Discover Bank · Illinois · 2025

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

Discover Bank took 3,120 mortgage applications in Illinois in 2025, ranking #29 of 1,150 lenders active in the state. It originated 15.8% of them and denied 53.2% (76.4% of the applications it decided), against a statewide denial rate of 17.1%.

3.1kApplicationsin IL
76.4%Decision denial ratestate 21.7%
8.87%Median ratestate 6.75%
$65,000Median loanstate $185,000
$39MVolume95 counties

Discover Bank in Illinois vs the state

53.2%Denial rate+36.09 pts vs state
76.4%Decision denial rate+54.71 pts vs state
15.8%Origination rate-42.94 pts vs state
8.87%Median rate+2.12 pts vs state
2.41Rate spread (pts)+2.03 pts vs state
$110kMedian applicant income
493Loans originated
1,660Denied

Trend in Illinois

YearApplicationsOriginatedDenial rateMedian rateRank in state
20238,6081,27147.8%9.74%#6
20249,3431,57951.0%8.98%#6
20253,12049353.2%8.87%#29

What Discover Bank lends in Illinois

By loan purpose

Home purchase 156 5% · 54.5% denied
Refinance 498 16% · 48.0% denied
Home improvement 850 27% · 47.5% denied
Other / HELOC 1,616 52% · 57.7% denied

By loan type

Conventional 3,120 100% · 53.2% denied

Why it denied Illinois applicants

Credit history 774 47%
Incomplete application 274 17%
Debt-to-income ratio 266 16%
Collateral 178 11%
Other 147 9%
Unverifiable information 14 1%
Employment history 7 0%

Where in Illinois

Counties with the most Discover Bank applications in 2025.

CountyApplicationsOriginatedDeniedDenial rate
Cook County 1,125159604 53.7%
DuPage County 29754144 48.5%
Will County 29756150 50.5%
Lake County 26746136 50.9%
Kane County 1782477 43.3%
McHenry County 1172563 53.8%
Winnebago County 871845 51.7%
Kendall County 711142 59.2%
St. Clair County 55730 54.5%
Madison County 55636 65.5%

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: 3,120 applications in 2025, of which 493 were originated and 1,660 denied.

53.2% of all applications, or 76.4% of the applications it actually decided on. The Illinois statewide average across all lenders was 17.1%.

The median rate on loans Discover Bank originated in Illinois in 2025 was 8.87%, against a statewide median of 6.75%.

About this data. Figures are Discover Bank'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