Mortgage lending in Athens County
521 mortgages were originated in Athens County, Ohio, 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
- 521
- Median rate
- 6.875%
- Median lender fees
- $4,959
- Median loan amount
- $155,000
- Median spread over APOR
- 0.446
- Paid discount points
- 39.9%
- Received lender credits
- 28.8%
- Purchases / refinances
- 55.1% / 27.1%
- Conventional / FHA / VA
- 75% / 14.6% / 8.6%
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 70.6% 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