Mortgage lender · Superior, WI · LEI 5493008BSTI0PQR0IL08

Superior Choice Credit Union review: approval odds, rates and grade (2025)

Superior Choice Credit Union earns a B, better than most home-equity (HELOC) lenders. It turned down 22.8% of the applications it decided on in 2025, which ranks in the 55th percentile for approval odds. Its median loan was priced 1.05 points below the average prime offer rate, ranking in the 85th percentile on pricing. Compared against 412 home-equity (HELOC) lenders using 2025 HMDA filings.

581Applications2025
66.4%Originatedof applications
22.8%Decision denial ratenational 22.6%
5.88%Median ratenational 6.63%
$47MLoan volume5 states

Superior Choice Credit Union at a glance, 2025

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

20.3%Denial rate (all applications)+2.33 pts vs national
22.8%Denial rate (decided applications)+0.23 pts vs national
66.4%Origination rate+8.41 pts vs national
10.5%Withdrawn by applicant
0.5%Closed for incompleteness
5.88%Median interest rate-0.75 pts vs national
-1.05Median rate spread (pts over APOR)-1.30 pts vs national
$75,000Median loan amount
$3,382Median total loan costs
$83kMedian applicant income
61%Median loan-to-value
0High-cost (HOEPA) loans

How the B grade breaks down

Each component is a percentile rank among 412 home-equity (HELOC) lenders. Higher is better. Components the lender does not report are left out and the weights redistributed.

Approval oddsdecision denial rate, weight 45%

55th22.8% denied

Pricingmedian rate spread over APOR, weight 30%

85th-1.05 pts

Processwithdrawn + incomplete share, weight 15%

58th11.0%

Closing coststotal loan costs ÷ loan amount, weight 10%

20th4.51% of loan

Trend, 2023–2025

YearApplicationsOriginatedDenial rateDecision denialMedian rateVolume
202388959718.7%21.5%7.00%$66M
202481146818.3%22.5%6.63%$54M
202558138620.3%22.8%5.88%$47M

What Superior Choice 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 125 22% · 13.6% denied
Refinance 63 11% · 11.1% denied
Cash-out refinance 70 12% · 21.4% denied
Home improvement 169 29% · 18.3% denied
Other / HELOC 154 27% · 31.2% denied

By loan type

Conventional 581 100% · 20.3% denied

Also: 412 home-equity lines, 0 reverse mortgages, 33 manufactured homes, 36 investment properties.

Why Superior Choice Credit Union denies applications

Primary reason reported for each of the 118 denials in 2025. Lenders can cite up to four reasons; this is the first one listed.

Debt-to-income ratio 54 46%
Credit history 35 30%
Collateral 19 16%
Other 8 7%
Incomplete application 1 1%
Employment history 1 1%

How these reasons compare nationally →

Who gets approved at Superior Choice Credit Union

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

Applicant incomeApplicationsOriginatedDecision denial rate
Under $50k995337.5%
$50k – $100k23814824.5%
$100k – $150k1279020.5%
$150k – $250k786211.1%
Applicant ageApplicationsOriginatedDecision denial rate
25–34785414.9%
35–441116533.0%
45–541448927.1%
55–641067321.1%
65–74855916.9%
Over 74261920.0%

Where Superior Choice Credit Union lends

5 states and 27 counties in 2025. Click a state for the lender's full record there.

StateApplicationsOriginatedDenial rateMedian rateRank in state
Wisconsin49232919.5%5.88%#88
Minnesota805720.0%6.00%#232

Frequently asked questions

Superior Choice Credit Union denied 22.8% of the applications it decided on in 2025. The national figure across all lenders was 22.6%. On approval odds it ranks in the 55th percentile of home-equity (HELOC) lenders.

The most common reason Superior Choice Credit Union gave in 2025 was "debt-to-income ratio", cited on 45.8% 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 Superior Choice Credit Union originated in 2025 was 5.88%, and its median rate spread over the average prime offer rate was -1.05 points. Rates on this page are what borrowers actually got, not advertised rates.

In 2025, 22% of its applications were for home purchases, 23% for refinancing (including cash-out), and 56% 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 Superior Choice Credit Union. Data sources · Methodology