Guaranteed Rate Affinity · Illinois · 2025

Guaranteed Rate Affinity in Illinois: approval rate, denial rate and rates (2025)

Guaranteed Rate Affinity took 1,685 mortgage applications in Illinois in 2025, ranking #52 of 1,150 lenders active in the state. It originated 57.6% of them and denied 6.5% (9.8% of the applications it decided), against a statewide denial rate of 17.1%.

1.7kApplicationsin IL
9.8%Decision denial ratestate 21.7%
6.73%Median ratestate 6.75%
$295,000Median loanstate $185,000
$338MVolume32 counties

Guaranteed Rate Affinity in Illinois vs the state

6.5%Denial rate-10.65 pts vs state
9.8%Decision denial rate-11.84 pts vs state
57.6%Origination rate-1.17 pts vs state
6.73%Median rate-0.03 pts vs state
0.34Rate spread (pts)-0.05 pts vs state
$120kMedian applicant income
970Loans originated
109Denied

Trend in Illinois

YearApplicationsOriginatedDenial rateMedian rateRank in state
20232,2211,24910.7%6.75%#32
20241,6119849.4%6.89%#49
20251,6859706.5%6.73%#52

What Guaranteed Rate Affinity lends in Illinois

By loan purpose

Home purchase 1,308 78% · 5.4% denied
Refinance 184 11% · 4.4% denied
Cash-out refinance 147 9% · 12.2% denied
Home improvement 20 1% · 45.0% denied
Other / HELOC 26 2% · 15.4% denied

By loan type

Conventional 1,421 84% · 5.8% denied
FHA 202 12% · 11.4% denied
VA 62 4% · 4.8% denied

Why it denied Illinois applicants

Debt-to-income ratio 41 38%
Collateral 21 19%
Credit history 15 14%
Other 13 12%
Insufficient cash 9 8%
Incomplete application 7 6%
Unverifiable information 3 3%

Where in Illinois

Counties with the most Guaranteed Rate Affinity applications in 2025.

CountyApplicationsOriginatedDeniedDenial rate
Cook County 1,03456174 7.2%
DuPage County 1601070 0.0%
Lake County 1468810 6.8%
Will County 1005812 12.0%
Kane County 73483 4.1%
McHenry County 56412 3.6%
Kankakee County 30170 0.0%
DeKalb County 18130 0.0%
Kendall County 1584 26.7%
Winnebago County 1060 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: 1,685 applications in 2025, of which 970 were originated and 109 denied.

6.5% of all applications, or 9.8% of the applications it actually decided on. The Illinois statewide average across all lenders was 17.1%.

The median rate on loans Guaranteed Rate Affinity originated in Illinois in 2025 was 6.73%, against a statewide median of 6.75%.

About this data. Figures are Guaranteed Rate Affinity'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