Great Lakes Credit Union · Illinois · 2025

Great Lakes Credit Union in Illinois: approval rate, denial rate and rates (2025)

Great Lakes Credit Union took 601 mortgage applications in Illinois in 2025, ranking #117 of 1,150 lenders active in the state. It originated 36.4% of them and denied 34.1% (48.4% of the applications it decided), against a statewide denial rate of 17.1%.

601Applicationsin IL
48.4%Decision denial ratestate 21.7%
8.50%Median ratestate 6.75%
$65,000Median loanstate $185,000
$19MVolume13 counties

Great Lakes Credit Union in Illinois vs the state

34.1%Denial rate+16.99 pts vs state
48.4%Decision denial rate+26.67 pts vs state
36.4%Origination rate-22.30 pts vs state
8.50%Median rate+1.75 pts vs state
1.27Rate spread (pts)+0.89 pts vs state
$107kMedian applicant income
219Loans originated
205Denied

Trend in Illinois

YearApplicationsOriginatedDenial rateMedian rateRank in state
202372632938.3%8.75%#83
202454425330.3%9.50%#111
202560121934.1%8.50%#117

What Great Lakes Credit Union lends in Illinois

By loan purpose

Home purchase 32 5% · 40.6% denied
Refinance 8 1% · 25.0% denied
Cash-out refinance 10 2% · 40.0% denied
Home improvement 311 52% · 29.3% denied
Other / HELOC 240 40% · 39.6% denied

By loan type

Conventional 601 100% · 34.1% denied

Why it denied Illinois applicants

Credit history 96 47%
Debt-to-income ratio 77 38%
Other 25 12%
Collateral 7 3%

Where in Illinois

Counties with the most Great Lakes Credit Union applications in 2025.

CountyApplicationsOriginatedDeniedDenial rate
Cook County 26386101 38.4%
Lake County 1465647 32.2%
Will County 562517 30.4%
McHenry County 501419 38.0%
DuPage County 46217 15.2%
Kane County 1666 37.5%
Vermilion County 1155 45.5%
Kendall County 540 0.0%
Grundy County 310 0.0%
Kankakee County 211 50.0%

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: 601 applications in 2025, of which 219 were originated and 205 denied.

34.1% of all applications, or 48.4% of the applications it actually decided on. The Illinois statewide average across all lenders was 17.1%.

The median rate on loans Great Lakes Credit Union originated in Illinois in 2025 was 8.50%, against a statewide median of 6.75%.

About this data. Figures are Great Lakes Credit Union'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