Mortgage lending in Buncombe County
5,578 mortgages were originated in Buncombe County, North Carolina, 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
- 5,578
- Median rate
- 6.525%
- Median lender fees
- $5,263
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
- $305,000
- Above the going rate (spread over APOR)
- 0.140
- Paid discount points
- 31.1%
- Received lender credits
- 19.3%
- Purchases / refinances
- 50.8% / 29.6%
- Conventional / FHA / VA
- 88.3% / 7.1% / 4.4%
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 68.6% of loans here — see methodology.
Loan limits here in 2026
- Conforming limit
- $832,750
- FHA limit
- $541,287
- Median home price
- $435,000
- That home, 20% down
- $348,000
A median-priced home with 20% down leaves $484,750 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 Buncombe County, ranked by volume.
| Lender | Loans | Median fees | Median rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| State Employees' | 613 | $4,934 | 6.250% |
| Movement Mortgage, LLC | 403 | $5,255 | 6.625% |
| Rocket Mortgage, LLC | 366 | $5,006 | 6.875% |
| HomeTrust Bank | 258 | $4,224 | 7.000% |
| First-Citizens Bank & Trust Company | 255 | $4,708 | 6.490% |
| United Shore Financial Services, LLC | 238 | $7,918 | 6.375% |
| Atlantic Bay Mortgage Group, L.L.C. | 200 | $6,900 | 6.624% |
| United Federal Credit Union | 128 | $4,057 | 7.000% |
| Truist Bank | 119 | — | 6.340% |
| Bank of America, National Association | 110 | — | 6.240% |
What lenders charged here
Lender fees on a $305,000 loan, based on what was actually charged in Buncombe County — not a rule of thumb.
From 3,824 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