Mortgage lender · Brookfield, WI · LEI 549300KY533JFETOYG46

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

Landmark Credit Union earns an A, placing it in the top fifth of home-equity (HELOC) lenders. It turned down 19.6% of the applications it decided on in 2025, which ranks in the 64th percentile for approval odds. Its median loan was priced 0.44 points below the average prime offer rate, ranking in the 77th percentile on pricing. Compared against 412 home-equity (HELOC) lenders using 2025 HMDA filings.

9.4kApplications2025
70.9%Originatedof applications
19.6%Decision denial ratenational 22.6%
6.50%Median ratenational 6.63%
$1.2BLoan volume4 states

Landmark Credit Union at a glance, 2025

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

17.7%Denial rate (all applications)-0.31 pts vs national
19.6%Denial rate (decided applications)-2.96 pts vs national
70.9%Origination rate+12.86 pts vs national
8.3%Withdrawn by applicant
1.7%Closed for incompleteness
6.50%Median interest rate-0.13 pts vs national
-0.44Median rate spread (pts over APOR)-0.69 pts vs national
$105,000Median loan amount
$2,206Median total loan costs
$108kMedian applicant income
64%Median loan-to-value
0High-cost (HOEPA) loans

How the A 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%

64th19.6% denied

Pricingmedian rate spread over APOR, weight 30%

77th-0.44 pts

Processwithdrawn + incomplete share, weight 15%

65th10.0%

Closing coststotal loan costs ÷ loan amount, weight 10%

78th2.10% of loan

Trend, 2023–2025

YearApplicationsOriginatedDenial rateDecision denialMedian rateVolume
20239,0376,44214.1%15.3%6.00%$824M
20248,3985,86119.0%20.9%7.50%$946M
20259,4116,67117.7%19.6%6.50%$1.2B

What Landmark 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 2,001 21% · 7.7% denied
Refinance 1,246 13% · 14.0% denied
Cash-out refinance 1,398 15% · 20.0% denied
Home improvement 3,460 37% · 19.3% denied
Other / HELOC 1,306 14% · 29.6% denied

By loan type

Conventional 9,411 100% · 17.7% denied

Also: 6,202 home-equity lines, 0 reverse mortgages, 10 manufactured homes, 342 investment properties.

Why Landmark Credit Union denies applications

Primary reason reported for each of the 1,663 denials in 2025. Lenders can cite up to four reasons; this is the first one listed.

Credit history 534 32%
Debt-to-income ratio 422 25%
Incomplete application 324 19%
Collateral 281 17%
Other 65 4%
Unverifiable information 26 2%
Insufficient cash 9 1%
Employment history 2 0%

How these reasons compare nationally →

Who gets approved at Landmark Credit Union

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

Applicant incomeApplicationsOriginatedDecision denial rate
Under $50k81939146.3%
$50k – $100k3,2632,19523.2%
$100k – $150k2,3351,76415.0%
$150k – $250k2,0071,58411.5%
Over $250k76157212.2%
Applicant ageApplicationsOriginatedDecision denial rate
Under 2517011817.4%
25–341,16079219.4%
35–442,0461,41020.6%
45–542,1741,53521.2%
55–642,0601,49119.1%
65–741,26492918.2%
Over 7438927120.2%

Where Landmark Credit Union lends

4 states and 64 counties in 2025. Click a state for the lender's full record there.

StateApplicationsOriginatedDenial rateMedian rateRank in state
Wisconsin9,3936,66217.7%6.50%#3
Illinois16825.0%6.45%#629

Frequently asked questions

Landmark Credit Union denied 19.6% of the applications it decided on in 2025. The national figure across all lenders was 22.6%. On approval odds it ranks in the 64th percentile of home-equity (HELOC) lenders.

The most common reason Landmark Credit Union gave in 2025 was "credit history", cited on 32.1% 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 Landmark Credit Union originated in 2025 was 6.50%, and its median rate spread over the average prime offer rate was -0.44 points. Rates on this page are what borrowers actually got, not advertised rates.

In 2025, 21% of its applications were for home purchases, 28% for refinancing (including cash-out), and 51% 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 Landmark Credit Union. Data sources · Methodology