Navy Federal Credit Union · North Carolina · 2025

Navy Federal Credit Union in North Carolina: approval rate, denial rate and rates (2025)

Navy Federal Credit Union took 10,565 mortgage applications in North Carolina in 2025, ranking #7 of 1,253 lenders active in the state. It originated 49.7% of them and denied 19.4% (27.7% of the applications it decided), against a statewide denial rate of 18.1%.

11kApplicationsin NC
27.7%Decision denial ratestate 22.8%
7.13%Median ratestate 6.50%
$155,000Median loanstate $225,000
$1.2BVolume100 counties

Navy Federal Credit Union in North Carolina vs the state

19.4%Denial rate+1.38 pts vs state
27.7%Decision denial rate+4.89 pts vs state
49.7%Origination rate-8.13 pts vs state
7.13%Median rate+0.63 pts vs state
0.33Rate spread (pts)+0.24 pts vs state
$110kMedian applicant income
5,249Loans originated
2,054Denied

Trend in North Carolina

YearApplicationsOriginatedDenial rateMedian rateRank in state
202310,2564,72527.2%7.20%#8
202411,0295,46021.1%7.20%#8
202510,5655,24919.4%7.13%#7

What Navy Federal Credit Union lends in North Carolina

By loan purpose

Home purchase 3,728 35% · 6.8% denied
Refinance 663 6% · 16.0% denied
Cash-out refinance 1,179 11% · 20.4% denied
Home improvement 2,435 23% · 27.9% denied
Other / HELOC 2,560 24% · 30.3% denied

By loan type

Conventional 7,823 74% · 23.7% denied
VA 2,742 26% · 7.3% denied

Why it denied North Carolina applicants

Debt-to-income ratio 737 36%
Credit history 507 25%
Other 446 22%
Collateral 164 8%
Incomplete application 87 4%
Unverifiable information 74 4%
Employment history 23 1%
Insufficient cash 16 1%

Where in North Carolina

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

CountyApplicationsOriginatedDeniedDenial rate
Onslow County 1,402764249 17.8%
Wake County 1,002494190 19.0%
Cumberland County 869374210 24.2%
Mecklenburg County 656287150 22.9%
Craven County 43626658 13.3%
Harnett County 30717054 17.6%
Johnston County 29614952 17.6%
Guilford County 25911853 20.5%
Carteret County 24813435 14.1%
Durham County 22912435 15.3%

Other large lenders in North Carolina

LenderGradeApplicationsDenial rateMedian rate
State Employees'C 47,89325.2%6.25%
Rocket MortgageC 25,10916.0%6.63%
United Shore Financial ServicesB 18,88411.4%6.13%
Vanderbilt Mortgage and FinanceF 15,00838.0%7.75%
Truist BankC 14,36430.3%6.50%
Movement MortgageA 11,0912.6%6.63%
First-Citizens Bank & TrustB 10,31919.6%6.38%
Bank of AmericaF 10,27628.2%6.24%
Mortgage Research CenterC 10,02917.7%6.25%
Freedom MortgageB 9,6327.1%6.13%

Frequently asked questions

North Carolina: 10,565 applications in 2025, of which 5,249 were originated and 2,054 denied.

19.4% of all applications, or 27.7% of the applications it actually decided on. The North Carolina statewide average across all lenders was 18.1%.

The median rate on loans Navy Federal Credit Union originated in North Carolina in 2025 was 7.13%, against a statewide median of 6.50%.

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