Mortgage lender · Petersburg, VA · LEI 25490039PWHR3LPL6D62

Peoples Advantage Federal Credit Union review: approval odds, rates and grade (2025)

Peoples Advantage Federal Credit Union earns an F, in the bottom tier of small mortgage lenders. It turned down 32.1% of the applications it decided on in 2025, which ranks in the 7th percentile for approval odds. Compared against 1,883 small mortgage lenders using 2025 HMDA filings.

128Applications2025
56.3%Originatedof applications
32.1%Decision denial ratenational 22.6%
Median ratenational 6.63%
$4.5MLoan volume2 states

Peoples Advantage Federal Credit Union at a glance, 2025

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

26.6%Denial rate (all applications)+8.58 pts vs national
32.1%Denial rate (decided applications)+9.49 pts vs national
56.3%Origination rate-1.78 pts vs national
10.9%Withdrawn by applicant
6.3%Closed for incompleteness
Median interest rate
Median rate spread (pts over APOR)
$45,000Median loan amount
Median total loan costs
$70kMedian applicant income
Median loan-to-value
0High-cost (HOEPA) loans

How the F 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%

7th32.1% denied

Processwithdrawn + incomplete share, weight 15%

27th17.2%

Trend, 2023–2025

YearApplicationsOriginatedDenial rateDecision denialMedian rateVolume
2023814421.0%24.3%$2.8M
20241146229.0%33.3%$4.1M
20251287226.6%32.1%$4.5M

What Peoples Advantage Federal 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 1 1% · 100.0% denied
Refinance 11 9% · 27.3% denied
Cash-out refinance 14 11% · 14.3% denied
Home improvement 61 48% · 27.9% denied
Other / HELOC 41 32% · 26.8% denied

By loan type

Conventional 128 100% · 26.6% denied

Also: 0 home-equity lines, 0 reverse mortgages, 5 manufactured homes, 4 investment properties.

Who gets approved at Peoples Advantage Federal Credit Union

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

Applicant incomeApplicationsOriginatedDecision denial rate
Under $50k281722.7%
$50k – $100k632944.2%
$100k – $150k23195.0%
Applicant ageApplicationsOriginatedDecision denial rate
35–44211037.5%
45–54261054.6%
55–64261722.7%
65–74251534.8%

Where Peoples Advantage Federal Credit Union lends

2 states and 19 counties in 2025. Click a state for the lender's full record there.

StateApplicationsOriginatedDenial rateMedian rateRank in state
Virginia1226727.1%#268

Frequently asked questions

Peoples Advantage Federal Credit Union denied 32.1% of the applications it decided on in 2025. The national figure across all lenders was 22.6%. On approval odds it ranks in the 7th percentile of small mortgage lenders.

In 2025, 1% of its applications were for home purchases, 20% for refinancing (including cash-out), and 80% 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 Peoples Advantage Federal Credit Union. Data sources · Methodology