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Apco Employees review: approval odds, rates and grade (2025)

Apco Employees earns a C, in line with the typical performance of home-equity (HELOC) lenders. It turned down 27.7% of the applications it decided on in 2025, which ranks in the 42nd percentile for approval odds. Its median loan was priced 6.00 points above the average prime offer rate, ranking in the 1st percentile on pricing. Compared against 412 home-equity (HELOC) lenders using 2025 HMDA filings.

800Applications2025
71.5%Originatedof applications
27.7%Decision denial ratenational 22.6%
6.00%Median ratenational 6.63%
$76MLoan volume4 states

Apco Employees at a glance, 2025

Every figure is from the lender's own HMDA filing. "vs national" compares with all lenders combined.

27.4%Denial rate (all applications)+9.40 pts vs national
27.7%Denial rate (decided applications)+5.10 pts vs national
71.5%Origination rate+13.47 pts vs national
1.1%Withdrawn by applicant
0.0%Closed for incompleteness
6.00%Median interest rate-0.63 pts vs national
6.00Median rate spread (pts over APOR)+5.75 pts vs national
$75,000Median loan amount
$3,327Median total loan costs
$133kMedian applicant income
64%Median loan-to-value
0High-cost (HOEPA) loans

How the C grade breaks down

Each component is a percentile rank among 412 home-equity (HELOC) lenders. Higher is better. Components the lender does not report are left out and the weights redistributed.

Approval oddsdecision denial rate, weight 45%

42nd27.7% denied

Pricingmedian rate spread over APOR, weight 30%

1st6.00 pts

Processwithdrawn + incomplete share, weight 15%

97th1.1%

Closing coststotal loan costs ÷ loan amount, weight 10%

21st4.44% of loan

Trend, 2023–2025

YearApplicationsOriginatedDenial rateDecision denialMedian rateVolume
202376756324.9%25.3%6.00%$72M
202468448327.5%28.0%6.25%$53M
202580057227.4%27.7%6.00%$76M

What Apco Employees lends

Applications by purpose and loan type in 2025, with the denial rate for each. A lender's mix explains a lot of its headline rate: HELOCs and FHA loans are denied far more often than conventional purchase loans.

By loan purpose

Home purchase 84 11% · 13.1% denied
Refinance 38 5% · 47.4% denied
Cash-out refinance 49 6% · 26.5% denied
Home improvement 167 21% · 28.1% denied
Other / HELOC 462 58% · 28.1% denied

By loan type

Conventional 800 100% · 27.4% denied

Also: 634 home-equity lines, 0 reverse mortgages, 0 manufactured homes, 0 investment properties.

Why Apco Employees denies applications

Primary reason reported for each of the 219 denials in 2025. Lenders can cite up to four reasons; this is the first one listed.

Credit history 118 54%
Debt-to-income ratio 85 39%
Collateral 10 5%
Employment history 3 1%
Other 2 1%
Unverifiable information 1 0%

How these reasons compare nationally →

Who gets approved at Apco Employees

Decision denial rate by applicant profile. Groups with fewer than 20 applications are omitted.

Applicant incomeApplicationsOriginatedDecision denial rate
Under $50k461664.4%
$50k – $100k18411437.7%
$100k – $150k23417126.0%
$150k – $250k21918514.8%
Over $250k1007920.2%
Applicant ageApplicationsOriginatedDecision denial rate
25–341047825.0%
35–4417812629.2%
45–5418913329.3%
55–6416011426.9%
65–741228826.1%
Over 74382727.0%

Where Apco Employees lends

4 states and 91 counties in 2025. Click a state for the lender's full record there.

StateApplicationsOriginatedDenial rateMedian rateRank in state
Alabama66146928.0%6.00%#71
Georgia1098024.8%6.00%#325
Mississippi282125.0%6.00%#210

Frequently asked questions

Apco Employees denied 27.7% of the applications it decided on in 2025. The national figure across all lenders was 22.6%. On approval odds it ranks in the 42nd percentile of home-equity (HELOC) lenders.

The most common reason Apco Employees gave in 2025 was "credit history", cited on 53.9% of its denials. Lenders report up to four reasons per denial to the CFPB; the full breakdown is on this page.

The median interest rate on loans Apco Employees originated in 2025 was 6.00%, and its median rate spread over the average prime offer rate was 6.00 points. Rates on this page are what borrowers actually got, not advertised rates.

In 2025, 11% of its applications were for home purchases, 11% for refinancing (including cash-out), and 79% for home improvement or other purposes. By loan type: 100% conventional, 0% FHA, 0% VA.

Every figure on this page comes from the Home Mortgage Disclosure Act (HMDA) Loan/Application Register published by the CFPB, which lenders are required by federal law to file. We add the grade and the comparisons; we do not add facts.

About this data. HMDA data is published once a year by the CFPB. The current release covers applications acted on in calendar year 2025. Figures describe applications the lender acted on, including loans it later sold. Interest rates and costs are medians on originated loans only; some depository institutions are exempt from reporting pricing fields, which is why a few cells read "—". MortgageGrades is not affiliated with Apco Employees. Data sources · Methodology