Mortgage lending in Wells County
797 mortgages were originated in Wells 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
- 797
- Median rate
- 6.999%
- Median lender fees
- $3,200
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
- $145,000
- Above the going rate (spread over APOR)
- 0.426
- Paid discount points
- 26.1%
- Received lender credits
- 11%
- Purchases / refinances
- 46.2% / 28.1%
- Conventional / FHA / VA
- 82.3% / 10.5% / 5.6%
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 66.6% of loans here — see methodology.
Loan limits here in 2026
- Conforming limit
- $832,750
- FHA limit
- $541,287
- Median home price
- $249,000
- That home, 20% down
- $199,200
A median-priced home with 20% down leaves $633,550 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 Wells County, ranked by volume.
| Lender | Loans | Median fees | Median rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| Three Rivers Federal Credit Union | 104 | $1,715 | 7.500% |
| Ruoff Mortgage Company, Inc. | 73 | $3,318 | 6.750% |
| Profed Credit Union | 66 | — | 7.490% |
| Stockton Mortgage Corporation | 63 | $3,650 | 6.875% |
| First Bank of Berne | 53 | — | — |
What lenders charged here
Lender fees on a $145,000 loan, based on what was actually charged in Wells County — not a rule of thumb.
From 531 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