Freedom Mortgage · Illinois · 2025

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

Freedom Mortgage took 4,316 mortgage applications in Illinois in 2025, ranking #20 of 1,150 lenders active in the state. It originated 36.5% of them and denied 9.6% (17.9% of the applications it decided), against a statewide denial rate of 17.1%.

4.3kApplicationsin IL
17.9%Decision denial ratestate 21.7%
6.25%Median ratestate 6.75%
$255,000Median loanstate $185,000
$429MVolume94 counties

Freedom Mortgage in Illinois vs the state

9.6%Denial rate-7.53 pts vs state
17.9%Decision denial rate-3.77 pts vs state
36.5%Origination rate-22.29 pts vs state
6.25%Median rate-0.50 pts vs state
0.32Rate spread (pts)-0.06 pts vs state
$99kMedian applicant income
1,573Loans originated
414Denied

Trend in Illinois

YearApplicationsOriginatedDenial rateMedian rateRank in state
20231,41752418.4%6.75%#53
20242,9451,17112.7%6.50%#31
20254,3161,5739.6%6.25%#20

What Freedom Mortgage lends in Illinois

By loan purpose

Home purchase 210 5% · 15.2% denied
Refinance 1,973 46% · 2.7% denied
Cash-out refinance 2,113 49% · 15.4% denied
Other / HELOC 20 0% · 15.0% denied

By loan type

Conventional 592 14% · 10.1% denied
FHA 2,311 54% · 11.4% denied
VA 1,412 33% · 6.4% denied
USDA / RHS 1 0% · 0.0% denied

Why it denied Illinois applicants

Collateral 207 50%
Debt-to-income ratio 71 17%
Credit history 57 14%
Other 40 10%
Employment history 10 2%
Unverifiable information 10 2%
Incomplete application 10 2%
Insufficient cash 9 2%

Where in Illinois

Counties with the most Freedom Mortgage applications in 2025.

CountyApplicationsOriginatedDeniedDenial rate
Cook County 1,358400126 9.3%
Will County 38715538 9.8%
Lake County 2889131 10.8%
DuPage County 2286721 9.2%
St. Clair County 22411218 8.0%
Kane County 2118117 8.1%
McHenry County 188888 4.3%
Kendall County 127596 4.7%
Madison County 1265712 9.5%
Winnebago County 904312 13.3%

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: 4,316 applications in 2025, of which 1,573 were originated and 414 denied.

9.6% of all applications, or 17.9% of the applications it actually decided on. The Illinois statewide average across all lenders was 17.1%.

The median rate on loans Freedom Mortgage originated in Illinois in 2025 was 6.25%, against a statewide median of 6.75%.

About this data. Figures are Freedom 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