Digital · Illinois · 2025

Digital in Illinois: approval rate, denial rate and rates (2025)

Digital took 140 mortgage applications in Illinois in 2025, ranking #303 of 1,150 lenders active in the state. It originated 37.1% of them and denied 16.4% (29.9% of the applications it decided), against a statewide denial rate of 17.1%.

140Applicationsin IL
29.9%Decision denial ratestate 21.7%
7.75%Median ratestate 6.75%
$245,000Median loanstate $185,000
$12MVolume15 counties

Digital in Illinois vs the state

16.4%Denial rate-0.69 pts vs state
29.9%Decision denial rate+8.19 pts vs state
37.1%Origination rate-21.60 pts vs state
7.75%Median rate+1.00 pts vs state
0.62Rate spread (pts)+0.23 pts vs state
$156kMedian applicant income
52Loans originated
23Denied

Trend in Illinois

YearApplicationsOriginatedDenial rateMedian rateRank in state
20232948816.3%6.00%#168
20242045314.7%7.75%#224
20251405216.4%7.75%#303

What Digital lends in Illinois

By loan purpose

Home purchase 63 45% · 11.1% denied
Refinance 15 11% · 6.7% denied
Cash-out refinance 14 10% · 21.4% denied
Home improvement 28 20% · 25.0% denied
Other / HELOC 20 14% · 25.0% denied

By loan type

Conventional 140 100% · 16.4% denied

Why it denied Illinois applicants

Debt-to-income ratio 12 52%
Collateral 6 26%
Credit history 3 13%
Other 2 9%

Where in Illinois

Counties with the most Digital applications in 2025.

CountyApplicationsOriginatedDeniedDenial rate
Cook County 411211 26.8%
Will County 2280 0.0%
Lake County 2164 19.0%
DuPage County 19113 15.8%
McLean County 921 11.1%
Kane County 730 0.0%
McHenry County 642 33.3%
Kendall County 420 0.0%
Peoria County 401 25.0%
Champaign County 210 0.0%

Other large lenders in Illinois

LenderGradeApplicationsDenial rateMedian rate
Guaranteed RateB 17,4794.9%6.63%
Rocket MortgageC 16,97119.7%6.75%
United Shore Financial ServicesB 15,64413.0%6.50%
JPMorgan Chase BankB 13,5749.7%6.49%
U.S. BankD 10,07638.3%7.00%
Crosscountry MortgageB 8,7794.5%6.75%
Fifth Third BankD 8,62832.1%7.50%
The Huntington National BankD 8,22631.9%6.99%
BMO BankF 8,00732.7%8.33%
Loandepot.ComD 7,01917.7%6.88%

Frequently asked questions

Illinois: 140 applications in 2025, of which 52 were originated and 23 denied.

16.4% of all applications, or 29.9% of the applications it actually decided on. The Illinois statewide average across all lenders was 17.1%.

The median rate on loans Digital originated in Illinois in 2025 was 7.75%, against a statewide median of 6.75%.

About this data. Figures are Digital's own HMDA filing for properties located in Illinois, 2025. The grade is national; state-level figures are shown for context and are not separately graded. Methodology