Direct Mortgage · Illinois · 2025

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

Direct Mortgage took 5 mortgage applications in Illinois in 2025, ranking #769 of 1,150 lenders active in the state. It originated 80.0% of them and denied 20.0% (20.0% of the applications it decided), against a statewide denial rate of 17.1%.

5Applicationsin IL
20.0%Decision denial ratestate 21.7%
6.44%Median ratestate 6.75%
$315,000Median loanstate $185,000
$1.5MVolume4 counties

Direct Mortgage in Illinois vs the state

20.0%Denial rate+2.88 pts vs state
20.0%Decision denial rate-1.68 pts vs state
80.0%Origination rate+21.26 pts vs state
6.44%Median rate-0.31 pts vs state
Rate spread (pts)
$93kMedian applicant income
4Loans originated
1Denied

Trend in Illinois

YearApplicationsOriginatedDenial rateMedian rateRank in state
2024770.0%6.38%#708
20255420.0%6.44%#769

What Direct Mortgage lends in Illinois

By loan purpose

Home purchase 5 100% · 20.0% denied

By loan type

Conventional 2 40% · 0.0% denied
FHA 2 40% · 0.0% denied
VA 1 20% · 100.0% denied

Why it denied Illinois applicants

Incomplete application 1 100%

Where in Illinois

Counties with the most Direct Mortgage applications in 2025.

CountyApplicationsOriginatedDeniedDenial rate
Lake County 220 0.0%
DeKalb County 110 0.0%
Jo Daviess County 101 100.0%
DuPage County 110 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: 5 applications in 2025, of which 4 were originated and 1 denied.

20.0% of all applications, or 20.0% of the applications it actually decided on. The Illinois statewide average across all lenders was 17.1%.

The median rate on loans Direct Mortgage originated in Illinois in 2025 was 6.44%, against a statewide median of 6.75%.

About this data. Figures are Direct Mortgage'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