Mortgage lending in Salem County
1,643 mortgages were originated in Salem County, New Jersey, 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
- 1,643
- Median rate
- 6.750%
- Median lender fees
- $6,950
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
- $195,000
- Above the going rate (spread over APOR)
- 0.465
- Paid discount points
- 35.4%
- Received lender credits
- 18.6%
- Purchases / refinances
- 50.6% / 31.6%
- Conventional / FHA / VA
- 71.5% / 21.4% / 6.8%
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 62.5% of loans here — see methodology.
Loan limits here in 2026
- Conforming limit
- $832,750
- FHA limit
- $630,200
- Median home price
- $548,000
- That home, 20% down
- $438,400
A median-priced home with 20% down leaves $394,350 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 Salem County, ranked by volume.
| Lender | Loans | Median fees | Median rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rocket Mortgage, LLC | 116 | $5,655 | 6.933% |
| Nation One Mortgage Corporation | 84 | $15,360 | 6.625% |
| The Pennsville National Bank | 83 | — | — |
| Crosscountry Mortgage, Inc. | 68 | $9,478 | 6.813% |
| Affordable Mortgage Advisors, LLC. | 53 | $7,217 | 6.625% |
| United Shore Financial Services, LLC | 50 | — | 6.124% |
What lenders charged here
Lender fees on a $195,000 loan, based on what was actually charged in Salem County — not a rule of thumb.
From 1,027 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