Gold Star Mortgage Financial Group · Illinois · 2025

Gold Star Mortgage Financial Group in Illinois: approval rate, denial rate and rates (2025)

Gold Star Mortgage Financial Group took 265 mortgage applications in Illinois in 2025, ranking #213 of 1,150 lenders active in the state. It originated 68.7% of them and denied 0.8% (1.0% of the applications it decided), against a statewide denial rate of 17.1%.

265Applicationsin IL
1.0%Decision denial ratestate 21.7%
6.63%Median ratestate 6.75%
$265,000Median loanstate $185,000
$53MVolume23 counties

Gold Star Mortgage Financial Group in Illinois vs the state

0.8%Denial rate-16.37 pts vs state
1.0%Decision denial rate-20.70 pts vs state
68.7%Origination rate+9.94 pts vs state
6.63%Median rate-0.13 pts vs state
0.44Rate spread (pts)+0.06 pts vs state
$104kMedian applicant income
182Loans originated
2Denied

Trend in Illinois

YearApplicationsOriginatedDenial rateMedian rateRank in state
20232101383.3%7.13%#210
20245143791.4%6.63%#115
20252651820.8%6.63%#213

What Gold Star Mortgage Financial Group lends in Illinois

By loan purpose

Home purchase 218 82% · 0.9% denied
Refinance 32 12% · 0.0% denied
Cash-out refinance 15 6% · 0.0% denied

By loan type

Conventional 183 69% · 1.1% denied
FHA 74 28% · 0.0% denied
VA 6 2% · 0.0% denied
USDA / RHS 2 1% · 0.0% denied

Why it denied Illinois applicants

Debt-to-income ratio 2 100%

Where in Illinois

Counties with the most Gold Star Mortgage Financial Group applications in 2025.

CountyApplicationsOriginatedDeniedDenial rate
Cook County 109652 1.8%
Will County 90690 0.0%
Kankakee County 15120 0.0%
McHenry County 950 0.0%
DuPage County 650 0.0%
Lake County 620 0.0%
Grundy County 440 0.0%
Kane County 320 0.0%
Iroquois County 220 0.0%
Knox County 220 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: 265 applications in 2025, of which 182 were originated and 2 denied.

0.8% of all applications, or 1.0% of the applications it actually decided on. The Illinois statewide average across all lenders was 17.1%.

The median rate on loans Gold Star Mortgage Financial Group originated in Illinois in 2025 was 6.63%, against a statewide median of 6.75%.

About this data. Figures are Gold Star Mortgage Financial Group'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