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Mortgage lending in Cape May County

4,121 mortgages were originated in Cape May County, New Jersey, 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
4,121
Median rate
6.750%
Median lender fees
$6,476
Median loan amount
$375,000
Median spread over APOR
0.226
Paid discount points
25.5%
Received lender credits
22.5%
Purchases / refinances
53.2% / 27.9%
Conventional / FHA / VA
93.8% / 3.8% / 2.4%

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 61.4% of loans here — see methodology.

Loan limits here in 2026

Conforming limit
$832,750
FHA limit
$730,250

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 Cape May County, ranked by volume.

Lender Loans Median fees Median rate
Rocket Mortgage, LLC 242 $6,104 6.990%
Citizens Bank, National Association 241 $9,931 6.900%
TD Bank, National Association 165 $5,541 7.340%
Loandepot.Com, LLC 146 $5,704 6.750%
OceanFirst Bank, National Association 131 $4,433 6.875%
Sturdy Savings Bank 120
POLICE & FIRE 116 6.240%
U.S. Bank National Association 116 $6,304 6.125%
GUARANTEED RATE, INC. 110 $6,918 6.813%
CROSSCOUNTRY MORTGAGE, INC. 108 $8,869 6.995%

What lenders charged here

Lender fees on a $375,000 loan, based on what was actually charged in Cape May County — not a rule of thumb.

Typical
$5,250
Cheaper quarter, under
$4,365
Dearer quarter, over
$10,268

From 2,530 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 6.750% on rate and $6,643 on lender fees across 178,220 loans. See all of New Jersey.