Ely Area Credit Union · Minnesota · 2025

Ely Area Credit Union in Minnesota: approval rate, denial rate and rates (2025)

Ely Area Credit Union took 40 mortgage applications in Minnesota in 2025, ranking #320 of 870 lenders active in the state. It originated 85.0% of them and denied 7.5% (7.5% of the applications it decided), against a statewide denial rate of 13.6%.

40Applicationsin MN
7.5%Decision denial ratestate 16.4%
Median ratestate 6.63%
$45,000Median loanstate $215,000
$2.8MVolume2 counties

Ely Area Credit Union in Minnesota vs the state

7.5%Denial rate-6.10 pts vs state
7.5%Decision denial rate-8.85 pts vs state
85.0%Origination rate+18.63 pts vs state
Median rate
Rate spread (pts)
$68kMedian applicant income
34Loans originated
3Denied

Trend in Minnesota

YearApplicationsOriginatedDenial rateMedian rateRank in state
2023584119.0%#252
2024422523.8%#294
202540347.5%#320

What Ely Area Credit Union lends in Minnesota

By loan purpose

Home purchase 12 30% · 8.3% denied
Refinance 1 3% · 0.0% denied
Cash-out refinance 2 5% · 0.0% denied
Home improvement 16 40% · 0.0% denied
Other / HELOC 9 23% · 22.2% denied

By loan type

Conventional 40 100% · 7.5% denied

Where in Minnesota

Counties with the most Ely Area Credit Union applications in 2025.

CountyApplicationsOriginatedDeniedDenial rate
St. Louis County 35293 8.6%
Lake County 550 0.0%

Other large lenders in Minnesota

LenderGradeApplicationsDenial rateMedian rate
United Shore Financial ServicesB 8,69410.6%6.38%
U.S. BankD 8,62430.4%7.88%
Bell BankA 7,9875.3%6.63%
Rocket MortgageC 7,63016.3%6.63%
Trustone Financial Credit UnionC 6,06620.0%7.25%
Affinity PlusC 5,43814.6%6.63%
Blaze Credit UnionB 4,07412.3%6.38%
Wings Financial Credit UnionA 3,96016.4%7.25%
Crosscountry MortgageB 3,9422.1%6.63%
Fairway Independent MortgageB 3,3273.2%6.75%

Frequently asked questions

Minnesota: 40 applications in 2025, of which 34 were originated and 3 denied.

7.5% of all applications, or 7.5% of the applications it actually decided on. The Minnesota statewide average across all lenders was 13.6%.

This lender did not report interest rates on its originated loans (some institutions are exempt from HMDA pricing fields).

About this data. Figures are Ely Area Credit Union's own HMDA filing for properties located in Minnesota, 2025. The grade is national; state-level figures are shown for context and are not separately graded. Methodology