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Mortgage lending in Santa Clara County

25,551 mortgages were originated in Santa Clara County, California, in 2025.

30-year fixed, this week

6.58%

Freddie Mac’s survey average for the week of July 23, 2026 — a year earlier it was 6.75%, and the past year ranged 5.98–6.72%. The figures below are from 2025 filings and do not move with the market. Rate history

Loans originated
25,551
Median rate
6.240%
Median lender fees
$4,666
Median loan amount
$905,000
Median spread over APOR
-0.068
Paid discount points
13.8%
Received lender credits
47.4%
Purchases / refinances
41.9% / 42.6%
Conventional / FHA / VA
97.8% / 1.5% / 0.7%

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 71.7% of loans here — see methodology.

Loan limits here in 2026

Conforming limit
$1,249,125
FHA limit
$1,249,125

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

Who lent here

Lenders with at least 50 loans in Santa Clara County, ranked by volume.

Lender Loans Median fees Median rate
Wells Fargo Bank, National Association 2,679 $6,134 5.500%
Bank of America, National Association 2,383 $4,518 5.625%
Rocket Mortgage, LLC 1,514 $3,245 6.625%
U.S. Bank National Association 1,347 $4,352 6.000%
Citibank, National Association 1,316 $3,887 5.500%
JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association 1,069 $1,609 5.875%
UNITED SHORE FINANCIAL SERVICES, LLC 1,045 $5,194 6.499%
HSBC BANK USA, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION 786 $4,952 5.817%
STAR ONE Credit Union 689 $2,525 6.750%
BMO Bank National Association 503 $4,711 6.125%

What lenders charged here

Lender fees on a $905,000 loan, based on what was actually charged in Santa Clara County — not a rule of thumb.

Typical
$3,801
Cheaper quarter, under
$3,575
Dearer quarter, over
$6,472

From 18,310 loans where fees were reported. This is what the lender charges — sections A and B of a Loan Estimate. Title, appraisal, escrow and taxes are extra and are not in these figures. Compare two offers

Statewide, the median was 6.625% on rate and $7,107 on lender fees across 572,268 loans. See all of California.