LENOX FINANCIAL MORTGAGE CORPORATION, Sage Home Loans · Illinois · 2025

LENOX FINANCIAL MORTGAGE CORPORATION, Sage Home Loans in Illinois: approval rate, denial rate and rates (2025)

LENOX FINANCIAL MORTGAGE CORPORATION, Sage Home Loans took 420 mortgage applications in Illinois in 2025, ranking #147 of 1,150 lenders active in the state. It originated 45.0% of them and denied 8.3% (14.0% of the applications it decided), against a statewide denial rate of 17.1%.

420Applicationsin IL
14.0%Decision denial ratestate 21.7%
6.00%Median ratestate 6.75%
$385,000Median loanstate $185,000
$79MVolume31 counties

LENOX FINANCIAL MORTGAGE CORPORATION, Sage Home Loans in Illinois vs the state

8.3%Denial rate-8.79 pts vs state
14.0%Decision denial rate-7.68 pts vs state
45.0%Origination rate-13.74 pts vs state
6.00%Median rate-0.75 pts vs state
-0.15Rate spread (pts)-0.53 pts vs state
$167kMedian applicant income
189Loans originated
35Denied

Trend in Illinois

YearApplicationsOriginatedDenial rateMedian rateRank in state
202335105.7%6.25%#509
2024123497.3%6.12%#302
20254201898.3%6.00%#147

What LENOX FINANCIAL MORTGAGE CORPORATION, Sage Home Loans lends in Illinois

By loan purpose

Home purchase 197 47% · 5.1% denied
Refinance 158 38% · 7.6% denied
Cash-out refinance 65 15% · 20.0% denied

By loan type

Conventional 402 96% · 8.2% denied
FHA 17 4% · 11.8% denied
VA 1 0% · 0.0% denied

Why it denied Illinois applicants

Incomplete application 14 40%
Debt-to-income ratio 12 34%
Credit history 5 14%
Other 2 6%
Collateral 1 3%
Insufficient cash 1 3%

Where in Illinois

Counties with the most LENOX FINANCIAL MORTGAGE CORPORATION, Sage Home Loans applications in 2025.

CountyApplicationsOriginatedDeniedDenial rate
Cook County 1878516 8.6%
DuPage County 51274 7.8%
Will County 49221 2.0%
Lake County 39192 5.1%
Kane County 22121 4.5%
Kendall County 1251 8.3%
McHenry County 940 0.0%
Champaign County 620 0.0%
Peoria County 610 0.0%
Madison County 512 40.0%

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: 420 applications in 2025, of which 189 were originated and 35 denied.

8.3% of all applications, or 14.0% of the applications it actually decided on. The Illinois statewide average across all lenders was 17.1%.

The median rate on loans LENOX FINANCIAL MORTGAGE CORPORATION, Sage Home Loans originated in Illinois in 2025 was 6.00%, against a statewide median of 6.75%.

About this data. Figures are LENOX FINANCIAL MORTGAGE CORPORATION, Sage Home Loans'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