Prairie State Bank and Trust · Illinois · 2025

Prairie State Bank and Trust in Illinois: approval rate, denial rate and rates (2025)

Prairie State Bank and Trust took 353 mortgage applications in Illinois in 2025, ranking #173 of 1,150 lenders active in the state. It originated 89.0% of them and denied 4.0% (4.0% of the applications it decided), against a statewide denial rate of 17.1%.

353Applicationsin IL
4.0%Decision denial ratestate 21.7%
6.63%Median ratestate 6.75%
$125,000Median loanstate $185,000
$64MVolume30 counties

Prairie State Bank and Trust in Illinois vs the state

4.0%Denial rate-13.15 pts vs state
4.0%Decision denial rate-17.71 pts vs state
89.0%Origination rate+30.21 pts vs state
6.63%Median rate-0.13 pts vs state
0.23Rate spread (pts)-0.15 pts vs state
$102kMedian applicant income
314Loans originated
14Denied

Trend in Illinois

YearApplicationsOriginatedDenial rateMedian rateRank in state
20233162883.8%6.75%#157
20243072774.2%6.88%#177
20253533144.0%6.63%#173

What Prairie State Bank and Trust lends in Illinois

By loan purpose

Home purchase 231 65% · 2.6% denied
Refinance 31 9% · 6.5% denied
Cash-out refinance 56 16% · 8.9% denied
Home improvement 9 3% · 11.1% denied
Other / HELOC 26 7% · 0.0% denied

By loan type

Conventional 353 100% · 4.0% denied

Why it denied Illinois applicants

Credit history 7 50%
Debt-to-income ratio 3 21%
Collateral 2 14%
Other 1 7%
Employment history 1 7%

Where in Illinois

Counties with the most Prairie State Bank and Trust applications in 2025.

CountyApplicationsOriginatedDeniedDenial rate
Sangamon County 76696 7.9%
Macon County 69613 4.3%
Coles County 51412 3.9%
McLean County 31290 0.0%
Champaign County 30280 0.0%
Morgan County 25230 0.0%
Piatt County 880 0.0%
Macoupin County 861 12.5%
Douglas County 770 0.0%
Vermilion County 760 0.0%

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: 353 applications in 2025, of which 314 were originated and 14 denied.

4.0% of all applications, or 4.0% of the applications it actually decided on. The Illinois statewide average across all lenders was 17.1%.

The median rate on loans Prairie State Bank and Trust originated in Illinois in 2025 was 6.63%, against a statewide median of 6.75%.

About this data. Figures are Prairie State Bank and Trust'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