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Emprise Bank review: approval odds, rates and grade (2025)

Emprise Bank earns a D, weaker than most home-equity (HELOC) lenders. It turned down 34.6% of the applications it decided on in 2025, which ranks in the 19th percentile for approval odds. Its median loan was priced 0.81 points above the average prime offer rate, ranking in the 13th percentile on pricing. Compared against 412 home-equity (HELOC) lenders using 2025 HMDA filings.

1.1kApplications2025
57.5%Originatedof applications
34.6%Decision denial ratenational 22.6%
7.70%Median ratenational 6.63%
$131MLoan volume11 states

Emprise Bank at a glance, 2025

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

31.7%Denial rate (all applications)+13.71 pts vs national
34.6%Denial rate (decided applications)+11.96 pts vs national
57.5%Origination rate-0.53 pts vs national
7.2%Withdrawn by applicant
1.1%Closed for incompleteness
7.70%Median interest rate+1.08 pts vs national
0.81Median rate spread (pts over APOR)+0.56 pts vs national
$55,000Median loan amount
$2,900Median total loan costs
$90kMedian applicant income
62%Median loan-to-value
0High-cost (HOEPA) loans

How the D grade breaks down

Each component is a percentile rank among 412 home-equity (HELOC) lenders. Higher is better. Components the lender does not report are left out and the weights redistributed.

Approval oddsdecision denial rate, weight 45%

19th34.6% denied

Pricingmedian rate spread over APOR, weight 30%

13th0.81 pts

Processwithdrawn + incomplete share, weight 15%

75th8.3%

Closing coststotal loan costs ÷ loan amount, weight 10%

12th5.27% of loan

Trend, 2023–2025

YearApplicationsOriginatedDenial rateDecision denialMedian rateVolume
20231,11166829.0%31.2%7.43%$150M
20241,07963031.3%33.5%7.85%$148M
20251,07361731.7%34.6%7.70%$131M

What Emprise Bank 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 238 22% · 14.3% denied
Refinance 271 25% · 26.9% denied
Cash-out refinance 3 0% · 100.0% denied
Home improvement 381 36% · 35.2% denied
Other / HELOC 180 17% · 53.3% denied

By loan type

Conventional 1,073 100% · 31.7% denied

Also: 740 home-equity lines, 0 reverse mortgages, 19 manufactured homes, 192 investment properties.

Why Emprise Bank denies applications

Primary reason reported for each of the 340 denials in 2025. Lenders can cite up to four reasons; this is the first one listed.

Credit history 198 58%
Debt-to-income ratio 120 35%
Other 13 4%
Collateral 7 2%
Incomplete application 1 0%
Unverifiable information 1 0%

How these reasons compare nationally →

Who gets approved at Emprise Bank

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

Applicant incomeApplicationsOriginatedDecision denial rate
Under $50k1756756.2%
$50k – $100k31016540.3%
$100k – $150k19811537.6%
$150k – $250k1259213.5%
Over $250k644513.2%
Applicant ageApplicationsOriginatedDecision denial rate
25–34894838.3%
35–441869344.4%
45–5419210837.9%
55–6421312135.5%
65–7417110429.5%
Over 74644026.3%

Where Emprise Bank lends

11 states and 61 counties in 2025. Click a state for the lender's full record there.

StateApplicationsOriginatedDenial rateMedian rateRank in state
Kansas1,01459831.0%7.70%#23
Nebraska25664.0%6.75%#190
Missouri14721.4%7.25%#479

Frequently asked questions

Emprise Bank denied 34.6% of the applications it decided on in 2025. The national figure across all lenders was 22.6%. On approval odds it ranks in the 19th percentile of home-equity (HELOC) lenders.

The most common reason Emprise Bank gave in 2025 was "credit history", cited on 58.2% of its denials. Lenders report up to four reasons per denial to the CFPB; the full breakdown is on this page.

The median interest rate on loans Emprise Bank originated in 2025 was 7.70%, and its median rate spread over the average prime offer rate was 0.81 points. Rates on this page are what borrowers actually got, not advertised rates.

In 2025, 22% of its applications were for home purchases, 26% for refinancing (including cash-out), and 52% 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 Emprise Bank. Data sources · Methodology