Mortgage lending in Jefferson County
1,984 mortgages were originated in Jefferson County, New York, 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
- 1,984
- Median rate
- 6.500%
- Median lender fees
- $4,269
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
- $165,000
- Above the going rate (spread over APOR)
- 0.133
- Paid discount points
- 33.8%
- Received lender credits
- 36.6%
- Purchases / refinances
- 58.7% / 19.3%
- Conventional / FHA / VA
- 65.5% / 7.1% / 26.9%
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 79.1% of loans here — see methodology.
Loan limits here in 2026
- Conforming limit
- $832,750
- FHA limit
- $541,287
- Median home price
- $190,000
- That home, 20% down
- $152,000
A median-priced home with 20% down leaves $680,750 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 Jefferson County, ranked by volume.
| Lender | Loans | Median fees | Median rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| Northern Credit Union | 339 | $685 | 6.500% |
| Movement Mortgage, LLC | 234 | $7,706 | 6.375% |
| AMERICU Credit Union | 170 | $687 | 6.250% |
| Community Bank, National Association | 158 | — | 7.000% |
| Watertown Savings Bank | 140 | $2,488 | 6.375% |
| Carthage Savings and Loan, National Association | 102 | — | — |
| Rocket Mortgage, LLC | 86 | $6,383 | 6.625% |
| Mortgage Research Center, LLC | 84 | $5,167 | 6.375% |
| Navy Federal Credit Union | 55 | — | 6.125% |
| Genesee Regional Bank | 53 | $8,343 | 6.625% |
What lenders charged here
Lender fees on a $165,000 loan, based on what was actually charged in Jefferson County — not a rule of thumb.
From 1,569 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