Palestine USDA Loan Rates, Closing Costs & Stats

Palestine, 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.

Palestine's 2 lenders originated 2 USDA loans during 2023. The total origination value was $500,000, with an average USDA loan value of $250,000.

Palestine USDA Loans, 30 Year Fixed Rates

30 Year USDA mortgages in Palestine averaged -0.05% for the week of 2024-11-15, compared to the national average (all USDA variants) of 0% for the same period.

Palestine's average USDA mortgage closing costs are $5,394.

The average rate for the prior week (2024-11-08) was 6.5% and one month ago for the week of 2024-10-11, the average rate was 6.07%.

The average rate one year ago was 7.19%.

For refis of the same type during the week of 2024-11-15, the average rate was 0.2%.

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Palestine 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 Palestine level.

Name # of Loans 2023 Avg. 30yFix Rate 2023 Avg. Closing Costs
Neighborhood Loans, Inc. 1 6.88% $9,757
UNITED WHOLESALE MORTGAGE, LLC 1 5.72% $6,026

The top Palestine USDA lender as defined by loan originations is Neighborhood Loans, Inc., with 1 USDA loans originated. Their average total fees are $9,757, which is $3,731 higher than the next largest lender, UNITED WHOLESALE MORTGAGE, LLC.

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

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


Market Conditions (Median, Average Prices & Listing Count)

Realtor.com - Palestine (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 $154,750 (2.4%) $219,407 (3.3%) 0.00 138
2018-02-01 $147,750 (2.9%) $224,302 (4.0%) 0.00 131
2018-03-01 $146,750 (1.2%) $206,654 (-2.1%) 0.00 130
2018-04-01 $147,000 (5.4%) $225,290 (10.0%) 0.00 132
2018-05-01 $165,000 (16.0%) $258,184 (18.4%) 0.00 142
2018-06-01 $159,500 (6.3%) $249,771 (6.8%) 0.00 163
2018-07-01 $159,250 (0.0%) $247,548 (0.6%) 0.00 165
2018-08-01 $160,200 (0.3%) $240,913 (-3.2%) 0.00 157
2018-09-01 $159,000 (-7.3%) $234,673 (-8.2%) 0.00 166
2018-10-01 $164,975 (3.3%) $247,874 (-4.4%) 0.00 164
2018-11-01 $163,700 (-0.3%) $255,805 (3.1%) 0.00 154
2018-12-01 $169,000 (5.6%) $261,569 (21.1%) 0.00 158
2019-01-01 $166,000 (7.3%) $253,388 (15.5%) 0.00 150
2019-02-01 $162,463 (10.0%) $242,796 (8.2%) 0.00 150
2019-03-01 $163,929 (11.7%) $245,302 (18.7%) 0.00 158
2019-04-01 $162,500 (10.5%) $246,750 (9.5%) 0.00 171
2019-05-01 $169,538 (2.8%) $256,753 (-0.6%) 0.00 179
2019-06-01 $170,000 (6.6%) $270,632 (8.4%) 0.00 179
2019-07-01 $159,950 (0.4%) $229,826 (-7.2%) 0.00 155
2019-08-01 $158,027 (-1.4%) $235,301 (-2.3%) 0.00 148
2019-09-01 $161,893 (1.8%) $248,177 (5.8%) 0.00 146
2019-10-01 $162,020 (-1.8%) $251,735 (1.6%) 0.00 144
2019-11-01 $158,000 (-3.5%) $252,895 (-1.1%) 0.00 131
2019-12-01 $159,500 (-5.6%) $240,482 (-8.1%) 0.00 120
2020-01-01 $154,500 (-6.9%) $236,290 (-6.8%) 0.00 112
2020-02-01 $155,000 (-4.6%) $232,804 (-4.1%) 0.00 104
2020-03-01 $159,600 (-2.6%) $228,623 (-6.8%) 0.00 109
2020-04-01 $167,450 (3.1%) $245,170 (-0.6%) 0.00 94
2020-05-01 $177,450 (4.7%) $255,486 (-0.5%) 0.00 77
2020-06-01 $191,200 (12.5%) $273,512 (1.1%) 0.00 71
2020-07-01 $202,125 (26.4%) $275,004 (19.7%) 0.00 71
2020-08-01 $198,500 (25.6%) $261,654 (11.2%) 0.00 67
2020-09-01 $182,100 (12.5%) $239,413 (-3.5%) 0.00 68
2020-10-01 $185,200 (14.3%) $250,010 (-0.7%) 0.00 75
2020-11-01 $195,000 (23.4%) $248,107 (-1.9%) 0.00 75
2020-12-01 $192,475 (20.7%) $243,461 (1.2%) 0.00 73
2021-01-01 $192,400 (24.5%) $236,210 (0.0%) 0.00 59
2021-02-01 $189,475 (22.2%) $252,253 (8.4%) 0.00 57
2021-03-01 $215,625 (35.1%) $269,437 (17.9%) 0.00 42
2021-04-01 $217,225 (29.7%) $263,350 (7.4%) 0.00 37
2021-05-01 $222,500 (25.4%) $282,839 (10.7%) 0.00 42
2021-06-01 $216,000 (13.0%) $274,368 (0.3%) 0.00 41
2021-07-01 $198,500 (-1.8%) $266,105 (-3.2%) 0.00 56
2021-08-01 $191,200 (-3.7%) $256,170 (-2.1%) 0.00 71
2021-09-01 $246,000 (35.1%) $282,173 (17.9%) 0.00 80
2021-10-01 $250,000 (35.0%) $312,943 (25.2%) 0.00 81
2021-11-01 $252,625 (29.6%) $325,459 (31.2%) 0.00 79
2021-12-01 $242,875 (26.2%) $301,496 (23.8%) 0.00 75
2022-01-01 $274,900 (42.9%) $320,235 (35.6%) 0.00 59
2022-02-01 $233,500 (23.2%) $266,109 (5.5%) 0.00 61
2022-03-01 $213,375 (-1.0%) $271,380 (0.7%) 0.00 53
2022-04-01 $222,450 (2.4%) $297,489 (13.0%) 0.00 61
2022-05-01 $194,000 (-12.8%) $261,927 (-7.4%) 0.00 79
2022-06-01 $182,125 (-15.7%) $275,593 (0.5%) 0.00 92
2022-07-01 $249,000 (25.4%) $309,685 (16.4%) 0.00 111
2022-08-01 $250,000 (30.8%) $318,570 (24.4%) 0.00 115
2022-09-01 $254,675 (3.5%) $311,237 (10.3%) 0.00 118
2022-10-01 $252,500 (1.0%) $305,654 (-2.3%) 0.00 122
2022-11-01 $265,000 (4.9%) $377,898 (16.1%) 0.00 114
2022-12-01 $249,000 (2.5%) $362,721 (20.3%) 0.00 112
2023-01-01 $249,000 (-9.4%) $292,026 (-8.8%) 0.00 107
2023-02-01 $222,250 (-4.8%) $280,000 (5.2%) 0.00 98
2023-03-01 $235,000 (10.1%) $284,881 (5.0%) 0.00 103
2023-04-01 $249,000 (11.9%) $292,138 (-1.8%) 0.00 111
2023-05-01 $249,750 (28.7%) $308,460 (17.8%) 0.00 126
2023-06-01 $263,125 (44.5%) $315,675 (14.5%) 0.00 129
2023-07-01 $245,000 (-1.6%) $297,313 (-4.0%) 0.00 130
2023-08-01 $246,000 (-1.6%) $321,187 (0.8%) 0.00 136
2023-09-01 $260,000 (2.1%) $332,034 (6.7%) 0.00 149
2023-10-01 $257,225 (1.9%) $341,012 (11.6%) 0.00 161
2023-11-01 $268,750 (1.4%) $354,088 (-6.3%) 0.00 148
2023-12-01 $270,000 (8.4%) $393,409 (8.5%) 0.00 163
2024-01-01 $265,000 (6.4%) $388,556 (33.1%) 0.00 166
2024-02-01 $253,625 (14.1%) $377,672 (34.9%) 0.00 167
2024-03-01 $270,000 (14.9%) $374,571 (31.5%) 0.00 174
2024-04-01 $279,500 (12.3%) $361,112 (23.6%) 0.00 177
2024-05-01 $292,500 (17.1%) $373,347 (21.0%) 0.00 177
2024-06-01 $277,950 (5.6%) $370,453 (17.4%) 0.00 196
2024-07-01 $262,750 (7.2%) $348,751 (17.3%) 0.00 196
2024-08-01 $260,000 (5.7%) $353,875 (10.2%) 0.00 185
2024-09-01 $272,250 (4.7%) $367,082 (10.6%) 0.00 184
2024-10-01 $276,000 (7.3%) $361,568 (6.0%) 0.00 185
Palestine's median listing price for 2024-10-01 was $276,000, a difference of $18,775 (7.3%) versus the prior year and $3,750 versus the prior month.

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

Palestine's average listing price for 2024-10-01 was $361,568, a difference of $20,556 (6.0%) versus the prior year and $-5,514 versus the prior month.

For the 2024-10-01 period, Palestine had 185 MLS listings, a difference of 1 listings (1%) versus the prior month and 24 listings (15%) versus the prior year.

Median Listing Time on Market & Square Footage

Realtor.com - Palestine (CBSA) retrieved from FRED, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis
Date Median Listing Time on Market Median Square Footage
2018-01-01 0 days 1,904 sqft
2018-02-01 0 days 1,902 sqft
2018-03-01 0 days 1,916 sqft
2018-04-01 0 days 1,912 sqft
2018-05-01 0 days 2,005 sqft
2018-06-01 0 days 2,000 sqft
2018-07-01 0 days 2,004 sqft
2018-08-01 0 days 1,992 sqft
2018-09-01 0 days 1,982 sqft
2018-10-01 0 days 1,998 sqft
2018-11-01 0 days 1,983 sqft
2018-12-01 0 days 1,973 sqft
2019-01-01 0 days 1,900 sqft
2019-02-01 0 days 1,957 sqft
2019-03-01 0 days 1,949 sqft
2019-04-01 0 days 1,900 sqft
2019-05-01 0 days 1,977 sqft
2019-06-01 0 days 1,974 sqft
2019-07-01 0 days 1,870 sqft
2019-08-01 0 days 1,800 sqft
2019-09-01 0 days 1,868 sqft
2019-10-01 0 days 1,903 sqft
2019-11-01 0 days 1,856 sqft
2019-12-01 0 days 1,849 sqft
2020-01-01 0 days 1,841 sqft
2020-02-01 0 days 1,858 sqft
2020-03-01 0 days 1,865 sqft
2020-04-01 0 days 1,855 sqft
2020-05-01 0 days 1,868 sqft
2020-06-01 0 days 1,881 sqft
2020-07-01 0 days 1,913 sqft
2020-08-01 0 days 1,967 sqft
2020-09-01 0 days 1,965 sqft
2020-10-01 0 days 2,145 sqft
2020-11-01 0 days 2,200 sqft
2020-12-01 0 days 2,020 sqft
2021-01-01 0 days 2,014 sqft
2021-02-01 0 days 2,091 sqft
2021-03-01 0 days 2,226 sqft
2021-04-01 0 days 2,150 sqft
2021-05-01 0 days 1,967 sqft
2021-06-01 0 days 1,844 sqft
2021-07-01 0 days 1,813 sqft
2021-08-01 0 days 1,748 sqft
2021-09-01 0 days 1,799 sqft
2021-10-01 0 days 1,800 sqft
2021-11-01 0 days 1,777 sqft
2021-12-01 0 days 1,756 sqft
2022-01-01 0 days 1,698 sqft
2022-02-01 0 days 1,609 sqft
2022-03-01 0 days 1,678 sqft
2022-04-01 0 days 1,818 sqft
2022-05-01 0 days 1,655 sqft
2022-06-01 0 days 1,552 sqft
2022-07-01 0 days 1,822 sqft
2022-08-01 0 days 1,880 sqft
2022-09-01 0 days 1,807 sqft
2022-10-01 0 days 1,880 sqft
2022-11-01 0 days 1,879 sqft
2022-12-01 0 days 1,828 sqft
2023-01-01 0 days 1,800 sqft
2023-02-01 0 days 1,705 sqft
2023-03-01 0 days 1,852 sqft
2023-04-01 0 days 1,780 sqft
2023-05-01 0 days 1,785 sqft
2023-06-01 0 days 1,819 sqft
2023-07-01 0 days 1,780 sqft
2023-08-01 0 days 1,737 sqft
2023-09-01 0 days 1,722 sqft
2023-10-01 0 days 1,736 sqft
2023-11-01 0 days 1,784 sqft
2023-12-01 0 days 1,821 sqft
2024-01-01 0 days 1,735 sqft
2024-02-01 0 days 1,685 sqft
2024-03-01 0 days 1,698 sqft
2024-04-01 0 days 1,812 sqft
2024-05-01 0 days 1,833 sqft
2024-06-01 0 days 1,872 sqft
2024-07-01 0 days 1,823 sqft
2024-08-01 0 days 1,803 sqft
2024-09-01 0 days 1,782 sqft
2024-10-01 0 days 1,775 sqft
Palestine's median listing age (time on market) for 2024-10-01 was 0 days.

Palestine's median square footage for active listings during the 2024-10-01 period was 1,775 sqft. One year prior, the average listing was 1,736 sqft.