Mortgage lender · Melrose, MN · LEI 549300LUSWY3HVRZHF54

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

Magnifi Financial Credit Union earns a B, better than most mid-size mortgage lenders. It turned down 12.6% of the applications it decided on in 2025, which ranks in the 42nd percentile for approval odds. Its median loan was priced 0.16 points below the average prime offer rate, ranking in the 91st percentile on pricing. Compared against 581 mid-size mortgage lenders using 2025 HMDA filings.

1.4kApplications2025
67.1%Originatedof applications
12.6%Decision denial ratenational 22.6%
6.25%Median ratenational 6.63%
$408MLoan volume10 states

Magnifi Financial Credit Union at a glance, 2025

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

10.4%Denial rate (all applications)-7.56 pts vs national
12.6%Denial rate (decided applications)-10.02 pts vs national
67.1%Origination rate+9.09 pts vs national
13.8%Withdrawn by applicant
3.4%Closed for incompleteness
6.25%Median interest rate-0.38 pts vs national
-0.16Median rate spread (pts over APOR)-0.42 pts vs national
$125,000Median loan amount
$3,675Median total loan costs
$96kMedian applicant income
74%Median loan-to-value
0High-cost (HOEPA) loans

How the B grade breaks down

Each component is a percentile rank among 581 mid-size mortgage lenders. Higher is better. Components the lender does not report are left out and the weights redistributed.

Approval oddsdecision denial rate, weight 45%

42nd12.6% denied

Pricingmedian rate spread over APOR, weight 30%

91st-0.16 pts

Processwithdrawn + incomplete share, weight 15%

49th17.2%

Closing coststotal loan costs ÷ loan amount, weight 10%

26th2.94% of loan

Trend, 2023–2025

YearApplicationsOriginatedDenial rateDecision denialMedian rateVolume
20239086516.4%7.2%6.75%$114M
20241,2878679.9%11.9%7.00%$167M
20251,41194710.4%12.6%6.25%$408M

What Magnifi Financial 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 491 35% · 2.9% denied
Refinance 311 22% · 13.8% denied
Cash-out refinance 131 9% · 0.8% denied
Home improvement 312 22% · 13.1% denied
Other / HELOC 166 12% · 28.9% denied

By loan type

Conventional 1,410 100% · 10.4% denied
USDA / RHS 1 0% · 0.0% denied

Also: 470 home-equity lines, 0 reverse mortgages, 9 manufactured homes, 115 investment properties.

Why Magnifi Financial Credit Union denies applications

Primary reason reported for each of the 147 denials in 2025. Lenders can cite up to four reasons; this is the first one listed.

Credit history 66 45%
Debt-to-income ratio 58 39%
Collateral 10 7%
Other 9 6%
Unverifiable information 2 1%
Insufficient cash 1 1%
Employment history 1 1%

How these reasons compare nationally →

Who gets approved at Magnifi Financial Credit Union

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

Applicant incomeApplicationsOriginatedDecision denial rate
Under $50k1407530.5%
$50k – $100k52433914.1%
$100k – $150k3382399.8%
$150k – $250k2001466.4%
Over $250k63404.6%
Applicant ageApplicationsOriginatedDecision denial rate
Under 2596716.2%
25–3428220310.2%
35–4435122415.0%
45–5426917813.1%
55–6419812615.3%
65–741036515.5%
Over 74241015.4%

Where Magnifi Financial Credit Union lends

10 states and 67 counties in 2025. Click a state for the lender's full record there.

StateApplicationsOriginatedDenial rateMedian rateRank in state
Minnesota1,37792610.4%6.25%#30
North Dakota20155.0%6.25%#110
Wisconsin650.0%6.63%#565

Frequently asked questions

Magnifi Financial Credit Union denied 12.6% of the applications it decided on in 2025. The national figure across all lenders was 22.6%. On approval odds it ranks in the 42nd percentile of mid-size mortgage lenders.

The most common reason Magnifi Financial Credit Union gave in 2025 was "credit history", cited on 44.9% 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 Magnifi Financial Credit Union originated in 2025 was 6.25%, and its median rate spread over the average prime offer rate was -0.16 points. Rates on this page are what borrowers actually got, not advertised rates.

In 2025, 35% of its applications were for home purchases, 31% for refinancing (including cash-out), and 34% 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 Magnifi Financial Credit Union. Data sources · Methodology