Mortgage lending in Rensselaer County
3,088 mortgages were originated in Rensselaer 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
- 3,088
- Median rate
- 6.499%
- Median lender fees
- $4,738
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
- $185,000
- Above the going rate (spread over APOR)
- 0.119
- Paid discount points
- 24.2%
- Received lender credits
- 15.7%
- Purchases / refinances
- 48.6% / 22.3%
- Conventional / FHA / VA
- 88.8% / 7.8% / 3.1%
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 52.3% of loans here — see methodology.
Loan limits here in 2026
- Conforming limit
- $832,750
- FHA limit
- $541,287
- Median home price
- $421,000
- That home, 20% down
- $336,800
A median-priced home with 20% down leaves $495,950 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 Rensselaer County, ranked by volume.
| Lender | Loans | Median fees | Median rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| Broadview Federal Credit Union | 673 | — | 6.250% |
| Homestead Funding Corp. | 315 | $4,496 | 6.490% |
| Sefcu Services, LLC | 315 | $3,967 | 6.125% |
| TrustCo Bank | 168 | $3,314 | 5.875% |
| Rocket Mortgage, LLC | 153 | $5,671 | 6.750% |
| United Shore Financial Services, LLC | 119 | $9,020 | 6.459% |
| Sunmark Credit Union | 106 | $4,003 | 6.375% |
| Citizens Bank, National Association | 82 | — | 8.400% |
| Premium Mortgage Corporation | 78 | $5,202 | 6.624% |
| KeyBank National Association | 64 | — | 6.563% |
What lenders charged here
Lender fees on a $185,000 loan, based on what was actually charged in Rensselaer County — not a rule of thumb.
From 1,614 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