Mortgage lending in Contra Costa County
19,926 mortgages were originated in Contra Costa County, California, 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
- 19,926
- Median rate
- 6.625%
- Median lender fees
- $6,808
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
- $505,000
- Above the going rate (spread over APOR)
- 0.231
- Paid discount points
- 27.4%
- Received lender credits
- 31.3%
- Purchases / refinances
- 44.4% / 36.3%
- Conventional / FHA / VA
- 89.5% / 7.8% / 2.6%
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 68.9% of loans here — see methodology.
Loan limits here in 2026
- Conforming limit
- $1,249,125
- FHA limit
- $1,249,125
- Median home price
- $1,750,000
- That home, 20% down
- $1,400,000
A median-priced home here needs more than the conforming limit even with 20% down — $150,875 more. Typical purchases here run into the ceiling.
This is a high-cost area: loans above $832,750 are still agency-backed here, as high-balance, where a plain conforming loan would stop. 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 Contra Costa County, ranked by volume.
| Lender | Loans | Median fees | Median rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| United Shore Financial Services, LLC | 1,816 | $8,529 | 6.499% |
| Rocket Mortgage, LLC | 1,644 | $4,577 | 6.625% |
| Bank of America, National Association | 951 | $6,236 | 5.990% |
| Crosscountry Mortgage, Inc. | 748 | $7,598 | 6.750% |
| U.S. Bank National Association | 681 | $5,282 | 6.250% |
| Wells Fargo Bank, National Association | 483 | $6,921 | 5.875% |
| JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association | 483 | $3,962 | 6.250% |
| Loandepot.Com, LLC | 427 | $5,827 | 6.625% |
| Fremont Bank | 406 | $595 | 8.250% |
| Pennymac Loan Services, LLC | 394 | $7,408 | 6.500% |
What lenders charged here
Lender fees on a $505,000 loan, based on what was actually charged in Contra Costa County — not a rule of thumb.
From 13,727 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