Mortgage lending in Arapahoe County
15,677 mortgages were originated in Arapahoe County, Colorado, 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
- 15,677
- Median rate
- 6.625%
- Median lender fees
- $5,804
- Median loan amount
- $355,000
- Median spread over APOR
- 0.167
- Paid discount points
- 35.9%
- Received lender credits
- 25.2%
- Purchases / refinances
- 52.6% / 29%
- Conventional / FHA / VA
- 77.4% / 15.3% / 7.2%
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 70.9% of loans here — see methodology.
Loan limits here in 2026
- Conforming limit
- $862,500
- FHA limit
- $862,500
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 Arapahoe County, ranked by volume.
| Lender | Loans | Median fees | Median rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| UNITED SHORE FINANCIAL SERVICES, LLC | 2,038 | $7,983 | 6.250% |
| Rocket Mortgage, LLC | 913 | $4,158 | 6.625% |
| BELLCO CREDIT UNION | 564 | — | 8.000% |
| GUILD MORTGAGE COMPANY | 443 | $5,728 | 6.500% |
| ENT Credit Union | 413 | $3,740 | 7.500% |
| CANVAS CREDIT UNION | 409 | $3,387 | 7.890% |
| FirstBank | 312 | $3,341 | 7.000% |
| CROSSCOUNTRY MORTGAGE, INC. | 311 | $9,018 | 6.500% |
| AMERICAN FINANCING CORPORATION | 253 | $10,606 | 6.375% |
| Fairway Independent Mortgage Corporation | 249 | $8,503 | 6.500% |
What lenders charged here
Lender fees on a $355,000 loan, based on what was actually charged in Arapahoe County — not a rule of thumb.
From 11,120 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