Foundation Mortgage · Illinois · 2025

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

Foundation Mortgage took 59 mortgage applications in Illinois in 2025, ranking #433 of 1,150 lenders active in the state. It originated 35.6% of them and denied 40.7% (41.4% of the applications it decided), against a statewide denial rate of 17.1%.

59Applicationsin IL
41.4%Decision denial ratestate 21.7%
7.88%Median ratestate 6.75%
$175,000Median loanstate $185,000
$5.0MVolume8 counties

Foundation Mortgage in Illinois vs the state

40.7%Denial rate+23.56 pts vs state
41.4%Decision denial rate+19.70 pts vs state
35.6%Origination rate-23.15 pts vs state
7.88%Median rate+1.13 pts vs state
1.40Rate spread (pts)+1.02 pts vs state
$116kMedian applicant income
21Loans originated
24Denied

Trend in Illinois

YearApplicationsOriginatedDenial rateMedian rateRank in state
20231258.3%9.38%#664
2024752634.7%7.69%#384
2025592140.7%7.88%#433

What Foundation Mortgage lends in Illinois

By loan purpose

Home purchase 12 20% · 8.3% denied
Refinance 47 80% · 48.9% denied

By loan type

Conventional 59 100% · 40.7% denied

Why it denied Illinois applicants

Unverifiable information 19 79%
Credit history 2 8%
Debt-to-income ratio 2 8%
Collateral 1 4%

Where in Illinois

Counties with the most Foundation Mortgage applications in 2025.

CountyApplicationsOriginatedDeniedDenial rate
Cook County 27125 18.5%
Champaign County 20218 90.0%
Will County 430 0.0%
Winnebago County 320 0.0%
Lake County 201 50.0%
DuPage County 110 0.0%
Kankakee County 100 0.0%
St. Clair 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: 59 applications in 2025, of which 21 were originated and 24 denied.

40.7% of all applications, or 41.4% of the applications it actually decided on. The Illinois statewide average across all lenders was 17.1%.

The median rate on loans Foundation Mortgage originated in Illinois in 2025 was 7.88%, against a statewide median of 6.75%.

About this data. Figures are Foundation 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