Pennymac Loan Services · Illinois · 2025

Pennymac Loan Services in Illinois: approval rate, denial rate and rates (2025)

Pennymac Loan Services took 5,192 mortgage applications in Illinois in 2025, ranking #18 of 1,150 lenders active in the state. It originated 47.9% of them and denied 12.6% (20.1% of the applications it decided), against a statewide denial rate of 17.1%.

5.2kApplicationsin IL
20.1%Decision denial ratestate 21.7%
6.49%Median ratestate 6.75%
$235,000Median loanstate $185,000
$681MVolume96 counties

Pennymac Loan Services in Illinois vs the state

12.6%Denial rate-4.50 pts vs state
20.1%Decision denial rate-1.60 pts vs state
47.9%Origination rate-10.88 pts vs state
6.49%Median rate-0.26 pts vs state
0.37Rate spread (pts)-0.01 pts vs state
$104kMedian applicant income
2,485Loans originated
655Denied

Trend in Illinois

YearApplicationsOriginatedDenial rateMedian rateRank in state
20232,1891,09015.9%6.63%#33
20243,4421,57214.2%6.25%#26
20255,1922,48512.6%6.49%#18

What Pennymac Loan Services lends in Illinois

By loan purpose

Home purchase 975 19% · 16.4% denied
Refinance 2,189 42% · 6.7% denied
Cash-out refinance 1,172 23% · 17.8% denied
Other / HELOC 856 16% · 16.2% denied

By loan type

Conventional 2,333 45% · 13.9% denied
FHA 2,148 41% · 12.9% denied
VA 689 13% · 7.6% denied
USDA / RHS 22 0% · 13.6% denied

Why it denied Illinois applicants

Debt-to-income ratio 168 26%
Collateral 166 25%
Incomplete application 133 20%
Credit history 79 12%
Unverifiable information 43 7%
Insufficient cash 37 6%
Other 24 4%
Employment history 5 1%

Where in Illinois

Counties with the most Pennymac Loan Services applications in 2025.

CountyApplicationsOriginatedDeniedDenial rate
Cook County 1,886877265 14.1%
Will County 39919651 12.8%
Lake County 37418955 14.7%
DuPage County 32319126 8.0%
Kane County 26313737 14.1%
St. Clair County 1978329 14.7%
McHenry County 1898618 9.5%
Madison County 1618215 9.3%
Winnebago County 1115615 13.5%
Kendall County 109599 8.3%

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: 5,192 applications in 2025, of which 2,485 were originated and 655 denied.

12.6% of all applications, or 20.1% of the applications it actually decided on. The Illinois statewide average across all lenders was 17.1%.

The median rate on loans Pennymac Loan Services originated in Illinois in 2025 was 6.49%, against a statewide median of 6.75%.

About this data. Figures are Pennymac Loan Services'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