Salt Lake City USDA Loan Rates, Closing Costs & Stats

SALT LAKE CITY, UT

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.

Salt Lake City's 19 lenders originated 33 USDA loans during 2022. The total origination value was $11,905,000, with an average USDA loan value of $360,758.

Salt Lake City USDA Loans, 30 Year Fixed Rates

30 Year USDA mortgages in Salt Lake City averaged 6.34% for the week of 2023-09-15, compared to the national average (all USDA variants) of 6.982% for the same period.

Salt Lake City's average USDA mortgage closing costs are $6,831.

The average rate for the prior week (2023-09-08) was 6.43% and one month ago for the week of 2023-08-11, the average rate was 6.56%.

The average rate one year ago was 5.28%.

For refis of the same type during the week of 2023-09-15, the average rate was 5.45%.

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Salt Lake City 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 Salt Lake City level.

Name # of Loans 2022 Avg. 30yFix Rate 2022 Avg. Closing Costs
UNITED WHOLESALE MORTGAGE, LLC 8 4.23% $10,758
HOME POINT FINANCIAL CORPORATION 4 4.40% $9,370
FIRST COLONY MORTGAGE CORPORATION 2 5.44% $3,308
GUARANTEED RATE, INC. 2 4.06% $10,137
Sierra Pacific Mortgage Company, Inc. 2 5.31% $11,705
INTERCAP LENDING INC. 2 4.31% $7,591
NEWREZ LLC 1 4.75% $7,865
PACIFIC RESIDENTIAL MORTGAGE, LLC 1 5.50% $4,026
Paramount Residential Mortgage Group, Inc. 1 4.25% $18,244
RANLIFE, INC. 1 4.25% $5,483
SECURITYNATIONAL MORTGAGE COMPANY 1 4.13% $8,468
STEARNS LENDING, LLC 1 2.88% $8,671
AMERICAN PACIFIC MORTGAGE CORPORATION 1 5.13% $8,811
VERITAS FUNDING, LLC 1 2.63% $7,763
CALIBER HOME LOANS, INC. 1 3.13% $5,754
DIRECT MORTGAGE, CORP. 1 4.63% $7,282
FAIRWAY INDEPENDENT MORTGAGE CORPORATION 1 7.25% $7,709
Flagstar Bank, FSB 1 3.25% $6,696
MOVEMENT MORTGAGE, LLC 1 4.00% $10,299

The top Salt Lake City USDA lender as defined by loan originations is UNITED WHOLESALE MORTGAGE, LLC, with 8 USDA loans originated. Their average total fees are $10,758, which is $1,389 higher than the next largest lender, HOME POINT FINANCIAL CORPORATION.

The lowest fee Salt Lake City USDA lenders (with over 10 loans originated) are .

The lowest rate Salt Lake City USDA lenders (with over 10 loans originated) are .


Market Conditions (Median, Average Prices & Listing Count)

Realtor.com - Salt Lake City (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 $386,945 (8.6%) $542,683 (2.6%) 1.43 2,086
2018-02-01 $389,998 (5.2%) $553,476 (1.3%) 1.42 1,907
2018-03-01 $402,930 (2.7%) $576,303 (1.3%) 1.41 1,858
2018-04-01 $417,447 (5.9%) $582,077 (1.6%) 1.42 2,034
2018-05-01 $423,719 (8.0%) $585,039 (4.4%) 1.42 2,226
2018-06-01 $421,460 (6.9%) $586,497 (5.7%) 1.41 2,484
2018-07-01 $422,898 (8.4%) $586,297 (9.1%) 1.41 2,628
2018-08-01 $405,931 (4.7%) $561,712 (7.8%) 1.36 2,987
2018-09-01 $404,997 (6.6%) $553,629 (9.5%) 1.36 3,134
2018-10-01 $399,375 (6.1%) $544,685 (8.9%) 1.35 3,334
2018-11-01 $399,000 (7.7%) $540,152 (9.1%) 1.35 3,216
2018-12-01 $399,000 (6.4%) $543,621 (7.3%) 1.38 2,866
2019-01-01 $399,834 (3.3%) $543,970 (0.2%) 1.38 2,587
2019-02-01 $409,500 (5.0%) $559,772 (1.1%) 1.38 2,411
2019-03-01 $425,671 (5.6%) $575,257 (-0.2%) 1.39 2,378
2019-04-01 $437,121 (4.7%) $578,756 (-0.6%) 1.39 2,433
2019-05-01 $442,437 (4.4%) $579,984 (-0.9%) 1.38 2,722
2019-06-01 $442,000 (4.9%) $577,965 (-1.5%) 1.38 2,923
2019-07-01 $437,450 (3.4%) $573,067 (-2.3%) 1.37 2,916
2019-08-01 $435,836 (7.4%) $570,775 (1.6%) 1.38 2,882
2019-09-01 $429,741 (6.1%) $564,339 (1.9%) 1.38 2,863
2019-10-01 $425,000 (6.4%) $564,708 (3.7%) 1.37 2,838
2019-11-01 $429,900 (7.7%) $585,509 (8.4%) 1.41 2,487
2019-12-01 $442,450 (10.9%) $607,559 (11.8%) 1.48 1,965
2020-01-01 $446,268 (11.6%) $627,206 (15.3%) 1.49 1,649
2020-02-01 $467,000 (14.0%) $663,063 (18.5%) 1.53 1,404
2020-03-01 $470,475 (10.5%) $659,355 (14.6%) 1.47 1,573
2020-04-01 $446,553 (2.2%) $600,787 (3.8%) 1.40 2,185
2020-05-01 $456,945 (3.3%) $606,643 (4.6%) 1.39 2,111
2020-06-01 $476,225 (7.7%) $643,865 (11.4%) 1.40 1,853
2020-07-01 $482,000 (10.2%) $670,226 (17.0%) 1.40 1,627
2020-08-01 $479,999 (10.1%) $689,916 (20.9%) 1.38 1,570
2020-09-01 $473,600 (10.2%) $691,909 (22.6%) 1.36 1,486
2020-10-01 $479,900 (12.9%) $710,466 (25.8%) 1.38 1,381
2020-11-01 $499,775 (16.3%) $763,765 (30.4%) 1.46 1,128
2020-12-01 $538,032 (21.6%) $830,051 (36.6%) 1.60 857
2021-01-01 $579,900 (29.9%) $904,593 (44.2%) 1.73 622
2021-02-01 $577,350 (23.6%) $867,737 (30.9%) 1.68 520
2021-03-01 $528,630 (12.4%) $825,159 (25.2%) 1.50 623
2021-04-01 $549,850 (23.1%) $823,945 (37.1%) 1.49 652
2021-05-01 $570,000 (24.7%) $775,676 (27.9%) 1.52 715
2021-06-01 $566,950 (19.1%) $759,297 (17.9%) 1.49 898
2021-07-01 $559,079 (16.0%) $761,462 (13.6%) 1.48 1,105
2021-08-01 $562,800 (17.3%) $744,267 (7.9%) 1.50 1,271
2021-09-01 $542,450 (14.5%) $723,946 (4.6%) 1.45 1,389
2021-10-01 $539,900 (12.5%) $726,706 (2.3%) 1.44 1,339
2021-11-01 $552,400 (10.5%) $739,404 (-3.2%) 1.48 1,065
2021-12-01 $563,970 (4.8%) $742,234 (-10.6%) 1.53 686
2022-01-01 $565,000 (-2.6%) $732,575 (-19.0%) 1.53 489
2022-02-01 $555,000 (-3.9%) $749,310 (-13.7%) 1.44 472
2022-03-01 $582,500 (10.2%) $770,003 (-6.7%) 1.46 572
2022-04-01 $624,950 (13.7%) $764,139 (-7.3%) 1.49 764
2022-05-01 $637,500 (11.8%) $784,861 (1.2%) 1.46 1,329
2022-06-01 $632,450 (11.6%) $782,387 (3.0%) 1.41 1,854
2022-07-01 $615,000 (10.0%) $753,832 (-1.0%) 1.39 2,544
2022-08-01 $598,450 (6.3%) $738,042 (-0.8%) 1.38 2,668
2022-09-01 $580,250 (7.0%) $735,074 (1.5%) 1.36 2,715
2022-10-01 $574,900 (6.5%) $719,675 (-1.0%) 1.35 2,918
2022-11-01 $550,000 (-0.4%) $715,491 (-3.2%) 1.32 2,779
2022-12-01 $549,945 (-2.5%) $716,621 (-3.5%) 1.36 2,289
2023-01-01 $559,125 (-1.0%) $729,539 (-0.4%) 1.39 1,947
2023-02-01 $569,950 (2.7%) $746,243 (-0.4%) 1.38 1,633
2023-03-01 $589,975 (1.3%) $751,748 (-2.4%) 1.39 1,546
2023-04-01 $609,481 (-2.5%) $792,254 (3.7%) 1.42 1,498
2023-05-01 $635,000 (-0.4%) $815,504 (3.9%) 1.44 1,678
2023-06-01 $625,720 (-1.1%) $809,426 (3.5%) 1.41 1,921
2023-07-01 $629,444 (2.4%) $813,345 (7.9%) 1.43 2,055
2023-08-01 $605,000 (1.1%) $795,765 (7.8%) 1.39 2,203
Salt Lake City's median listing price for 2023-08-01 was $605,000, a difference of $6,550 (1.1%) versus the prior year and $-24,444 versus the prior month.

Salt Lake City's median listing price comes in at 139% of the national average.

Salt Lake City's average listing price for 2023-08-01 was $795,765, a difference of $57,723 (7.8%) versus the prior year and $-17,580 versus the prior month.

For the 2023-08-01 period, Salt Lake City had 2,203 MLS listings, a difference of 148 listings (7%) versus the prior month and -465 listings (-17%) versus the prior year.

Median Listing Time on Market & Square Footage

Realtor.com - Salt Lake City (CBSA) retrieved from FRED, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis
Date Median Listing Time on Market Median Square Footage
2018-01-01 52 days 2,794 sqft
2018-02-01 41 days 2,855 sqft
2018-03-01 31 days 2,998 sqft
2018-04-01 29 days 2,987 sqft
2018-05-01 26 days 3,012 sqft
2018-06-01 29 days 2,988 sqft
2018-07-01 31 days 2,938 sqft
2018-08-01 30 days 2,782 sqft
2018-09-01 35 days 2,730 sqft
2018-10-01 36 days 2,650 sqft
2018-11-01 43 days 2,657 sqft
2018-12-01 52 days 2,699 sqft
2019-01-01 58 days 2,705 sqft
2019-02-01 50 days 2,789 sqft
2019-03-01 39 days 2,862 sqft
2019-04-01 33 days 2,936 sqft
2019-05-01 31 days 2,920 sqft
2019-06-01 33 days 2,896 sqft
2019-07-01 38 days 2,845 sqft
2019-08-01 39 days 2,787 sqft
2019-09-01 38 days 2,701 sqft
2019-10-01 39 days 2,661 sqft
2019-11-01 45 days 2,675 sqft
2019-12-01 58 days 2,714 sqft
2020-01-01 63 days 2,796 sqft
2020-02-01 39 days 2,940 sqft
2020-03-01 24 days 2,875 sqft
2020-04-01 28 days 2,695 sqft
2020-05-01 36 days 2,650 sqft
2020-06-01 36 days 2,650 sqft
2020-07-01 32 days 2,593 sqft
2020-08-01 29 days 2,516 sqft
2020-09-01 29 days 2,416 sqft
2020-10-01 28 days 2,394 sqft
2020-11-01 31 days 2,431 sqft
2020-12-01 36 days 2,571 sqft
2021-01-01 32 days 2,552 sqft
2021-02-01 14 days 2,528 sqft
2021-03-01 8 days 2,390 sqft
2021-04-01 8 days 2,346 sqft
2021-05-01 9 days 2,402 sqft
2021-06-01 11 days 2,432 sqft
2021-07-01 16 days 2,437 sqft
2021-08-01 19 days 2,457 sqft
2021-09-01 21 days 2,402 sqft
2021-10-01 24 days 2,402 sqft
2021-11-01 25 days 2,402 sqft
2021-12-01 35 days 2,475 sqft
2022-01-01 38 days 2,475 sqft
2022-02-01 25 days 2,338 sqft
2022-03-01 21 days 2,364 sqft
2022-04-01 19 days 2,402 sqft
2022-05-01 19 days 2,558 sqft
2022-06-01 24 days 2,524 sqft
2022-07-01 30 days 2,473 sqft
2022-08-01 37 days 2,412 sqft
2022-09-01 44 days 2,402 sqft
2022-10-01 46 days 2,394 sqft
2022-11-01 53 days 2,379 sqft
2022-12-01 67 days 2,396 sqft
2023-01-01 74 days 2,411 sqft
2023-02-01 62 days 2,463 sqft
2023-03-01 45 days 2,574 sqft
2023-04-01 41 days 2,674 sqft
2023-05-01 36 days 2,692 sqft
2023-06-01 36 days 2,661 sqft
2023-07-01 38 days 2,630 sqft
2023-08-01 42 days 2,517 sqft
Salt Lake City's median listing age (time on market) for 2023-08-01 was 42 days. This is 12% longer than the same period one year ago.

Salt Lake City's median square footage for active listings during the 2023-08-01 period was 2,517 sqft. One year prior, the average listing was 2,412 sqft.