First State Mortgage Services · Illinois · 2025

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

First State Mortgage Services took 1,359 mortgage applications in Illinois in 2025, ranking #64 of 1,150 lenders active in the state. It originated 84.4% of them and denied 2.4% (2.7% of the applications it decided), against a statewide denial rate of 17.1%.

1.4kApplicationsin IL
2.7%Decision denial ratestate 21.7%
6.63%Median ratestate 6.75%
$205,000Median loanstate $185,000
$267MVolume49 counties

First State Mortgage Services in Illinois vs the state

2.4%Denial rate-14.77 pts vs state
2.7%Decision denial rate-18.98 pts vs state
84.4%Origination rate+25.66 pts vs state
6.63%Median rate-0.13 pts vs state
0.27Rate spread (pts)-0.11 pts vs state
$102kMedian applicant income
1,147Loans originated
32Denied

Trend in Illinois

YearApplicationsOriginatedDenial rateMedian rateRank in state
20231,3841,1713.3%6.63%#57
20241,2751,0952.7%6.63%#61
20251,3591,1472.4%6.63%#64

What First State Mortgage Services lends in Illinois

By loan purpose

Home purchase 1,184 87% · 2.4% denied
Refinance 122 9% · 0.8% denied
Cash-out refinance 47 3% · 4.3% denied
Home improvement 3 0% · 0.0% denied
Other / HELOC 3 0% · 33.3% denied

By loan type

Conventional 1,068 79% · 2.1% denied
FHA 167 12% · 5.4% denied
VA 86 6% · 1.2% denied
USDA / RHS 38 3% · 0.0% denied

Why it denied Illinois applicants

Debt-to-income ratio 12 38%
Collateral 5 16%
Credit history 5 16%
Employment history 3 9%
Incomplete application 2 6%
Other 2 6%
Insufficient cash 2 6%
Unverifiable information 1 3%

Where in Illinois

Counties with the most First State Mortgage Services applications in 2025.

CountyApplicationsOriginatedDeniedDenial rate
McLean County 7646778 1.0%
Tazewell County 63533 4.8%
Macon County 50361 2.0%
Cook County 47343 6.4%
Logan County 42343 7.1%
Kane County 42301 2.4%
Woodford County 32291 3.1%
De Witt County 31280 0.0%
Champaign County 31243 9.7%
Peoria County 23181 4.3%

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: 1,359 applications in 2025, of which 1,147 were originated and 32 denied.

2.4% of all applications, or 2.7% of the applications it actually decided on. The Illinois statewide average across all lenders was 17.1%.

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

About this data. Figures are First State Mortgage Services'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