Mortgage lending in Lackawanna County
4,538 mortgages were originated in Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania, 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
- 4,538
- Median rate
- 6.875%
- Median lender fees
- $5,875
- Median loan amount
- $155,000
- Median spread over APOR
- 0.320
- Paid discount points
- 24%
- Received lender credits
- 17.2%
- Purchases / refinances
- 45.2% / 28.6%
- Conventional / FHA / VA
- 85.1% / 11% / 3.9%
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 52.8% 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 Lackawanna County, ranked by volume.
| Lender | Loans | Median fees | Median rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Fidelity Deposit and Discount Bank | 310 | $4,874 | 7.240% |
| Rocket Mortgage, LLC | 308 | $6,278 | 6.625% |
| Peoples Security Bank and Trust Company | 265 | — | 6.750% |
| NBT Bank, National Association | 199 | — | 4.990% |
| NET | 191 | — | 7.990% |
| The Honesdale National Bank | 182 | $4,098 | 7.500% |
| Ixonia Bank | 178 | $6,849 | 6.625% |
| Community Bank, National Association | 133 | — | 7.000% |
| PENN EAST Federal Credit Union | 124 | — | — |
| PNC Bank, National Association | 114 | — | 7.990% |
What lenders charged here
Lender fees on a $155,000 loan, based on what was actually charged in Lackawanna County — not a rule of thumb.
From 2,394 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