First-Citizens Bank & Trust · Illinois · 2025

First-Citizens Bank & Trust in Illinois: approval rate, denial rate and rates (2025)

First-Citizens Bank & Trust took 24 mortgage applications in Illinois in 2025, ranking #571 of 1,150 lenders active in the state. It originated 66.7% of them and denied 8.3% (10.5% of the applications it decided), against a statewide denial rate of 17.1%.

24Applicationsin IL
10.5%Decision denial ratestate 21.7%
6.00%Median ratestate 6.75%
$450,000Median loanstate $185,000
$16MVolume7 counties

First-Citizens Bank & Trust in Illinois vs the state

8.3%Denial rate-8.79 pts vs state
10.5%Decision denial rate-11.15 pts vs state
66.7%Origination rate+7.93 pts vs state
6.00%Median rate-0.75 pts vs state
-0.19Rate spread (pts)-0.57 pts vs state
$369kMedian applicant income
16Loans originated
2Denied

Trend in Illinois

YearApplicationsOriginatedDenial rateMedian rateRank in state
202324158.3%5.75%#571
202429116.9%6.00%#535
202524168.3%6.00%#571

What First-Citizens Bank & Trust lends in Illinois

By loan purpose

Home purchase 17 71% · 11.8% denied
Refinance 2 8% · 0.0% denied
Other / HELOC 5 21% · 0.0% denied

By loan type

Conventional 22 92% · 4.6% denied
FHA 2 8% · 50.0% denied

Why it denied Illinois applicants

Insufficient cash 1 50%
Debt-to-income ratio 1 50%

Where in Illinois

Counties with the most First-Citizens Bank & Trust applications in 2025.

CountyApplicationsOriginatedDeniedDenial rate
Cook County 1391 7.7%
DuPage County 430 0.0%
Will County 211 50.0%
Lake County 210 0.0%
Knox County 110 0.0%
Champaign County 110 0.0%
Kane County 100 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: 24 applications in 2025, of which 16 were originated and 2 denied.

8.3% of all applications, or 10.5% of the applications it actually decided on. The Illinois statewide average across all lenders was 17.1%.

The median rate on loans First-Citizens Bank & Trust originated in Illinois in 2025 was 6.00%, against a statewide median of 6.75%.

About this data. Figures are First-Citizens Bank & Trust'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