Proper Rate · Illinois · 2025

Proper Rate in Illinois: approval rate, denial rate and rates (2025)

Proper Rate took 377 mortgage applications in Illinois in 2025, ranking #158 of 1,150 lenders active in the state. It originated 51.5% of them and denied 2.4% (4.3% of the applications it decided), against a statewide denial rate of 17.1%.

377Applicationsin IL
4.3%Decision denial ratestate 21.7%
6.90%Median ratestate 6.75%
$375,000Median loanstate $185,000
$85MVolume9 counties

Proper Rate in Illinois vs the state

2.4%Denial rate-14.73 pts vs state
4.3%Decision denial rate-17.41 pts vs state
51.5%Origination rate-7.28 pts vs state
6.90%Median rate+0.15 pts vs state
0.36Rate spread (pts)-0.02 pts vs state
$168kMedian applicant income
194Loans originated
9Denied

Trend in Illinois

YearApplicationsOriginatedDenial rateMedian rateRank in state
20231,8071,1812.1%6.63%#38
20242,1241,4112.1%6.83%#36
20253771942.4%6.90%#158

What Proper Rate lends in Illinois

By loan purpose

Home purchase 284 75% · 1.8% denied
Refinance 59 16% · 0.0% denied
Cash-out refinance 30 8% · 10.0% denied
Home improvement 2 1% · 0.0% denied
Other / HELOC 2 1% · 50.0% denied

By loan type

Conventional 347 92% · 2.0% denied
FHA 22 6% · 9.1% denied
VA 8 2% · 0.0% denied

Why it denied Illinois applicants

Credit history 3 33%
Collateral 3 33%
Debt-to-income ratio 2 22%
Unverifiable information 1 11%

Where in Illinois

Counties with the most Proper Rate applications in 2025.

CountyApplicationsOriginatedDeniedDenial rate
Cook County 2801447 2.5%
DuPage County 42230 0.0%
Lake County 32141 3.1%
Will County 860 0.0%
Kane County 731 14.3%
McHenry County 320 0.0%
Kendall County 310 0.0%
Tazewell County 110 0.0%
Putnam County 100 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: 377 applications in 2025, of which 194 were originated and 9 denied.

2.4% of all applications, or 4.3% of the applications it actually decided on. The Illinois statewide average across all lenders was 17.1%.

The median rate on loans Proper Rate originated in Illinois in 2025 was 6.90%, against a statewide median of 6.75%.

About this data. Figures are Proper Rate'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