Empeople Credit Union · Arkansas · 2025

Empeople Credit Union in Arkansas: approval rate, denial rate and rates (2025)

Empeople Credit Union took 55 mortgage applications in Arkansas in 2025, ranking #203 of 802 lenders active in the state. It originated 34.6% of them and denied 45.5% (55.6% of the applications it decided), against a statewide denial rate of 18.2%.

55Applicationsin AR
55.6%Decision denial ratestate 23.1%
6.49%Median ratestate 6.63%
$115,000Median loanstate $165,000
$3.1MVolume24 counties

Empeople Credit Union in Arkansas vs the state

45.5%Denial rate+27.26 pts vs state
55.6%Decision denial rate+32.43 pts vs state
34.6%Origination rate-22.28 pts vs state
6.49%Median rate-0.13 pts vs state
-0.24Rate spread (pts)-0.58 pts vs state
$92kMedian applicant income
19Loans originated
25Denied

Trend in Arkansas

YearApplicationsOriginatedDenial rateMedian rateRank in state
2023411919.5%6.38%#207
2024452522.2%6.99%#210
2025551945.5%6.49%#203

What Empeople Credit Union lends in Arkansas

By loan purpose

Home purchase 16 29% · 31.3% denied
Refinance 11 20% · 36.4% denied
Cash-out refinance 4 7% · 25.0% denied
Home improvement 7 13% · 28.6% denied
Other / HELOC 17 31% · 76.5% denied

By loan type

Conventional 55 100% · 45.5% denied

Why it denied Arkansas applicants

Credit history 8 32%
Debt-to-income ratio 6 24%
Other 5 20%
Collateral 3 12%
Insufficient cash 1 4%
Unverifiable information 1 4%
Incomplete application 1 4%

Where in Arkansas

Counties with the most Empeople Credit Union applications in 2025.

CountyApplicationsOriginatedDeniedDenial rate
Craighead County 916 66.7%
Benton County 733 42.9%
Clay County 522 40.0%
Garland County 412 50.0%
Saline County 330 0.0%
Poinsett County 302 66.7%
Cross County 211 50.0%
Izard County 211 50.0%
Crawford County 211 50.0%
St. Francis County 202 100.0%

Other large lenders in Arkansas

LenderGradeApplicationsDenial rateMedian rate
Arvest BankC 9,74814.4%7.00%
Rocket MortgageC 5,85420.1%6.63%
ARKANSAS Federal Credit UnionF 4,43923.6%7.50%
Vanderbilt Mortgage and FinanceF 3,49138.4%10.25%
21st MortgageF 3,25046.6%9.69%
Mortgage Research CenterC 2,76718.3%6.25%
Regions BankC 2,64640.0%6.13%
Firsttrust Home LoansB 2,5900.5%6.49%
United Shore Financial ServicesB 2,45613.3%6.12%
Triad Financial ServicesD 2,13354.2%8.68%

Frequently asked questions

Arkansas: 55 applications in 2025, of which 19 were originated and 25 denied.

45.5% of all applications, or 55.6% of the applications it actually decided on. The Arkansas statewide average across all lenders was 18.2%.

The median rate on loans Empeople Credit Union originated in Arkansas in 2025 was 6.49%, against a statewide median of 6.63%.

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