
14LENNAR MORTGAGE, LLCbuilder lender416.5%$7,164$1,825$2,658
15First Heritage Mortgage, LLC406.125%$9,400$1,610$3,915
16CNB BANK INC.36n/an/an/an/a
17Intercoastal Mortgage, LLC316.5%$4,081$1,000$2,504
18Jefferson Security Bank30n/an/an/an/a
19NEWREZ LLC286.375%$8,304$1,946$1,427
2021ST MORTGAGE2810.725%$6,174$4,045n/a
21Embrace Home Loans, Inc.246.49%$7,982$1,974$1,064
22PROSPERITY HOME MORTGAGE, LLC226.058%$6,990$2,083$1,966
23GUILD MORTGAGE COMPANY226.495%$8,432$2,316$2,556
24DHI Mortgage Company, LTD.builder lender205.99%$5,892$0$902
25LOANDEPOT.COM, LLC195.49%$8,716$1,600$8,248
26NFM, INC196.5%$11,928$4,797$5,328
27Union Home Mortgage Corp.186.375%$8,735$2,484$2,278
28TRUIST BANK186.308%$4,063$1,250$825
29Farmers and Merchants Trust Co166.5%$6,217$1,477$930
30TRIAD FINANCIAL SERVICES, INC.148.79%$1,706$1,131n/a
31BANK OF CHARLES TOWN14n/an/an/an/a
32NEW AMERICAN FUNDING, LLC.136.875%$10,834$4,754$3,240
33WATERSTONE MORTGAGE CORPORATION136.625%$9,223$4,096$3,180
34Tammac Holdings Coporation129.35%n/an/an/a
35CMG MORTGAGE INC126.375%$6,316$2,526$674
36T2 FINANCIAL LLC126.688%$10,302$3,782$2,809
37GUARANTEED RATE, INC.126.463%$8,933$2,842$2,170
38EVERETT FINANCIAL, INC.126.375%$10,089$2,329$2,664
39PARAMOUNT RESIDENTIAL MORTGAGE116.375%$12,653$4,507$3,523
40ZILLOW HOME LOANS, LLC116.5%$6,445$2,764$1,376

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 Berkeley County in 2025?

The median interest rate on closed home-purchase loans in Berkeley County, West Virginia in 2025 was 6.49%, across 2,245 first-lien, owner-occupied loans. The middle half of borrowers got between 6.125% 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.