First Community · Illinois · 2025

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

First Community took 294 mortgage applications in Illinois in 2025, ranking #192 of 1,150 lenders active in the state. It originated 42.5% of them and denied 37.8% (46.8% of the applications it decided), against a statewide denial rate of 17.1%.

294Applicationsin IL
46.8%Decision denial ratestate 21.7%
6.63%Median ratestate 6.75%
$75,000Median loanstate $185,000
$16MVolume18 counties

First Community in Illinois vs the state

37.8%Denial rate+20.64 pts vs state
46.8%Decision denial rate+25.16 pts vs state
42.5%Origination rate-16.22 pts vs state
6.63%Median rate-0.13 pts vs state
0.97Rate spread (pts)+0.59 pts vs state
$93kMedian applicant income
125Loans originated
111Denied

Trend in Illinois

YearApplicationsOriginatedDenial rateMedian rateRank in state
202330813239.0%7.25%#161
202425912435.1%7.13%#195
202529412537.8%6.63%#192

What First Community lends in Illinois

By loan purpose

Home purchase 81 28% · 29.6% denied
Refinance 5 2% · 40.0% denied
Cash-out refinance 24 8% · 33.3% denied
Home improvement 120 41% · 40.0% denied
Other / HELOC 64 22% · 45.3% denied

By loan type

Conventional 294 100% · 37.8% denied

Why it denied Illinois applicants

Credit history 50 45%
Debt-to-income ratio 46 41%
Collateral 5 5%
Incomplete application 5 5%
Other 3 3%
Unverifiable information 2 2%

Where in Illinois

Counties with the most First Community applications in 2025.

CountyApplicationsOriginatedDeniedDenial rate
Madison County 1305548 36.9%
St. Clair County 993746 46.5%
Monroe County 372010 27.0%
Macoupin County 511 20.0%
Johnson County 210 0.0%
Cook County 220 0.0%
Clinton County 220 0.0%
Randolph County 220 0.0%
Jersey County 201 50.0%
Bond 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: 294 applications in 2025, of which 125 were originated and 111 denied.

37.8% of all applications, or 46.8% of the applications it actually decided on. The Illinois statewide average across all lenders was 17.1%.

The median rate on loans First Community originated in Illinois in 2025 was 6.63%, against a statewide median of 6.75%.

About this data. Figures are First Community'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