First Trust Bank of Illinois · Illinois · 2025

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

First Trust Bank of Illinois took 74 mortgage applications in Illinois in 2025, ranking #396 of 1,150 lenders active in the state. It originated 77.0% of them and denied 10.8% (11.8% of the applications it decided), against a statewide denial rate of 17.1%.

74Applicationsin IL
11.8%Decision denial ratestate 21.7%
Median ratestate 6.75%
$85,000Median loanstate $185,000
$6.5MVolume5 counties

First Trust Bank of Illinois in Illinois vs the state

10.8%Denial rate-6.31 pts vs state
11.8%Decision denial rate-9.92 pts vs state
77.0%Origination rate+18.29 pts vs state
Median rate
Rate spread (pts)
$88kMedian applicant income
57Loans originated
8Denied

Trend in Illinois

YearApplicationsOriginatedDenial rateMedian rateRank in state
2023907410.0%#357
2024846516.7%#360
2025745710.8%#396

What First Trust Bank of Illinois lends in Illinois

By loan purpose

Home purchase 31 42% · 9.7% denied
Refinance 9 12% · 11.1% denied
Cash-out refinance 12 16% · 25.0% denied
Home improvement 10 14% · 10.0% denied
Other / HELOC 12 16% · 0.0% denied

By loan type

Conventional 74 100% · 10.8% denied

Why it denied Illinois applicants

Credit history 4 50%
Debt-to-income ratio 2 25%
Collateral 2 25%

Where in Illinois

Counties with the most First Trust Bank of Illinois applications in 2025.

CountyApplicationsOriginatedDeniedDenial rate
Kankakee County 54425 9.3%
Iroquois County 15103 20.0%
Will County 330 0.0%
DuPage County 110 0.0%
Ford 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: 74 applications in 2025, of which 57 were originated and 8 denied.

10.8% of all applications, or 11.8% of the applications it actually decided on. The Illinois statewide average across all lenders was 17.1%.

This lender did not report interest rates on its originated loans (some institutions are exempt from HMDA pricing fields).

About this data. Figures are First Trust Bank of Illinois'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