Mortgage lender · Meridian, ID · LEI 549300LYL7JC81I5DV55

Capital Educators Federal Credit Union review: approval odds, rates and grade (2025)

Capital Educators Federal Credit Union earns a C, in line with the typical performance of small mortgage lenders. It turned down 16.0% of the applications it decided on in 2025, which ranks in the 29th percentile for approval odds. Compared against 1,883 small mortgage lenders using 2025 HMDA filings.

572Applications2025
71.2%Originatedof applications
16.0%Decision denial ratenational 22.6%
Median ratenational 6.63%
$74MLoan volume5 states

Capital Educators Federal Credit Union at a glance, 2025

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

13.6%Denial rate (all applications)-4.34 pts vs national
16.0%Denial rate (decided applications)-6.64 pts vs national
71.2%Origination rate+13.12 pts vs national
12.4%Withdrawn by applicant
2.1%Closed for incompleteness
Median interest rate
Median rate spread (pts over APOR)
$105,000Median loan amount
Median total loan costs
$105kMedian applicant income
Median loan-to-value
3High-cost (HOEPA) loans

How the C grade breaks down

Each component is a percentile rank among 1,883 small mortgage lenders. Higher is better. Components the lender does not report are left out and the weights redistributed.

Approval oddsdecision denial rate, weight 45%

29th16.0% denied

Processwithdrawn + incomplete share, weight 15%

37th14.5%

Trend, 2023–2025

YearApplicationsOriginatedDenial rateDecision denialMedian rateVolume
202366947711.1%13.2%7.99%$66M
202466447015.5%17.8%6.75%$72M
202557240713.6%16.0%$74M

What Capital Educators 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 108 19% · 1.9% denied
Refinance 24 4% · 8.3% denied
Cash-out refinance 122 21% · 13.9% denied
Home improvement 184 32% · 9.2% denied
Other / HELOC 134 23% · 29.9% denied

By loan type

Conventional 562 98% · 13.5% denied
FHA 7 1% · 28.6% denied
VA 3 1% · 0.0% denied

Also: 0 home-equity lines, 0 reverse mortgages, 7 manufactured homes, 28 investment properties.

Who gets approved at Capital Educators Federal Credit Union

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

Applicant incomeApplicationsOriginatedDecision denial rate
Under $50k422237.1%
$50k – $100k21014618.1%
$100k – $150k16111513.5%
$150k – $250k1128512.2%
Over $250k22180.0%
Applicant ageApplicationsOriginatedDecision denial rate
25–34503315.4%
35–441208019.8%
45–5416011317.9%
55–641269511.9%
65–74675113.6%
Over 74332212.0%

Where Capital Educators Federal Credit Union lends

5 states and 24 counties in 2025. Click a state for the lender's full record there.

StateApplicationsOriginatedDenial rateMedian rateRank in state
Idaho56740513.4%#36

Frequently asked questions

Capital Educators Federal Credit Union denied 16.0% of the applications it decided on in 2025. The national figure across all lenders was 22.6%. On approval odds it ranks in the 29th percentile of small mortgage lenders.

In 2025, 19% of its applications were for home purchases, 26% for refinancing (including cash-out), and 56% for home improvement or other purposes. By loan type: 98% conventional, 1% FHA, 1% 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 Capital Educators Federal Credit Union. Data sources · Methodology