Niagara'S Choice Federal Credit Union · New York · 2025

Niagara'S Choice Federal Credit Union in New York: approval rate, denial rate and rates (2025)

Niagara'S Choice Federal Credit Union took 192 mortgage applications in New York in 2025, ranking #210 of 750 lenders active in the state. It originated 70.8% of them and denied 27.6% (28.0% of the applications it decided), against a statewide denial rate of 19.8%.

192Applicationsin NY
28.0%Decision denial ratestate 24.0%
5.55%Median ratestate 6.63%
$65,000Median loanstate $235,000
$14MVolume3 counties

Niagara'S Choice Federal Credit Union in New York vs the state

27.6%Denial rate+7.85 pts vs state
28.0%Decision denial rate+4.00 pts vs state
70.8%Origination rate+11.24 pts vs state
5.55%Median rate-1.08 pts vs state
-0.54Rate spread (pts)-0.75 pts vs state
$105kMedian applicant income
136Loans originated
53Denied

Trend in New York

YearApplicationsOriginatedDenial rateMedian rateRank in state
2023107938.4%6.60%#259
202459570.0%7.00%#309
202519213627.6%5.55%#210

What Niagara'S Choice Federal Credit Union lends in New York

By loan purpose

Home purchase 19 10% · 31.6% denied
Refinance 27 14% · 14.8% denied
Cash-out refinance 1 1% · 0.0% denied
Home improvement 86 45% · 27.9% denied
Other / HELOC 59 31% · 32.2% denied

By loan type

Conventional 192 100% · 27.6% denied

Why it denied New York applicants

Debt-to-income ratio 28 53%
Other 14 26%
Collateral 7 13%
Employment history 3 6%
Incomplete application 1 2%

Where in New York

Counties with the most Niagara'S Choice Federal Credit Union applications in 2025.

CountyApplicationsOriginatedDeniedDenial rate
Niagara County 15810749 31.0%
Erie County 33284 12.1%
Orleans County 110 0.0%

Other large lenders in New York

LenderGradeApplicationsDenial rateMedian rate
Citizens BankC 20,31532.7%7.97%
Rocket MortgageC 19,92422.0%6.88%
United Shore Financial ServicesB 14,77711.2%6.50%
JPMorgan Chase BankB 14,73511.7%6.38%
Manufacturers and Traders TrustC 12,33531.3%5.99%
Bank of AmericaF 10,19335.7%5.99%
Bethpage Federal Credit UnionC 9,73647.2%6.49%
TD BankD 9,23930.2%7.69%
NewrezD 8,65424.2%6.75%
ESL Federal Credit UnionB 7,81717.6%4.50%

Frequently asked questions

New York: 192 applications in 2025, of which 136 were originated and 53 denied.

27.6% of all applications, or 28.0% of the applications it actually decided on. The New York statewide average across all lenders was 19.8%.

The median rate on loans Niagara'S Choice Federal Credit Union originated in New York in 2025 was 5.55%, against a statewide median of 6.63%.

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