Empeople Credit Union · Maine · 2025

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

Empeople Credit Union took 485 mortgage applications in Maine in 2025, ranking #32 of 537 lenders active in the state. It originated 53.0% of them and denied 33.4% (38.5% of the applications it decided), against a statewide denial rate of 16.3%.

485Applicationsin ME
38.5%Decision denial ratestate 20.1%
6.49%Median ratestate 6.88%
$125,000Median loanstate $215,000
$41MVolume15 counties

Empeople Credit Union in Maine vs the state

33.4%Denial rate+17.07 pts vs state
38.5%Decision denial rate+18.40 pts vs state
53.0%Origination rate-9.18 pts vs state
6.49%Median rate-0.38 pts vs state
-0.60Rate spread (pts)-0.93 pts vs state
$102kMedian applicant income
257Loans originated
162Denied

Trend in Maine

YearApplicationsOriginatedDenial rateMedian rateRank in state
202353929234.3%6.99%#20
202442721936.1%6.99%#33
202548525733.4%6.49%#32

What Empeople Credit Union lends in Maine

By loan purpose

Home purchase 67 14% · 22.4% denied
Refinance 125 26% · 22.4% denied
Cash-out refinance 53 11% · 22.6% denied
Home improvement 88 18% · 25.0% denied
Other / HELOC 152 31% · 55.9% denied

By loan type

Conventional 485 100% · 33.4% denied

Why it denied Maine applicants

Debt-to-income ratio 86 53%
Credit history 36 22%
Incomplete application 20 12%
Collateral 9 6%
Other 6 4%
Unverifiable information 5 3%

Where in Maine

Counties with the most Empeople Credit Union applications in 2025.

CountyApplicationsOriginatedDeniedDenial rate
Cumberland County 24614473 29.7%
York County 994738 38.4%
Penobscot County 723329 40.3%
Androscoggin County 1558 53.3%
Oxford County 1355 38.5%
Kennebec County 1271 8.3%
Sagadahoc County 751 14.3%
Hancock County 623 50.0%
Waldo County 523 60.0%
Aroostook County 320 0.0%

Other large lenders in Maine

LenderGradeApplicationsDenial rateMedian rate
Bangor Savings BankB 4,51817.2%7.25%
United Shore Financial ServicesB 2,6759.1%6.50%
Rocket MortgageC 2,62822.9%6.75%
The Camden National BankA 2,55913.2%6.99%
CMG MortgageA 2,2514.2%6.63%
Guild MortgageA 1,8385.3%6.63%
Kennebec Savings BankB 1,4939.6%7.00%
TD BankD 1,24420.2%7.35%
Mortgage Research CenterC 1,10417.6%6.25%
Evergreen Credit UnionD 97630.6%6.50%

Frequently asked questions

Maine: 485 applications in 2025, of which 257 were originated and 162 denied.

33.4% of all applications, or 38.5% of the applications it actually decided on. The Maine statewide average across all lenders was 16.3%.

The median rate on loans Empeople Credit Union originated in Maine in 2025 was 6.49%, against a statewide median of 6.88%.

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