El Paso VA Loan Rates, Closing Costs & Stats
EL PASO, 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.
El Paso's 138 lenders originated 2,907 VA loans during 2024. The total origination value was $856,405,000, with an average VA loan value of $294,601.
El Paso VA Loans, 30 Year Fixed Rates
30 Year VA mortgages in El Paso
averaged
6.23%
for the week of 2025-04-04, compared to the national average (all VA variants) of
6.06% for the same period.
El Paso's average VA mortgage closing costs are $6,380.
The average rate for the prior week (2025-03-28) was
6.15% and
one month ago for the week of 2025-02-28, the
average rate was 6.12%.
The average rate one year ago was 6.43%.
For refis of the same type during the week of 2025-04-04, the average rate
was 6.03%.
El Paso 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 El Paso level.
The top El Paso VA lender as defined by loan originations is Mortgage Research Center, LLC, with
396 VA loans originated. Their average total fees are
$6,656, which is $1,215
higher than the next largest lender,
UNITED WHOLESALE MORTGAGE, LLC.
The lowest fee El Paso VA lenders (with over 10 loans originated) are
PLANET HOME LENDING, LLC ($4,752), MORTGAGE SOLUTIONS OF COLORADO, LLC ($5,026), Lakeview Community Capital, LLC ($5,312), Century Mortgage Company DBA Century Lending Company ($5,358) and UNITED WHOLESALE MORTGAGE, LLC ($5,441).
The lowest rate El Paso VA lenders (with over 10 loans originated) are
Sunflower Bank (5.63%), PLANET HOME LENDING, LLC (5.68%), VILLAGE CAPITAL MORTGAGE (5.68%), PATRIOT MORTGAGE COMPANY (5.70%) and PENNYMAC LOAN SERVICES, LLC (5.70%).
Market Conditions (Median, Average Prices & Listing Count)
Realtor.com - El Paso (CBSA) retrieved from FRED, Federal Reserve Bank of St. LouisDate | Median Listing Price (YoY Change) | Average Listing Price (YoY) | MSA/US Median Price Ratio | Active Listings |
---|---|---|---|---|
2018-01-01 | $167,950 (2.2%) | $197,104 (-3.2%) | 0.62 | 3,504 |
2018-02-01 | $168,238 (2.0%) | $196,696 (-3.7%) | 0.61 | 3,530 |
2018-03-01 | $169,800 (2.3%) | $198,811 (-3.0%) | 0.60 | 3,448 |
2018-04-01 | $172,225 (3.8%) | $200,820 (-3.6%) | 0.58 | 3,258 |
2018-05-01 | $173,823 (4.1%) | $201,283 (-3.3%) | 0.58 | 3,213 |
2018-06-01 | $175,000 (4.2%) | $203,373 (-4.6%) | 0.58 | 3,162 |
2018-07-01 | $176,663 (5.2%) | $205,447 (-3.6%) | 0.59 | 3,158 |
2018-08-01 | $177,250 (5.5%) | $204,237 (-3.5%) | 0.59 | 3,067 |
2018-09-01 | $177,450 (5.7%) | $203,739 (-3.9%) | 0.60 | 3,076 |
2018-10-01 | $176,975 (5.5%) | $202,715 (-3.2%) | 0.60 | 3,189 |
2018-11-01 | $178,475 (6.0%) | $203,765 (-3.3%) | 0.61 | 3,145 |
2018-12-01 | $179,900 (6.8%) | $206,749 (4.5%) | 0.62 | 2,988 |
2019-01-01 | $183,725 (9.4%) | $208,978 (6.0%) | 0.63 | 2,797 |
2019-02-01 | $184,975 (10.0%) | $210,193 (6.9%) | 0.62 | 2,784 |
2019-03-01 | $187,629 (10.5%) | $214,423 (7.9%) | 0.61 | 2,692 |
2019-04-01 | $189,925 (10.3%) | $218,823 (9.0%) | 0.60 | 2,621 |
2019-05-01 | $191,475 (10.2%) | $222,261 (10.4%) | 0.60 | 2,623 |
2019-06-01 | $191,950 (9.7%) | $222,354 (9.3%) | 0.60 | 2,598 |
2019-07-01 | $191,450 (8.4%) | $222,094 (8.1%) | 0.60 | 2,654 |
2019-08-01 | $191,727 (8.2%) | $223,539 (9.5%) | 0.61 | 2,638 |
2019-09-01 | $190,755 (7.5%) | $224,757 (10.3%) | 0.61 | 2,611 |
2019-10-01 | $190,583 (7.7%) | $226,490 (11.7%) | 0.61 | 2,594 |
2019-11-01 | $195,000 (9.3%) | $228,928 (12.4%) | 0.64 | 2,576 |
2019-12-01 | $193,450 (7.5%) | $226,399 (9.5%) | 0.65 | 2,442 |
2020-01-01 | $192,950 (5.0%) | $226,825 (8.5%) | 0.64 | 2,381 |
2020-02-01 | $192,950 (4.3%) | $228,575 (8.8%) | 0.63 | 2,408 |
2020-03-01 | $195,975 (4.5%) | $230,152 (7.3%) | 0.61 | 2,308 |
2020-04-01 | $193,950 (2.1%) | $228,213 (4.3%) | 0.61 | 2,249 |
2020-05-01 | $202,950 (6.0%) | $233,740 (5.2%) | 0.62 | 1,944 |
2020-06-01 | $210,470 (9.7%) | $243,421 (9.5%) | 0.62 | 1,598 |
2020-07-01 | $217,088 (13.4%) | $245,834 (10.7%) | 0.63 | 1,458 |
2020-08-01 | $216,066 (12.7%) | $248,534 (11.2%) | 0.62 | 1,478 |
2020-09-01 | $215,700 (13.1%) | $251,572 (11.9%) | 0.62 | 1,413 |
2020-10-01 | $225,950 (18.6%) | $256,073 (13.1%) | 0.65 | 1,413 |
2020-11-01 | $232,100 (19.0%) | $262,264 (14.6%) | 0.68 | 1,340 |
2020-12-01 | $228,107 (17.9%) | $261,980 (15.7%) | 0.68 | 1,353 |
2021-01-01 | $230,000 (19.2%) | $267,421 (17.9%) | 0.69 | 1,265 |
2021-02-01 | $230,462 (19.4%) | $269,435 (17.9%) | 0.67 | 1,188 |
2021-03-01 | $234,975 (19.9%) | $267,420 (16.2%) | 0.67 | 1,148 |
2021-04-01 | $237,611 (22.5%) | $268,856 (17.8%) | 0.64 | 1,073 |
2021-05-01 | $245,000 (20.7%) | $277,518 (18.7%) | 0.65 | 1,027 |
2021-06-01 | $248,950 (18.3%) | $287,782 (18.2%) | 0.66 | 1,016 |
2021-07-01 | $249,900 (15.1%) | $285,176 (16.0%) | 0.66 | 1,061 |
2021-08-01 | $247,950 (14.8%) | $284,989 (14.7%) | 0.66 | 1,122 |
2021-09-01 | $247,950 (15.0%) | $286,008 (13.7%) | 0.66 | 1,098 |
2021-10-01 | $250,000 (10.6%) | $292,552 (14.3%) | 0.67 | 1,161 |
2021-11-01 | $253,588 (9.3%) | $293,015 (11.7%) | 0.68 | 1,104 |
2021-12-01 | $255,950 (12.2%) | $300,425 (14.7%) | 0.69 | 1,022 |
2022-01-01 | $261,500 (13.7%) | $306,624 (14.7%) | 0.71 | 911 |
2022-02-01 | $267,656 (16.1%) | $310,205 (15.1%) | 0.70 | 881 |
2022-03-01 | $275,000 (17.0%) | $317,585 (18.8%) | 0.69 | 870 |
2022-04-01 | $280,000 (17.8%) | $320,751 (19.3%) | 0.67 | 931 |
2022-05-01 | $282,600 (15.4%) | $329,216 (18.6%) | 0.65 | 1,014 |
2022-06-01 | $281,600 (13.1%) | $332,242 (15.5%) | 0.63 | 1,171 |
2022-07-01 | $284,950 (14.0%) | $333,165 (16.8%) | 0.64 | 1,498 |
2022-08-01 | $285,475 (15.1%) | $329,146 (15.5%) | 0.66 | 1,538 |
2022-09-01 | $291,225 (17.5%) | $334,289 (16.9%) | 0.68 | 1,576 |
2022-10-01 | $291,725 (16.7%) | $333,290 (13.9%) | 0.69 | 1,840 |
2022-11-01 | $290,975 (14.7%) | $328,828 (12.2%) | 0.70 | 1,890 |
2022-12-01 | $291,250 (13.8%) | $329,155 (9.6%) | 0.72 | 1,884 |
2023-01-01 | $293,475 (12.2%) | $333,079 (8.6%) | 0.73 | 1,876 |
2023-02-01 | $296,963 (11.0%) | $336,693 (8.5%) | 0.72 | 1,826 |
2023-03-01 | $298,651 (8.6%) | $342,427 (7.8%) | 0.70 | 1,819 |
2023-04-01 | $300,030 (7.2%) | $350,990 (9.4%) | 0.70 | 1,661 |
2023-05-01 | $310,000 (9.7%) | $355,655 (8.0%) | 0.70 | 1,741 |
2023-06-01 | $303,888 (7.9%) | $352,426 (6.1%) | 0.68 | 1,951 |
2023-07-01 | $304,800 (7.0%) | $352,411 (5.8%) | 0.69 | 2,110 |
2023-08-01 | $300,950 (5.4%) | $352,712 (7.2%) | 0.69 | 2,187 |
2023-09-01 | $299,500 (2.8%) | $352,175 (5.4%) | 0.70 | 2,253 |
2023-10-01 | $294,950 (1.1%) | $348,420 (4.5%) | 0.69 | 2,414 |
2023-11-01 | $294,213 (1.1%) | $345,927 (5.2%) | 0.70 | 2,501 |
2023-12-01 | $295,000 (1.3%) | $344,035 (4.5%) | 0.72 | 2,330 |
2024-01-01 | $295,000 (0.5%) | $339,830 (2.0%) | 0.72 | 2,303 |
2024-02-01 | $298,570 (0.5%) | $340,766 (1.2%) | 0.72 | 2,435 |
2024-03-01 | $299,500 (0.3%) | $345,633 (0.9%) | 0.70 | 2,449 |
2024-04-01 | $300,125 (0.0%) | $350,940 (0.0%) | 0.70 | 2,462 |
2024-05-01 | $299,950 (-3.2%) | $350,782 (-1.4%) | 0.68 | 2,544 |
2024-06-01 | $299,950 (-1.3%) | $352,414 (0.0%) | 0.68 | 2,638 |
2024-07-01 | $299,995 (-1.6%) | $351,920 (-0.1%) | 0.69 | 2,604 |
2024-08-01 | $299,995 (-0.3%) | $351,649 (-0.3%) | 0.70 | 2,552 |
2024-09-01 | $298,125 (-0.5%) | $349,048 (-0.9%) | 0.70 | 2,555 |
2024-10-01 | $295,000 (0.0%) | $344,743 (-1.1%) | 0.69 | 2,696 |
2024-11-01 | $294,975 (0.3%) | $343,630 (-0.7%) | 0.71 | 2,695 |
2024-12-01 | $293,950 (-0.4%) | $343,202 (-0.2%) | 0.73 | 2,565 |
2025-01-01 | $293,950 (-0.4%) | $340,882 (0.3%) | 0.73 | 2,453 |
2025-02-01 | $291,450 (-2.4%) | $339,116 (-0.5%) | 0.71 | 2,626 |
2025-03-01 | $294,950 (-1.5%) | $336,970 (-2.5%) | 0.00 | 2,721 |
El Paso's median listing price comes in at 0% of the national average.
El Paso's average listing price for 2025-03-01 was $336,970, a difference of $-8,663 (-2.5%) versus the prior year and $-2,146 versus the prior month.
For the 2025-03-01 period, El Paso had 2,721 MLS listings, a difference of 95 listings (4%) versus the prior month and 272 listings (11%) versus the prior year.
Median Listing Time on Market & Square Footage
Realtor.com - El Paso (CBSA) retrieved from FRED, Federal Reserve Bank of St. LouisDate | Median Listing Time on Market | Median Square Footage |
---|---|---|
2018-01-01 | 97 days | 1,800 sqft |
2018-02-01 | 100 days | 1,800 sqft |
2018-03-01 | 86 days | 1,804 sqft |
2018-04-01 | 79 days | 1,824 sqft |
2018-05-01 | 79 days | 1,824 sqft |
2018-06-01 | 80 days | 1,844 sqft |
2018-07-01 | 78 days | 1,848 sqft |
2018-08-01 | 71 days | 1,861 sqft |
2018-09-01 | 71 days | 1,862 sqft |
2018-10-01 | 66 days | 1,858 sqft |
2018-11-01 | 70 days | 1,857 sqft |
2018-12-01 | 73 days | 1,856 sqft |
2019-01-01 | 83 days | 1,840 sqft |
2019-02-01 | 74 days | 1,841 sqft |
2019-03-01 | 69 days | 1,869 sqft |
2019-04-01 | 67 days | 1,888 sqft |
2019-05-01 | 65 days | 1,905 sqft |
2019-06-01 | 64 days | 1,913 sqft |
2019-07-01 | 58 days | 1,899 sqft |
2019-08-01 | 60 days | 1,908 sqft |
2019-09-01 | 65 days | 1,899 sqft |
2019-10-01 | 67 days | 1,900 sqft |
2019-11-01 | 72 days | 1,913 sqft |
2019-12-01 | 79 days | 1,892 sqft |
2020-01-01 | 81 days | 1,886 sqft |
2020-02-01 | 70 days | 1,874 sqft |
2020-03-01 | 66 days | 1,884 sqft |
2020-04-01 | 76 days | 1,855 sqft |
2020-05-01 | 83 days | 1,892 sqft |
2020-06-01 | 76 days | 1,903 sqft |
2020-07-01 | 66 days | 1,936 sqft |
2020-08-01 | 57 days | 1,952 sqft |
2020-09-01 | 46 days | 1,909 sqft |
2020-10-01 | 54 days | 1,937 sqft |
2020-11-01 | 65 days | 1,967 sqft |
2020-12-01 | 68 days | 1,954 sqft |
2021-01-01 | 67 days | 1,954 sqft |
2021-02-01 | 50 days | 1,916 sqft |
2021-03-01 | 50 days | 1,925 sqft |
2021-04-01 | 56 days | 1,913 sqft |
2021-05-01 | 44 days | 1,987 sqft |
2021-06-01 | 42 days | 1,987 sqft |
2021-07-01 | 43 days | 1,975 sqft |
2021-08-01 | 38 days | 1,932 sqft |
2021-09-01 | 44 days | 1,937 sqft |
2021-10-01 | 45 days | 1,960 sqft |
2021-11-01 | 52 days | 1,964 sqft |
2021-12-01 | 65 days | 1,959 sqft |
2022-01-01 | 55 days | 1,945 sqft |
2022-02-01 | 33 days | 1,935 sqft |
2022-03-01 | 36 days | 1,907 sqft |
2022-04-01 | 37 days | 1,937 sqft |
2022-05-01 | 30 days | 1,938 sqft |
2022-06-01 | 34 days | 1,930 sqft |
2022-07-01 | 32 days | 1,930 sqft |
2022-08-01 | 48 days | 1,930 sqft |
2022-09-01 | 52 days | 1,941 sqft |
2022-10-01 | 52 days | 1,954 sqft |
2022-11-01 | 60 days | 1,941 sqft |
2022-12-01 | 68 days | 1,941 sqft |
2023-01-01 | 73 days | 1,935 sqft |
2023-02-01 | 68 days | 1,938 sqft |
2023-03-01 | 60 days | 1,930 sqft |
2023-04-01 | 54 days | 1,941 sqft |
2023-05-01 | 50 days | 1,950 sqft |
2023-06-01 | 53 days | 1,941 sqft |
2023-07-01 | 57 days | 1,953 sqft |
2023-08-01 | 63 days | 1,953 sqft |
2023-09-01 | 64 days | 1,941 sqft |
2023-10-01 | 61 days | 1,914 sqft |
2023-11-01 | 65 days | 1,899 sqft |
2023-12-01 | 74 days | 1,896 sqft |
2024-01-01 | 76 days | 1,878 sqft |
2024-02-01 | 67 days | 1,884 sqft |
2024-03-01 | 58 days | 1,899 sqft |
2024-04-01 | 57 days | 1,894 sqft |
2024-05-01 | 54 days | 1,874 sqft |
2024-06-01 | 59 days | 1,868 sqft |
2024-07-01 | 66 days | 1,876 sqft |
2024-08-01 | 71 days | 1,873 sqft |
2024-09-01 | 69 days | 1,873 sqft |
2024-10-01 | 62 days | 1,854 sqft |
2024-11-01 | 64 days | 1,843 sqft |
2024-12-01 | 76 days | 1,841 sqft |
2025-01-01 | 81 days | 1,838 sqft |
2025-02-01 | 67 days | 1,830 sqft |
2025-03-01 | 0 days | 1,833 sqft |
El Paso's median square footage for active listings during the 2025-03-01 period was 1,833 sqft. One year prior, the average listing was 1,899 sqft.