Mortgage lender · Waterloo, IA · LEI 549300KER3YVZ3U5RK57

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

Veridian Credit Union earns a B, better than most mid-size mortgage lenders. It turned down 11.2% of the applications it decided on in 2025, which ranks in the 47th percentile for approval odds. Its median loan was priced 0.16 points below the average prime offer rate, ranking in the 91st percentile on pricing. Compared against 581 mid-size mortgage lenders using 2025 HMDA filings.

11kApplications2025
71.0%Originatedof applications
11.2%Decision denial ratenational 22.6%
6.49%Median ratenational 6.63%
$1.3BLoan volume17 states

Veridian Credit Union at a glance, 2025

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

9.1%Denial rate (all applications)-8.84 pts vs national
11.2%Denial rate (decided applications)-11.38 pts vs national
71.0%Origination rate+13.00 pts vs national
11.7%Withdrawn by applicant
6.7%Closed for incompleteness
6.49%Median interest rate-0.13 pts vs national
-0.16Median rate spread (pts over APOR)-0.42 pts vs national
$85,000Median loan amount
$1,886Median total loan costs
$104kMedian applicant income
80%Median loan-to-value
1High-cost (HOEPA) loans

How the B grade breaks down

Each component is a percentile rank among 581 mid-size mortgage lenders. Higher is better. Components the lender does not report are left out and the weights redistributed.

Approval oddsdecision denial rate, weight 45%

47th11.2% denied

Pricingmedian rate spread over APOR, weight 30%

91st-0.16 pts

Processwithdrawn + incomplete share, weight 15%

41st18.5%

Closing coststotal loan costs ÷ loan amount, weight 10%

51st2.22% of loan

Trend, 2023–2025

YearApplicationsOriginatedDenial rateDecision denialMedian rateVolume
20238,7186,11210.5%12.9%7.00%$750M
202411,0467,55412.1%14.8%6.99%$1.0B
202511,4798,1549.1%11.2%6.49%$1.3B

What Veridian 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 3,731 33% · 2.9% denied
Refinance 1,700 15% · 7.0% denied
Cash-out refinance 687 6% · 6.3% denied
Home improvement 2,948 26% · 9.6% denied
Other / HELOC 2,413 21% · 20.6% denied

By loan type

Conventional 11,347 99% · 9.2% denied
VA 132 1% · 5.3% denied

Also: 5,180 home-equity lines, 0 reverse mortgages, 24 manufactured homes, 452 investment properties.

Why Veridian Credit Union denies applications

Primary reason reported for each of the 1,049 denials in 2025. Lenders can cite up to four reasons; this is the first one listed.

Debt-to-income ratio 500 48%
Credit history 425 41%
Collateral 70 7%
Other 30 3%
Employment history 17 2%
Unverifiable information 4 0%
Mortgage insurance denied 2 0%
Insufficient cash 1 0%

How these reasons compare nationally →

Who gets approved at Veridian Credit Union

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

Applicant incomeApplicationsOriginatedDecision denial rate
Under $50k1,37374828.8%
$50k – $100k3,9702,70813.1%
$100k – $150k2,9302,2347.1%
$150k – $250k2,2531,7684.8%
Over $250k8136034.3%
Applicant ageApplicationsOriginatedDecision denial rate
Under 254803877.3%
25–342,4311,73910.3%
35–443,1852,27012.2%
45–542,5271,77011.9%
55–641,6881,18011.1%
65–7484858112.4%
Over 742861985.6%

Where Veridian Credit Union lends

17 states and 244 counties in 2025. Click a state for the lender's full record there.

StateApplicationsOriginatedDenial rateMedian rateRank in state
Iowa8,7256,2478.9%6.49%#2
Nebraska2,0511,4449.8%6.49%#6
Minnesota60540210.1%6.74%#70
Missouri32213.1%5.88%#399
Illinois25184.0%6.19%#565
Wisconsin21180.0%5.93%#415

Frequently asked questions

Veridian Credit Union denied 11.2% of the applications it decided on in 2025. The national figure across all lenders was 22.6%. On approval odds it ranks in the 47th percentile of mid-size mortgage lenders.

The most common reason Veridian Credit Union gave in 2025 was "debt-to-income ratio", cited on 47.7% 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 Veridian Credit Union originated in 2025 was 6.49%, and its median rate spread over the average prime offer rate was -0.16 points. Rates on this page are what borrowers actually got, not advertised rates.

In 2025, 33% of its applications were for home purchases, 21% for refinancing (including cash-out), and 47% for home improvement or other purposes. By loan type: 99% conventional, 0% FHA, 1% 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 Veridian Credit Union. Data sources · Methodology