SayGO Home Loans · Illinois · 2025

SayGO Home Loans in Illinois: approval rate, denial rate and rates (2025)

SayGO Home Loans took 100 mortgage applications in Illinois in 2025, ranking #347 of 1,150 lenders active in the state. It originated 19.0% of them and denied 13.0% (40.6% of the applications it decided), against a statewide denial rate of 17.1%.

100Applicationsin IL
40.6%Decision denial ratestate 21.7%
5.75%Median ratestate 6.75%
$335,000Median loanstate $185,000
$6.6MVolume20 counties

SayGO Home Loans in Illinois vs the state

13.0%Denial rate-4.12 pts vs state
40.6%Decision denial rate+18.95 pts vs state
19.0%Origination rate-39.74 pts vs state
5.75%Median rate-1.00 pts vs state
0.18Rate spread (pts)-0.20 pts vs state
$107kMedian applicant income
19Loans originated
13Denied

Trend in Illinois

YearApplicationsOriginatedDenial rateMedian rateRank in state
2024132113.8%5.99%#291
20251001913.0%5.75%#347

What SayGO Home Loans lends in Illinois

By loan purpose

Home purchase 2 2% · 0.0% denied
Refinance 52 52% · 3.9% denied
Cash-out refinance 46 46% · 23.9% denied

By loan type

Conventional 40 40% · 0.0% denied
FHA 41 41% · 24.4% denied
VA 19 19% · 15.8% denied

Why it denied Illinois applicants

Debt-to-income ratio 8 62%
Credit history 3 23%
Collateral 2 15%

Where in Illinois

Counties with the most SayGO Home Loans applications in 2025.

CountyApplicationsOriginatedDeniedDenial rate
Cook County 3134 12.9%
Will County 1643 18.8%
DuPage County 1241 8.3%
Kane County 920 0.0%
Lake County 730 0.0%
Kankakee County 413 75.0%
McHenry County 301 33.3%
Madison County 310 0.0%
DeKalb County 310 0.0%
McLean County 200 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: 100 applications in 2025, of which 19 were originated and 13 denied.

13.0% of all applications, or 40.6% of the applications it actually decided on. The Illinois statewide average across all lenders was 17.1%.

The median rate on loans SayGO Home Loans originated in Illinois in 2025 was 5.75%, against a statewide median of 6.75%.

About this data. Figures are SayGO Home Loans'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