First Farmers Bank & Trust · Illinois · 2025

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

First Farmers Bank & Trust took 90 mortgage applications in Illinois in 2025, ranking #361 of 1,150 lenders active in the state. It originated 64.4% of them and denied 25.6% (25.6% of the applications it decided), against a statewide denial rate of 17.1%.

90Applicationsin IL
25.6%Decision denial ratestate 21.7%
7.31%Median ratestate 6.75%
$65,000Median loanstate $185,000
$7.7MVolume11 counties

First Farmers Bank & Trust in Illinois vs the state

25.6%Denial rate+8.44 pts vs state
25.6%Decision denial rate+3.88 pts vs state
64.4%Origination rate+5.70 pts vs state
7.31%Median rate+0.56 pts vs state
0.39Rate spread (pts)+0.01 pts vs state
$78kMedian applicant income
58Loans originated
23Denied

Trend in Illinois

YearApplicationsOriginatedDenial rateMedian rateRank in state
20231085923.2%8.00%#326
2024834925.3%7.88%#363
2025905825.6%7.31%#361

What First Farmers Bank & Trust lends in Illinois

By loan purpose

Home purchase 45 50% · 24.4% denied
Refinance 1 1% · 100.0% denied
Cash-out refinance 13 14% · 15.4% denied
Home improvement 16 18% · 18.8% denied
Other / HELOC 15 17% · 40.0% denied

By loan type

Conventional 90 100% · 25.6% denied

Why it denied Illinois applicants

Credit history 14 61%
Debt-to-income ratio 7 30%
Other 2 9%

Where in Illinois

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

CountyApplicationsOriginatedDeniedDenial rate
Vermilion County 523611 21.2%
Edgar County 22136 27.3%
Lawrence County 312 66.7%
Iroquois County 330 0.0%
Coles County 320 0.0%
Kankakee County 202 100.0%
Edwards County 101 100.0%
Cumberland County 101 100.0%
Ford County 110 0.0%
Will 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: 90 applications in 2025, of which 58 were originated and 23 denied.

25.6% of all applications, or 25.6% of the applications it actually decided on. The Illinois statewide average across all lenders was 17.1%.

The median rate on loans First Farmers Bank & Trust originated in Illinois in 2025 was 7.31%, against a statewide median of 6.75%.

About this data. Figures are First Farmers 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