First Community Mortgage · Illinois · 2025

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

First Community Mortgage took 169 mortgage applications in Illinois in 2025, ranking #272 of 1,150 lenders active in the state. It originated 76.3% of them and denied 4.7% (5.4% of the applications it decided), against a statewide denial rate of 17.1%.

169Applicationsin IL
5.4%Decision denial ratestate 21.7%
6.99%Median ratestate 6.75%
$255,000Median loanstate $185,000
$40MVolume26 counties

First Community Mortgage in Illinois vs the state

4.7%Denial rate-12.39 pts vs state
5.4%Decision denial rate-16.27 pts vs state
76.3%Origination rate+17.59 pts vs state
6.99%Median rate+0.24 pts vs state
0.64Rate spread (pts)+0.26 pts vs state
$113kMedian applicant income
129Loans originated
8Denied

Trend in Illinois

YearApplicationsOriginatedDenial rateMedian rateRank in state
20231471106.1%7.00%#272
20241831364.9%7.13%#241
20251691294.7%6.99%#272

What First Community Mortgage lends in Illinois

By loan purpose

Home purchase 126 75% · 0.0% denied
Refinance 15 9% · 6.7% denied
Cash-out refinance 27 16% · 25.9% denied
Home improvement 1 1% · 0.0% denied

By loan type

Conventional 118 70% · 6.8% denied
FHA 39 23% · 0.0% denied
VA 12 7% · 0.0% denied

Why it denied Illinois applicants

Credit history 2 25%
Other 2 25%
Debt-to-income ratio 2 25%
Collateral 1 13%
Incomplete application 1 13%

Where in Illinois

Counties with the most First Community Mortgage applications in 2025.

CountyApplicationsOriginatedDeniedDenial rate
Cook County 71496 8.5%
Peoria County 24230 0.0%
Tazewell County 13110 0.0%
DuPage County 1180 0.0%
Kane County 951 11.1%
Lake County 750 0.0%
Will County 770 0.0%
McHenry County 650 0.0%
Champaign County 220 0.0%
Kendall County 220 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: 169 applications in 2025, of which 129 were originated and 8 denied.

4.7% of all applications, or 5.4% of the applications it actually decided on. The Illinois statewide average across all lenders was 17.1%.

The median rate on loans First Community Mortgage originated in Illinois in 2025 was 6.99%, against a statewide median of 6.75%.

About this data. Figures are First Community 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