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Mississippi · Q1 2026

Mississippi Closing Cost Index

What Mississippi borrowers paid in mortgage closing costs in 2025, drawn from FFIEC HMDA filings across 390 lenders.

Loans
34,123
Lenders
390
Median total loan cost
$5,356

Published 2026-04-29.

Mississippi · headline

The gap between Mississippi's lowest- and highest-cost ranked lenders in 2025 was $4,683 on a typical loan — borrowers using CMG Financial paid roughly 163% more than borrowers using Regions Bank on similar loans.

Source: FFIEC HMDA 2025 (n=34,123)

In 2025, 390 mortgage lenders originated 34,123 reportable loans in Mississippi according to FFIEC HMDA data. The median borrower paid $5,356 in total loan costs. That is 26.3% above the national median across all 50 states and DC.

Mississippi's median total loan cost was $5,356, 26.3% above the national median of $4,242. On a typical loan, that translates to roughly $1,114 more than borrowers paid in the average state.

Top lenders in Mississippi by 2025 volume

Regions Bank posted the lowest median total loan costs at $2,870, 46.4% below the Mississippi median. Across the ranked lenders, 9 earned an A grade against peer averages and 3 fell to D or F.

Median total loan costs · top 10 lenders
Regions BankRegions Bank — median $2,870 · 1,003 reports · grade A$2,870Community Bank of Mis…Community Bank of Mississippi — median $2,916 · 1,378 reports · grade A$2,916BankPlusBankPlus — median $3,454 · 957 reports · grade A$3,454Mortgage Research Cen…Mortgage Research Center, LLC — median $3,689 · 1,220 reports · grade A$3,689Trustmark BankTrustmark Bank — median $4,814 · 2,481 reports · grade A$4,814Cadence BankCadence Bank — median $4,960 · 1,631 reports · grade A$4,960Renasant BankRenasant Bank — median $5,087 · 1,083 reports · grade A$5,087Rocket MortgageRocket Mortgage — median $5,685 · 2,997 reports · grade B$5,685United Wholesale Mort…United Wholesale Mortgage — median $6,918 · 1,215 reports · grade D$6,918Guild MortgageGuild Mortgage — median $7,238 · 767 reports · grade D$7,238

Lower bars = lower median total loan costs. Hover (or tap) bars for sample size and grade. Bar color groups lenders into cost quartiles.

Lenders below 30 records in Mississippi are excluded from this ranking. See full methodology.

Top 10 lenders by 2025 volume in Mississippi

Same 10 lenders as the chart above, ranked here by 2025 HMDA loan count.

Notable findings

Mississippi median total loan cost

Mississippi borrowers paid a median $5,356 in total loan costs in 2025, based on 34,123 HMDA-reported loans across 390 lenders.

FFIEC HMDA 2025

Lender spread in Mississippi

In Mississippi, the gap between Regions Bank ($2,870 median) and CMG Financial ($7,553 median) was $4,683 on a typical 2025 loan.

FFIEC HMDA 2025

Mississippi vs. national

Mississippi closing costs ran 26.3% above the national median ($4,242) in 2025.

FFIEC HMDA 2025

Fees and credits in Mississippi, 2025

The median origination charge in Mississippi was $2,030, with the typical lender clustering tightly around that figure. Discount points appeared on 50% of loans, with a median paid amount of $1,941 when present — meaningful enough that shoppers should ask whether quoted points actually buy down their rate cost-effectively. Lender credits offsetting closing costs were issued on 27% of loans, with a median credit of $200.

Median origination
$2,030

Avg $3,123

Discount points
50%

Median $1,941 when present

Lender credits
27%

Median $200 when issued

HMDA itemizes origination, discount points, and lender credits. Title insurance, recording fees, and transfer tax (relevant in Mississippi) are not separately reported in HMDA — see our state benchmark page for those. See full methodology.

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