Empower Federal Credit Union · Connecticut · 2025

Empower Federal Credit Union in Connecticut: approval rate, denial rate and rates (2025)

Empower Federal Credit Union took 8 mortgage applications in Connecticut in 2025, ranking #391 of 687 lenders active in the state. It originated 62.5% of them and denied 25.0% (28.6% of the applications it decided), against a statewide denial rate of 17.4%.

8Applicationsin CT
28.6%Decision denial ratestate 21.6%
7.50%Median ratestate 6.63%
$445,000Median loanstate $245,000
$2.3MVolume3 counties

Empower Federal Credit Union in Connecticut vs the state

25.0%Denial rate+7.60 pts vs state
28.6%Decision denial rate+6.98 pts vs state
62.5%Origination rate+2.12 pts vs state
7.50%Median rate+0.88 pts vs state
0.91Rate spread (pts)+0.67 pts vs state
$253kMedian applicant income
5Loans originated
2Denied

What Empower Federal Credit Union lends in Connecticut

By loan purpose

Home purchase 1 13% · 0.0% denied
Refinance 1 13% · 0.0% denied
Cash-out refinance 4 50% · 50.0% denied
Home improvement 1 13% · 0.0% denied
Other / HELOC 1 13% · 0.0% denied

By loan type

Conventional 8 100% · 25.0% denied

Why it denied Connecticut applicants

Credit history 1 50%
Other 1 50%

Where in Connecticut

Counties with the most Empower Federal Credit Union applications in 2025.

CountyApplicationsOriginatedDeniedDenial rate
09190 532 40.0%
09120 220 0.0%
09180 100 0.0%

Other large lenders in Connecticut

LenderGradeApplicationsDenial rateMedian rate
Rocket MortgageC 6,04316.5%6.75%
Citizens BankC 4,89526.2%7.40%
Bank of AmericaF 4,59132.1%6.00%
United Shore Financial ServicesB 4,23913.7%6.50%
Total Mortgage ServicesB 4,2194.5%6.63%
Manufacturers and Traders TrustC 4,03031.8%5.99%
Liberty BankA 3,5139.5%5.99%
Webster BankC 2,76221.9%6.74%
NewrezD 2,55621.8%6.88%
AMERICAN EAGLE FINANCIAL Credit UnionD 2,46318.9%7.75%

Frequently asked questions

Connecticut: 8 applications in 2025, of which 5 were originated and 2 denied.

25.0% of all applications, or 28.6% of the applications it actually decided on. The Connecticut statewide average across all lenders was 17.4%.

The median rate on loans Empower Federal Credit Union originated in Connecticut in 2025 was 7.50%, against a statewide median of 6.63%.

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