Mortgage lending in Caldwell County
1,896 mortgages were originated in Caldwell 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
- 1,896
- Median rate
- 6.500%
- Median lender fees
- $5,348
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
- $175,000
- Above the going rate (spread over APOR)
- 0.250
- Paid discount points
- 34%
- Received lender credits
- 17.6%
- Purchases / refinances
- 47.1% / 32.6%
- Conventional / FHA / VA
- 73.2% / 17.2% / 7.8%
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 67.8% of loans here — see methodology.
Loan limits here in 2026
- Conforming limit
- $832,750
- FHA limit
- $541,287
- Median home price
- $239,000
- That home, 20% down
- $191,200
A median-priced home with 20% down leaves $641,550 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 Caldwell County, ranked by volume.
| Lender | Loans | Median fees | Median rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| State Employees' | 364 | $4,177 | 6.250% |
| Crosscountry Mortgage, Inc. | 193 | $7,518 | 6.625% |
| Rocket Mortgage, LLC | 167 | $4,799 | 6.875% |
| First-Citizens Bank & Trust Company | 80 | — | 6.490% |
| Atlantic Bay Mortgage Group, L.L.C. | 75 | $8,372 | 6.625% |
| Truist Bank | 73 | — | 6.700% |
| United Shore Financial Services, LLC | 53 | $10,253 | 5.875% |
What lenders charged here
Lender fees on a $175,000 loan, based on what was actually charged in Caldwell County — not a rule of thumb.
From 1,286 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