Today's rate snapshot
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How rates trended in District of Columbia
Daily average across every credit union lending in DC, past 90 days. Dashed line is the national FRED benchmark, plotted on the date FRED assigns each reading (it is published about a day later).
Mortgage rates in District of Columbia
Credit unions lending in District of Columbia
Membership at First Financial of Maryland Federal Credit Union is open to employees (current, temporary, or retired) from their SEGs, students from Baltimore County Public Schools (BCPS), Carroll County Public Schools (CCPS), private schools, or college SEGs, and volunteers from their hospital or school groups. Immediate family members of eligible or current members are also eligible for membershi
Agriculture Federal Credit Union is open to anyone who lives, works, worships, or attends school in Washington, DC, as well as employees of numerous select employer groups and affiliated associations. Membership is also extended to the family and household members of current credit union members.
FedChoice is open to everyone in the U.S. through a membership in the FedChoice Charitable Foundation. It also specifically serves federal employees and contractors of various agencies like the IRS, USPS, and Treasury Department, along with their immediate family members.
Membership eligibility for COMMONWEALTH ONE includes individuals who live, work, worship, go to school, or volunteer in specific areas: the City of Alexandria, VA (specific areas), Washington, D.C., City of Harrisonburg, VA, Warren County, VA, and Clarke County, VA. Membership is also open to employees of over 200 Sponsor Groups. Family members of current members, including spouses, children, sibl
Membership is open to employees of the United States House of Representatives, the Congressional Budget Office, and hundreds of other participating Select Employee Groups. Immediate family and household members of existing credit union members are also eligible to join.
Membership is open to employees, contractors, interns, and retirees of the World Bank Group and the International Monetary Fund. Family members and individuals living in the same household as a member or eligible employee are also invited to join.
Affinity Federal Credit Union is open to anyone nationwide who makes a one-time $5 donation to the Affinity Foundation or joins a qualifying association. Employees of over 2,000 partner businesses and family members of current members are also eligible to join.
Connexus Credit Union is open to anyone in the United States through a one-time $5 donation to the Connexus Association. Membership is also available to employees of specific partner companies, residents of select counties in Wisconsin and Illinois, and those who live in several cities across Minnesota and Ohio.
MIT Federal Credit Union is open to the MIT community, including students, employees, and alumni, as well as several partner organizations like Draper and Lincoln Labs. Anyone else in the U.S. can also qualify for membership by joining the American Consumer Council during the application process.
AmeriCU is open to anyone nationwide who joins the AmeriCU Charitable Foundation. Membership is also available to those who live, work, worship, or attend school in 24 New York counties, as well as U.S. military members, veterans, and their families.
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Common questions
Twice a week — every Monday and Thursday. We re-read the publicly posted rate pages from every credit union that lends in District of Columbiastarting around 11 a.m. Central.
Yes — credit unions require membership before closing. Most let you open a share account and apply for a mortgage on the same day.
We display both when the credit union publishes them. See our APR vs. interest rate vs. points guide.
Most large banks don't publish mortgage rates online — they quote per applicant. Credit unions almost always post theirs publicly, which is why they dominate our comparison.
How do credit union mortgage rates in District of Columbia compare to bank rates?
We don't publish bank rates, so the fairest comparison available is the national average across all lenders. Freddie Mac's weekly PMMS average puts the 30-year fixed rate at 7.24% as of October 29, 2026.
Of the 41 credit unions listed here lending in District of Columbia with a 30-year fixed mortgage, 15 advertise an interest rate with no points, no buydown and no 1%-down restriction. Among those 15, the median rate is 7.125% and the lowest is 6.375%, at FIRST FINANCIAL OF MARYLAND. 12 of the 15 are below the national average.
We narrow the set because a rate bought down with points is not comparable to one without points.
One caveat in our favour and one against. Freddie Mac's average includes credit unions alongside banks, so it is a blended figure — if credit union rates sit below the blend, they sit further below a bank-only average. Against: since November 17, 2022, PMMS has used actual mortgage loan applications rather than a lender survey. Our figures are advertised rates, typically a lender's best tier, not application rates. Freddie Mac also stopped publishing average points then, so we can't confirm its point structure, while every rate in our comparison set is a zero-point rate. Freddie Mac's methodology.
More on reading these numbers: APR vs. interest rate vs. points and how we collect rates.
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