Sauk Valley Bank & Trust · Illinois · 2025

Sauk Valley Bank & Trust in Illinois: approval rate, denial rate and rates (2025)

Sauk Valley Bank & Trust took 256 mortgage applications in Illinois in 2025, ranking #218 of 1,150 lenders active in the state. It originated 80.1% of them and denied 8.6% (9.7% of the applications it decided), against a statewide denial rate of 17.1%.

256Applicationsin IL
9.7%Decision denial ratestate 21.7%
Median ratestate 6.75%
$105,000Median loanstate $185,000
$36MVolume15 counties

Sauk Valley Bank & Trust in Illinois vs the state

8.6%Denial rate-8.53 pts vs state
9.7%Decision denial rate-12.03 pts vs state
80.1%Origination rate+21.34 pts vs state
Median rate
Rate spread (pts)
$68kMedian applicant income
205Loans originated
22Denied

Trend in Illinois

YearApplicationsOriginatedDenial rateMedian rateRank in state
20232031763.9%#220
20242292123.1%#210
20252562058.6%#218

What Sauk Valley Bank & Trust lends in Illinois

By loan purpose

Home purchase 151 59% · 2.7% denied
Refinance 56 22% · 10.7% denied
Cash-out refinance 11 4% · 27.3% denied
Home improvement 19 7% · 26.3% denied
Other / HELOC 19 7% · 21.1% denied

By loan type

Conventional 250 98% · 7.2% denied
FHA 6 2% · 66.7% denied

Where in Illinois

Counties with the most Sauk Valley Bank & Trust applications in 2025.

CountyApplicationsOriginatedDeniedDenial rate
Whiteside County 1118711 9.9%
Lee County 85628 9.4%
McHenry County 21191 4.8%
Ogle County 15150 0.0%
Winnebago County 770 0.0%
Carroll County 550 0.0%
Cook County 220 0.0%
Stephenson County 211 50.0%
Henry County 211 50.0%
DeKalb County 110 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: 256 applications in 2025, of which 205 were originated and 22 denied.

8.6% of all applications, or 9.7% of the applications it actually decided on. The Illinois statewide average across all lenders was 17.1%.

This lender did not report interest rates on its originated loans (some institutions are exempt from HMDA pricing fields).

About this data. Figures are Sauk Valley Bank & 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