First Colony Mortgage · Illinois · 2025

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

First Colony Mortgage took 68 mortgage applications in Illinois in 2025, ranking #408 of 1,150 lenders active in the state. It originated 52.9% of them and denied 8.8% (11.3% of the applications it decided), against a statewide denial rate of 17.1%.

68Applicationsin IL
11.3%Decision denial ratestate 21.7%
7.13%Median ratestate 6.75%
$305,000Median loanstate $185,000
$13MVolume10 counties

First Colony Mortgage in Illinois vs the state

8.8%Denial rate-8.30 pts vs state
11.3%Decision denial rate-10.36 pts vs state
52.9%Origination rate-5.80 pts vs state
7.13%Median rate+0.38 pts vs state
0.60Rate spread (pts)+0.22 pts vs state
$100kMedian applicant income
36Loans originated
6Denied

Trend in Illinois

YearApplicationsOriginatedDenial rateMedian rateRank in state
2024371835.1%6.81%#495
202568368.8%7.13%#408

What First Colony Mortgage lends in Illinois

By loan purpose

Home purchase 33 49% · 9.1% denied
Refinance 23 34% · 8.7% denied
Cash-out refinance 12 18% · 8.3% denied

By loan type

Conventional 60 88% · 10.0% denied
FHA 5 7% · 0.0% denied
VA 3 4% · 0.0% denied

Why it denied Illinois applicants

Credit history 3 50%
Debt-to-income ratio 2 33%
Unverifiable information 1 17%

Where in Illinois

Counties with the most First Colony Mortgage applications in 2025.

CountyApplicationsOriginatedDeniedDenial rate
Cook County 46254 8.7%
Will County 530 0.0%
Kane County 430 0.0%
Lake County 320 0.0%
Winnebago County 310 0.0%
Kendall County 211 50.0%
DuPage County 201 50.0%
Jackson County 110 0.0%
Rock Island County 100 0.0%
Jo Daviess 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: 68 applications in 2025, of which 36 were originated and 6 denied.

8.8% of all applications, or 11.3% of the applications it actually decided on. The Illinois statewide average across all lenders was 17.1%.

The median rate on loans First Colony Mortgage originated in Illinois in 2025 was 7.13%, against a statewide median of 6.75%.

About this data. Figures are First Colony 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