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Mortgage lending in Cass County

4,100 mortgages were originated in Cass County, North Dakota, 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
4,100
Median rate
6.500%
Median lender fees
$4,593
Median loan amount
$235,000
Median spread over APOR
0.160
Paid discount points
24.1%
Received lender credits
20.4%
Purchases / refinances
58.8% / 21.2%
Conventional / FHA / VA
83.8% / 9.1% / 7%

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 66.1% of loans here — see methodology.

Loan limits here in 2026

Conforming limit
$832,750
FHA limit
$541,287

Borrow more than $832,750 and the loan becomes jumbo — outside agency rules, priced by each lender on its own terms. How limits work

Who lent here

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

Lender Loans Median fees Median rate
Gate City Bank 747 $3,033 6.650%
Bell Bank 580 $2,931 6.990%
First International Bank & Trust 262 $4,280 6.625%
UNITED SHORE FINANCIAL SERVICES, LLC 208 $6,362 6.274%
TOWN AND COUNTRY Credit Union 187 $2,965 6.450%
VALLEY MORTGAGE, INC. 155 $4,731 6.200%
FIRST COMMUNITY CREDIT UNION 123 $3,317 6.375%
Alerus Financial, National Association 106 7.250%
Rocket Mortgage, LLC 98 $5,768 6.625%
Western State Bank 88 $3,803 6.250%

What lenders charged here

Lender fees on a $235,000 loan, based on what was actually charged in Cass County — not a rule of thumb.

Typical
$4,254
Cheaper quarter, under
$2,505
Dearer quarter, over
$7,447

From 2,711 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 6.500% on rate and $4,854 on lender fees across 14,333 loans. See all of North Dakota.