Mortgage lender · Morton, IL · LEI 549300SNZET0P5BZ3J56

Morton Community Bank review: approval odds, rates and grade (2025)

Morton Community Bank earns a B, better than most mid-size mortgage lenders. It turned down 11.4% of the applications it decided on in 2025, which ranks in the 46th percentile for approval odds. Its median loan was priced 0.19 points above the average prime offer rate, ranking in the 62nd percentile on pricing. Compared against 581 mid-size mortgage lenders using 2025 HMDA filings.

1.8kApplications2025
80.3%Originatedof applications
11.4%Decision denial ratenational 22.6%
7.00%Median ratenational 6.63%
$299MLoan volume11 states

Morton Community Bank at a glance, 2025

Every figure is from the lender's own HMDA filing. "vs national" compares with all lenders combined.

10.5%Denial rate (all applications)-7.44 pts vs national
11.4%Denial rate (decided applications)-11.16 pts vs national
80.3%Origination rate+22.31 pts vs national
5.9%Withdrawn by applicant
2.0%Closed for incompleteness
7.00%Median interest rate+0.38 pts vs national
0.19Median rate spread (pts over APOR)-0.06 pts vs national
$95,000Median loan amount
$2,342Median total loan costs
$97kMedian applicant income
78%Median loan-to-value
0High-cost (HOEPA) loans

How the B grade breaks down

Each component is a percentile rank among 581 mid-size mortgage lenders. Higher is better. Components the lender does not report are left out and the weights redistributed.

Approval oddsdecision denial rate, weight 45%

46th11.4% denied

Pricingmedian rate spread over APOR, weight 30%

62nd0.19 pts

Processwithdrawn + incomplete share, weight 15%

88th7.8%

Closing coststotal loan costs ÷ loan amount, weight 10%

44th2.47% of loan

Trend, 2023–2025

YearApplicationsOriginatedDenial rateDecision denialMedian rateVolume
20231,6991,3468.8%9.8%7.00%$283M
20241,5661,2669.5%10.4%7.50%$192M
20251,7751,42610.5%11.4%7.00%$299M

What Morton Community Bank lends

Applications by purpose and loan type in 2025, with the denial rate for each. A lender's mix explains a lot of its headline rate: HELOCs and FHA loans are denied far more often than conventional purchase loans.

By loan purpose

Home purchase 780 44% · 4.4% denied
Refinance 289 16% · 7.6% denied
Cash-out refinance 27 2% · 11.1% denied
Home improvement 402 23% · 15.4% denied
Other / HELOC 277 16% · 23.8% denied

By loan type

Conventional 1,775 100% · 10.5% denied

Also: 708 home-equity lines, 0 reverse mortgages, 2 manufactured homes, 265 investment properties.

Why Morton Community Bank denies applications

Primary reason reported for each of the 187 denials in 2025. Lenders can cite up to four reasons; this is the first one listed.

Credit history 84 45%
Debt-to-income ratio 72 39%
Collateral 22 12%
Insufficient cash 3 2%
Unverifiable information 2 1%
Other 2 1%
Employment history 2 1%

How these reasons compare nationally →

Who gets approved at Morton Community Bank

Decision denial rate by applicant profile. Groups with fewer than 20 applications are omitted.

Applicant incomeApplicationsOriginatedDecision denial rate
Under $50k24516527.2%
$50k – $100k57344314.0%
$100k – $150k3352756.6%
$150k – $250k2852504.9%
Over $250k1451194.6%
Applicant ageApplicationsOriginatedDecision denial rate
Under 25100887.4%
25–342742277.6%
35–4432925615.3%
45–5433924916.5%
55–643032469.7%
65–7421316114.2%
Over 7476649.7%

Where Morton Community Bank lends

11 states and 82 counties in 2025. Click a state for the lender's full record there.

StateApplicationsOriginatedDenial rateMedian rateRank in state
Illinois1,7181,37710.8%7.00%#49
Florida13100.0%6.94%#843
Iowa10810.0%6.98%#359
Indiana10910.0%6.50%#543
Missouri980.0%6.98%#524

Frequently asked questions

Morton Community Bank denied 11.4% of the applications it decided on in 2025. The national figure across all lenders was 22.6%. On approval odds it ranks in the 46th percentile of mid-size mortgage lenders.

The most common reason Morton Community Bank gave in 2025 was "credit history", cited on 44.9% of its denials. Lenders report up to four reasons per denial to the CFPB; the full breakdown is on this page.

The median interest rate on loans Morton Community Bank originated in 2025 was 7.00%, and its median rate spread over the average prime offer rate was 0.19 points. Rates on this page are what borrowers actually got, not advertised rates.

In 2025, 44% of its applications were for home purchases, 18% for refinancing (including cash-out), and 38% for home improvement or other purposes. By loan type: 100% conventional, 0% FHA, 0% VA.

Every figure on this page comes from the Home Mortgage Disclosure Act (HMDA) Loan/Application Register published by the CFPB, which lenders are required by federal law to file. We add the grade and the comparisons; we do not add facts.

About this data. HMDA data is published once a year by the CFPB. The current release covers applications acted on in calendar year 2025. Figures describe applications the lender acted on, including loans it later sold. Interest rates and costs are medians on originated loans only; some depository institutions are exempt from reporting pricing fields, which is why a few cells read "—". MortgageGrades is not affiliated with Morton Community Bank. Data sources · Methodology