First Merchants Bank · Wisconsin · 2025

First Merchants Bank in Wisconsin: approval rate, denial rate and rates (2025)

First Merchants Bank took 7 mortgage applications in Wisconsin in 2025, ranking #546 of 938 lenders active in the state. It originated 71.4% of them and denied 14.3% (16.7% of the applications it decided), against a statewide denial rate of 14.0%.

7Applicationsin WI
16.7%Decision denial ratestate 16.4%
6.63%Median ratestate 6.63%
$375,000Median loanstate $165,000
$2.4MVolume4 counties

First Merchants Bank in Wisconsin vs the state

14.3%Denial rate+0.28 pts vs state
16.7%Decision denial rate+0.31 pts vs state
71.4%Origination rate+3.28 pts vs state
6.63%Median rate0.00 pts vs state
0.17Rate spread (pts)+0.05 pts vs state
$450kMedian applicant income
5Loans originated
1Denied

What First Merchants Bank lends in Wisconsin

By loan purpose

Home purchase 6 86% · 16.7% denied
Refinance 1 14% · 0.0% denied

By loan type

Conventional 7 100% · 14.3% denied

Why it denied Wisconsin applicants

Other 1 100%

Where in Wisconsin

Counties with the most First Merchants Bank applications in 2025.

CountyApplicationsOriginatedDeniedDenial rate
Milwaukee County 421 25.0%
Racine County 110 0.0%
Iron County 110 0.0%
Richland County 110 0.0%

Other large lenders in Wisconsin

LenderGradeApplicationsDenial rateMedian rate
Summit Credit UnionA 15,48313.8%6.75%
University of Wisconsin Credit UnionA 11,78113.8%6.50%
Landmark Credit UnionA 9,39317.7%6.50%
Rocket MortgageC 7,81918.0%6.63%
Associated BankB 7,45123.7%6.88%
BMO BankF 5,20225.3%8.23%
Educators Credit UnionB 4,93024.3%6.95%
U.S. BankD 4,71026.0%6.88%
Covantage Credit UnionB 4,5817.7%6.50%
United Shore Financial ServicesB 4,42111.8%6.38%

Frequently asked questions

Wisconsin: 7 applications in 2025, of which 5 were originated and 1 denied.

14.3% of all applications, or 16.7% of the applications it actually decided on. The Wisconsin statewide average across all lenders was 14.0%.

The median rate on loans First Merchants Bank originated in Wisconsin in 2025 was 6.63%, against a statewide median of 6.63%.

About this data. Figures are First Merchants Bank's own HMDA filing for properties located in Wisconsin, 2025. The grade is national; state-level figures are shown for context and are not separately graded. Methodology