Empeople Credit Union: 2025 mortgage rates, costs & approvals
How Empeople Credit Union priced and approved home loans in 2025, measured against every lender in the official HMDA records.
HMDA legal name: Empeople Credit Union · LEI 254900378RFGMBEKAF12
In 2025, Empeople Credit Union originated 895 home-purchase, refinance and cash-out loans on owner-occupied single-family homes in 41 states — 503rd by volume among the 2,017 lenders profiled here.
On conventional 30-year fixed purchase loans its median rate was 6.25% (all lenders: 6.625%); its median rate spread was 43 basis points below the national median. Median conventional loan costs were $2,860, 49% lower than the national median ($5,570).
It denied 11.8% of completed home-purchase applications (all lenders: 8.5%).
How Empeople Credit Union priced home-purchase loans
| Purchase loans, 2025 | Empeople Credit Union | All lenders |
|---|---|---|
| 30-year fixed rate · conventional | 6.250% | 6.625% |
| 30-year fixed rate · FHA | — | 6.250% |
| 30-year fixed rate · VA | — | 6.125% |
| 15-year fixed rate · conventional | 5.625% | 5.875% |
| Rate spread vs. APOR · conventional | −0.30 pts | +0.13 pts |
| Total loan costs · conventional | $2,860 | $5,570 |
| Total loan costs · FHA | — | $11,310 |
| Total loan costs · VA | — | $6,490 |
| Origination charges (all types) | $990 | $1,860 |
| Borrowers paying discount points | 18.6% | 51.3% |
| Points paid, when paid (% of loan) | 0.25% | 0.87% |
| Borrowers receiving lender credits | 26.5% | 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 Empeople Credit Union denied purchase applications
First reason the lender reported for each denied home-purchase application.
Where Empeople Credit Union lends
| State | Loans | Applications | Purchase denial rate | 30-yr rate* | Loan costs* |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Iowa | 346 | 385 | 6.3% | 6.375% | $2,740 |
| Illinois | 143 | 174 | 12.8% | 6.250% | $2,660 |
| North Carolina | 60 | 67 | 6.1% | — | $3,450 |
| Maine | 49 | 74 | 37.9% | — | — |
| Wisconsin | 45 | 51 | 10.3% | — | $2,850 |
| Kansas | 23 | 32 | 19.1% | — | — |
| Texas | 22 | 30 | — | — | — |
| Minnesota | 20 | 21 | — | — | — |
| North Dakota | 18 | 19 | — | — | — |
| Missouri | 16 | 22 | — | — | — |
| Tennessee | 16 | 18 | — | — | — |
| Georgia | 14 | 16 | — | — | — |
| Nebraska | 13 | 14 | — | — | — |
| Florida | 12 | 20 | — | — | — |
| South Carolina | 10 | 12 | — | — | — |
| Michigan | 8 | 12 | — | — | — |
| Oklahoma | 8 | 11 | — | — | — |
| Arizona | 8 | 10 | — | — | — |
| Arkansas | 7 | 15 | — | — | — |
| Colorado | 7 | 9 | — | — | — |
| Mississippi | 5 | 8 | — | — | — |
| Indiana | 5 | 6 | — | — | — |
| Washington | 5 | 6 | — | — | — |
| Ohio | 4 | 7 | — | — | — |
| California | 4 | 6 | — | — | — |
| Louisiana | 4 | 6 | — | — | — |
| Virginia | 4 | 4 | — | — | — |
| West Virginia | 4 | 4 | — | — | — |
| New Hampshire | 2 | 4 | — | — | — |
| New Mexico | 2 | 3 | — | — | — |
| Alabama | 2 | 2 | — | — | — |
| Maryland | 2 | 2 | — | — | — |
| South Dakota | 1 | 2 | — | — | — |
| Idaho | 1 | 1 | — | — | — |
| Kentucky | 1 | 1 | — | — | — |
| New Jersey | 1 | 1 | — | — | — |
| Nevada | 1 | 1 | — | — | — |
| Pennsylvania | 1 | 1 | — | — | — |
| Vermont | 1 | 1 | — | — | — |
| Montana | 0 | 1 | — | — | — |
| Oregon | 0 | 1 | — | — | — |
*Conventional home-purchase loans, medians with at least 20 loans. Linked state names open Empeople Credit Union's page for that state.
Counties where Empeople Credit Union is a top lender
| County | Rank | Loans | Market share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Webster County, WV | 3 | 2 | 6.9% |
| Frontier County, NE | 3 | 1 | 6.3% |
| Sargent County, ND | 5 | 1 | 5.0% |
| Rock Island County, IL | 6 | 83 | 4.7% |
| Scott County, IA | 7 | 115 | 4.1% |
| Henry County, IL | 5 | 25 | 3.8% |
| Jackson County, IA | 8 | 6 | 3.4% |
| Buchanan County, IA | 8 | 9 | 3.4% |
| Davis County, IA | 6 | 2 | 2.8% |
| Hansford County, TX | 6 | 1 | 2.7% |
| Red Lake County, MN | 10 | 1 | 2.6% |
| Desha County, AR | 8 | 1 | 2.2% |
| Barnes County, ND | 10 | 2 | 2.1% |
| Black Hawk County, IA | 5 | 36 | 2.1% |
| Ransom County, ND | 8 | 1 | 2.0% |
Check Empeople Credit Union yourself
- FFIEC HMDA Data Browser — the official 2025 records filed under LEI 254900378RFGMBEKAF12.
- 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 Empeople Credit Union 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