Mortgage lending in Garland County
2,357 mortgages were originated in Garland County, Arkansas, 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
- 2,357
- Median rate
- 6.750%
- Median lender fees
- $4,404
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
- $175,000
- Above the going rate (spread over APOR)
- 0.429
- Paid discount points
- 39.7%
- Received lender credits
- 18.7%
- Purchases / refinances
- 55.5% / 26.9%
- Conventional / FHA / VA
- 76.7% / 12.4% / 9.7%
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 69.1% of loans here — see methodology.
Loan limits here in 2026
- Conforming limit
- $832,750
- FHA limit
- $541,287
- Median home price
- $210,000
- That home, 20% down
- $168,000
A median-priced home with 20% down leaves $664,750 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 Garland County, ranked by volume.
| Lender | Loans | Median fees | Median rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arvest Bank | 205 | $3,751 | 7.250% |
| Rocket Mortgage, LLC | 164 | $4,563 | 6.750% |
| Swbc Mortgage Corporation | 120 | $4,882 | 6.625% |
| ARKANSAS Federal Credit Union | 112 | $2,422 | 7.500% |
| Regions Bank | 91 | — | 6.500% |
| United Shore Financial Services, LLC | 86 | $5,667 | 5.999% |
| Southern Bancorp Bank | 76 | — | 7.500% |
| Bank OZK | 68 | — | 5.990% |
| Firsttrust Home Loans, Inc. | 66 | $4,748 | 6.625% |
| First Security Bank | 65 | — | 7.000% |
What lenders charged here
Lender fees on a $175,000 loan, based on what was actually charged in Garland County — not a rule of thumb.
From 1,628 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