Amarillo VA Loan Rates, Closing Costs & Stats

AMARILLO, TX

A VA loan is a mortgage loan that’s backed by the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) for those who have served or are presently serving in the U.S. military. The VA does not directly lend, it guarantees the loans made by private lenders to veterans, active military personnel, and qualifying military spouses.

The most obvious benefit of VA loans is that no downpayment is necessary to purchase a home. They will also typically have significantly lower fees-- meaning that if you're eligible to receive a VA loan, it will likely be the most favorable option. VA loans come in 3 varities: purchase, refinance and cash out refis.

For additional benefits of VA loans, click here.

Amarillo's 57 lenders originated 320 VA loans during 2023. The total origination value was $95,450,000, with an average VA loan value of $298,281.

Amarillo VA Loans, 30 Year Fixed Rates

30 Year VA mortgages in Amarillo averaged 7.15% for the week of 2024-04-19, compared to the national average (all VA variants) of 6.758% for the same period.

Amarillo's average VA mortgage closing costs are $6,039.

The average rate for the prior week (2024-04-12) was 7.08% and one month ago for the week of 2024-03-15, the average rate was 6.84%.

The average rate one year ago was 6.13%.

For refis of the same type during the week of 2024-04-19, the average rate was 6.84%.

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Amarillo VA Loan Lenders by Rates & Fees

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

Name # of Loans 2023 Avg. 30yFix Rate 2023 Avg. Closing Costs
Mortgage Research Center, LLC 66 6.67% $6,917
Amarillo National Bank 30 6.19% $7,464
ASSOCIATED MORTGAGE CORPORATION 17 6.57% $8,108
AMCAP MORTGAGE, LTD. 14 6.80% $9,180
CARDINAL FINANCIAL 14 6.65% $10,584
NAVY FEDERAL CREDIT UNION 13 5.89% $6,745
TEXAS TECH 11 6.06% $5,302
USAA Federal Savings Bank 9 6.38% $6,489
QUICKEN LOANS, LLC 9 6.09% $9,814
PREMIER LENDING, INC. 9 6.58% $9,415
NATIONS RELIABLE LENDING, LLC 8 6.31% $14,332
EUSTIS AND AMERICAN MORTGAGE COMPANY 8 6.67% $7,576
PENNYMAC LOAN SERVICES, LLC 7 5.34% $9,372
EVERETT FINANCIAL, INC. 7 6.82% $5,457
PRIMELENDING, A PLAINSCAPITAL COMPANY 6 6.26% $10,400
SECURITYNATIONAL MORTGAGE COMPANY 4 7.03% $10,048
First United Bank 4 6.53% $5,950
UNITED WHOLESALE MORTGAGE, LLC 4 6.16% $4,993
FAIRWAY INDEPENDENT MORTGAGE CORPORATION 4 6.38% $7,326
GUARANTEED RATE, INC. 3 6.54% $3,097
JMAC LENDING, INC. 3 6.79% $13,922
VILLAGE CAPITAL MORTGAGE 3 5.58% $7,389
MORTGAGE SOLUTIONS OF COLORADO, LLC 3 7.75% $2,063
Plains Commerce Bank 3 5.92% $13,844
THE MORTGAGE LINK, INC. 2 6.19% $7,891
Paramount Residential Mortgage Group, Inc. 2 7.00% $4,293
PILGRIM MORTGAGE LLC 2 6.62% $6,819
FREEDOM MORTGAGE CORPORATION 2 7.00% $6,058
NEW DAY FINANCIAL, LLC 2 7.25% $4,725
Wells Fargo Bank 2 6.06% $4,920
GUILD MORTGAGE COMPANY 2 6.50% $10,086
LOANDEPOT.COM, LLC 2 7.13% $8,646
CMG MORTGAGE, INC. 2 6.06% $8,056
NTFN, INC. 1 7.25% $5,822
AMERISAVE MORTGAGE CORPORATION 1 5.75% $21,730
ARK-LA-TEX FINANCIAL SERVICES, LLC. 1 5.85% $8,953
Barrington Bank & Trust Company, N.A. 1 5.63% $6,301
Bell Bank 1 5.75% $5,110
CALIBER HOME LOANS, INC. 1 5.75% $6,239
Centennial Bank 1 6.75% $4,803
Community First National Bank 1 7.25% $12,543
CORNERSTONE HOME LENDING, INC. 1 6.25% $30,963
CROSSCOUNTRY MORTGAGE, LLC 1 4.99% $12,087
Equity Prime Mortgage LLC 1 7.75% $13,599
First National Bank Texas 1 5.25% $24,492
GENEVA FINANCIAL, LLC 1 6.63% $2,465
GOLD STAR MORTGAGE FINANCIAL GROUP, CORPORATION 1 7.63% $28,214
Mid-Continent Funding, Inc. 1 6.50% $4,686
NBKC BANK 1 5.63% $2,594
NEWREZ LLC 1 5.13% $7,464
PENTAGON FEDERAL CREDIT UNION 1 5.38% $2,919
PLANET HOME LENDING, LLC 1 5.63% $6,696
Strong Home Mortgage, LLC 1 5.63% $7,935
SUN WEST MORTGAGE COMPANY, INC. 1 7.13% $5,727
Trinity Oaks Mortgage, LLC 1 7.25% $10,255
United Fidelity Funding Corp. 1 6.88% $7,914
WesBanco 1 5.00% $7,199

The top Amarillo VA lender as defined by loan originations is Mortgage Research Center, LLC, with 66 VA loans originated. Their average total fees are $6,917, which is $547 lower than the next largest lender, Amarillo National Bank.

The lowest fee Amarillo VA lenders (with over 10 loans originated) are TEXAS TECH ($5,302), NAVY FEDERAL CREDIT UNION ($6,745), Mortgage Research Center, LLC ($6,917), Amarillo National Bank ($7,464) and ASSOCIATED MORTGAGE CORPORATION ($8,108).

The lowest rate Amarillo VA lenders (with over 10 loans originated) are NAVY FEDERAL CREDIT UNION (5.89%), TEXAS TECH (6.06%), Amarillo National Bank (6.19%), ASSOCIATED MORTGAGE CORPORATION (6.57%) and CARDINAL FINANCIAL (6.65%).


Market Conditions (Median, Average Prices & Listing Count)

Realtor.com - Amarillo (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 $218,975 (9.5%) $298,124 (8.6%) 0.81 1,018
2018-02-01 $225,250 (9.9%) $298,518 (9.3%) 0.82 1,023
2018-03-01 $225,000 (6.2%) $303,151 (10.3%) 0.79 1,017
2018-04-01 $231,450 (8.0%) $306,502 (8.4%) 0.78 1,016
2018-05-01 $236,700 (8.7%) $309,283 (6.7%) 0.79 1,083
2018-06-01 $238,900 (8.9%) $311,231 (7.4%) 0.80 1,144
2018-07-01 $238,600 (8.5%) $310,106 (9.6%) 0.80 1,202
2018-08-01 $236,200 (7.5%) $307,728 (8.5%) 0.79 1,215
2018-09-01 $234,900 (9.3%) $306,618 (9.0%) 0.79 1,191
2018-10-01 $234,850 (9.7%) $305,584 (7.4%) 0.80 1,235
2018-11-01 $235,950 (10.0%) $302,984 (5.9%) 0.80 1,228
2018-12-01 $233,613 (8.7%) $302,514 (3.2%) 0.81 1,193
2019-01-01 $227,700 (4.0%) $294,781 (-1.1%) 0.79 1,136
2019-02-01 $235,450 (4.5%) $299,664 (0.4%) 0.80 1,135
2019-03-01 $240,286 (6.8%) $305,008 (0.6%) 0.79 1,126
2019-04-01 $243,500 (5.2%) $305,647 (-0.3%) 0.77 1,116
2019-05-01 $248,975 (5.2%) $314,697 (1.8%) 0.78 1,091
2019-06-01 $244,950 (2.5%) $311,815 (0.2%) 0.77 1,140
2019-07-01 $239,475 (0.4%) $312,099 (0.6%) 0.75 1,129
2019-08-01 $239,616 (1.5%) $310,531 (0.9%) 0.76 1,103
2019-09-01 $239,115 (1.8%) $306,885 (0.1%) 0.77 1,065
2019-10-01 $237,363 (1.1%) $304,455 (-0.4%) 0.77 1,037
2019-11-01 $234,700 (-0.5%) $306,651 (1.2%) 0.77 966
2019-12-01 $229,450 (-1.8%) $302,064 (-0.2%) 0.77 937
2020-01-01 $227,344 (-0.2%) $300,875 (2.1%) 0.76 862
2020-02-01 $239,925 (1.9%) $317,160 (5.8%) 0.79 864
2020-03-01 $260,372 (8.4%) $334,361 (9.6%) 0.82 808
2020-04-01 $269,450 (10.7%) $333,321 (9.1%) 0.84 787
2020-05-01 $279,000 (12.1%) $344,382 (9.4%) 0.85 771
2020-06-01 $281,200 (14.8%) $353,522 (13.4%) 0.83 729
2020-07-01 $279,472 (16.7%) $353,564 (13.3%) 0.81 665
2020-08-01 $272,268 (13.6%) $351,797 (13.3%) 0.78 604
2020-09-01 $274,950 (15.0%) $353,128 (15.1%) 0.79 594
2020-10-01 $275,000 (15.9%) $355,429 (16.7%) 0.79 583
2020-11-01 $279,800 (19.2%) $354,693 (15.7%) 0.82 571
2020-12-01 $279,685 (21.9%) $360,706 (19.4%) 0.83 509
2021-01-01 $275,900 (21.4%) $364,537 (21.2%) 0.82 459
2021-02-01 $317,375 (32.3%) $412,383 (30.0%) 0.92 370
2021-03-01 $334,875 (28.6%) $436,602 (30.6%) 0.95 330
2021-04-01 $340,440 (26.4%) $440,938 (32.3%) 0.92 334
2021-05-01 $325,250 (16.6%) $436,979 (26.9%) 0.86 305
2021-06-01 $306,250 (8.9%) $406,486 (15.0%) 0.81 368
2021-07-01 $299,900 (7.3%) $399,773 (13.1%) 0.79 401
2021-08-01 $288,975 (6.1%) $397,666 (13.0%) 0.77 407
2021-09-01 $288,450 (4.9%) $393,456 (11.4%) 0.77 405
2021-10-01 $305,000 (10.9%) $402,139 (13.1%) 0.81 403
2021-11-01 $313,500 (12.0%) $405,464 (14.3%) 0.84 383
2021-12-01 $316,200 (13.1%) $410,301 (13.8%) 0.86 361
2022-01-01 $315,200 (14.2%) $403,720 (10.8%) 0.85 316
2022-02-01 $332,625 (4.8%) $426,390 (3.4%) 0.87 286
2022-03-01 $336,000 (0.3%) $441,005 (1.0%) 0.84 251
2022-04-01 $326,950 (-4.0%) $433,513 (-1.7%) 0.78 283
2022-05-01 $322,000 (-1.0%) $407,502 (-6.8%) 0.74 342
2022-06-01 $330,950 (8.1%) $394,456 (-3.0%) 0.74 407
2022-07-01 $320,000 (6.7%) $382,496 (-4.3%) 0.72 481
2022-08-01 $326,838 (13.1%) $381,309 (-4.1%) 0.76 507
2022-09-01 $326,500 (13.2%) $383,139 (-2.6%) 0.76 501
2022-10-01 $325,000 (6.6%) $374,577 (-6.9%) 0.76 526
2022-11-01 $327,450 (4.5%) $377,437 (-6.9%) 0.79 562
2022-12-01 $340,000 (7.5%) $378,973 (-7.6%) 0.84 550
2023-01-01 $346,375 (9.9%) $386,369 (-4.3%) 0.86 542
2023-02-01 $359,925 (8.2%) $394,745 (-7.4%) 0.87 554
2023-03-01 $349,900 (4.1%) $393,769 (-10.7%) 0.83 566
2023-04-01 $355,025 (8.6%) $404,331 (-6.7%) 0.83 592
2023-05-01 $373,500 (16.0%) $421,912 (3.5%) 0.85 646
2023-06-01 $375,396 (13.4%) $426,414 (8.1%) 0.84 698
2023-07-01 $375,000 (17.2%) $424,902 (11.1%) 0.85 732
2023-08-01 $368,870 (12.9%) $417,217 (9.4%) 0.85 735
2023-09-01 $345,000 (5.7%) $422,409 (10.3%) 0.80 771
2023-10-01 $335,500 (3.2%) $418,442 (11.7%) 0.79 808
2023-11-01 $317,000 (-3.2%) $394,058 (4.4%) 0.75 882
2023-12-01 $320,000 (-5.9%) $396,071 (4.5%) 0.78 891
2024-01-01 $314,503 (-9.2%) $396,685 (2.7%) 0.77 872
2024-02-01 $313,950 (-12.8%) $397,010 (0.6%) 0.76 876
2024-03-01 $315,000 (-10.0%) $400,797 (1.8%) 0.74 882
Amarillo's median listing price for 2024-03-01 was $315,000, a difference of $-34,900 (-10.0%) versus the prior year and $1,050 versus the prior month.

Amarillo's median listing price comes in at 74% of the national average.

Amarillo's average listing price for 2024-03-01 was $400,797, a difference of $7,028 (1.8%) versus the prior year and $3,787 versus the prior month.

For the 2024-03-01 period, Amarillo had 882 MLS listings, a difference of 6 listings (1%) versus the prior month and 316 listings (56%) versus the prior year.

Median Listing Time on Market & Square Footage

Realtor.com - Amarillo (CBSA) retrieved from FRED, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis
Date Median Listing Time on Market Median Square Footage
2018-01-01 70 days 2,066 sqft
2018-02-01 48 days 2,079 sqft
2018-03-01 48 days 2,092 sqft
2018-04-01 53 days 2,122 sqft
2018-05-01 51 days 2,133 sqft
2018-06-01 47 days 2,146 sqft
2018-07-01 52 days 2,140 sqft
2018-08-01 53 days 2,136 sqft
2018-09-01 57 days 2,131 sqft
2018-10-01 59 days 2,121 sqft
2018-11-01 61 days 2,119 sqft
2018-12-01 71 days 2,113 sqft
2019-01-01 68 days 2,102 sqft
2019-02-01 45 days 2,105 sqft
2019-03-01 51 days 2,111 sqft
2019-04-01 58 days 2,121 sqft
2019-05-01 60 days 2,136 sqft
2019-06-01 60 days 2,121 sqft
2019-07-01 59 days 2,113 sqft
2019-08-01 59 days 2,117 sqft
2019-09-01 60 days 2,102 sqft
2019-10-01 63 days 2,088 sqft
2019-11-01 68 days 2,057 sqft
2019-12-01 74 days 2,029 sqft
2020-01-01 71 days 2,031 sqft
2020-02-01 56 days 2,053 sqft
2020-03-01 53 days 2,147 sqft
2020-04-01 54 days 2,179 sqft
2020-05-01 56 days 2,220 sqft
2020-06-01 50 days 2,255 sqft
2020-07-01 52 days 2,240 sqft
2020-08-01 51 days 2,225 sqft
2020-09-01 44 days 2,226 sqft
2020-10-01 45 days 2,212 sqft
2020-11-01 43 days 2,216 sqft
2020-12-01 54 days 2,211 sqft
2021-01-01 63 days 2,197 sqft
2021-02-01 40 days 2,393 sqft
2021-03-01 37 days 2,485 sqft
2021-04-01 30 days 2,520 sqft
2021-05-01 32 days 2,487 sqft
2021-06-01 24 days 2,217 sqft
2021-07-01 31 days 2,204 sqft
2021-08-01 34 days 2,166 sqft
2021-09-01 38 days 2,098 sqft
2021-10-01 41 days 2,142 sqft
2021-11-01 44 days 2,160 sqft
2021-12-01 47 days 2,125 sqft
2022-01-01 46 days 2,131 sqft
2022-02-01 33 days 2,221 sqft
2022-03-01 31 days 2,234 sqft
2022-04-01 22 days 2,164 sqft
2022-05-01 22 days 2,134 sqft
2022-06-01 27 days 2,143 sqft
2022-07-01 31 days 2,103 sqft
2022-08-01 37 days 2,129 sqft
2022-09-01 40 days 2,136 sqft
2022-10-01 45 days 2,148 sqft
2022-11-01 44 days 2,155 sqft
2022-12-01 51 days 2,159 sqft
2023-01-01 54 days 2,147 sqft
2023-02-01 41 days 2,163 sqft
2023-03-01 45 days 2,119 sqft
2023-04-01 44 days 2,145 sqft
2023-05-01 42 days 2,191 sqft
2023-06-01 42 days 2,204 sqft
2023-07-01 45 days 2,199 sqft
2023-08-01 48 days 2,167 sqft
2023-09-01 47 days 2,118 sqft
2023-10-01 50 days 2,100 sqft
2023-11-01 52 days 2,057 sqft
2023-12-01 57 days 2,053 sqft
2024-01-01 62 days 2,036 sqft
2024-02-01 47 days 2,039 sqft
2024-03-01 48 days 2,057 sqft
Amarillo's median listing age (time on market) for 2024-03-01 was 48 days. This is 7% longer than the same period one year ago.

Amarillo's median square footage for active listings during the 2024-03-01 period was 2,057 sqft. One year prior, the average listing was 2,119 sqft.

VA Loan Features

  • No down payment required
  • Negotiable and competitive interest rate.
  • Ability to finance the VA funding fee (plus reduced funding fees with a down payment of at least 5 percent and exemption for veterans receiving VA compensation).
  • VA rules limit the amount you can be charged for closing costs.
  • Closing costs are comparable with other financing types (and may be lower).
  • Closing costs may be paid by the seller.
  • No private mortgage insurance premiums are required.
  • An assumable mortgage.
  • Right to prepay your mortgage without penalty.
  • For homes inspected by VA during construction, a warranty from builder and assistance from VA to obtain cooperation of builder.
  • VA assistance to veteran borrowers in default due to temporary financial difficulty.