Mortgage lending in Dane County
16,273 mortgages were originated in Dane County, Wisconsin, 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
- 16,273
- Median rate
- 6.625%
- Median lender fees
- $3,390
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
- $225,000
- Above the going rate (spread over APOR)
- -0.167
- Paid discount points
- 17.2%
- Received lender credits
- 21.9%
- Purchases / refinances
- 40.2% / 34%
- Conventional / FHA / VA
- 96.1% / 1.9% / 2.1%
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 47.5% of loans here — see methodology.
Loan limits here in 2026
- Conforming limit
- $832,750
- FHA limit
- $541,287
- Median home price
- $448,000
- That home, 20% down
- $358,400
A median-priced home with 20% down leaves $474,350 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 Dane County, ranked by volume.
| Lender | Loans | Median fees | Median rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| University of Wisconsin Credit Union | 4,065 | $3,124 | 6.625% |
| Summit Credit Union | 4,044 | $2,856 | 6.750% |
| Thompson Kane & Company, Inc | 512 | $3,836 | 6.750% |
| Lake Ridge Bank | 501 | $3,235 | 5.490% |
| Barrington Bank & Trust Company, National Association | 442 | $3,700 | 6.375% |
| The Park Bank | 397 | $2,764 | 6.500% |
| Fairway Independent Mortgage Corporation | 388 | $3,824 | 6.500% |
| Rocket Mortgage, LLC | 277 | $4,561 | 6.500% |
| Bell Bank | 264 | $3,712 | 6.375% |
| Johnson Financial Group | 250 | $2,484 | 6.675% |
What lenders charged here
Lender fees on a $225,000 loan, based on what was actually charged in Dane County — not a rule of thumb.
From 7,727 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