Mortgage lender · Johnston, IA · LEI 254900CQVBYQI6BDWS96

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

Community Choice Credit Union earns a B, better than most mid-size mortgage lenders. It turned down 15.1% of the applications it decided on in 2025, which ranks in the 35th percentile for approval odds. Its median loan was priced 0.20 points below the average prime offer rate, ranking in the 93rd percentile on pricing. Compared against 581 mid-size mortgage lenders using 2025 HMDA filings.

2.7kApplications2025
65.4%Originatedof applications
15.1%Decision denial ratenational 22.6%
6.13%Median ratenational 6.63%
$345MLoan volume3 states

Community Choice Credit Union at a glance, 2025

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

11.6%Denial rate (all applications)-6.39 pts vs national
15.1%Denial rate (decided applications)-7.53 pts vs national
65.4%Origination rate+7.35 pts vs national
22.6%Withdrawn by applicant
0.4%Closed for incompleteness
6.13%Median interest rate-0.50 pts vs national
-0.20Median rate spread (pts over APOR)-0.46 pts vs national
$115,000Median loan amount
$2,384Median total loan costs
$112kMedian applicant income
80%Median loan-to-value
0High-cost (HOEPA) loans

How the B 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%

35th15.1% denied

Pricingmedian rate spread over APOR, weight 30%

93rd-0.20 pts

Processwithdrawn + incomplete share, weight 15%

24th23.0%

Closing coststotal loan costs ÷ loan amount, weight 10%

60th2.07% of loan

Trend, 2023–2025

YearApplicationsOriginatedDenial rateDecision denialMedian rateVolume
20231,48897618.6%21.9%5.99%$117M
20241,5781,12615.8%18.2%6.00%$194M
20252,6921,76011.6%15.1%6.13%$345M

What Community Choice 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 895 33% · 1.8% denied
Refinance 293 11% · 5.1% denied
Cash-out refinance 69 3% · 10.1% denied
Home improvement 386 14% · 14.5% denied
Other / HELOC 1,049 39% · 20.8% denied

By loan type

Conventional 2,581 96% · 11.9% denied
FHA 69 3% · 5.8% denied
VA 34 1% · 0.0% denied
USDA / RHS 8 0% · 12.5% denied

Also: 1,206 home-equity lines, 0 reverse mortgages, 8 manufactured homes, 120 investment properties.

Why Community Choice Credit Union denies applications

Primary reason reported for each of the 312 denials in 2025. Lenders can cite up to four reasons; this is the first one listed.

Debt-to-income ratio 130 42%
Credit history 105 34%
Other 45 14%
Collateral 20 6%
Employment history 9 3%
Unverifiable information 3 1%

How these reasons compare nationally →

Who gets approved at Community Choice Credit Union

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

Applicant incomeApplicationsOriginatedDecision denial rate
Under $50k644210.6%
$50k – $100k3972914.6%
$100k – $150k2992480.8%
$150k – $250k2251731.7%
Over $250k99691.4%
Applicant ageApplicationsOriginatedDecision denial rate
Under 2596726.5%
25–344793419.6%
35–4465540718.8%
45–5461739716.4%
55–6445629016.9%
65–7424513019.8%
Over 74513021.1%

Where Community Choice Credit Union lends

3 states and 65 counties in 2025. Click a state for the lender's full record there.

StateApplicationsOriginatedDenial rateMedian rateRank in state
Iowa2,6531,76011.8%6.13%#7

Frequently asked questions

Community Choice Credit Union denied 15.1% of the applications it decided on in 2025. The national figure across all lenders was 22.6%. On approval odds it ranks in the 35th percentile of mid-size mortgage lenders.

The most common reason Community Choice Credit Union gave in 2025 was "debt-to-income ratio", cited on 41.7% 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 Community Choice Credit Union originated in 2025 was 6.13%, and its median rate spread over the average prime offer rate was -0.20 points. Rates on this page are what borrowers actually got, not advertised rates.

In 2025, 33% of its applications were for home purchases, 13% for refinancing (including cash-out), and 53% for home improvement or other purposes. By loan type: 96% conventional, 3% 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 Community Choice Credit Union. Data sources · Methodology