Southwest Airlines Federal Credit Union · Illinois · 2025

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

Southwest Airlines Federal Credit Union took 16 mortgage applications in Illinois in 2025, ranking #623 of 1,150 lenders active in the state. It originated 75.0% of them and denied 25.0% (25.0% of the applications it decided), against a statewide denial rate of 17.1%.

16Applicationsin IL
25.0%Decision denial ratestate 21.7%
5.75%Median ratestate 6.75%
$55,000Median loanstate $185,000
$1.4MVolume7 counties

Southwest Airlines Federal Credit Union in Illinois vs the state

25.0%Denial rate+7.88 pts vs state
25.0%Decision denial rate+3.32 pts vs state
75.0%Origination rate+16.26 pts vs state
5.75%Median rate-1.00 pts vs state
-0.28Rate spread (pts)-0.66 pts vs state
$118kMedian applicant income
12Loans originated
4Denied

Trend in Illinois

YearApplicationsOriginatedDenial rateMedian rateRank in state
2023221627.3%5.75%#578
2024201335.0%5.75%#588
2025161225.0%5.75%#623

What Southwest Airlines Federal Credit Union lends in Illinois

By loan purpose

Home purchase 2 13% · 0.0% denied
Cash-out refinance 9 56% · 22.2% denied
Home improvement 5 31% · 40.0% denied

By loan type

Conventional 16 100% · 25.0% denied

Why it denied Illinois applicants

Credit history 2 50%
Debt-to-income ratio 1 25%
Collateral 1 25%

Where in Illinois

Counties with the most Southwest Airlines Federal Credit Union applications in 2025.

CountyApplicationsOriginatedDeniedDenial rate
Cook County 532 40.0%
Will County 431 25.0%
DuPage County 321 33.3%
Peoria County 110 0.0%
Kane County 110 0.0%
McHenry County 110 0.0%
Madison 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: 16 applications in 2025, of which 12 were originated and 4 denied.

25.0% of all applications, or 25.0% of the applications it actually decided on. The Illinois statewide average across all lenders was 17.1%.

The median rate on loans Southwest Airlines Federal Credit Union originated in Illinois in 2025 was 5.75%, against a statewide median of 6.75%.

About this data. Figures are Southwest Airlines 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