Self-Help Federal Credit Union: 2025 mortgage rates, costs & approvals
How Self-Help Federal Credit Union priced and approved home loans in 2025, measured against every lender in the official HMDA records.
HMDA legal name: Self-Help Federal Credit Union · LEI 549300UHEEV73TKCZY62
In 2025, Self-Help Federal Credit Union originated 303 home-purchase, refinance and cash-out loans on owner-occupied single-family homes in 5 states — 971st by volume among the 2,017 lenders profiled here.
On conventional 30-year fixed purchase loans its median rate was 8.25% (all lenders: 6.625%); its median rate spread was 167 basis points above the national median.
It denied 15.6% of completed home-purchase applications (all lenders: 8.5%).
How Self-Help Federal Credit Union priced home-purchase loans
| Purchase loans, 2025 | Self-Help Federal Credit Union | All lenders |
|---|---|---|
| 30-year fixed rate · conventional | 8.250% | 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 | +1.81 pts | +0.13 pts |
| Total loan costs · conventional | — | $5,570 |
| Total loan costs · FHA | — | $11,310 |
| Total loan costs · VA | — | $6,490 |
| Origination charges (all types) | — | $1,860 |
| Borrowers paying discount points | — | 51.3% |
| Points paid, when paid (% of loan) | — | 0.87% |
| Borrowers receiving lender credits | — | 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 Self-Help Federal Credit Union denied purchase applications
First reason the lender reported for each denied home-purchase application.
Where Self-Help Federal Credit Union lends
| State | Loans | Applications | Purchase denial rate | 30-yr rate* | Loan costs* |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| California | 138 | 163 | 12.7% | 8.250% | — |
| Illinois | 103 | 129 | 15.5% | 8.375% | — |
| Wisconsin | 36 | 47 | 21.7% | 7.875% | — |
| Washington | 24 | 30 | 23.1% | 8.250% | — |
| Connecticut | 2 | 2 | — | — | — |
*Conventional home-purchase loans, medians with at least 20 loans. Linked state names open Self-Help Federal Credit Union's page for that state.
Check Self-Help Federal Credit Union yourself
- FFIEC HMDA Data Browser — the official 2025 records filed under LEI 549300UHEEV73TKCZY62.
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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