Name of the lender

Essential Credit UnionMortgage rates, total loan costs and denial rate, 2025

HMDA year2025

Years filed2025

Head office: Baton Rouge, LA
Reporting agency: National Credit Union Administration (NCUA)
Legal Entity Identifier (LEI)

Figures by state (CSV)

Essential Credit Union reported 67 mortgage applications in the HMDA data of 2025.

It originated 32 loans in 2025, for $4.1 million in total.

This page shows no median interest rate for 2025: under 20 loans with a rate.

This page shows no median total loan costs, because fewer than 20 loans report the amount.

It denied 30.8% of the applications that it decided in 2025, and the national denial rate was 22.6%.

Filed figures of Essential Credit Union, 2025
Figure	This lender	United States
Applications	67Under 0.1% of the US total	11,766,671
Loans originated	32$4.1 million	6,827,891
Median interest rate	n/aWhy there is no median	6.375%
Median total loan costs	n/a	$6,413
Denial rate	30.8%	22.6%

HMDA data are generally not used alone to determine whether a lender is complying with fair lending laws. The data do not include some legitimate credit risk considerations for loan approval and loan pricing decisions.
The words of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB). Source: Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, Summary of 2023 Data on Mortgage Lending (11 July 2024), copied on 2 Oct 2026. The figures on this page are from the HMDA data of 2025, the snapshot dataset.

Since the last update

No change on record

No tracked figure of this lender has changed since this site started its record. The record compares each update of the HMDA data with the update before it. The record of updates.

PricingMedians of 2025 loans

Median interest rate, 2025Not shown

A median needs 20 loans with a reported interest rate. No loan of the lender is in the loans that the medians use.

Medians are for originated closed-end loans with a first lien. Reverse mortgages, open-end lines of credit and loans for a business purpose are not in the medians.

Action takenHMDA codes and labels

Records of Essential Credit Union by the action taken, 2025
Action taken	Records	Share of records	US share
1Loan originated	32	47.8%	50.4%
2Application approved but not accepted	4	6.0%	3.1%
3Application denied	16	23.9%	15.6%
4Application withdrawn by applicant	10	14.9%	12.6%
5File closed for incompleteness	5	7.5%	5.1%
6Purchased loan	0	0.0%	11.7%
7Preapproval request denied	0	0.0%	0.4%
8Preapproval request approved but not accepted	0	0.0%	1.1%

The denial rate is code 3 divided by codes 1, 2 and 3: the applications that the lender decided. Codes 4 and 5 are applications with no decision. Code 6 is a loan that the lender bought.

Denial reasonsFirst reason coded

The lender has fewer than 25 denials in 2025, so this page shows no reasons.

Loan types and purposesLoans of 2025

Applications of Essential Credit Union by loan type
Loan type	Applications	Loans originated	Denial rate
Conventional	66	32	30.8%US 23.4%
USDA Rural Housing Service or Farm Service Agency guaranteed	1	0	n/aUS 12.9%

Applications of Essential Credit Union by loan purpose
Loan purpose	Applications	Loans originated	Share of loans
Home purchase	17	9	28.1%
Home improvement	1	0	0.0%
Refinancing	0	0	0.0%
Cash-out refinancing	33	18	56.3%
Other purpose	16	5	15.6%

The denial rate of a loan type is the denied applications divided by the decided applications of that type. It is "n/a" under 25 decided applications.

States where it lends1 state with 25 applications or more

Essential Credit Union by state, 2025In order of the names. A state with 100 applications or more links to the lender's page for the state.
State	Applications	Loans originated	Median interest rate	Median total loan costs	Denial rate
Louisiana	65	30	n/a	n/a	32.0%

Figures by yearHMDA 2022 to 2025

Essential Credit Union by HMDA year"n/a" shows a year with fewer than 25 applications, or a year that this site does not process.
Year	Applications	Loans originated	Median interest rate	Median total loan costs	Denial rate	Records filed
2025	67	32	n/a	n/a	30.8%	67
2024	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
2023	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
2022	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a

Records filed is the count on the lender's HMDA transmittal sheet. It includes purchased loans and requests for preapproval.

Denial rate by year: Essential Credit Union and the United States

Essential Credit UnionUnited States

Peer lenders12 lenders

These lenders originated a count of loans close to the count of this lender, in the same states. The site compares the applications of each lender by state. The list is not a ranking.

Bank of LouisianaMetairie, LA
Bank of ZacharyZachary, LA
Centric Federal Credit UnionWest Monroe, LA
Colfax BankingCompanyColfax, LA
Farmers-Merchants Bank and TrustBreaux Bridge, LA, LA
First National Bank in DeRidderDeRidder, LA
Louisiana National BankRuston, LA
M C Bank & Trust CompanyMorgan City, LA
Metairie Bank and Trust CompanyMetairie, LA
Ouachita Valley FCUWest Monroe, LA
Southwest Louisiana Credit UnionLake Charles, LA
Wymar Federal Credit UnionGeismar, LA

Official channelsLinks checked 2 Oct 2026

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Cite this page

Page: Lender Register, "Essential Credit Union (Baton Rouge, LA, LEI JQ92)", https://lenderregister.com/lender/2549004je61tgjkfjq92-essential-credit-union/
Lender: Essential Credit Union, LEI 2549004JE61TGJKFJQ92
Source: Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council and Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, Home Mortgage Disclosure Act data, 2025, snapshot dataset
Data date: HMDA year 2025. Page made 2 Oct 2026.

Provenance

The figures come from the public HMDA loan/application register of 2022 to 2025. The count of records filed comes from the transmittal sheets of 2025 to 2025. The FFIEC and the CFPB publish them at ffiec.cfpb.gov. The name, the head office and the agency are from the newest transmittal sheet of the LEI.

This site withholds a figure with fewer than 25 applications and a median with fewer than 20 loans. Method of the figures. Terms. Report an error.

Questions

How many loans did Essential Credit Union buy from other lenders in 2025?: It reported no purchased loans. HMDA counts a purchased loan apart from the applications, so the denial rate does not include it.
In which states did Essential Credit Union originate the most loans in 2025?: It had 25 applications or more in one state only: Louisiana, with 30 loans originated.
Which loan types did Essential Credit Union originate in 2025?: All its loans were of one type: 32 Conventional.
How many records did Essential Credit Union file for 2025?: Its transmittal sheet counts 67 records. The count includes purchased loans and requests for preapproval, so it is not the count of applications.