Mortgage lending in Macon County
1,895 mortgages were originated in Macon County, Illinois, 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
- 1,895
- Median rate
- 6.750%
- Median lender fees
- $3,592
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
- $115,000
- Above the going rate (spread over APOR)
- 0.522
- Paid discount points
- 24.2%
- Received lender credits
- 18.3%
- Purchases / refinances
- 66.1% / 19.3%
- Conventional / FHA / VA
- 76% / 16.5% / 7.4%
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 67.5% of loans here — see methodology.
Loan limits here in 2026
- Conforming limit
- $832,750
- FHA limit
- $541,287
- Median home price
- $115,000
- That home, 20% down
- $92,000
A median-priced home with 20% down leaves $740,750 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 Macon County, ranked by volume.
| Lender | Loans | Median fees | Median rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| Broker Solutions, Inc. | 184 | $4,656 | 6.875% |
| Rocket Mortgage, LLC | 136 | $5,146 | 6.750% |
| Lower, LLC | 112 | $4,018 | 6.750% |
| Regions Bank | 107 | $3,407 | 6.625% |
| Citizens Equity First | 100 | $1,609 | 6.975% |
| First National Bank of Pana | 90 | — | — |
| Decatur Earthmover Credit Union | 79 | $480 | 6.150% |
| Busey Bank | 78 | $2,962 | 6.750% |
| Hickory Point Bank and Trust | 72 | — | — |
| Heartland Bank and Trust Company | 68 | — | 7.013% |
What lenders charged here
Lender fees on a $115,000 loan, based on what was actually charged in Macon County — not a rule of thumb.
From 1,279 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