Mortgage lending in Newton County
2,832 mortgages were originated in Newton County, Georgia, 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
- 2,832
- Median rate
- 6.500%
- Median lender fees
- $7,878
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
- $245,000
- Above the going rate (spread over APOR)
- 0.365
- Paid discount points
- 50.6%
- Received lender credits
- 30.1%
- Purchases / refinances
- 51.8% / 33.2%
- Conventional / FHA / VA
- 54.9% / 31.3% / 13.1%
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 79.8% of loans here — see methodology.
Loan limits here in 2026
- Conforming limit
- $832,750
- FHA limit
- $718,750
- Median home price
- $625,000
- That home, 20% down
- $500,000
A median-priced home with 20% down leaves $332,750 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 Newton County, ranked by volume.
| Lender | Loans | Median fees | Median rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rocket Mortgage, LLC | 278 | $6,083 | 6.750% |
| United Shore Financial Services, LLC | 175 | $9,989 | 6.125% |
| Navy Federal Credit Union | 88 | — | 8.800% |
| Pennymac Loan Services, LLC | 68 | $6,627 | 6.188% |
| Fairway Independent Mortgage Corporation | 67 | $10,450 | 6.750% |
| Broker Solutions, Inc. | 66 | $11,605 | 6.250% |
| Guild Mortgage Company | 65 | $12,412 | 6.250% |
| Loandepot.Com, LLC | 65 | $6,125 | 6.875% |
| Freedom Mortgage Corporation | 61 | $6,345 | 6.250% |
| Crosscountry Mortgage, Inc. | 58 | $10,316 | 6.537% |
What lenders charged here
Lender fees on a $245,000 loan, based on what was actually charged in Newton County — not a rule of thumb.
From 2,261 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