Kind Lending · Illinois · 2025

Kind Lending in Illinois: approval rate, denial rate and rates (2025)

Kind Lending took 691 mortgage applications in Illinois in 2025, ranking #103 of 1,150 lenders active in the state. It originated 62.5% of them and denied 26.6% (29.4% of the applications it decided), against a statewide denial rate of 17.1%.

691Applicationsin IL
29.4%Decision denial ratestate 21.7%
6.88%Median ratestate 6.75%
$275,000Median loanstate $185,000
$141MVolume28 counties

Kind Lending in Illinois vs the state

26.6%Denial rate+9.51 pts vs state
29.4%Decision denial rate+7.76 pts vs state
62.5%Origination rate+3.78 pts vs state
6.88%Median rate+0.13 pts vs state
0.59Rate spread (pts)+0.21 pts vs state
$119kMedian applicant income
432Loans originated
184Denied

Trend in Illinois

YearApplicationsOriginatedDenial rateMedian rateRank in state
202325716021.4%6.99%#182
202438723827.7%6.99%#145
202569143226.6%6.88%#103

What Kind Lending lends in Illinois

By loan purpose

Home purchase 482 70% · 21.4% denied
Refinance 79 11% · 36.7% denied
Cash-out refinance 88 13% · 43.2% denied
Home improvement 41 6% · 31.7% denied
Other / HELOC 1 0% · 100.0% denied

By loan type

Conventional 523 76% · 25.4% denied
FHA 147 21% · 32.0% denied
VA 21 3% · 19.1% denied

Why it denied Illinois applicants

Unverifiable information 42 23%
Other 40 22%
Collateral 39 21%
Insufficient cash 35 19%
Credit history 17 9%
Incomplete application 6 3%
Debt-to-income ratio 5 3%

Where in Illinois

Counties with the most Kind Lending applications in 2025.

CountyApplicationsOriginatedDeniedDenial rate
Cook County 402241110 27.4%
Will County 765016 21.1%
DuPage County 634416 25.4%
Lake County 34239 26.5%
Kane County 22163 13.6%
McHenry County 17133 17.6%
St. Clair County 1393 23.1%
Winnebago County 1165 45.5%
Kendall County 1156 54.5%
Grundy County 550 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: 691 applications in 2025, of which 432 were originated and 184 denied.

26.6% of all applications, or 29.4% of the applications it actually decided on. The Illinois statewide average across all lenders was 17.1%.

The median rate on loans Kind Lending originated in Illinois in 2025 was 6.88%, against a statewide median of 6.75%.

About this data. Figures are Kind Lending'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