Homestead Funding · Illinois · 2025

Homestead Funding in Illinois: approval rate, denial rate and rates (2025)

Homestead Funding took 50 mortgage applications in Illinois in 2025, ranking #460 of 1,150 lenders active in the state. It originated 76.0% of them and denied 2.0% (2.6% of the applications it decided), against a statewide denial rate of 17.1%.

50Applicationsin IL
2.6%Decision denial ratestate 21.7%
6.13%Median ratestate 6.75%
$365,000Median loanstate $185,000
$15MVolume9 counties

Homestead Funding in Illinois vs the state

2.0%Denial rate-15.12 pts vs state
2.6%Decision denial rate-19.12 pts vs state
76.0%Origination rate+17.26 pts vs state
6.13%Median rate-0.63 pts vs state
-0.11Rate spread (pts)-0.49 pts vs state
$172kMedian applicant income
38Loans originated
1Denied

Trend in Illinois

YearApplicationsOriginatedDenial rateMedian rateRank in state
202347296.4%6.50%#465
202430220.0%6.25%#526
202550382.0%6.13%#460

What Homestead Funding lends in Illinois

By loan purpose

Home purchase 27 54% · 3.7% denied
Refinance 21 42% · 0.0% denied
Cash-out refinance 1 2% · 0.0% denied
Home improvement 1 2% · 0.0% denied

By loan type

Conventional 46 92% · 2.2% denied
FHA 3 6% · 0.0% denied
VA 1 2% · 0.0% denied

Why it denied Illinois applicants

Unverifiable information 1 100%

Where in Illinois

Counties with the most Homestead Funding applications in 2025.

CountyApplicationsOriginatedDeniedDenial rate
Cook County 27200 0.0%
DuPage County 961 11.1%
McHenry County 330 0.0%
Will County 320 0.0%
Lake County 220 0.0%
Kane County 220 0.0%
Kendall County 220 0.0%
St. Clair County 100 0.0%
Jo Daviess County 110 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: 50 applications in 2025, of which 38 were originated and 1 denied.

2.0% of all applications, or 2.6% of the applications it actually decided on. The Illinois statewide average across all lenders was 17.1%.

The median rate on loans Homestead Funding originated in Illinois in 2025 was 6.13%, against a statewide median of 6.75%.

About this data. Figures are Homestead Funding'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