Mortgage lending in Blount County
4,181 mortgages were originated in Blount County, Tennessee, 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
- 4,181
- Median rate
- 6.625%
- Median lender fees
- $6,537
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
- $255,000
- Above the going rate (spread over APOR)
- 0.230
- Paid discount points
- 40.2%
- Received lender credits
- 22.5%
- Purchases / refinances
- 49.9% / 32.9%
- Conventional / FHA / VA
- 73.4% / 14.1% / 11.8%
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 68.6% of loans here — see methodology.
Loan limits here in 2026
- Conforming limit
- $832,750
- FHA limit
- $541,287
- Median home price
- $383,000
- That home, 20% down
- $306,400
A median-priced home with 20% down leaves $526,350 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 Blount County, ranked by volume.
| Lender | Loans | Median fees | Median rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rocket Mortgage, LLC | 289 | $6,357 | 6.625% |
| United Shore Financial Services, LLC | 258 | $9,435 | 6.125% |
| Mortgage Investors Group, Inc. | 238 | $6,168 | 6.625% |
| Knoxville Tva Employees Credit Union | 166 | — | 5.990% |
| Y-12 Federal Credit Union | 151 | — | 7.250% |
| Regions Bank | 123 | $1,270 | 6.125% |
| DHI Mortgage Company, Ltd. | 114 | $2,861 | 6.375% |
| Movement Mortgage, LLC | 113 | $6,693 | 6.562% |
| Ornl | 105 | — | 7.500% |
| First Horizon Bank | 97 | — | 7.250% |
What lenders charged here
Lender fees on a $255,000 loan, based on what was actually charged in Blount County — not a rule of thumb.
From 2,869 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