Mortgage lender · Baton Rouge, LA · LEI 549300U18MOAH5F95P15

Efcu Financial review: approval odds, rates and grade (2025)

Efcu Financial earns a D, weaker than most small mortgage lenders. It turned down 23.6% of the applications it decided on in 2025, which ranks in the 14th percentile for approval odds. Compared against 1,883 small mortgage lenders using 2025 HMDA filings.

800Applications2025
65.1%Originatedof applications
23.6%Decision denial ratenational 22.6%
Median ratenational 6.63%
$81MLoan volume6 states

Efcu Financial at a glance, 2025

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

22.3%Denial rate (all applications)+4.27 pts vs national
23.6%Denial rate (decided applications)+0.99 pts vs national
65.1%Origination rate+7.10 pts vs national
5.4%Withdrawn by applicant
0.3%Closed for incompleteness
Median interest rate
Median rate spread (pts over APOR)
$95,000Median loan amount
Median total loan costs
$126kMedian applicant income
Median loan-to-value
0High-cost (HOEPA) loans

How the D 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%

14th23.6% denied

Processwithdrawn + incomplete share, weight 15%

76th5.6%

Trend, 2023–2025

YearApplicationsOriginatedDenial rateDecision denialMedian rateVolume
202383257022.1%22.8%$104M
202490964715.2%16.2%$105M
202580052122.3%23.6%$81M

What Efcu Financial 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 95 12% · 15.8% denied
Refinance 59 7% · 0.0% denied
Cash-out refinance 7 1% · 0.0% denied
Home improvement 80 10% · 31.3% denied
Other / HELOC 559 70% · 24.7% denied

By loan type

Conventional 800 100% · 22.3% denied

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

Who gets approved at Efcu Financial

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

Applicant incomeApplicationsOriginatedDecision denial rate
Under $50k852950.0%
$50k – $100k20610834.0%
$100k – $150k19113319.8%
$150k – $250k22918211.4%
Over $250k856713.6%
Applicant ageApplicationsOriginatedDecision denial rate
25–341358622.1%
35–4422915821.4%
45–5419013821.4%
55–641388721.7%
65–74763636.8%
Over 74241138.1%

Where Efcu Financial lends

6 states and 33 counties in 2025. Click a state for the lender's full record there.

StateApplicationsOriginatedDenial rateMedian rateRank in state
Louisiana79051822.0%#39
Mississippi530.0%#339

Frequently asked questions

Efcu Financial denied 23.6% of the applications it decided on in 2025. The national figure across all lenders was 22.6%. On approval odds it ranks in the 14th percentile of small mortgage lenders.

In 2025, 12% of its applications were for home purchases, 8% for refinancing (including cash-out), and 80% 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 Efcu Financial. Data sources · Methodology