FREEDOM MORTGAGE CORPORATION vs UNITED SHORE FINANCIAL SERVICES, 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 FREEDOM MORTGAGE CORPORATION come out $3,365 cheaper.
FREEDOM MORTGAGE CORPORATION 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.
6.250%
Median rate
- Median fees
- $6,945
- Disclosed APR here
- 6.525%
- Cost over 7 years
- $109,242
- Loans in 2025
- 69,982
- Bought discount points
- 37.5%
- Purchases / refinances
- 15.5% / 83.9%
UNITED SHORE FINANCIAL SERVICES, LLC
6.375%
Median rate
- Median fees
- $8,160
- Disclosed APR here
- 6.701%
- Cost over 7 years
- $112,607
- Loans in 2025
- 422,120
- Bought discount points
- 49.8%
- Purchases / refinances
- 56.3% / 43.7%
Fees and rate trade against each other. 37.5% of FREEDOM MORTGAGE CORPORATION borrowers bought discount points, against 49.8% at UNITED SHORE FINANCIAL SERVICES, 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 | FREEDOM MORTGAGE CORPORATION | UNITED SHORE FINANCIAL SERVICES, LLC | Median fees, FREEDOM MORTGAGE CORPORATION | Median fees, UNITED SHORE FINANCIAL SERVICES, LLC |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| California | 3,918 | 57,281 | $8,654 | $9,534 |
| Florida | 5,374 | 49,897 | $8,962 | $10,076 |
| Texas | 5,759 | 42,285 | $7,137 | $8,389 |
| Michigan | 1,463 | 22,015 | $5,559 | $5,647 |
| Arizona | 2,123 | 19,328 | $6,486 | $8,283 |
| Georgia | 3,946 | 17,047 | $7,017 | $8,595 |
| Colorado | 1,594 | 18,178 | $7,012 | $7,341 |
| North Carolina | 4,463 | 13,671 | $5,925 | $7,493 |
| Virginia | 3,646 | 10,136 | $6,907 | $7,870 |
| Illinois | 1,573 | 11,397 | $6,321 | $6,585 |
| Ohio | 2,477 | 10,425 | $5,873 | $6,815 |
| Washington | 1,518 | 10,462 | $7,601 | $8,376 |
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.