Mortgage lending in Cass County
826 mortgages were originated in Cass County, Indiana, 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
- 826
- Median rate
- 6.875%
- Median lender fees
- $3,165
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)
- 0.574
- Paid discount points
- 29.5%
- Received lender credits
- 15.7%
- Purchases / refinances
- 46.5% / 29.1%
- Conventional / FHA / VA
- 73.8% / 15.6% / 7.6%
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
- $832,750
- FHA limit
- $541,287
- Median home price
- $155,000
- That home, 20% down
- $124,000
A median-priced home with 20% down leaves $708,750 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 Cass County, ranked by volume.
| Lender | Loans | Median fees | Median rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| Security Federal Savings Bank | 190 | $2,425 | 6.500% |
| Ruoff Mortgage Company, Inc. | 90 | $3,137 | 6.875% |
| First Farmers Bank & Trust Co. | 52 | — | 7.563% |
What lenders charged here
Lender fees on a $115,000 loan, based on what was actually charged in Cass County — not a rule of thumb.
From 569 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