Mortgage lending in Washington County
447 mortgages were originated in Washington County, Mississippi, 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
- 447
- Median rate
- 7.500%
- Median lender fees
- $4,686
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
- $75,000
- Above the going rate (spread over APOR)
- 0.559
- Paid discount points
- 19.9%
- Received lender credits
- 11%
- Purchases / refinances
- 47% / 38.3%
- Conventional / FHA / VA
- 80.3% / 13.6% / 5.1%
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 47.4% of loans here — see methodology.
Loan limits here in 2026
- Conforming limit
- $832,750
- FHA limit
- $541,287
- Median home price
- $128,000
- That home, 20% down
- $102,400
A median-priced home with 20% down leaves $730,350 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 Washington County, ranked by volume.
| Lender | Loans | Median fees | Median rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| Planters Bank & Trust Company | 142 | — | 8.500% |
| Guaranty Bank and Trust Company | 65 | — | 7.825% |
What lenders charged here
Lender fees on a $75,000 loan, based on what was actually charged in Washington County — not a rule of thumb.
From 212 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