BankFirst Financial Services Mortgage Interest Rate and Cost Review

Is BankFirst Financial Services a cheap or expensive mortgage lender? To help you shop for a mortgage, we compare the interest rates and closing costs charged by BankFirst Financial Services to those of other lenders for a comparable set of borrowers. Here is our review of BankFirst Financial Services nationally:

Review ItemBankFirst Financial Services
Interest Ratesimilar to other lenders (-0.01%)
Loan Related Closing Costssimilar to other lenders (-$95)
National Rate and Closing Cost Star Rating(3.5)

On average, BankFirst Financial Services’s interest rates were similar to those of other lenders (-0.01%). Its loan related closing costs were also similar to those of other lenders, with a difference of -$95. Overall, combining interest rates and closing costs we estimate that BankFirst Financial Services tends to be an average cost lender, and give it a National Rate and Closing Costs Rating of 3.5 out of 5 stars.

We maintain our independence by not accepting any money from the mortgage lenders we review. To visit BankFirst Financial Services, check out its website at: https://www.bankfirstfs.com.

BankFirst Financial Services’s Rate Review by City

Mortgage lenders often set different rates in different geographical markets. For our list of the top mortgage lenders by city, click here. In particular, among the cities we track BankFirst Financial Services was most active in:

  1. Tuscaloosa, AL
  2. Starkville, MS
  3. Brandon, MS
  4. Oxford, MS
  5. Meridian, MS

BankFirst Financial Services’s Rate Review by Mortgage Type

Mortgage lenders also tend to charge different interest rates and closing costs depending on the type of mortgage. In our data, BankFirst Financial Services originated Conforming mortgages for new home purchases and refinances. Its average interest rate and total loan related closing cost difference relative to other lenders by mortgages type is as follows.

Purchase/Refinance:
New Purchase MortgagesConforming
Interest Rate Difference-0.00%
Loan Related Closing Cost Difference-$73
Cost Adjusted Rate Difference-0.01%
National Star Rating(3.5)
Refinance MortgagesConforming
Interest Rate Difference-0.03%
Loan Related Closing Cost Difference-$129
Cost Adjusted Rate Difference-0.03%
Average Star Rating(3.5)

As a summary, BankFirst Financial Services is similar to other lenders for Conforming purchase mortgages. For refinancing, BankFirst Financial Services is similar to other lenders for Conforming mortgage refinance. Nevertheless, individual circumstances can matter a lot for mortgage rates, and we always recommend shopping among several of our top mortgage lenders in your area before signing.

Other information about BankFirst Financial Services:

Registered name: BankFirst Financial Services
Registered city and state: Macon, MS, 39341
Regulator: Federal Reserve System (FRS)
Top holder: BANKFIRST CAPITAL CORPORATION

* Source of the data is Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council (FFIEC) and is for mortgages originated in the past year. Our comparable mortgages analysis controls for BankFirst Financial Services’s distribution of loan term (e.g. 30 year vs 15 year), loan-to-value (LTV), debt-to-income (DTI), loan amount, loan program (e.g. Conforming/FHA), loan purpose (e.g. purchase/refinance), and commuting zone. Cost adjusted rates were computed based on each percent of the loan amount in above average loan related closing costs being worth +0.15 of a percentage point in interest rate. Furthermore, the amounts are regularized using a Bayesian approach to control for small samples.