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Mortgage lending in Rutherford County

9,517 mortgages were originated in Rutherford 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
9,517
Median rate
6.500%
Median lender fees
$6,735

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
$305,000
Above the going rate (spread over APOR)
0.200
Paid discount points
44.3%
Received lender credits
23.1%
Purchases / refinances
52.7% / 30.1%
Conventional / FHA / VA
71.9% / 19.1% / 8.4%

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 75.4% of loans here — see methodology.

Loan limits here in 2026

Conforming limit
$1,029,250
FHA limit
$1,029,250
Median home price
$895,000
That home, 20% down
$716,000

A median-priced home with 20% down leaves $313,250 of room under the conforming limit, so the ceiling rarely binds on an ordinary purchase.

This is a high-cost area: loans above $832,750 are still agency-backed here, as high-balance, where a plain conforming loan would stop. 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 Rutherford County, ranked by volume.

Lender Loans Median fees Median rate
Rocket Mortgage, LLC 662 $5,604 6.625%
Ascend Federal Credit Union 478 $1,398 7.500%
CMG Mortgage, Inc. 476 $9,969 6.500%
United Shore Financial Services, LLC 475 $10,281 5.999%
FirstBank 374 $5,371 6.750%
Pinnacle Bank 338 $4,610 6.500%
First Community Mortgage, Inc. 287 $13,327 6.250%
Primis Mortgage Company 266 $8,459 6.490%
Regions Bank 253 $2,345 4.990%
Loandepot.Com, LLC 218 $10,742 4.990%

What lenders charged here

Lender fees on a $305,000 loan, based on what was actually charged in Rutherford County — not a rule of thumb.

Typical
$6,771
Cheapest quarter of lenders, under
$3,611
Priciest quarter of lenders, over
$11,988

From 7,178 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

Statewide, the median was 6.624% on rate and $6,046 on lender fees across 176,247 loans. See all of Tennessee.