Merchants Bank of Indiana · Illinois · 2025

Merchants Bank of Indiana in Illinois: approval rate, denial rate and rates (2025)

Merchants Bank of Indiana took 115 mortgage applications in Illinois in 2025, ranking #327 of 1,150 lenders active in the state. It originated 80.9% of them and denied 2.6% (3.1% of the applications it decided), against a statewide denial rate of 17.1%.

115Applicationsin IL
3.1%Decision denial ratestate 21.7%
6.38%Median ratestate 6.75%
$465,000Median loanstate $185,000
$86MVolume14 counties

Merchants Bank of Indiana in Illinois vs the state

2.6%Denial rate-14.51 pts vs state
3.1%Decision denial rate-18.55 pts vs state
80.9%Origination rate+22.13 pts vs state
6.38%Median rate-0.38 pts vs state
0.04Rate spread (pts)-0.34 pts vs state
$238kMedian applicant income
93Loans originated
3Denied

Trend in Illinois

YearApplicationsOriginatedDenial rateMedian rateRank in state
202351355.9%6.88%#453
2024614913.1%6.88%#418
2025115932.6%6.38%#327

What Merchants Bank of Indiana lends in Illinois

By loan purpose

Home purchase 70 61% · 2.9% denied
Refinance 26 23% · 3.9% denied
Cash-out refinance 19 17% · 0.0% denied

By loan type

Conventional 110 96% · 1.8% denied
FHA 4 3% · 25.0% denied
VA 1 1% · 0.0% denied

Why it denied Illinois applicants

Debt-to-income ratio 1 33%
Credit history 1 33%
Collateral 1 33%

Where in Illinois

Counties with the most Merchants Bank of Indiana applications in 2025.

CountyApplicationsOriginatedDeniedDenial rate
Cook County 42292 4.8%
DuPage County 34301 2.9%
Lake County 970 0.0%
Kane County 860 0.0%
St. Clair County 660 0.0%
Will County 550 0.0%
Madison County 220 0.0%
Kendall County 220 0.0%
Monroe County 210 0.0%
Champaign 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: 115 applications in 2025, of which 93 were originated and 3 denied.

2.6% of all applications, or 3.1% of the applications it actually decided on. The Illinois statewide average across all lenders was 17.1%.

The median rate on loans Merchants Bank of Indiana originated in Illinois in 2025 was 6.38%, against a statewide median of 6.75%.

About this data. Figures are Merchants Bank of Indiana'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