St. Cloud Financial: 2025 mortgage rates, costs & approvals
How St. Cloud Financial priced and approved home loans in 2025, measured against every lender in the official HMDA records.
HMDA legal name: ST. CLOUD FINANCIAL · LEI 549300ANTUZH5AQQXR02
In 2025, St. Cloud Financial originated 142 home-purchase, refinance and cash-out loans on owner-occupied single-family homes in 4 states — 1527th by volume among the 2,017 lenders profiled here.
On conventional 30-year fixed purchase loans its median rate was 6.375% (all lenders: 6.625%); its median rate spread was 8 basis points below the national median. Median conventional loan costs were $5,060, 9% lower than the national median ($5,570).
It denied 2.4% of completed home-purchase applications (all lenders: 8.5%).
How St. Cloud Financial priced home-purchase loans
| Purchase loans, 2025 | St. Cloud Financial | All lenders |
|---|---|---|
| 30-year fixed rate · conventional | 6.375% | 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 | +0.05 pts | +0.13 pts |
| Total loan costs · conventional | $5,060 | $5,570 |
| Total loan costs · FHA | — | $11,310 |
| Total loan costs · VA | — | $6,490 |
| Origination charges (all types) | $3,080 | $1,860 |
| Borrowers paying discount points | 17.3% | 51.3% |
| Points paid, when paid (% of loan) | — | 0.87% |
| Borrowers receiving lender credits | 43.2% | 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
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Where St. Cloud Financial lends
| State | Loans | Applications | Purchase denial rate | 30-yr rate* | Loan costs* |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota | 139 | 152 | 2.5% | 6.375% | $5,060 |
| Florida | 1 | 1 | — | — | — |
| Michigan | 1 | 1 | — | — | — |
| South Carolina | 1 | 1 | — | — | — |
*Conventional home-purchase loans, medians with at least 20 loans. Linked state names open St. Cloud Financial's page for that state.
Counties where St. Cloud Financial is a top lender
| County | Rank | Loans | Market share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benton County, MN | 5 | 26 | 4.7% |
| Stearns County, MN | 7 | 64 | 3.3% |
| Pope County, MN | 11 | 3 | 2.6% |
| Yellow Medicine County, MN | 21 | 1 | 1.1% |
| Clearwater County, MN | 22 | 1 | 1.1% |
| Meeker County, MN | 22 | 3 | 1.0% |
Check St. Cloud Financial yourself
- FFIEC HMDA Data Browser — the official 2025 records filed under LEI 549300ANTUZH5AQQXR02.
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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