Fairway Independent Mortgage Corporation vs GUARANTEED RATE, INC.
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 GUARANTEED RATE, INC. come out $1,284 cheaper.
GUARANTEED RATE, INC. 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.
Fairway Independent Mortgage Corporation
6.625%
Median rate
- Median fees
- $6,761
- Disclosed APR here
- 6.898%
- Cost over 7 years
- $115,515
- Loans in 2025
- 74,450
- Bought discount points
- 49.1%
- Purchases / refinances
- 86.3% / 11.2%
6.575%
Median rate
- Median fees
- $6,340
- Disclosed APR here
- 6.830%
- Cost over 7 years
- $114,231
- Loans in 2025
- 70,579
- Bought discount points
- 37.8%
- Purchases / refinances
- 76.0% / 18.5%
Fees and rate trade against each other. 49.1% of Fairway Independent Mortgage Corporation borrowers bought discount points, against 37.8% at GUARANTEED RATE, INC. — 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 | Fairway Independent Mortgage Corporation | GUARANTEED RATE, INC. | Median fees, Fairway Independent Mortgage Corporation | Median fees, GUARANTEED RATE, INC. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Illinois | 4,215 | 10,217 | $6,881 | $6,464 |
| Texas | 7,468 | 3,318 | $8,391 | $7,846 |
| California | 2,867 | 6,248 | $9,821 | $7,311 |
| Massachusetts | 1,954 | 4,507 | $5,364 | $5,555 |
| Florida | 3,153 | 3,204 | $8,141 | $8,555 |
| Arizona | 4,724 | 1,394 | $8,498 | $6,415 |
| New Jersey | 844 | 4,826 | $7,649 | $6,301 |
| North Carolina | 2,993 | 2,491 | $6,225 | $5,363 |
| Ohio | 2,685 | 2,795 | $5,816 | $5,215 |
| Indiana | 3,665 | 1,431 | $3,878 | $4,254 |
| Georgia | 3,631 | 1,447 | $7,690 | $7,764 |
| Colorado | 2,297 | 2,143 | $7,090 | $4,718 |
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.