Lender Register

Lenders › Frontwave Credit Union › California

Frontwave Credit Union in California

HMDA record for properties in California, calendar year 2024. National record · California overview

LEI 549300PEQH6YK4DH0490
Reporting agency National Credit Union Administration
State California

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. Cells under 25 applications are withheld.

Frontwave Credit Union's 2024 HMDA record for California covers 723 applications, 413 of them originated, worth $61m.

Its denial rate in the state was 27.9%, above the California rate of 24.8% across all lenders and compared with the lender's national rate of 28.1%.

The median rate spread on its California originations was 0.6 percentage points (state median 0.4).

Applications in the state were up 12% on 2023.

723applications in CA, 202499.6% of the lender's total
413loans originated$61m
27.9%denial rateCA all lenders 24.8%
0.6 ppmedian rate spreadCA 0.4 pp

Compared with the state and the lender's national record

MeasureIn CaliforniaCalifornia, all lendersFrontwave Credit Union, all statesUnited States
Denial rate27.9%24.8%28.1%24.3%
Median rate spread, pp0.60.40.60.3
Originations with spread of 1.5 pp or more12.0%19.9%11.9%15.6%
Average originated loan$149k$566k$149k$329k
Home purchase share6.5%51.2%6.8%57.0%
FHA-insured share0.0%11.4%0.0%13.4%
VA-guaranteed share1.7%4.8%1.9%7.9%

Trend by year

ApplicationsOriginations

06311,2622022: 1,262 Applications2023: 646 Applications2024: 723 Applications2022: 792 Originations2023: 363 Originations2024: 413 Originations202220232024
Frontwave Credit Union in California: applications and originations, 2022–2024

This lender in stateCalifornia, all lenders

0%13.9%27.9%2022: 20.8% This lender in state2023: 24.4% This lender in state2024: 27.9% This lender in state202220232024
Denial rate by year, state rate dashed

Loan purpose and loan type in California

By purpose

Home purchase 7% (27)Home improvement 7% (30)Refinancing 30% (123)Cash-out refinancing 50% (205)Other purpose 7% (28)

By type

Conventional 98% (406)VA 2% (7)

Denial reasons as coded

Credit history36.1%
Debt-to-income ratio33.7%
Other13.3%
Collateral7.2%
Credit application incomplete4.8%
Unverifiable information3.6%
Insufficient cash (downpayment, closing costs)1.2%
Employment history0%
Mortgage insurance denied0%

Share of 166 denials in California by first denial reason coded (outlined bar: all lenders in the state).

Counties in California

CountyApplicationsOriginationsAmountDenial rate
San Diego County333208$37m23.0%
Riverside County214124$15m27.4%
San Bernardino County15173$7.2m37.1%

Counties with at least 25 applications, by originations.

Questions and answers

How many mortgages did Frontwave Credit Union originate in California in 2024?

413 loans totalling $61m, from 723 applications reported for properties in California.

What is Frontwave Credit Union's denial rate in California?

27.9% of decided applications in California were denied, against 24.8% for all lenders in the state and 28.1% for this lender nationally. HMDA data alone cannot be used to determine whether a lender is complying with fair lending laws.

Which California counties does Frontwave Credit Union lend in most?

By originations: San Diego County (208), Riverside County (124), San Bernardino County (73).

Where does this data come from?

From the 2024 public HMDA loan/application register (FFIEC and CFPB), filtered to the lender's LEI and the property state. Cells under 25 applications are withheld.

Provenance

Source: HMDA public loan/application register 2022, 2023, 2024 (FFIEC and CFPB, public domain), records for this LEI with a property in California. Built 30 Sep 2026; data through 1 Aug 2026. See methodology and corrections.