Mortgage lending in Benton County
5,498 mortgages were originated in Benton County, Washington, 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
- 5,498
- Median rate
- 6.625%
- Median lender fees
- $7,364
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
- $315,000
- Above the going rate (spread over APOR)
- 0.269
- Paid discount points
- 46.1%
- Received lender credits
- 22.6%
- Purchases / refinances
- 54.9% / 28.1%
- Conventional / FHA / VA
- 74% / 16% / 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 73.5% of loans here — see methodology.
Loan limits here in 2026
- Conforming limit
- $832,750
- FHA limit
- $541,287
- Median home price
- $425,000
- That home, 20% down
- $340,000
A median-priced home with 20% down leaves $492,750 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 Benton County, ranked by volume.
| Lender | Loans | Median fees | Median rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gesa | 565 | $4,573 | 7.500% |
| CMG Mortgage, Inc. | 495 | $10,015 | 6.375% |
| United Shore Financial Services, LLC | 471 | $8,836 | 6.124% |
| Rocket Mortgage, LLC | 350 | $5,529 | 6.625% |
| 1st Security Bank of Washington | 246 | $10,912 | 6.250% |
| Primelending, A Plainscapital Company | 225 | $10,152 | 6.500% |
| Numerica Credit Union | 176 | — | 7.750% |
| Umpqua Bank | 169 | $6,729 | 6.625% |
| Hapo Community Credit Union | 149 | $1,140 | 7.250% |
| Crosscountry Mortgage, Inc. | 134 | $10,471 | 6.750% |
What lenders charged here
Lender fees on a $315,000 loan, based on what was actually charged in Benton County — not a rule of thumb.
From 4,040 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