Mortgage lender · Battle Creek, MI · LEI 254900CDUILFTCPB7H89

Kellogg Community Credit Union review: approval odds, rates and grade (2025)

Kellogg Community Credit Union earns a B, better than most small mortgage lenders. It turned down 1.3% of the applications it decided on in 2025, which ranks in the 93rd percentile for approval odds. Its median loan was priced 1.25 points above the average prime offer rate, ranking in the 7th percentile on pricing. Compared against 1,883 small mortgage lenders using 2025 HMDA filings.

605Applications2025
91.2%Originatedof applications
1.3%Decision denial ratenational 22.6%
7.44%Median ratenational 6.63%
$67MLoan volume1 states

Kellogg Community Credit Union at a glance, 2025

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

1.2%Denial rate (all applications)-16.82 pts vs national
1.3%Denial rate (decided applications)-21.34 pts vs national
91.2%Origination rate+33.21 pts vs national
7.1%Withdrawn by applicant
0.0%Closed for incompleteness
7.44%Median interest rate+0.81 pts vs national
1.25Median rate spread (pts over APOR)+1.00 pts vs national
$85,000Median loan amount
$2,697Median total loan costs
$82kMedian applicant income
73%Median loan-to-value
0High-cost (HOEPA) loans

How the B grade breaks down

Each component is a percentile rank among 1,883 small mortgage lenders. Higher is better. Components the lender does not report are left out and the weights redistributed.

Approval oddsdecision denial rate, weight 45%

93rd1.3% denied

Pricingmedian rate spread over APOR, weight 30%

7th1.25 pts

Processwithdrawn + incomplete share, weight 15%

71st7.1%

Closing coststotal loan costs ÷ loan amount, weight 10%

16th3.17% of loan

Trend, 2023–2025

YearApplicationsOriginatedDenial rateDecision denialMedian rateVolume
20235614910.9%1.0%7.00%$46M
20244864400.4%0.4%7.50%$50M
20256055521.2%1.3%7.44%$67M

What Kellogg Community Credit Union 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 204 34% · 0.0% denied
Refinance 189 31% · 1.1% denied
Cash-out refinance 47 8% · 0.0% denied
Home improvement 149 25% · 3.4% denied
Other / HELOC 16 3% · 0.0% denied

By loan type

Conventional 605 100% · 1.2% denied

Also: 0 home-equity lines, 0 reverse mortgages, 13 manufactured homes, 39 investment properties.

Why Kellogg Community Credit Union denies applications

Primary reason reported for each of the 7 denials in 2025. Lenders can cite up to four reasons; this is the first one listed.

Credit history 5 71%
Debt-to-income ratio 2 29%

How these reasons compare nationally →

Who gets approved at Kellogg Community Credit Union

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

Applicant incomeApplicationsOriginatedDecision denial rate
Under $50k1171021.9%
$50k – $100k2572321.3%
$100k – $150k1171120.9%
$150k – $250k81760.0%
Over $250k29283.5%
Applicant ageApplicationsOriginatedDecision denial rate
Under 2526180.0%
25–34107942.1%
35–441331261.6%
45–541211141.7%
55–64106971.0%
65–7484770.0%
Over 7428260.0%

Where Kellogg Community Credit Union lends

1 states and 24 counties in 2025. Click a state for the lender's full record there.

StateApplicationsOriginatedDenial rateMedian rateRank in state
Michigan6055521.2%7.44%#112

Frequently asked questions

Kellogg Community Credit Union denied 1.3% of the applications it decided on in 2025. The national figure across all lenders was 22.6%. On approval odds it ranks in the 93rd percentile of small mortgage lenders.

The most common reason Kellogg Community Credit Union gave in 2025 was "credit history", cited on 71.4% 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 Kellogg Community Credit Union originated in 2025 was 7.44%, and its median rate spread over the average prime offer rate was 1.25 points. Rates on this page are what borrowers actually got, not advertised rates.

In 2025, 34% of its applications were for home purchases, 39% for refinancing (including cash-out), and 27% 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 Kellogg Community Credit Union. Data sources · Methodology