Guild Mortgage · Illinois · 2025

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

Guild Mortgage took 4,009 mortgage applications in Illinois in 2025, ranking #22 of 1,150 lenders active in the state. It originated 71.6% of them and denied 5.6% (6.8% of the applications it decided), against a statewide denial rate of 17.1%.

4.0kApplicationsin IL
6.8%Decision denial ratestate 21.7%
6.63%Median ratestate 6.75%
$235,000Median loanstate $185,000
$709MVolume75 counties

Guild Mortgage in Illinois vs the state

5.6%Denial rate-11.53 pts vs state
6.8%Decision denial rate-14.85 pts vs state
71.6%Origination rate+12.85 pts vs state
6.63%Median rate-0.13 pts vs state
0.45Rate spread (pts)+0.07 pts vs state
$96kMedian applicant income
2,870Loans originated
224Denied

Trend in Illinois

YearApplicationsOriginatedDenial rateMedian rateRank in state
20231,5081,1165.7%7.13%#49
20243,3342,5055.1%6.88%#27
20254,0092,8705.6%6.63%#22

What Guild Mortgage lends in Illinois

By loan purpose

Home purchase 2,890 72% · 4.5% denied
Refinance 606 15% · 5.6% denied
Cash-out refinance 512 13% · 11.5% denied
Other / HELOC 1 0% · 0.0% denied

By loan type

Conventional 2,944 73% · 4.8% denied
FHA 866 22% · 8.7% denied
VA 161 4% · 3.1% denied
USDA / RHS 38 1% · 5.3% denied

Why it denied Illinois applicants

Debt-to-income ratio 64 29%
Credit history 50 22%
Collateral 45 20%
Other 31 14%
Unverifiable information 16 7%
Insufficient cash 8 4%
Employment history 8 4%
Incomplete application 2 1%

Where in Illinois

Counties with the most Guild Mortgage applications in 2025.

CountyApplicationsOriginatedDeniedDenial rate
Cook County 1,00561392 9.2%
Kane County 50037420 4.0%
DuPage County 32425317 5.2%
Will County 26918419 7.1%
Kendall County 19914811 5.5%
Winnebago County 1911652 1.0%
St. Clair County 16611410 6.0%
McHenry County 147899 6.1%
DeKalb County 14210210 7.0%
Lake County 1378811 8.0%

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: 4,009 applications in 2025, of which 2,870 were originated and 224 denied.

5.6% of all applications, or 6.8% of the applications it actually decided on. The Illinois statewide average across all lenders was 17.1%.

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

About this data. Figures are Guild 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