Mortgage lending in Porter County
4,710 mortgages were originated in Porter 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
- 4,710
- Median rate
- 6.750%
- Median lender fees
- $4,433
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
- $225,000
- Above the going rate (spread over APOR)
- 0.466
- Paid discount points
- 36.7%
- Received lender credits
- 23%
- Purchases / refinances
- 48.7% / 31%
- Conventional / FHA / VA
- 77.3% / 16.1% / 6.5%
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 69.1% of loans here — see methodology.
Loan limits here in 2026
- Conforming limit
- $832,750
- FHA limit
- $541,287
- Median home price
- $455,000
- That home, 20% down
- $364,000
A median-priced home with 20% down leaves $468,750 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 Porter County, ranked by volume.
| Lender | Loans | Median fees | Median rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| Centier Bank | 410 | $3,111 | 8.500% |
| Rocket Mortgage, LLC | 320 | $5,184 | 6.750% |
| Horizon Bank | 224 | $3,149 | 6.375% |
| TECH Credit Union | 182 | — | 7.240% |
| Fifth Third Bank, National Association | 176 | $293 | 7.500% |
| Diamond Residential Mortgage Corporation | 167 | $4,696 | 6.875% |
| JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association | 134 | $3,251 | 6.500% |
| 1st Source Bank | 131 | — | 7.750% |
| United Shore Financial Services, LLC | 120 | $6,978 | 6.125% |
| Lennar Mortgage, LLC | 107 | $4,095 | 5.375% |
What lenders charged here
Lender fees on a $225,000 loan, based on what was actually charged in Porter County — not a rule of thumb.
From 3,253 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