Piedmont Advantage Credit Union · North Carolina · 2025

Piedmont Advantage Credit Union in North Carolina: approval rate, denial rate and rates (2025)

Piedmont Advantage Credit Union took 133 mortgage applications in North Carolina in 2025, ranking #283 of 1,253 lenders active in the state. It originated 56.4% of them and denied 40.6% (41.9% of the applications it decided), against a statewide denial rate of 18.1%.

133Applicationsin NC
41.9%Decision denial ratestate 22.8%
8.00%Median ratestate 6.50%
$75,000Median loanstate $225,000
$6.3MVolume20 counties

Piedmont Advantage Credit Union in North Carolina vs the state

40.6%Denial rate+22.54 pts vs state
41.9%Decision denial rate+19.04 pts vs state
56.4%Origination rate-1.42 pts vs state
8.00%Median rate+1.50 pts vs state
0.74Rate spread (pts)+0.65 pts vs state
$82kMedian applicant income
75Loans originated
54Denied

Trend in North Carolina

YearApplicationsOriginatedDenial rateMedian rateRank in state
20231338335.3%8.25%#247
20241135945.1%8.25%#289
20251337540.6%8.00%#283

What Piedmont Advantage Credit Union lends in North Carolina

By loan purpose

Home purchase 6 5% · 33.3% denied
Refinance 13 10% · 23.1% denied
Cash-out refinance 3 2% · 33.3% denied
Home improvement 44 33% · 40.9% denied
Other / HELOC 67 50% · 44.8% denied

By loan type

Conventional 133 100% · 40.6% denied

Why it denied North Carolina applicants

Debt-to-income ratio 24 44%
Other 17 31%
Collateral 8 15%
Credit history 5 9%

Where in North Carolina

Counties with the most Piedmont Advantage Credit Union applications in 2025.

CountyApplicationsOriginatedDeniedDenial rate
Forsyth County 25158 32.0%
Mecklenburg County 241310 41.7%
Iredell County 241311 45.8%
Guilford County 1459 64.3%
Davidson County 1183 27.3%
Rockingham County 633 50.0%
Gaston County 513 60.0%
Yadkin County 440 0.0%
Catawba County 431 25.0%
Surry County 321 33.3%

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%
Navy Federal Credit UnionD 10,56519.4%7.13%
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%

Frequently asked questions

North Carolina: 133 applications in 2025, of which 75 were originated and 54 denied.

40.6% of all applications, or 41.9% of the applications it actually decided on. The North Carolina statewide average across all lenders was 18.1%.

The median rate on loans Piedmont Advantage Credit Union originated in North Carolina in 2025 was 8.00%, against a statewide median of 6.50%.

About this data. Figures are Piedmont Advantage 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