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Current Mortgage Rates in Florida by Loan Program
The rate is only part of what you will pay in Florida. Here is what sets your number, what insurance does to the rest of the payment, and how to see your own figures.
Last updated August 2026 · reviewed by a licensed mortgage broker
Conventional
FHA, at 3.5% down
VA and USDA
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What Current Mortgage Rates in Florida Actually Depend On
Florida does not have one mortgage rate, and no honest page can print one. Pricing is built from your credit score, how much you put down, the program you use, whether the home is a primary residence or a rental, and what kind of building it is. A condo and a single-family house at the same price are not the same loan.
There is also a Florida-specific point that catches buyers moving here from elsewhere: the rate is often the smallest of the three numbers that make up your monthly payment. Insurance and, in a condo, the association’s own finances can move the total far more than a quarter point ever will. Both are covered further down.
Program by Program
Florida Mortgage Rates by Loan Program
Programs differ in what they demand of you and in how their pricing reacts as credit changes. That relationship is stable even when the market is not.
| Loan Program | Min Credit Score | Min Down Payment | Where it usually prices | Best fit in Florida |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conventional | 620 | 3% with PMI | Best of the group at high credit, and it falls away fastest as scores drop | Strong credit, and the widest choice of approved condo buildings |
| FHA | 580, or 500 with 10% down | 3.5% | Holds steadier across credit tiers and usually takes over under about 660 | Lower scores and higher debt loads, but the condo must be FHA-approved |
| VA | No set floor | 0% | Usually the lowest on offer, and carries no monthly mortgage insurance | Florida’s large veteran population, on approved properties |
| USDA | 640 typical | 0% | Tracks close to FHA, in eligible areas only | Inland and agricultural Florida, well outside the metros |
| Jumbo | 700 typical | 10% to 20% | Priced by its own investors, sometimes under conforming and sometimes over | Coastal and waterfront purchases above the county limit |
What Moves Your Number
What Determines the Florida Rate You Are Offered
The same handful of inputs decide your pricing every time, whatever the market has done that week.
Credit score
The biggest single input. Conventional pricing steps down noticeably between credit tiers and the steps get wider toward the bottom. FHA is much flatter, which is why the two swap places somewhere around the high 600s.
Loan-to-value
Pricing improves as the loan shrinks against the value, with the clearest change at 20% down, where conventional mortgage insurance also ends.
Property type
This one is bigger in Florida than almost anywhere. A condo prices above a house, a non-warrantable building above that, and a building the investor will not lend on at all leaves you looking for a different loan entirely.
Occupancy
Florida has more second homes and rentals than most states, and both price above a primary residence. An investment property carries the steepest add-on of the three.
Loan program
Each program answers to a different investor with its own appetite. The cheapest headline is rarely the right answer; the right answer is the one your file and your building both fit.
Points and lock length
Points buy the rate down and only pay off if you hold the loan past the break-even. Longer locks cost slightly more, and Florida closings can run long when an association is slow to return paperwork.
A Worked Example
What Each Loan Program Costs Per Month in Florida
A worked example, not a quote. Take a $450,000 purchase with 10% down — a $405,000 loan — and hold the rate at an assumed 6.5% on a 30-year fixed across every program, so the only thing changing is the program itself.
Your rate will differ, and so will your payment. In Florida the escrow line deserves as much attention as the rate: homeowners, wind, and flood cover together can outweigh the difference between two lenders’ pricing several times over.
Principal and interest
A $405,000 loan at the assumed 6.5% comes to roughly $2,560 a month in principal and interest. At the same rate and balance that figure is the same in every program — the programs part company on mortgage insurance and on what you had to put down.
Conventional at 10% down
Private mortgage insurance runs until you reach 20% equity and then stops, which lowers the payment. Nothing is added to the balance at closing.
FHA
FHA adds an upfront premium of 1.75% of the loan, normally financed into the balance, and an annual premium of 0.55% billed monthly. Put 10% or more down and that annual premium ends after eleven years.
Insurance, the Florida line
Not part of the rate, but part of the payment, and in coastal counties it can rival the principal and interest. Get a real insurance quote on the actual address before you commit to a price.
Run your own numbers in the mortgage calculator, or start an application and we will price your actual file.
Insurance, Not the Rate
Why Insurance Matters More Than the Rate in Florida
Buyers arriving from other states are used to insurance being a rounding error. In Florida it is not. Homeowners cover, separate windstorm cover, and flood cover where the property sits in a mapped zone are three different policies, and together they can be the largest single line in the monthly payment after principal and interest.
This has a direct effect on what you can borrow. Insurance goes into escrow, escrow goes into the monthly payment, and the payment goes into your debt-to-income ratio. A high premium can reduce your approved loan amount just as surely as a higher rate would, which is why we ask for a real insurance quote early rather than at the end.
It also affects the property you should be looking at. Roof age, construction type and elevation drive the premium, and two similar houses on the same street can be thousands of dollars a year apart because one has a newer roof. A wind mitigation inspection is usually money well spent.
Condos and Warrantability
Condo Financing, and Why the Building Gets Underwritten Too
In a condo purchase the lender underwrites the association as well as the borrower. Your credit can be excellent and the loan can still fail on the building. What gets examined is the reserve position, the level of owner-occupancy, whether any single owner holds too many units, whether litigation is pending, and whether required structural work has been funded.
Florida associations have been through a period of reassessment on exactly these points, and the result is that reserve funding and structural inspection status now decide financeability for a lot of buildings. A building that financed easily a few years ago may not today.
Practically, this means finding out early. Ask whether the building is warrantable, whether it is FHA-approved if you are using FHA, and whether a special assessment is pending — an assessment already voted through is a debt that will be counted. Non-warrantable buildings are financeable, but through different programs and at different pricing, and it is far better to know that before an offer than after.
When Jumbo Starts
Where Jumbo Pricing Starts in Florida
Cross the conforming loan limit and you are in the jumbo market, which prices independently and expects more of your file. Almost all of Florida sits at the national baseline of $832,750 for a one-unit property.
Monroe County is the exception. As a designated high-cost area it runs to $990,150 for one unit, which matters for anyone buying in Key West or elsewhere in the Keys. Two-to-four unit properties carry higher limits again in both cases.
If your loan lands slightly above the line, it is worth testing whether a larger down payment brings it back under. The step across that boundary is not gentle, and a few thousand dollars of loan amount can change the rate, the credit expectation, and the reserve requirement all at once.
The Public Benchmark
Where the Market Is This Week
Freddie Mac’s Primary Mortgage Market Survey comes out every Thursday and is the standard public benchmark for where the market sits.
Read it for direction, not for your number. It is a national average on a 30-year fixed, so it reflects neither Florida nor your credit, your down payment or your building. It tells you which way things are moving; only a quote on your file tells you where you land.
Holding Your Rate
Locking Your Rate
Locking fixes your rate while the file is worked, typically for 30 to 60 days, and on most loans it costs nothing to do. The longer the lock, the slightly higher the price.
Choose the lock against a realistic closing date rather than a hopeful one. Florida condo purchases in particular can wait on an association returning a questionnaire, and an extension costs more than simply having taken the longer lock at the start. If the market falls sharply after you lock, ask about a float-down — it exists, it is not automatic, and the terms differ by lender.
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What Happens After You Apply
- You send the application
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- A licensed loan officer calls you
Someone on our team covering your state.
- We ask for documents and pull credit
Only once you have decided to move forward.
- You get an approval to shop with
Typically back within the hour.
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Frequently Asked Questions About Florida Mortgage Rates
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