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Mortgage lending in Putnam County

1,842 mortgages were originated in Putnam County, Tennessee, 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
1,842
Median rate
6.750%
Median lender fees
$5,414
Median loan amount
$235,000
Median spread over APOR
0.310
Paid discount points
35.8%
Received lender credits
19.2%
Purchases / refinances
49% / 34.7%
Conventional / FHA / VA
73.9% / 15.1% / 9.9%

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 68.9% 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 Putnam County, ranked by volume.

Lender Loans Median fees Median rate
One Bank of Tennessee 234 $1,087 6.950%
Rocket Mortgage, LLC 124 $6,305 6.375%
Citizens Bank of Lafayette 107 7.500%
UNITED SHORE FINANCIAL SERVICES, LLC 95 $9,414 6.125%
UNION HOME MORTGAGE CORP. 88 $6,039 6.563%
Regions Bank 72 4.990%
DHI MORTGAGE COMPANY, LTD. 56 $5,982 4.990%
MASON MCDUFFIE MORTGAGE CORPORATION 54 $5,410 6.625%

What lenders charged here

Lender fees on a $235,000 loan, based on what was actually charged in Putnam County — not a rule of thumb.

Typical
$5,499
Cheaper quarter, under
$3,161
Dearer quarter, over
$8,946

From 1,269 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 6.624% on rate and $6,046 on lender fees across 176,247 loans. See all of Tennessee.