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Independent analysis of official mortgage recordsHMDA 2025 · 7,155,718 applications

Lender profile · HMDA 2025

Tower Federal Credit Union: 2025 mortgage rates, costs & approvals

How Tower Federal Credit Union priced and approved home loans in 2025, measured against every lender in the official HMDA records.

HMDA legal name: TOWER Federal Credit Union · LEI 54930080168VA6Z8UX21

In 2025, Tower Federal Credit Union originated 382 home-purchase, refinance and cash-out loans on owner-occupied single-family homes in 30 states — 848th 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 48 basis points below the national median. Median conventional loan costs were $5,020, 10% lower than the national median ($5,570).

It denied 17.7% of completed home-purchase applications (all lenders: 8.5%).

Loans
382
of 482 applications
Denial rate
17.7%
Purchase · all 8.5%
30-yr fixed rate
6.25%
Conv. · all 6.625%
Loan costs
$5,020
Conv. · all $5,570
Loan amount
$405,000
Purchase · all $335,000
Borrower income
$165,000
Purchase · all $116,000

How Tower Federal Credit Union priced home-purchase loans

Purchase loans, 2025Tower Federal Credit UnionAll lenders
30-year fixed rate · conventional6.250%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−0.34 pts+0.13 pts
Total loan costs · conventional$5,020$5,570
Total loan costs · FHA—$11,310
Total loan costs · VA—$6,490
Origination charges (all types)$1,680$1,860
Borrowers paying discount points26.5%51.3%
Points paid, when paid (% of loan)0.38%0.87%
Borrowers receiving lender credits15.4%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

Conventional 100.0% 382

By purpose

Home purchase 61.3% 234
Refinance 19.9% 76
Cash-out refinance 18.8% 72
Home value
$515,000
Median, purchase loans
Down payment
20%
All lenders 10%
Refi rate
—
30-yr fixed, conventional
Refi denial rate
17.9%
Cash-out 22.6%

Why Tower Federal Credit Union denied purchase applications

Debt-to-income ratio 63.5% 33
Other 19.2% 10
Credit history 13.5% 7
Insufficient cash (down payment/closing costs) 1.9% 1
Unverifiable information 1.9% 1

First reason the lender reported for each denied home-purchase application.

Where Tower Federal Credit Union lends

StateLoansApplicationsPurchase denial rate30-yr rate*Loan costs*
Maryland26933216.3%6.250%$5,020
Virginia303513.0%——
Pennsylvania1621———
Florida913———
New Jersey611———
South Carolina67———
Texas58———
California57———
North Carolina56———
Georgia55———
District of Columbia35———
Delaware35———
Colorado34———
Tennessee33———
Massachusetts22———
Alabama12———
Missouri12———
Mississippi12———
Hawaii11———
Idaho11———
Indiana11———
Kentucky11———
Montana11———
New Hampshire11———
New Mexico11———
Ohio11———
Wisconsin11———
Arkansas01———
Connecticut01———
New York01———

*Conventional home-purchase loans, medians with at least 20 loans. Linked state names open Tower Federal Credit Union's page for that state.

Counties where Tower Federal Credit Union is a top lender

CountyRankLoansMarket share
Carroll County, MD23281.2%

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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