Pentagon Federal Credit Union · Illinois · 2025

Pentagon Federal Credit Union in Illinois: approval rate, denial rate and rates (2025)

Pentagon Federal Credit Union took 599 mortgage applications in Illinois in 2025, ranking #118 of 1,150 lenders active in the state. It originated 40.9% of them and denied 37.7% (46.9% of the applications it decided), against a statewide denial rate of 17.1%.

599Applicationsin IL
46.9%Decision denial ratestate 21.7%
7.63%Median ratestate 6.75%
$155,000Median loanstate $185,000
$48MVolume45 counties

Pentagon Federal Credit Union in Illinois vs the state

37.7%Denial rate+20.61 pts vs state
46.9%Decision denial rate+25.21 pts vs state
40.9%Origination rate-17.84 pts vs state
7.63%Median rate+0.88 pts vs state
0.45Rate spread (pts)+0.06 pts vs state
$139kMedian applicant income
245Loans originated
226Denied

Trend in Illinois

YearApplicationsOriginatedDenial rateMedian rateRank in state
202367923840.7%7.13%#88
202459219742.2%9.00%#101
202559924537.7%7.63%#118

What Pentagon Federal Credit Union lends in Illinois

By loan purpose

Home purchase 142 24% · 38.0% denied
Refinance 121 20% · 36.4% denied
Cash-out refinance 48 8% · 47.9% denied
Home improvement 199 33% · 37.2% denied
Other / HELOC 89 15% · 34.8% denied

By loan type

Conventional 511 85% · 36.4% denied
FHA 33 6% · 69.7% denied
VA 55 9% · 30.9% denied

Why it denied Illinois applicants

Credit history 63 28%
Debt-to-income ratio 60 27%
Other 50 22%
Collateral 42 19%
Unverifiable information 6 3%
Insufficient cash 4 2%
Employment history 1 0%

Where in Illinois

Counties with the most Pentagon Federal Credit Union applications in 2025.

CountyApplicationsOriginatedDeniedDenial rate
Cook County 272104109 40.1%
DuPage County 643023 35.9%
Lake County 522314 26.9%
Will County 522419 36.5%
Kane County 21109 42.9%
St. Clair County 2196 28.6%
McHenry County 1774 23.5%
Kendall County 1575 33.3%
Madison County 961 11.1%
Winnebago County 824 50.0%

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: 599 applications in 2025, of which 245 were originated and 226 denied.

37.7% of all applications, or 46.9% of the applications it actually decided on. The Illinois statewide average across all lenders was 17.1%.

The median rate on loans Pentagon Federal Credit Union originated in Illinois in 2025 was 7.63%, against a statewide median of 6.75%.

About this data. Figures are Pentagon Federal Credit Union'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