First Community: 2025 mortgage rates, costs & approvals
How First Community priced and approved home loans in 2025, measured against every lender in the official HMDA records.
HMDA legal name: FIRST COMMUNITY · LEI 549300T67186NPGCHI50
In 2025, First Community originated 659 home-purchase, refinance and cash-out loans on owner-occupied single-family homes in 7 states — 626th by volume among the 2,017 lenders profiled here.
On conventional 30-year fixed purchase loans its median rate was 6.75% (all lenders: 6.625%); its median rate spread was 20 basis points below the national median. Median conventional loan costs were $2,540, 54% lower than the national median ($5,570).
It denied 25.4% of completed home-purchase applications (all lenders: 8.5%).
How First Community priced home-purchase loans
| Purchase loans, 2025 | First Community | All lenders |
|---|---|---|
| 30-year fixed rate · conventional | 6.750% | 6.625% |
| 30-year fixed rate · FHA | — | 6.250% |
| 30-year fixed rate · VA | — | 6.125% |
| 15-year fixed rate · conventional | — | 5.875% |
| Rate spread vs. APOR · conventional | −0.07 pts | +0.13 pts |
| Total loan costs · conventional | $2,540 | $5,570 |
| Total loan costs · FHA | — | $11,310 |
| Total loan costs · VA | — | $6,490 |
| Origination charges (all types) | — | $1,860 |
| Borrowers paying discount points | 0.3% | 51.3% |
| Points paid, when paid (% of loan) | — | 0.87% |
| Borrowers receiving lender credits | 15.2% | 33.1% |
Medians shown with at least 20 loans. A lender's numbers reflect its borrowers (credit, down payment, loan size, location) as well as its pricing; HMDA has no credit scores. Rate spread = APR minus the average prime offer rate on the lock date, which removes most of the effect of when the rate was locked.
Loan mix and borrowers
By loan type
By purpose
Why First Community denied purchase applications
First reason the lender reported for each denied home-purchase application.
Where First Community lends
| State | Loans | Applications | Purchase denial rate | 30-yr rate* | Loan costs* |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Missouri | 606 | 851 | 23.9% | 6.750% | $2,550 |
| Illinois | 46 | 80 | 39.7% | 7.125% | — |
| Florida | 4 | 5 | — | — | — |
| Arkansas | 2 | 3 | — | — | — |
| Alabama | 1 | 1 | — | — | — |
| South Carolina | 0 | 1 | — | — | — |
| Tennessee | 0 | 1 | — | — | — |
*Conventional home-purchase loans, medians with at least 20 loans. Linked state names open First Community's page for that state.
Counties where First Community is a top lender
| County | Rank | Loans | Market share |
|---|---|---|---|
| St. Charles County, MO | 10 | 187 | 2.4% |
| Franklin County, MO | 15 | 31 | 1.9% |
| St. Louis County, MO | 13 | 233 | 1.7% |
| Lincoln County, MO | 20 | 18 | 1.5% |
| Montgomery County, MO | 24 | 2 | 1.4% |
| Jefferson County, MO | 18 | 59 | 1.4% |
| St. Louis city, MO | 18 | 42 | 1.3% |
| Warren County, MO | 23 | 10 | 1.2% |
| Monroe County, IL | 19 | 6 | 1.0% |
| St. Francois County, MO | 22 | 7 | 0.8% |
Check First Community yourself
- FFIEC HMDA Data Browser — the official 2025 records filed under LEI 549300T67186NPGCHI50.
- NMLS Consumer Access — confirm the company and loan officer are licensed in your state.
- CFPB Consumer Complaint Database — search complaints by company name.
- Compare your Loan Estimate from First Community with similar 2025 loans.
This is a statistical profile, not a review or recommendation. HMDA data alone cannot show whether a lender complies with fair-lending laws, and a lender's medians depend on the borrowers it serves.
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Source: FFIEC/CFPB HMDA 2025 public LAR and filer list. Core segment: owner-occupied, single-family site-built, first-lien, closed-end purchase and refinance loans. Methodology