Mutual of Omaha Mortgage · Illinois · 2025

Mutual of Omaha Mortgage in Illinois: approval rate, denial rate and rates (2025)

Mutual of Omaha Mortgage took 1,930 mortgage applications in Illinois in 2025, ranking #43 of 1,150 lenders active in the state. It originated 64.5% of them and denied 13.0% (16.3% of the applications it decided), against a statewide denial rate of 17.1%.

1.9kApplicationsin IL
16.3%Decision denial ratestate 21.7%
6.63%Median ratestate 6.75%
$245,000Median loanstate $185,000
$369MVolume75 counties

Mutual of Omaha Mortgage in Illinois vs the state

13.0%Denial rate-4.11 pts vs state
16.3%Decision denial rate-5.34 pts vs state
64.5%Origination rate+5.77 pts vs state
6.63%Median rate-0.13 pts vs state
0.46Rate spread (pts)+0.08 pts vs state
$97kMedian applicant income
1,245Loans originated
251Denied

Trend in Illinois

YearApplicationsOriginatedDenial rateMedian rateRank in state
20231,35379124.2%7.00%#59
20241,6491,03317.9%6.75%#48
20251,9301,24513.0%6.63%#43

What Mutual of Omaha Mortgage lends in Illinois

By loan purpose

Home purchase 817 42% · 4.7% denied
Refinance 267 14% · 9.4% denied
Cash-out refinance 575 30% · 22.8% denied
Home improvement 50 3% · 16.0% denied
Other / HELOC 221 11% · 22.2% denied

By loan type

Conventional 1,074 56% · 7.7% denied
FHA 719 37% · 21.6% denied
VA 137 7% · 9.5% denied

Why it denied Illinois applicants

Credit history 148 59%
Collateral 53 21%
Insufficient cash 19 8%
Unverifiable information 15 6%
Other 7 3%
Debt-to-income ratio 6 2%
Incomplete application 2 1%
Employment history 1 0%

Where in Illinois

Counties with the most Mutual of Omaha Mortgage applications in 2025.

CountyApplicationsOriginatedDeniedDenial rate
Cook County 662406102 15.4%
DuPage County 18813414 7.4%
Kane County 15111912 7.9%
Lake County 14310020 14.0%
Will County 1398023 16.5%
Madison County 93683 3.2%
McHenry County 71547 9.9%
Kendall County 54406 11.1%
St. Clair County 48306 12.5%
DeKalb County 27182 7.4%

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: 1,930 applications in 2025, of which 1,245 were originated and 251 denied.

13.0% of all applications, or 16.3% of the applications it actually decided on. The Illinois statewide average across all lenders was 17.1%.

The median rate on loans Mutual of Omaha Mortgage originated in Illinois in 2025 was 6.63%, against a statewide median of 6.75%.

About this data. Figures are Mutual of Omaha Mortgage'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