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Mortgage lending in Montgomery County

16,639 mortgages were originated in Montgomery County, Maryland, in 2025.

30-year fixed, this week

6.58%

Freddie Mac’s survey average for the week of July 23, 2026 — a year earlier it was 6.75%, and the past year ranged 5.98–6.72%. The figures below are from 2025 filings and do not move with the market. Rate history

Loans originated
16,639
Median rate
6.500%
Median lender fees
$6,066
Median loan amount
$395,000
Median spread over APOR
0.105
Paid discount points
30.2%
Received lender credits
28.2%
Purchases / refinances
51.8% / 29%
Conventional / FHA / VA
88.3% / 6.7% / 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 71.5% of loans here — see methodology.

Loan limits here in 2026

Conforming limit
$1,249,125
FHA limit
$1,249,125

This is a high-cost area: loans above $832,750 are still agency-backed here, as high-balance, where a plain conforming loan would stop. How limits work

Who lent here

Lenders with at least 50 loans in Montgomery County, ranked by volume.

Lender Loans Median fees Median rate
Rocket Mortgage, LLC 1,166 $4,723 6.625%
Truist Bank 795 $5,691 6.340%
UNITED SHORE FINANCIAL SERVICES, LLC 739 $8,412 6.250%
Navy Federal Credit Union 559 $2,784 7.750%
Bank of America, National Association 488 $5,842 6.000%
Atlantic Union Bank 472 $5,916 6.750%
Manufacturers and Traders Trust Company 463 $5,751 5.875%
Prosperity Home Mortgage, LLC 361 $7,074 6.500%
PNC Bank, National Association 358 8.600%
JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association 310 $4,781 6.375%

What lenders charged here

Lender fees on a $395,000 loan, based on what was actually charged in Montgomery County — not a rule of thumb.

Typical
$5,412
Cheaper quarter, under
$4,248
Dearer quarter, over
$10,197

From 11,904 loans where fees were reported. This is what the lender charges — sections A and B of a Loan Estimate. Title, appraisal, escrow and taxes are extra and are not in these figures. Compare two offers

Statewide, the median was 6.625% on rate and $6,536 on lender fees across 126,664 loans. See all of Maryland.