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Citizens Bank, National Association vs Rocket Mortgage, LLC

Both lenders' 2025 filings, side by side: the rate and the fees their borrowers actually got, and what the difference is worth over 7 years.

Over 7 years on a $245,000 loan, the median terms at Rocket Mortgage, LLC come out $14,353 cheaper.

Rocket Mortgage, LLC is ahead from the first payment and stays there.

Same loan on both sides — $245,000 over 30 years — priced at each lender's median rate and median fees for 2025. It is not a quote: HMDA records what borrowers received, and the two lenders serve different borrowers.

Citizens Bank, National Association

7.500%

Median rate

Median fees
$6,796
Disclosed APR here
7.790%
Cost over 7 years
$130,688
Loans in 2025
68,902
Bought discount points
7.7%
Purchases / refinances
15.9% / 35.8%
Cheaper over 7 years

Rocket Mortgage, LLC

6.750%

Median rate

Median fees
$5,424
Disclosed APR here
6.970%
Cost over 7 years
$116,335
Loans in 2025
429,332
Bought discount points
72.4%
Purchases / refinances
31.8% / 63.8%

Fees and rate trade against each other. 7.7% of Citizens Bank, National Association borrowers bought discount points, against 72.4% at Rocket Mortgage, LLC — paying up front to lower the rate shows up as higher fees and a lower rate at once, which is exactly what the seven-year figure above is built to settle. Run your own two offers

Where both of them lend

The states where the two overlap most, by combined volume. Same market, same rules, different numbers.

State Citizens Bank, National Association Rocket Mortgage, LLC Median fees, Citizens Bank, National Association Median fees, Rocket Mortgage, LLC
California 589 42,202 $9,343 $5,222
Florida 2,297 31,530 $8,532 $6,001
Texas 121 30,579 $6,911 $6,679
Pennsylvania 10,441 16,043 $6,210 $5,804
Michigan 3,697 22,693 $4,059 $4,419
New York 11,000 13,729 $9,587 $5,851
Georgia 669 21,182 $5,820 $5,606
Ohio 4,732 16,656 $4,764 $5,445
North Carolina 931 18,462 $5,412 $5,288
New Jersey 7,208 12,035 $8,073 $4,987
Massachusetts 10,235 6,590 $6,761 $4,834
Virginia 994 14,489 $7,391 $5,010

Figures are medians of loans actually originated in , as reported under the Home Mortgage Disclosure Act. They describe what borrowers received, not what you would be offered: HMDA contains no credit scores, so these numbers cannot be read as pricing for any individual. Lender fees are reported for % of loans here — see methodology.