Mortgage lending in Franklin County
2,471 mortgages were originated in Franklin 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
- 2,471
- Median rate
- 6.500%
- Median lender fees
- $5,276
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
- $275,000
- Above the going rate (spread over APOR)
- 0.063
- Paid discount points
- 39%
- Received lender credits
- 25.4%
- Purchases / refinances
- 54.4% / 29.2%
- Conventional / FHA / VA
- 70.5% / 15.2% / 13.5%
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 76.9% of loans here — see methodology.
Loan limits here in 2026
- Conforming limit
- $832,750
- FHA limit
- $541,287
- Median home price
- $468,000
- That home, 20% down
- $374,400
A median-priced home with 20% down leaves $458,350 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 Franklin County, ranked by volume.
| Lender | Loans | Median fees | Median rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| State Employees' | 293 | $4,583 | 6.250% |
| Rocket Mortgage, LLC | 171 | $4,553 | 6.875% |
| United Shore Financial Services, LLC | 123 | $7,606 | 6.125% |
| COASTAL Federal Credit Union | 95 | — | 7.400% |
| Vanderbilt Mortgage And Finance, Inc. | 84 | $6,470 | 5.750% |
| Freedom Mortgage Corporation | 62 | $7,325 | 6.250% |
| First-Citizens Bank & Trust Company | 57 | — | 6.500% |
| Truist Bank | 50 | — | 6.650% |
What lenders charged here
Lender fees on a $275,000 loan, based on what was actually charged in Franklin County — not a rule of thumb.
From 1,901 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