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Bank-Fund Staff Federal Credit Union review: approval odds, rates and grade (2025)

Bank-Fund Staff Federal Credit Union earns an A, placing it in the top fifth of home-equity (HELOC) lenders. It turned down 12.2% of the applications it decided on in 2025, which ranks in the 89th percentile for approval odds. Its median loan was priced 0.13 points below the average prime offer rate, ranking in the 65th percentile on pricing. Compared against 412 home-equity (HELOC) lenders using 2025 HMDA filings.

1.6kApplications2025
73.2%Originatedof applications
12.2%Decision denial ratenational 22.6%
6.50%Median ratenational 6.63%
$497MLoan volume42 states

Bank-Fund Staff Federal Credit Union at a glance, 2025

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

10.5%Denial rate (all applications)-7.49 pts vs national
12.2%Denial rate (decided applications)-10.42 pts vs national
73.2%Origination rate+15.21 pts vs national
11.7%Withdrawn by applicant
2.1%Closed for incompleteness
6.50%Median interest rate-0.13 pts vs national
-0.13Median rate spread (pts over APOR)-0.38 pts vs national
$285,000Median loan amount
$4,748Median total loan costs
$209kMedian applicant income
75%Median loan-to-value
0High-cost (HOEPA) loans

How the A 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%

89th12.2% denied

Pricingmedian rate spread over APOR, weight 30%

65th-0.13 pts

Processwithdrawn + incomplete share, weight 15%

44th13.8%

Closing coststotal loan costs ÷ loan amount, weight 10%

84th1.67% of loan

Trend, 2023–2025

YearApplicationsOriginatedDenial rateDecision denialMedian rateVolume
20231,2098869.0%10.9%6.19%$352M
20241,6661,02910.5%11.8%7.00%$412M
20251,5921,16610.5%12.2%6.50%$497M

What Bank-Fund Staff Federal Credit Union 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 578 36% · 3.6% denied
Refinance 146 9% · 34.3% denied
Cash-out refinance 868 55% · 11.1% denied

By loan type

Conventional 1,592 100% · 10.5% denied

Also: 819 home-equity lines, 0 reverse mortgages, 0 manufactured homes, 118 investment properties.

Why Bank-Fund Staff Federal Credit Union denies applications

Primary reason reported for each of the 167 denials in 2025. Lenders can cite up to four reasons; this is the first one listed.

Debt-to-income ratio 71 43%
Collateral 60 36%
Credit history 32 19%
Insufficient cash 2 1%
Incomplete application 1 1%
Unverifiable information 1 1%

How these reasons compare nationally →

Who gets approved at Bank-Fund Staff Federal Credit Union

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

Applicant incomeApplicationsOriginatedDecision denial rate
Under $50k32971.9%
$50k – $100k1186629.5%
$100k – $150k25517017.4%
$150k – $250k6094598.2%
Over $250k5704625.6%
Applicant ageApplicationsOriginatedDecision denial rate
25–341379511.7%
35–443852929.0%
45–5445234411.5%
55–6436326613.3%
65–7417211221.5%
Over 7479536.9%

Where Bank-Fund Staff Federal Credit Union lends

42 states and 192 counties in 2025. Click a state for the lender's full record there.

StateApplicationsOriginatedDenial rateMedian rateRank in state
Virginia5403979.3%6.50%#110
Maryland50136610.4%6.50%#89
District of Columbia2802208.9%6.50%#14
Florida392423.1%6.50%#634
California312019.4%6.50%#584
North Carolina231230.4%6.56%#503
Texas1586.7%5.69%#903
Massachusetts141114.3%6.50%#437
Pennsylvania13100.0%6.38%#657
West Virginia12625.0%6.56%#239
Colorado11109.1%6.25%#489
Delaware1189.1%6.75%#228
Illinois9611.1%6.06%#695
New Jersey9811.1%7.00%#543
New York9611.1%5.88%#475
Georgia850.0%5.88%#710
Washington870.0%6.50%#475
South Carolina7414.3%6.13%#576
Ohio640.0%6.44%#672
Minnesota540.0%6.63%#547

Frequently asked questions

Bank-Fund Staff Federal Credit Union denied 12.2% of the applications it decided on in 2025. The national figure across all lenders was 22.6%. On approval odds it ranks in the 89th percentile of home-equity (HELOC) lenders.

The most common reason Bank-Fund Staff Federal Credit Union gave in 2025 was "debt-to-income ratio", cited on 42.5% 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 Bank-Fund Staff Federal Credit Union originated in 2025 was 6.50%, and its median rate spread over the average prime offer rate was -0.13 points. Rates on this page are what borrowers actually got, not advertised rates.

In 2025, 36% of its applications were for home purchases, 64% for refinancing (including cash-out), and 0% 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 Bank-Fund Staff Federal Credit Union. Data sources · Methodology