GUARANTEED RATE, INC. vs NATIONSTAR 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 GUARANTEED RATE, INC. come out $15,785 cheaper.
GUARANTEED RATE, INC. costs more at closing, so it only pulls ahead in month 12 — 1 year in. Leave sooner and the other side was the cheaper one.
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.
6.575%
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%
7.625%
Median rate
- Median fees
- $3,955
- Disclosed APR here
- 7.793%
- Cost over 7 years
- $130,016
- Loans in 2025
- 52,217
- Bought discount points
- 71.5%
- Purchases / refinances
- 11.0% / 40.9%
Fees and rate trade against each other. 37.8% of GUARANTEED RATE, INC. borrowers bought discount points, against 71.5% at NATIONSTAR 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 | GUARANTEED RATE, INC. | NATIONSTAR MORTGAGE LLC | Median fees, GUARANTEED RATE, INC. | Median fees, NATIONSTAR MORTGAGE LLC |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Illinois | 10,217 | 1,982 | $6,464 | $3,813 |
| California | 6,248 | 4,657 | $7,311 | $3,922 |
| Texas | 3,318 | 3,609 | $7,846 | $6,297 |
| Florida | 3,204 | 3,546 | $8,555 | $4,040 |
| New Jersey | 4,826 | 1,625 | $6,301 | $4,035 |
| Massachusetts | 4,507 | 932 | $5,555 | $4,246 |
| Pennsylvania | 3,119 | 1,746 | $7,165 | $3,088 |
| Ohio | 2,795 | 1,768 | $5,215 | $3,132 |
| North Carolina | 2,491 | 1,949 | $5,363 | $3,234 |
| Georgia | 1,447 | 2,560 | $7,764 | $3,906 |
| Virginia | 1,737 | 1,764 | $5,889 | $3,932 |
| Michigan | 1,707 | 1,691 | $4,589 | $4,070 |
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.