Florence VA Loan Rates, Closing Costs & Stats

FLORENCE, SC

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    • 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.

    Florence's 62 lenders originated 291 VA loans during 2023. The total origination value was $78,655,000, with an average VA loan value of $270,292.

    Florence VA Loans, 30 Year Fixed Rates

    30 Year VA mortgages in Florence averaged 6.74% for the week of 2024-04-12, compared to the national average (all VA variants) of 6.574% for the same period.

    Florence's average VA mortgage closing costs are $5,223.

    The average rate for the prior week (2024-04-05) was 6.49% and one month ago for the week of 2024-03-08, the average rate was 6.52%.

    The average rate one year ago was 6.11%.

    For refis of the same type during the week of 2024-04-12, the average rate was 6.53%.

    Click on whitespace and scroll within the chart to zoom in/out. Larger bubbles equate with more originations.

    Florence 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 Florence level.

    Name # of Loans 2023 Avg. 30yFix Rate 2023 Avg. Closing Costs
    Mortgage Research Center, LLC 45 6.97% $5,787
    QUICKEN LOANS, LLC 20 6.31% $10,845
    MOVEMENT MORTGAGE, LLC 18 6.28% $8,086
    CROSSCOUNTRY MORTGAGE, LLC 15 6.48% $4,639
    UNITED WHOLESALE MORTGAGE, LLC 12 6.48% $9,750
    FAIRWAY INDEPENDENT MORTGAGE CORPORATION 10 6.76% $7,378
    FBC MORTGAGE, LLC 9 5.61% $7,097
    PENNYMAC LOAN SERVICES, LLC 8 5.77% $7,261
    NAVY FEDERAL CREDIT UNION 7 5.80% $4,587
    USAA Federal Savings Bank 7 5.84% $8,667
    INSPIRE HOME LOANS INC. 7 5.93% $3,589
    LOANDEPOT.COM, LLC 7 5.89% $10,917
    MORTGAGE SOLUTIONS OF COLORADO, LLC 7 7.68% $871
    CMG MORTGAGE, INC. 6 6.96% $7,080
    SUN WEST MORTGAGE COMPANY, INC. 5 6.58% $10,334
    FREEDOM MORTGAGE CORPORATION 5 6.85% $14,520
    First Reliance Bank 5 6.73% $5,241
    NEW DAY FINANCIAL, LLC 4 7.09% $9,085
    THRIVE MORTGAGE, LLC 4 6.91% $7,943
    UNION HOME MORTGAGE CORP. 4 7.16% $11,074
    MUTUAL OF OMAHA MORTGAGE, INC. 4 6.75% $7,752
    Magnolia Bank 4 6.06% $8,503
    GUARANTEED RATE, INC. 3 6.74% $5,860
    GSF Mortgage Corporation 3 6.42% $8,393
    American Security Mortgage Corp. 3 6.42% $3,789
    PENTAGON FEDERAL CREDIT UNION 3 5.58% $5,492
    VILLAGE CAPITAL MORTGAGE 3 6.42% $9,816
    JPMorgan Chase Bank 2 5.75% $13,570
    AMERISAVE MORTGAGE CORPORATION 2 5.94% $14,569
    GUARANTEED RATE AFFINITY, LLC 2 6.44% $4,644
    Mr. Cooper ( Nationstar Mortgage ) 2 6.75% $10,414
    SUMMIT FUNDING, INC. 2 5.69% $7,027
    The Federal Savings Bank 2 7.25% $9,337
    First Palmetto Bank 2 6.94% $7,236
    Wells Fargo Bank 2 5.94% $2,737
    RELIANCE FIRST CAPITAL, LLC 2 7.06% $7,249
    Flagstar Bank, FSB 2 6.88% $3,394
    INTERCOASTAL MORTGAGE COMPANY 2 5.87% $8,390
    Truist 1 5.63% $2,155
    AMCAP MORTGAGE, LTD. 1 6.49% $5,723
    Assurance Financial Group, L.L.C. 1 6.50% $8,520
    CARDINAL FINANCIAL 1 7.25% $19,798
    CHURCHILL MORTGAGE CORPORATION 1 6.99% $5,272
    Colonial Savings, F.A. 1 6.50% $6,338
    CONTOUR MORTGAGE CORPORATION 1 6.75% $13,310
    DHI MORTGAGE COMPANY, LTD. 1 5.50% $3,011
    Equity Prime Mortgage LLC 1 7.75% $4,192
    EQUITY RESOURCES, INC. 1 6.25% $8,767
    GUILD MORTGAGE COMPANY 1 6.13% $8,661
    HANSCOM 1 6.50% $3,717
    LADERA LENDING, INC. 1 6.75% $11,218
    LEADERONE FINANCIAL CORPORATION 1 6.63% $11,595
    LOANPAL, LLC 1 5.25% $1,744
    Neighborhood Loans, Inc. 1 6.00% $6,008
    NTFN, INC. 1 7.38% $9,959
    Prosperity Home Mortgage, LLC 1 6.99% $8,400
    Shamrock Home Loans, Inc. 1 6.00% $3,477
    South State Bank 1 5.99% $6,501
    TD Bank 1 6.13% $3,267
    1ST SIGNATURE LENDING, LLC 1 6.50% $7,795
    US MORTGAGE CORPORATION 1 5.63% $14,295
    Waterstone Mortgage Corporation 1 7.13% $9,113

    The top Florence VA lender as defined by loan originations is Mortgage Research Center, LLC, with 45 VA loans originated. Their average total fees are $5,787, which is $5,058 lower than the next largest lender, QUICKEN LOANS, LLC.

    The lowest fee Florence VA lenders (with over 10 loans originated) are CROSSCOUNTRY MORTGAGE, LLC ($4,639), Mortgage Research Center, LLC ($5,787), FAIRWAY INDEPENDENT MORTGAGE CORPORATION ($7,378), MOVEMENT MORTGAGE, LLC ($8,086) and UNITED WHOLESALE MORTGAGE, LLC ($9,750).

    The lowest rate Florence VA lenders (with over 10 loans originated) are MOVEMENT MORTGAGE, LLC (6.28%), QUICKEN LOANS, LLC (6.31%), UNITED WHOLESALE MORTGAGE, LLC (6.48%), CROSSCOUNTRY MORTGAGE, LLC (6.48%) and FAIRWAY INDEPENDENT MORTGAGE CORPORATION (6.76%).

    Market Conditions (Median, Average Prices & Listing Count)

    Realtor.com - Florence (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 $159,900 (2.9%) $199,165 (4.1%) 0.59 605
    2018-02-01 $166,750 (5.2%) $205,389 (6.9%) 0.61 618
    2018-03-01 $173,550 (8.8%) $208,815 (5.5%) 0.61 651
    2018-04-01 $170,000 (4.1%) $209,606 (1.9%) 0.58 670
    2018-05-01 $179,900 (8.4%) $216,308 (2.7%) 0.60 703
    2018-06-01 $177,450 (5.7%) $215,056 (1.4%) 0.59 714
    2018-07-01 $177,575 (1.5%) $211,010 (-1.5%) 0.59 741
    2018-08-01 $175,625 (1.9%) $206,101 (-3.2%) 0.59 744
    2018-09-01 $175,000 (4.2%) $201,674 (-2.6%) 0.59 698
    2018-10-01 $169,950 (-1.1%) $199,921 (-5.7%) 0.58 681
    2018-11-01 $169,900 (0.0%) $197,445 (-7.5%) 0.58 667
    2018-12-01 $166,500 (1.2%) $195,220 (-0.8%) 0.57 662
    2019-01-01 $168,586 (5.4%) $196,657 (-1.3%) 0.58 640
    2019-02-01 $168,225 (0.9%) $197,626 (-3.8%) 0.57 635
    2019-03-01 $168,500 (-2.9%) $199,434 (-4.5%) 0.55 742
    2019-04-01 $172,425 (1.4%) $203,928 (-2.7%) 0.55 883
    2019-05-01 $182,250 (1.3%) $210,689 (-2.6%) 0.57 862
    2019-06-01 $187,995 (5.9%) $217,241 (1.0%) 0.59 862
    2019-07-01 $186,495 (5.0%) $217,998 (3.3%) 0.58 864
    2019-08-01 $183,336 (4.4%) $214,370 (4.0%) 0.58 855
    2019-09-01 $180,841 (3.3%) $212,232 (5.2%) 0.58 841
    2019-10-01 $179,702 (5.7%) $211,473 (5.8%) 0.58 835
    2019-11-01 $184,950 (8.9%) $211,247 (7.0%) 0.61 827
    2019-12-01 $185,080 (11.2%) $210,364 (7.8%) 0.62 731
    2020-01-01 $185,413 (10.0%) $208,704 (6.1%) 0.62 713
    2020-02-01 $189,900 (12.9%) $206,735 (4.6%) 0.62 767
    2020-03-01 $188,873 (12.1%) $211,485 (6.0%) 0.59 780
    2020-04-01 $189,900 (10.1%) $215,026 (5.4%) 0.59 748
    2020-05-01 $199,000 (9.2%) $221,377 (5.1%) 0.60 723
    2020-06-01 $200,000 (6.4%) $226,102 (4.1%) 0.59 720
    2020-07-01 $192,900 (3.4%) $219,752 (0.8%) 0.56 738
    2020-08-01 $189,900 (3.6%) $221,338 (3.3%) 0.54 686
    2020-09-01 $189,925 (5.0%) $224,469 (5.8%) 0.54 629
    2020-10-01 $190,900 (6.2%) $226,735 (7.2%) 0.55 579
    2020-11-01 $189,950 (2.7%) $227,909 (7.9%) 0.56 570
    2020-12-01 $189,475 (2.4%) $225,849 (7.4%) 0.56 548
    2021-01-01 $189,900 (2.4%) $225,072 (7.8%) 0.57 523
    2021-02-01 $206,725 (8.9%) $232,198 (12.3%) 0.60 534
    2021-03-01 $199,950 (5.9%) $232,312 (9.9%) 0.57 545
    2021-04-01 $214,925 (13.2%) $244,884 (13.9%) 0.58 544
    2021-05-01 $210,000 (5.5%) $245,144 (10.7%) 0.56 540
    2021-06-01 $212,450 (6.2%) $245,306 (8.5%) 0.56 549
    2021-07-01 $206,950 (7.3%) $240,368 (9.4%) 0.55 549
    2021-08-01 $217,100 (14.3%) $626,991 (183.3%) 0.58 576
    2021-09-01 $219,100 (15.4%) $617,263 (175.0%) 0.58 606
    2021-10-01 $217,300 (13.8%) $649,270 (186.4%) 0.58 566
    2021-11-01 $222,500 (17.1%) $659,387 (189.3%) 0.59 555
    2021-12-01 $225,053 (18.8%) $264,812 (17.3%) 0.61 531
    2022-01-01 $233,500 (23.0%) $267,587 (18.9%) 0.63 484
    2022-02-01 $239,000 (15.6%) $272,103 (17.2%) 0.62 482
    2022-03-01 $235,000 (17.5%) $266,241 (14.6%) 0.59 496
    2022-04-01 $235,000 (9.3%) $271,235 (10.8%) 0.56 450
    2022-05-01 $242,945 (15.7%) $276,034 (12.6%) 0.56 519
    2022-06-01 $257,601 (21.3%) $290,234 (18.3%) 0.57 591
    2022-07-01 $265,000 (28.1%) $288,454 (20.0%) 0.60 610
    2022-08-01 $251,114 (15.7%) $281,749 (-55.1%) 0.58 619
    2022-09-01 $267,475 (22.1%) $288,745 (-53.2%) 0.63 610
    2022-10-01 $273,763 (26.0%) $292,797 (-54.9%) 0.64 610
    2022-11-01 $274,539 (23.4%) $288,302 (-56.3%) 0.66 585
    2022-12-01 $269,900 (19.9%) $284,580 (7.5%) 0.67 544
    2023-01-01 $260,950 (11.8%) $279,849 (4.6%) 0.65 530
    2023-02-01 $255,000 (6.7%) $272,791 (0.3%) 0.62 534
    2023-03-01 $259,968 (10.6%) $283,950 (6.7%) 0.61 494
    2023-04-01 $259,000 (10.2%) $282,803 (4.3%) 0.60 520
    2023-05-01 $266,723 (9.8%) $291,368 (5.6%) 0.60 500
    2023-06-01 $273,950 (6.4%) $300,362 (3.5%) 0.62 507
    2023-07-01 $276,990 (4.5%) $301,539 (4.5%) 0.63 519
    2023-08-01 $275,445 (9.7%) $299,320 (6.2%) 0.63 510
    2023-09-01 $271,576 (1.5%) $292,625 (1.3%) 0.63 509
    2023-10-01 $266,995 (-2.5%) $289,964 (-1.0%) 0.63 521
    2023-11-01 $260,288 (-5.2%) $284,980 (-1.2%) 0.62 490
    2023-12-01 $257,450 (-4.6%) $279,264 (-1.9%) 0.63 454
    2024-01-01 $252,425 (-3.3%) $266,068 (-4.9%) 0.62 455
    2024-02-01 $248,406 (-2.6%) $265,706 (-2.6%) 0.60 501
    2024-03-01 $249,500 (-4.0%) $277,230 (-2.4%) 0.59 513
    Florence's median listing price for 2024-03-01 was $249,500, a difference of $-10,468 (-4.0%) versus the prior year and $1,094 versus the prior month.

    Florence's median listing price comes in at 59% of the national average.

    Florence's average listing price for 2024-03-01 was $277,230, a difference of $-6,720 (-2.4%) versus the prior year and $11,524 versus the prior month.

    For the 2024-03-01 period, Florence had 513 MLS listings, a difference of 12 listings (2%) versus the prior month and 19 listings (4%) versus the prior year.

    Median Listing Time on Market & Square Footage

    Realtor.com - Florence (CBSA) retrieved from FRED, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis
    Date Median Listing Time on Market Median Square Footage
    2018-01-01 96 days 1,890 sqft
    2018-02-01 96 days 1,952 sqft
    2018-03-01 73 days 2,030 sqft
    2018-04-01 68 days 2,074 sqft
    2018-05-01 67 days 2,100 sqft
    2018-06-01 71 days 2,086 sqft
    2018-07-01 77 days 2,082 sqft
    2018-08-01 81 days 2,045 sqft
    2018-09-01 89 days 2,008 sqft
    2018-10-01 89 days 1,922 sqft
    2018-11-01 94 days 1,861 sqft
    2018-12-01 93 days 1,849 sqft
    2019-01-01 93 days 1,868 sqft
    2019-02-01 94 days 1,902 sqft
    2019-03-01 88 days 1,904 sqft
    2019-04-01 82 days 1,921 sqft
    2019-05-01 80 days 1,980 sqft
    2019-06-01 79 days 2,020 sqft
    2019-07-01 78 days 2,071 sqft
    2019-08-01 80 days 2,020 sqft
    2019-09-01 82 days 1,982 sqft
    2019-10-01 82 days 1,980 sqft
    2019-11-01 79 days 1,981 sqft
    2019-12-01 88 days 1,984 sqft
    2020-01-01 95 days 1,984 sqft
    2020-02-01 89 days 2,003 sqft
    2020-03-01 70 days 2,009 sqft
    2020-04-01 74 days 2,030 sqft
    2020-05-01 78 days 2,072 sqft
    2020-06-01 81 days 2,092 sqft
    2020-07-01 69 days 2,043 sqft
    2020-08-01 66 days 2,002 sqft
    2020-09-01 75 days 2,035 sqft
    2020-10-01 74 days 2,010 sqft
    2020-11-01 59 days 1,884 sqft
    2020-12-01 61 days 1,849 sqft
    2021-01-01 61 days 1,900 sqft
    2021-02-01 46 days 2,070 sqft
    2021-03-01 49 days 2,041 sqft
    2021-04-01 50 days 2,045 sqft
    2021-05-01 50 days 2,034 sqft
    2021-06-01 48 days 1,969 sqft
    2021-07-01 45 days 1,882 sqft
    2021-08-01 44 days 1,931 sqft
    2021-09-01 44 days 1,964 sqft
    2021-10-01 54 days 1,888 sqft
    2021-11-01 56 days 1,911 sqft
    2021-12-01 52 days 1,905 sqft
    2022-01-01 61 days 1,906 sqft
    2022-02-01 53 days 1,900 sqft
    2022-03-01 44 days 1,871 sqft
    2022-04-01 46 days 1,837 sqft
    2022-05-01 38 days 1,829 sqft
    2022-06-01 37 days 1,923 sqft
    2022-07-01 44 days 1,956 sqft
    2022-08-01 54 days 1,948 sqft
    2022-09-01 55 days 1,966 sqft
    2022-10-01 56 days 2,002 sqft
    2022-11-01 64 days 2,050 sqft
    2022-12-01 74 days 1,961 sqft
    2023-01-01 82 days 1,956 sqft
    2023-02-01 75 days 1,937 sqft
    2023-03-01 65 days 1,949 sqft
    2023-04-01 55 days 1,914 sqft
    2023-05-01 51 days 1,962 sqft
    2023-06-01 51 days 1,961 sqft
    2023-07-01 51 days 1,959 sqft
    2023-08-01 52 days 1,927 sqft
    2023-09-01 53 days 1,913 sqft
    2023-10-01 52 days 1,920 sqft
    2023-11-01 56 days 1,831 sqft
    2023-12-01 66 days 1,827 sqft
    2024-01-01 72 days 1,724 sqft
    2024-02-01 60 days 1,737 sqft
    2024-03-01 51 days 1,755 sqft
    Florence's median listing age (time on market) for 2024-03-01 was 51 days. This is -22% shorter than the same period one year ago.

    Florence's median square footage for active listings during the 2024-03-01 period was 1,755 sqft. One year prior, the average listing was 1,949 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.