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

Centra Credit Union earns an A, placing it in the top fifth of home-equity (HELOC) lenders. It turned down 9.4% of the applications it decided on in 2025, which ranks in the 94th percentile for approval odds. Its median loan was priced 0.27 points below the average prime offer rate, ranking in the 74th percentile on pricing. Compared against 412 home-equity (HELOC) lenders using 2025 HMDA filings.

3.1kApplications2025
73.6%Originatedof applications
9.4%Decision denial ratenational 22.6%
5.63%Median ratenational 6.63%
$309MLoan volume18 states

Centra Credit Union at a glance, 2025

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

7.7%Denial rate (all applications)-10.24 pts vs national
9.4%Denial rate (decided applications)-13.22 pts vs national
73.6%Origination rate+15.55 pts vs national
17.1%Withdrawn by applicant
0.4%Closed for incompleteness
5.63%Median interest rate-1.00 pts vs national
-0.27Median rate spread (pts over APOR)-0.53 pts vs national
$95,000Median loan amount
$2,499Median total loan costs
$81kMedian applicant income
77%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%

94th9.4% denied

Pricingmedian rate spread over APOR, weight 30%

74th-0.27 pts

Processwithdrawn + incomplete share, weight 15%

24th17.4%

Closing coststotal loan costs ÷ loan amount, weight 10%

64th2.63% of loan

Trend, 2023–2025

YearApplicationsOriginatedDenial rateDecision denialMedian rateVolume
20232,3151,7757.8%8.8%6.24%$203M
20242,5402,0197.9%8.9%6.38%$228M
20253,1152,2927.7%9.4%5.63%$309M

What Centra 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 604 19% · 2.5% denied
Refinance 427 14% · 7.7% denied
Cash-out refinance 394 13% · 10.9% denied
Home improvement 512 16% · 9.4% denied
Other / HELOC 1,178 38% · 8.7% denied

By loan type

Conventional 3,114 100% · 7.7% denied
FHA 1 0% · 100.0% denied

Also: 1,620 home-equity lines, 0 reverse mortgages, 103 manufactured homes, 61 investment properties.

Why Centra Credit Union denies applications

Primary reason reported for each of the 241 denials in 2025. Lenders can cite up to four reasons; this is the first one listed.

Credit history 114 47%
Debt-to-income ratio 102 42%
Collateral 10 4%
Unverifiable information 7 3%
Employment history 4 2%
Incomplete application 2 1%
Other 2 1%

How these reasons compare nationally →

Who gets approved at Centra Credit Union

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

Applicant incomeApplicationsOriginatedDecision denial rate
Under $50k66642817.3%
$50k – $100k1,2889608.8%
$100k – $150k6635206.1%
$150k – $250k3522834.1%
Over $250k113756.3%
Applicant ageApplicationsOriginatedDecision denial rate
Under 25125879.2%
25–3454438010.8%
35–446324659.2%
45–546755118.5%
55–6457742510.6%
65–743772839.2%
Over 741761326.3%

Where Centra Credit Union lends

18 states and 103 counties in 2025. Click a state for the lender's full record there.

StateApplicationsOriginatedDenial rateMedian rateRank in state
Indiana2,9912,2067.8%5.63%#23
Kentucky50366.0%6.44%#268
New York28227.1%5.68%#389
Florida1180.0%5.50%#890
North Carolina10410.0%5.93%#630
Pennsylvania7614.3%6.31%#735

Frequently asked questions

Centra Credit Union denied 9.4% of the applications it decided on in 2025. The national figure across all lenders was 22.6%. On approval odds it ranks in the 94th percentile of home-equity (HELOC) lenders.

The most common reason Centra Credit Union gave in 2025 was "credit history", cited on 47.3% 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 Centra Credit Union originated in 2025 was 5.63%, and its median rate spread over the average prime offer rate was -0.27 points. Rates on this page are what borrowers actually got, not advertised rates.

In 2025, 19% of its applications were for home purchases, 26% for refinancing (including cash-out), and 54% 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 Centra Credit Union. Data sources · Methodology