Navy Federal Credit Union vs PNC Bank, National Association
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 Navy Federal Credit Union come out $2,905 cheaper.
Navy Federal Credit Union 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.
7.650%
Median rate
- Median fees
- $2,534
- Disclosed APR here
- 7.757%
- Cost over 7 years
- $129,029
- Loans in 2025
- 80,547
- Bought discount points
- 6.4%
- Purchases / refinances
- 37.7% / 16.0%
PNC Bank, National Association
7.690%
Median rate
- Median fees
- $4,744
- Disclosed APR here
- 7.893%
- Cost over 7 years
- $131,934
- Loans in 2025
- 61,280
- Bought discount points
- 11.4%
- Purchases / refinances
- 18.2% / 29.8%
Fees and rate trade against each other. 6.4% of Navy Federal Credit Union borrowers bought discount points, against 11.4% at PNC Bank, National Association — 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 | Navy Federal Credit Union | PNC Bank, National Association | Median fees, Navy Federal Credit Union | Median fees, PNC Bank, National Association |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pennsylvania | 2,141 | 11,263 | $3,350 | $5,005 |
| Florida | 8,416 | 3,475 | $2,972 | $4,932 |
| Virginia | 9,684 | 1,721 | $2,066 | $4,953 |
| California | 6,361 | 2,688 | — | $6,530 |
| Ohio | 1,830 | 6,725 | $2,795 | $4,024 |
| Maryland | 5,163 | 2,948 | $2,050 | $5,055 |
| North Carolina | 5,249 | 2,361 | $2,619 | $4,428 |
| New Jersey | 1,515 | 5,755 | $2,583 | $5,621 |
| Texas | 4,267 | 2,930 | $3,069 | $5,083 |
| Georgia | 5,118 | 1,096 | $2,362 | $5,256 |
| Illinois | 1,532 | 3,711 | $2,621 | $5,333 |
| Michigan | 1,099 | 2,885 | $2,419 | $3,859 |
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.