Gainesville USDA Loan Rates, Closing Costs & Stats

Gainesville, TX

USDA loans are zero-downpayment loans targeted towards lower-income households in rural areas. They can be made directly by the US Department of Agriculture or through a participating lender-- and they typically to borrowers with credit scores over 640. They can have subsidized rates, making them very competitive in terms of cost, but they have more stringent standards on who is eligible as well as specific covenants such as only being available in rural areas and limits on home size.

Gainesville's 5 lenders originated 5 USDA loans during 2023. The total origination value was $1,045,000, with an average USDA loan value of $209,000.

Gainesville USDA Loans, 30 Year Fixed Rates

30 Year USDA mortgages in Gainesville averaged 6.25% for the week of 2024-12-13, compared to the national average (all USDA variants) of 6.303% for the same period.

Gainesville's average USDA mortgage closing costs are $6,239.

The average rate for the prior week (2024-12-06) was 6.18% and one month ago for the week of 2024-11-08, the average rate was 6.4%.

The average rate one year ago was 6.57%.

For refis of the same type during the week of 2024-12-13, the average rate was 6.4%.

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Gainesville USDA Loan Lenders by Rates & Fees

The below table looks at the average fees/closing costs and rates for USDA 30 Year Fixed Rate (purchase, first lien) mortgages originated by each lender at the Gainesville level.

Name # of Loans 2023 Avg. 30yFix Rate 2023 Avg. Closing Costs
AMERICAN PACIFIC MORTGAGE CORPORATION 1 6.63% $11,570
CARDINAL FINANCIAL 1 5.75% $12,136
EVERETT FINANCIAL, INC. 1 7.38% $7,751
GUILD MORTGAGE COMPANY 1 6.63% $7,031
S1L, Inc. 1 7.25% $5,965

The top Gainesville USDA lender as defined by loan originations is AMERICAN PACIFIC MORTGAGE CORPORATION, with 1 USDA loans originated. Their average total fees are $11,570, which is $565 lower than the next largest lender, CARDINAL FINANCIAL.

The lowest fee Gainesville USDA lenders (with over 10 loans originated) are .

The lowest rate Gainesville USDA lenders (with over 10 loans originated) are .


Market Conditions (Median, Average Prices & Listing Count)

Realtor.com - Gainesville (CBSA) retrieved from FRED, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis
Date Median Listing Price (YoY Change) Average Listing Price (YoY) MSA/US Median Price Ratio Active Listings
2018-01-01 $274,700 (-3.4%) $374,017 (-1.9%) 0.00 99
2018-02-01 $314,950 (3.1%) $395,068 (0.5%) 0.00 96
2018-03-01 $344,000 (15.2%) $425,403 (8.1%) 0.00 92
2018-04-01 $363,675 (23.3%) $448,007 (13.5%) 0.00 92
2018-05-01 $367,450 (18.5%) $477,820 (8.5%) 0.00 103
2018-06-01 $345,900 (15.9%) $442,542 (3.1%) 0.00 121
2018-07-01 $317,500 (5.9%) $438,499 (5.8%) 0.00 134
2018-08-01 $324,950 (-0.3%) $416,642 (0.6%) 0.00 139
2018-09-01 $299,900 (-3.2%) $405,533 (-1.0%) 0.00 138
2018-10-01 $276,750 (-9.3%) $388,587 (-3.7%) 0.00 138
2018-11-01 $293,750 (-7.7%) $397,506 (-4.6%) 0.00 126
2018-12-01 $270,676 (-0.8%) $381,950 (-6.1%) 0.00 125
2019-01-01 $248,450 (-9.6%) $372,016 (-0.5%) 0.00 114
2019-02-01 $272,788 (-13.4%) $393,636 (-0.4%) 0.00 122
2019-03-01 $271,883 (-21.0%) $393,333 (-7.5%) 0.00 128
2019-04-01 $270,827 (-25.5%) $392,367 (-12.4%) 0.00 138
2019-05-01 $291,250 (-20.7%) $368,763 (-22.8%) 0.00 139
2019-06-01 $298,000 (-13.9%) $383,560 (-13.3%) 0.00 147
2019-07-01 $299,450 (-5.7%) $384,779 (-12.3%) 0.00 151
2019-08-01 $297,623 (-8.4%) $382,074 (-8.3%) 0.00 152
2019-09-01 $295,557 (-1.5%) $385,875 (-4.9%) 0.00 152
2019-10-01 $305,930 (10.5%) $390,524 (0.5%) 0.00 151
2019-11-01 $329,900 (12.3%) $395,735 (-0.5%) 0.00 135
2019-12-01 $301,500 (11.4%) $357,657 (-6.4%) 0.00 123
2020-01-01 $323,250 (30.1%) $371,578 (-0.1%) 0.00 121
2020-02-01 $274,900 (0.8%) $354,792 (-9.9%) 0.00 126
2020-03-01 $272,400 (0.2%) $340,428 (-13.5%) 0.00 145
2020-04-01 $279,414 (3.2%) $349,602 (-10.9%) 0.00 138
2020-05-01 $285,000 (-2.2%) $360,864 (-2.1%) 0.00 127
2020-06-01 $289,125 (-3.0%) $372,338 (-2.9%) 0.00 112
2020-07-01 $315,750 (5.4%) $419,072 (8.9%) 0.00 103
2020-08-01 $315,000 (5.8%) $413,313 (8.2%) 0.00 89
2020-09-01 $322,375 (9.1%) $403,273 (4.5%) 0.00 83
2020-10-01 $329,900 (7.8%) $390,988 (0.1%) 0.00 68
2020-11-01 $323,725 (-1.9%) $383,344 (-3.1%) 0.00 57
2020-12-01 $325,450 (7.9%) $396,330 (10.8%) 0.00 54
2021-01-01 $299,950 (-7.2%) $398,107 (7.1%) 0.00 49
2021-02-01 $324,950 (18.2%) $390,550 (10.1%) 0.00 38
2021-03-01 $331,338 (21.6%) $422,488 (24.1%) 0.00 26
2021-04-01 $372,400 (33.3%) $461,795 (32.1%) 0.00 26
2021-05-01 $289,450 (1.6%) $519,625 (44.0%) 0.00 39
2021-06-01 $254,700 (-11.9%) $484,076 (30.0%) 0.00 54
2021-07-01 $163,180 (-48.3%) $328,878 (-21.5%) 0.00 104
2021-08-01 $161,290 (-48.8%) $346,192 (-16.2%) 0.00 96
2021-09-01 $180,375 (-44.1%) $376,323 (-6.7%) 0.00 79
2021-10-01 $280,988 (-14.8%) $427,589 (9.4%) 0.00 56
2021-11-01 $308,550 (-4.7%) $556,909 (45.3%) 0.00 52
2021-12-01 $279,950 (-14.0%) $542,435 (36.9%) 0.00 45
2022-01-01 $275,000 (-8.3%) $511,181 (28.4%) 0.00 37
2022-02-01 $348,850 (7.4%) $629,180 (61.1%) 0.00 24
2022-03-01 $337,500 (1.9%) $698,569 (65.4%) 0.00 26
2022-04-01 $334,900 (-10.1%) $706,669 (53.0%) 0.00 36
2022-05-01 $337,500 (16.6%) $670,677 (29.1%) 0.00 48
2022-06-01 $448,700 (76.2%) $781,245 (61.4%) 0.00 69
2022-07-01 $470,000 (188.0%) $777,962 (136.6%) 0.00 88
2022-08-01 $499,500 (209.7%) $771,564 (122.9%) 0.00 106
2022-09-01 $399,950 (121.7%) $681,923 (81.2%) 0.00 127
2022-10-01 $412,000 (46.6%) $669,354 (56.5%) 0.00 127
2022-11-01 $362,962 (17.6%) $596,422 (7.1%) 0.00 135
2022-12-01 $364,008 (30.0%) $579,175 (6.8%) 0.00 136
2023-01-01 $369,450 (34.4%) $564,052 (10.3%) 0.00 128
2023-02-01 $366,529 (5.1%) $583,610 (-7.2%) 0.00 129
2023-03-01 $384,029 (13.8%) $607,509 (-13.0%) 0.00 112
2023-04-01 $449,450 (34.2%) $648,207 (-8.3%) 0.00 111
2023-05-01 $411,450 (21.9%) $643,257 (-4.1%) 0.00 114
2023-06-01 $426,725 (-4.9%) $637,766 (-18.4%) 0.00 131
2023-07-01 $425,000 (-9.6%) $626,806 (-19.4%) 0.00 148
2023-08-01 $406,250 (-18.7%) $620,831 (-19.5%) 0.00 154
2023-09-01 $415,625 (3.9%) $636,376 (-6.7%) 0.00 160
2023-10-01 $438,833 (6.5%) $638,593 (-4.6%) 0.00 176
2023-11-01 $455,000 (25.4%) $631,320 (5.9%) 0.00 180
2023-12-01 $444,990 (22.3%) $568,910 (-1.8%) 0.00 181
2024-01-01 $429,450 (16.2%) $546,466 (-3.1%) 0.00 171
2024-02-01 $429,831 (17.3%) $560,460 (-4.0%) 0.00 176
2024-03-01 $427,275 (11.3%) $629,181 (3.6%) 0.00 218
2024-04-01 $434,248 (-3.4%) $603,278 (-6.9%) 0.00 226
2024-05-01 $457,500 (11.2%) $593,916 (-7.7%) 0.00 231
2024-06-01 $450,000 (5.5%) $598,378 (-6.2%) 0.00 246
2024-07-01 $421,350 (-0.9%) $567,641 (-9.4%) 0.00 245
2024-08-01 $399,568 (-1.6%) $532,041 (-14.3%) 0.00 236
2024-09-01 $399,034 (-4.0%) $514,980 (-19.1%) 0.00 249
2024-10-01 $413,490 (-5.8%) $533,718 (-16.4%) 0.00 265
2024-11-01 $399,950 (-12.1%) $523,343 (-17.1%) 0.00 260
Gainesville's median listing price for 2024-11-01 was $399,950, a difference of $-55,050 (-12.1%) versus the prior year and $-13,540 versus the prior month.

Gainesville's median listing price comes in at 0% of the national average.

Gainesville's average listing price for 2024-11-01 was $523,343, a difference of $-107,977 (-17.1%) versus the prior year and $-10,375 versus the prior month.

For the 2024-11-01 period, Gainesville had 260 MLS listings, a difference of -5 listings (-2%) versus the prior month and 80 listings (44%) versus the prior year.

Median Listing Time on Market & Square Footage

Realtor.com - Gainesville (CBSA) retrieved from FRED, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis
Date Median Listing Time on Market Median Square Footage
2018-01-01 0 days 2,053 sqft
2018-02-01 0 days 2,126 sqft
2018-03-01 0 days 2,209 sqft
2018-04-01 0 days 2,250 sqft
2018-05-01 0 days 2,422 sqft
2018-06-01 0 days 2,298 sqft
2018-07-01 0 days 2,297 sqft
2018-08-01 0 days 2,266 sqft
2018-09-01 0 days 2,187 sqft
2018-10-01 0 days 2,124 sqft
2018-11-01 0 days 2,092 sqft
2018-12-01 0 days 2,040 sqft
2019-01-01 0 days 2,020 sqft
2019-02-01 0 days 2,055 sqft
2019-03-01 0 days 2,091 sqft
2019-04-01 0 days 2,107 sqft
2019-05-01 0 days 2,040 sqft
2019-06-01 0 days 2,161 sqft
2019-07-01 0 days 2,163 sqft
2019-08-01 0 days 2,119 sqft
2019-09-01 0 days 2,057 sqft
2019-10-01 0 days 2,017 sqft
2019-11-01 0 days 2,133 sqft
2019-12-01 0 days 2,142 sqft
2020-01-01 0 days 2,155 sqft
2020-02-01 0 days 1,992 sqft
2020-03-01 0 days 1,948 sqft
2020-04-01 0 days 2,027 sqft
2020-05-01 0 days 2,058 sqft
2020-06-01 0 days 2,063 sqft
2020-07-01 0 days 2,124 sqft
2020-08-01 0 days 2,110 sqft
2020-09-01 0 days 2,107 sqft
2020-10-01 0 days 2,165 sqft
2020-11-01 0 days 2,092 sqft
2020-12-01 0 days 2,097 sqft
2021-01-01 0 days 2,115 sqft
2021-02-01 0 days 2,069 sqft
2021-03-01 0 days 2,198 sqft
2021-04-01 0 days 2,151 sqft
2021-05-01 0 days 1,903 sqft
2021-06-01 0 days 1,681 sqft
2021-07-01 0 days 1,240 sqft
2021-08-01 0 days 1,281 sqft
2021-09-01 0 days 1,391 sqft
2021-10-01 0 days 1,939 sqft
2021-11-01 0 days 1,869 sqft
2021-12-01 0 days 1,908 sqft
2022-01-01 0 days 1,789 sqft
2022-02-01 0 days 1,863 sqft
2022-03-01 0 days 1,940 sqft
2022-04-01 0 days 1,953 sqft
2022-05-01 0 days 1,972 sqft
2022-06-01 0 days 2,174 sqft
2022-07-01 0 days 2,242 sqft
2022-08-01 0 days 2,242 sqft
2022-09-01 0 days 2,102 sqft
2022-10-01 0 days 2,042 sqft
2022-11-01 0 days 1,990 sqft
2022-12-01 0 days 1,964 sqft
2023-01-01 0 days 2,005 sqft
2023-02-01 0 days 2,007 sqft
2023-03-01 0 days 2,039 sqft
2023-04-01 0 days 2,177 sqft
2023-05-01 0 days 2,097 sqft
2023-06-01 0 days 2,062 sqft
2023-07-01 0 days 2,011 sqft
2023-08-01 0 days 2,024 sqft
2023-09-01 0 days 2,018 sqft
2023-10-01 0 days 2,070 sqft
2023-11-01 0 days 2,118 sqft
2023-12-01 0 days 2,114 sqft
2024-01-01 0 days 2,048 sqft
2024-02-01 0 days 2,090 sqft
2024-03-01 0 days 2,020 sqft
2024-04-01 0 days 2,010 sqft
2024-05-01 0 days 2,064 sqft
2024-06-01 0 days 2,040 sqft
2024-07-01 0 days 2,031 sqft
2024-08-01 0 days 2,000 sqft
2024-09-01 0 days 2,020 sqft
2024-10-01 0 days 2,020 sqft
2024-11-01 0 days 2,001 sqft
Gainesville's median listing age (time on market) for 2024-11-01 was 0 days.

Gainesville's median square footage for active listings during the 2024-11-01 period was 2,001 sqft. One year prior, the average listing was 2,118 sqft.