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Mortgage lending in Knox County

1,619 mortgages were originated in Knox 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
1,619
Median rate
6.875%
Median lender fees
$4,890
Median loan amount
$185,000
Median spread over APOR
0.330
Paid discount points
32.9%
Received lender credits
20.3%
Purchases / refinances
49.7% / 29.6%
Conventional / FHA / VA
79.2% / 11.7% / 7.5%

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 68.2% 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

Who lent here

Lenders with at least 50 loans in Knox County, ranked by volume.

Lender Loans Median fees Median rate
The Park National Bank 308 $3,930 7.375%
Rocket Mortgage, LLC 97 $5,798 6.875%
Fairway Independent Mortgage Corporation 92 $5,804 6.750%
The Huntington National Bank 87 7.340%
UNION HOME MORTGAGE CORP. 69 $7,797 6.875%
UNITED SHORE FINANCIAL SERVICES, LLC 50 6.500%

What lenders charged here

Lender fees on a $185,000 loan, based on what was actually charged in Knox County — not a rule of thumb.

Typical
$4,348
Cheaper quarter, under
$3,470
Dearer quarter, over
$7,840

From 1,104 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 6.875% on rate and $4,816 on lender fees across 277,933 loans. See all of Ohio.