Credit unions have a $15 Billion problem.
We are forming a CUSO to help them solve it.
November 2026
Everything went up faster than their paycheck
Home prices
Doubled
Property taxes
↑ 40%
Home insurance
+100%
Groceries/Energy/Gasoline
↑ 25%
Credit cards
23% APR
Home equity funding at credit unions
$55.8B
$61.0B
$71.3B
−$12.6B
−$13.6B
−$14.7B
2023
2024
2025
Wall Street is now buying some of their home equity
Home Equity Investment
cash today
$100,000
monthly payment
$0
settled
when home sells
Cumulative HEI Securitization
Issued that year
Issued in earlier years
$0.7B
2021
3 deals
$1.1B
2022
5 deals
$1.8B
2023
9 deals
$3.0B
2024
15 deals
$5.7B
2025
25 deals
$8.3B
2026*
33 deals
*Through Oct 22, 2026. Headline deal size at close. Sources: issuer releases, Morningstar DBRS, HousingWire, Asset Securitization Report.
The flow
CREDIT UNION
Refers its members
EQUITY ADVANCE
The CUSO
Program administrator
LICENSED ENTITY
Originator of record
BUYER
Insurance / Pension
Data
Leads
Sells contracts
Program administrator fee
CUSO · credit union service organization
NOW - SAFE OPEN
$2M SEED
capped at a $20M valuation
$700K of $2M funded
1
Secure our first credit union partnerships
2
Secure the financing facility
3
Launch and test the pilot
All done by end of Q1 2027
Focus is on the top 40 credit unions
$175M
Avg. Annual DTI
Turndowns per CU
105
Avg. Monthly Denied
Members

Sources. Credit unions: 2025 HMDA HELOC and home equity loan data, shown in each credit union’s headquarters state. DTI volume is DTI-denied applications × the credit union’s average funded loan; denial reasons are each denied applicant’s primary reason. HEI volume: ICE county records of HEI contracts recorded in 2025, by property state; single recordings of $1M+ excluded. Click a state’s HEI volume for its history and county breakdown.
15 credit unions match market leaders $1.5B valuation
2025 HEI VOLUME
$313.3M
$633.8M
$719.9M
$720.2M
$737.6M
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15 CREDIT UNIONS
Hometap: $1.53B post-money, Dec 2025 round led by Gallatin Point (Crunchbase via Metal). Volume: 2025 recorded HEI contracts (ICE).