Mortgage lender · Corning, NY · LEI 549300WK15ESCDNJ5M35

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

Corning Credit Union earns an A, placing it in the top fifth of home-equity (HELOC) lenders. It turned down 14.2% of the applications it decided on in 2025, which ranks in the 82nd percentile for approval odds. Its median loan was priced 0.04 points below the average prime offer rate, ranking in the 61st percentile on pricing. Compared against 412 home-equity (HELOC) lenders using 2025 HMDA filings.

3.2kApplications2025
69.8%Originatedof applications
14.2%Decision denial ratenational 22.6%
6.20%Median ratenational 6.63%
$377MLoan volume22 states

Corning Credit Union at a glance, 2025

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

13.0%Denial rate (all applications)-5.00 pts vs national
14.2%Denial rate (decided applications)-8.42 pts vs national
69.8%Origination rate+11.80 pts vs national
3.7%Withdrawn by applicant
4.7%Closed for incompleteness
6.20%Median interest rate-0.43 pts vs national
-0.04Median rate spread (pts over APOR)-0.29 pts vs national
$105,000Median loan amount
$3,718Median total loan costs
$105kMedian applicant income
64%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%

82nd14.2% denied

Pricingmedian rate spread over APOR, weight 30%

61st-0.04 pts

Processwithdrawn + incomplete share, weight 15%

73rd8.4%

Closing coststotal loan costs ÷ loan amount, weight 10%

40th3.54% of loan

Trend, 2023–2025

YearApplicationsOriginatedDenial rateDecision denialMedian rateVolume
20232,9762,08114.3%15.7%6.75%$267M
20242,6921,85313.8%15.3%6.88%$257M
20253,1892,22713.0%14.2%6.20%$377M

What Corning 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 983 31% · 8.1% denied
Refinance 394 12% · 11.4% denied
Cash-out refinance 95 3% · 17.9% denied
Home improvement 976 31% · 12.1% denied
Other / HELOC 741 23% · 20.8% denied

By loan type

Conventional 3,185 100% · 12.9% denied
VA 4 0% · 75.0% denied

Also: 2,207 home-equity lines, 0 reverse mortgages, 66 manufactured homes, 144 investment properties.

Why Corning Credit Union denies applications

Primary reason reported for each of the 414 denials in 2025. Lenders can cite up to four reasons; this is the first one listed.

Debt-to-income ratio 195 47%
Credit history 157 38%
Collateral 23 6%
Other 19 5%
Insufficient cash 9 2%
Unverifiable information 6 1%
Employment history 5 1%

How these reasons compare nationally →

Who gets approved at Corning Credit Union

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

Applicant incomeApplicationsOriginatedDecision denial rate
Under $50k38220731.5%
$50k – $100k1,06972017.4%
$100k – $150k70949512.1%
$150k – $250k6565185.8%
Over $250k2832176.5%
Applicant ageApplicationsOriginatedDecision denial rate
Under 25513517.0%
25–3441726917.6%
35–4463143016.8%
45–5469849215.3%
55–6467850310.3%
65–7449233713.9%
Over 741881349.8%

Where Corning Credit Union lends

22 states and 232 counties in 2025. Click a state for the lender's full record there.

StateApplicationsOriginatedDenial rateMedian rateRank in state
North Carolina1,3901,00213.1%6.31%#69
New York1,14178711.0%6.14%#79
Pennsylvania30721412.7%6.14%#221
South Carolina17911221.2%6.13%#192
Florida613813.1%6.26%#575
Maryland291917.2%5.89%#373
New Jersey201220.0%7.20%#452
Virginia16918.8%6.50%#514
Massachusetts9722.2%7.50%#468
Colorado6516.7%7.25%#596
Ohio6433.3%6.88%#679
Tennessee540.0%7.38%#740

Frequently asked questions

Corning Credit Union denied 14.2% of the applications it decided on in 2025. The national figure across all lenders was 22.6%. On approval odds it ranks in the 82nd percentile of home-equity (HELOC) lenders.

The most common reason Corning Credit Union gave in 2025 was "debt-to-income ratio", cited on 47.1% 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 Corning Credit Union originated in 2025 was 6.20%, and its median rate spread over the average prime offer rate was -0.04 points. Rates on this page are what borrowers actually got, not advertised rates.

In 2025, 31% of its applications were for home purchases, 15% 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 Corning Credit Union. Data sources · Methodology