Neighborhood Loans · Illinois · 2025

Neighborhood Loans in Illinois: approval rate, denial rate and rates (2025)

Neighborhood Loans took 3,063 mortgage applications in Illinois in 2025, ranking #31 of 1,150 lenders active in the state. It originated 25.6% of them and denied 55.0% (66.2% of the applications it decided), against a statewide denial rate of 17.1%.

3.1kApplicationsin IL
66.2%Decision denial ratestate 21.7%
8.75%Median ratestate 6.75%
$215,000Median loanstate $185,000
$8.9MVolume34 counties

Neighborhood Loans in Illinois vs the state

55.0%Denial rate+37.83 pts vs state
66.2%Decision denial rate+44.48 pts vs state
25.6%Origination rate-33.11 pts vs state
8.75%Median rate+2.00 pts vs state
-6.19Rate spread (pts)-6.57 pts vs state
$88kMedian applicant income
785Loans originated
1,683Denied

Trend in Illinois

YearApplicationsOriginatedDenial rateMedian rateRank in state
20234,5633,09021.3%6.75%#15
20245,2323,55222.6%6.88%#16
20253,06378555.0%8.75%#31

What Neighborhood Loans lends in Illinois

By loan purpose

Home purchase 2,641 86% · 50.3% denied
Refinance 232 8% · 83.2% denied
Cash-out refinance 190 6% · 85.8% denied

By loan type

Conventional 2,362 77% · 50.0% denied
FHA 641 21% · 73.2% denied
VA 59 2% · 55.9% denied
USDA / RHS 1 0% · 0.0% denied

Why it denied Illinois applicants

Incomplete application 1,345 80%
Collateral 135 8%
Debt-to-income ratio 59 4%
Unverifiable information 57 3%
Insufficient cash 39 2%
Credit history 29 2%
Employment history 12 1%
Other 7 0%

Where in Illinois

Counties with the most Neighborhood Loans applications in 2025.

CountyApplicationsOriginatedDeniedDenial rate
Cook County 1,9885391,091 54.9%
Will County 23451139 59.4%
DuPage County 19937124 62.3%
Kane County 1824396 52.7%
Lake County 1353067 49.6%
McHenry County 762140 52.6%
Winnebago County 561523 41.1%
Kendall County 47632 68.1%
DeKalb County 301214 46.7%
LaSalle County 2178 38.1%

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: 3,063 applications in 2025, of which 785 were originated and 1,683 denied.

55.0% of all applications, or 66.2% of the applications it actually decided on. The Illinois statewide average across all lenders was 17.1%.

The median rate on loans Neighborhood Loans originated in Illinois in 2025 was 8.75%, against a statewide median of 6.75%.

About this data. Figures are Neighborhood 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