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Chattanooga Federal Employees Credit Union
HMDA reporter, headquartered in Chattanooga, Tennessee. 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.
In 2024, Chattanooga Federal Employees Credit Union filed HMDA records for 25 applications and 19 originations in Tennessee, worth $3.1m.
With fewer than 25 applications in some cells, rates for this lender are withheld.
By loan purpose the originations were mostly cash-out refinancing (68%) and home purchase (21%); by loan type, conventional (100%).
Applications were down 47% on 2023.
Compared with Tennessee and the nation
| Measure | This lender | Tennessee, all lenders | United States |
|---|---|---|---|
| Denial rate (denied ÷ decided applications) | — | 22.6% | 24.3% |
| Median rate spread, percentage points | — | 0.3 | 0.3 |
| Originations with spread of 1.5 pp or more | — | 14.7% | 15.6% |
| Average originated loan | — | $302k | $329k |
| Home purchase share of originations | 21.1% | 55.5% | 57.0% |
| FHA-insured share of originations | 0.0% | 15.5% | 13.4% |
| VA-guaranteed share of originations | 0.0% | 10.0% | 7.9% |
| Applications withdrawn by applicant | 20.0% | 13.9% | 14.3% |
Tennessee 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
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| Year | Applications | Originations | Amount | Denial rate | Median spread | LAR records |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | — | — | — | — | — | 65 |
| 2022 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2023 | 47 | 37 | $6.0m | 9.3% | 1.6 | 47 |
| 2024 | 25 | 19 | $3.1m | — | — | 28 |
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 21% (4)Refinancing 11% (2)Cash-out refinancing 68% (13)
By type
Conventional 100% (19)
| Loan type | Applications | Originations | Denied | Denial rate (of applications) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conventional | 25 | 19 | 0 | 0.0% |
| FHA-insured | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| VA-guaranteed | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 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 | 19 | 67.9% |
| 2 Application approved but not accepted | 1 | 3.6% |
| 3 Application denied | 0 | 0.0% |
| 4 Application withdrawn by applicant | 5 | 17.9% |
| 5 File closed for incompleteness | 0 | 0.0% |
| 6 Purchased loan | 0 | 0.0% |
| 7 Preapproval request denied | 1 | 3.6% |
| 8 Preapproval request approved but not accepted | 2 | 7.1% |
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
Denial reason breakdown withheld: fewer than 25 denials.
States
No state reaches 25 applications.
Counties
No county reaches 50 applications.
Questions and answers
How many mortgages did Chattanooga Federal Employees Credit Union originate in 2024?
19 loans totalling $3.1m, from 25 applications reported under HMDA. It also purchased 0 loans from other institutions, which are counted separately.
What is Chattanooga Federal Employees Credit Union's denial rate and how does it compare?
Withheld: fewer than 25 applications.
Which counties does Chattanooga Federal Employees Credit Union lend in most?
No county cell reaches 50 applications, so county detail is not shown.
What loan types does Chattanooga Federal Employees Credit Union make?
Conventional 19, FHA 0, VA 0 and USDA 0 originations in 2024; by purpose, home purchase 4, home improvement 0, refinancing 2, cash-out refinancing 13 and other purpose 0.
What reasons did Chattanooga Federal Employees Credit Union report for denials?
Not enough denials to report a breakdown.
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. 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. 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.