Mortgage lender · Harrisburg, PA · LEI 549300JBMMNIOX7XU115

Belco Community Credit Union review: approval odds, rates and grade (2025)

Belco Community Credit Union earns a D, weaker than most mid-size mortgage lenders. It turned down 31.6% of the applications it decided on in 2025, which ranks in the 8th percentile for approval odds. Its median loan was priced 0.26 points above the average prime offer rate, ranking in the 48th percentile on pricing. Compared against 581 mid-size mortgage lenders using 2025 HMDA filings.

1.2kApplications2025
57.9%Originatedof applications
31.6%Decision denial ratenational 22.6%
7.50%Median ratenational 6.63%
$63MLoan volume2 states

Belco Community Credit Union at a glance, 2025

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

31.3%Denial rate (all applications)+13.27 pts vs national
31.6%Denial rate (decided applications)+9.00 pts vs national
57.9%Origination rate-0.14 pts vs national
1.1%Withdrawn by applicant
0.0%Closed for incompleteness
7.50%Median interest rate+0.88 pts vs national
0.26Median rate spread (pts over APOR)+0.01 pts vs national
$65,000Median loan amount
$5,498Median total loan costs
$97kMedian applicant income
64%Median loan-to-value
0High-cost (HOEPA) loans

How the D grade breaks down

Each component is a percentile rank among 581 mid-size mortgage lenders. Higher is better. Components the lender does not report are left out and the weights redistributed.

Approval oddsdecision denial rate, weight 45%

8th31.6% denied

Pricingmedian rate spread over APOR, weight 30%

48th0.26 pts

Processwithdrawn + incomplete share, weight 15%

98th1.1%

Closing coststotal loan costs ÷ loan amount, weight 10%

1st8.46% of loan

Trend, 2023–2025

YearApplicationsOriginatedDenial rateDecision denialMedian rateVolume
20231,17256443.9%45.5%7.25%$45M
20241,44280433.2%34.1%8.50%$62M
20251,21670431.3%31.6%7.50%$63M

What Belco Community 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 12 1% · 41.7% denied
Refinance 363 30% · 21.8% denied
Cash-out refinance 1 0% · 0.0% denied
Home improvement 421 35% · 32.1% denied
Other / HELOC 419 34% · 38.4% denied

By loan type

Conventional 1,216 100% · 31.3% denied

Also: 566 home-equity lines, 0 reverse mortgages, 1 manufactured homes, 26 investment properties.

Why Belco Community Credit Union denies applications

Primary reason reported for each of the 380 denials in 2025. Lenders can cite up to four reasons; this is the first one listed.

Debt-to-income ratio 196 52%
Other 134 35%
Credit history 31 8%
Unverifiable information 8 2%
Collateral 6 2%
Incomplete application 5 1%

How these reasons compare nationally →

Who gets approved at Belco Community Credit Union

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

Applicant incomeApplicationsOriginatedDecision denial rate
Under $50k1494164.6%
$50k – $100k46925435.8%
$100k – $150k30818925.4%
$150k – $250k22016713.8%
Over $250k514013.7%
Applicant ageApplicationsOriginatedDecision denial rate
25–341195742.9%
35–4424913733.7%
45–5433620530.6%
55–6427316029.5%
65–7417210528.1%
Over 74543618.5%

Where Belco Community Credit Union lends

2 states and 26 counties in 2025. Click a state for the lender's full record there.

StateApplicationsOriginatedDenial rateMedian rateRank in state
Pennsylvania1,21570431.2%7.50%#76

Frequently asked questions

Belco Community Credit Union denied 31.6% of the applications it decided on in 2025. The national figure across all lenders was 22.6%. On approval odds it ranks in the 8th percentile of mid-size mortgage lenders.

The most common reason Belco Community Credit Union gave in 2025 was "debt-to-income ratio", cited on 51.6% 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 Belco Community Credit Union originated in 2025 was 7.50%, and its median rate spread over the average prime offer rate was 0.26 points. Rates on this page are what borrowers actually got, not advertised rates.

In 2025, 1% of its applications were for home purchases, 30% for refinancing (including cash-out), and 69% 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 Belco Community Credit Union. Data sources · Methodology