Mortgage lending in Tuscaloosa County
4,403 mortgages were originated in Tuscaloosa County, Alabama, in 2025.
30-year fixed, this week
6.71%
Freddie Mac's survey average for the week of September 3, 2026 — a year earlier it was 6.56%, and the past year ranged 5.98–6.71%. The figures below are from 2025 filings and do not move with the market. Rate history
- Loans originated
- 4,403
- Median rate
- 6.500%
- Median lender fees
- $5,830
The going rate is the federal "average prime offer rate" for a comparable loan; 0.5 means half a percentage point above it.
- Median loan amount
- $215,000
- Above the going rate (spread over APOR)
- 0.302
- Paid discount points
- 35.1%
- Received lender credits
- 20.6%
- Purchases / refinances
- 61% / 25%
- Conventional / FHA / VA
- 68.8% / 20.8% / 8.8%
Figures are medians of loans actually originated in 2025, 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 69.6% of loans here — see methodology.
Loan limits here in 2026
- Conforming limit
- $832,750
- FHA limit
- $541,287
- Median home price
- $231,000
- That home, 20% down
- $184,800
A median-priced home with 20% down leaves $647,950 of room under the conforming limit, so the ceiling rarely binds on an ordinary purchase.
Borrow more than $832,750 and the loan becomes jumbo — outside agency rules, priced by each lender on its own terms. How limits work
Median price is HUD's figure for the 2026 limit calculation, not a live market quote.
Who lent here
Lenders with at least 50 loans in Tuscaloosa County, ranked by volume.
| Lender | Loans | Median fees | Median rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| First Federal Bank, A FSB | 513 | $6,922 | 6.250% |
| Alabama One | 285 | $3,288 | 7.500% |
| Regions Bank | 251 | $3,304 | 5.625% |
| Movement Mortgage, LLC | 212 | $7,222 | 6.500% |
| Rocket Mortgage, LLC | 184 | $5,201 | 6.750% |
| BankFirst Financial Services | 179 | — | 6.500% |
| DHI Mortgage Company, Ltd. | 177 | $6,556 | 4.990% |
| Bryant Bank | 142 | — | 7.500% |
| Cadence Bank | 126 | $6,320 | 6.625% |
| United Community Bank | 120 | $6,731 | 6.250% |
What lenders charged here
Lender fees on a $215,000 loan, based on what was actually charged in Tuscaloosa County — not a rule of thumb.
From 3,066 loans where fees were reported. This is what the lender charges — sections A and B of a Loan Estimate. Title, appraisal, taxes and the escrow deposit your lender collects up front for future tax and insurance bills are extra and not in these figures. Compare two offers