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Caribe Federal Credit Union
HMDA reporter, headquartered in San Juan, Puerto Rico. Record for calendar year 2024.
HMDA data alone cannot be used 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. Figures are from the 2024 public HMDA loan/application register; cells under 25 applications are withheld.
Caribe Federal Credit Union reported 84 mortgage applications under the Home Mortgage Disclosure Act for 2024 in Puerto Rico, of which 47 became loans it originated, for $6.6m in total.
Its denial rate, the share of decided applications the lender denied, was 40.5%, above the national rate of 24.3% and above the Puerto Rico rate of 20.5%. 5 applications were withdrawn by the applicant and 0 files were closed for incompleteness; those are not counted in the denial rate.
The median rate spread on its originated loans, the difference between the loan's APR and the average prime offer rate, was 0.8 percentage points (national median 0.3); 19.5% of its originations had a spread of 1.5 points or more.
By loan purpose the originations were mostly cash-out refinancing (51%) and home purchase (49%); by loan type, conventional (89%) and FHA (6%).
The largest volumes were in Puerto Rico (47 originations).
Applications were down 18% on 2023.
VA lender statistics list 1 VA-guaranteed loans for the lender in August 2026.
Compared with Puerto Rico and the nation
| Measure | This lender | Puerto Rico, all lenders | United States |
|---|---|---|---|
| Denial rate (denied ÷ decided applications) | 40.5% | 20.5% | 24.3% |
| Median rate spread, percentage points | 0.8 | 0.2 | 0.3 |
| Originations with spread of 1.5 pp or more | 19.5% | 9.8% | 15.6% |
| Average originated loan | $140k | $188k | $329k |
| Home purchase share of originations | 48.9% | 86.9% | 57.0% |
| FHA-insured share of originations | 6.4% | 43.4% | 13.4% |
| VA-guaranteed share of originations | 4.3% | 6.1% | 7.9% |
| Applications withdrawn by applicant | 6.0% | 11.8% | 14.3% |
Puerto Rico is the lender's largest state by applications. State and national columns cover every HMDA reporter. Rate spread is reported on originated loans only.
Trend by year
ApplicationsOriginations
This lenderPuerto RicoUnited States
| Year | Applications | Originations | Amount | Denial rate | Median spread | LAR records |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | — | — | — | — | — | 87 |
| 2019 | — | — | — | — | — | 107 |
| 2020 | — | — | — | — | — | 124 |
| 2021 | — | — | — | — | — | 153 |
| 2022 | 92 | 53 | $6.7m | 37.9% | 0.9 | 92 |
| 2023 | 102 | 54 | $7.4m | 44.3% | 0.5 | 102 |
| 2024 | 84 | 47 | $6.6m | 40.5% | 0.8 | 84 |
Applications, originations and rates are computed from the public LAR for 2022, 2023, 2024; LAR record counts come from each year's transmittal sheet.
Loan purpose and loan type
By purpose
Home purchase 49% (23)Cash-out refinancing 51% (24)
By type
Conventional 89% (42)FHA 6% (3)VA 4% (2)
| Loan type | Applications | Originations | Denied | Denial rate (of applications) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conventional | 73 | 42 | 27 | 37.0% |
| FHA-insured | 8 | 3 | 4 | — |
| VA-guaranteed | 3 | 2 | 1 | — |
| USDA Rural Housing Service or Farm Service Agency guaranteed | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
Shares are of originated loans. The per-type denial rate here divides denials by all applications of that type, because decided counts are not kept per type.
Action taken
| HMDA action taken | Records | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 1 Loan originated | 47 | 56.0% |
| 2 Application approved but not accepted | 0 | 0.0% |
| 3 Application denied | 32 | 38.1% |
| 4 Application withdrawn by applicant | 5 | 6.0% |
| 5 File closed for incompleteness | 0 | 0.0% |
| 6 Purchased loan | 0 | 0.0% |
| 7 Preapproval request denied | 0 | 0.0% |
| 8 Preapproval request approved but not accepted | 0 | 0.0% |
Codes and labels are the HMDA action-taken codes. Applications are codes 1–5; the denial rate divides code 3 by codes 1–3.
Denial reasons as coded
Share of the lender's 32 denials by the first denial reason it coded (outlined bar: all lenders nationally). Lenders may record up to four reasons; only the first is counted here.
States
| State | Applications | Originations | Amount | Denial rate | Median spread |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Puerto Rico | 84 | 47 | $6.6m | 40.5% | 0.8 |
States with at least 25 applications. States with 100 or more link to the lender's page for that state.
Counties
No county reaches 50 applications.
VA-guaranteed loans by month
All VA loansPurchase
| Month | All | Purchase | Cash-out | IRRRL |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 2026 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Jul 2026 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jun 2026 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| May 2026 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Apr 2026 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mar 2026 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Feb 2026 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jan 2026 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dec 2025 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 2025 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 2025 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 2025 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Fiscal-year totals (VA): FY2018 494,829 · FY2019 415,719 · FY2021 346,000 · FY2022 473,000 · FY2023 160,000 · FY2024 190,072 · FY2025 748,000. Matched to the VA lender name "CARIBE FEDERAL CREDIT UNION"; VA counts loans by guarantee date, HMDA by application year, so the two series differ.
Questions and answers
How many mortgages did Caribe Federal Credit Union originate in 2024?
47 loans totalling $6.6m, from 84 applications reported under HMDA. It also purchased 0 loans from other institutions, which are counted separately.
What is Caribe Federal Credit Union's denial rate and how does it compare?
40.5% of decided applications were denied in 2024, against 24.3% nationally and 20.5% in Puerto Rico. HMDA data alone cannot be used to determine whether a lender is complying with fair lending laws; the data do not include some legitimate credit risk considerations.
Which counties does Caribe Federal Credit Union lend in most?
No county cell reaches 50 applications, so county detail is not shown.
What loan types does Caribe Federal Credit Union make?
Conventional 42, FHA 3, VA 2 and USDA 0 originations in 2024; by purpose, home purchase 23, home improvement 0, refinancing 0, cash-out refinancing 24 and other purpose 0.
What reasons did Caribe Federal Credit Union report for denials?
The first denial reason recorded most often was collateral (13), debt-to-income ratio (7) and other (6), as coded by the lender in its HMDA filing.
Where does this data come from?
From the 2024 public HMDA loan/application register published by the FFIEC and CFPB, with the lender's name from its HMDA transmittal sheet and VA loan volume from the Department of Veterans Affairs lender statistics. Cells under 25 applications are withheld.
Provenance
Source: Home Mortgage Disclosure Act public loan/application register for 2024 (trend years 2022, 2023, 2024) and transmittal sheets 2018–2024, published by the FFIEC and CFPB at ffiec.cfpb.gov, public domain; VA lender statistics from the Department of Veterans Affairs. Lender identity is the LEI and name on its transmittal sheet. This site was built 30 Sep 2026. Errors in processing are corrected at the next build; see corrections. Data through 1 Aug 2026.