The Loan Store · Illinois · 2025

The Loan Store in Illinois: approval rate, denial rate and rates (2025)

The Loan Store took 2,236 mortgage applications in Illinois in 2025, ranking #40 of 1,150 lenders active in the state. It originated 78.1% of them and denied 7.7% (8.2% of the applications it decided), against a statewide denial rate of 17.1%.

2.2kApplicationsin IL
8.2%Decision denial ratestate 21.7%
6.75%Median ratestate 6.75%
$245,000Median loanstate $185,000
$518MVolume37 counties

The Loan Store in Illinois vs the state

7.7%Denial rate-9.47 pts vs state
8.2%Decision denial rate-13.44 pts vs state
78.1%Origination rate+19.35 pts vs state
6.75%Median rate0.00 pts vs state
0.31Rate spread (pts)-0.07 pts vs state
$146kMedian applicant income
1,746Loans originated
171Denied

Trend in Illinois

YearApplicationsOriginatedDenial rateMedian rateRank in state
20232561799.4%7.13%#183
20241,4321,0795.7%6.88%#55
20252,2361,7467.7%6.75%#40

What The Loan Store lends in Illinois

By loan purpose

Home purchase 1,441 64% · 4.9% denied
Refinance 335 15% · 3.3% denied
Cash-out refinance 262 12% · 10.3% denied
Home improvement 65 3% · 26.2% denied
Other / HELOC 133 6% · 33.8% denied

By loan type

Conventional 2,179 97% · 7.3% denied
FHA 51 2% · 21.6% denied
VA 6 0% · 0.0% denied

Why it denied Illinois applicants

Debt-to-income ratio 75 44%
Collateral 44 26%
Incomplete application 21 12%
Other 15 9%
Credit history 10 6%
Insufficient cash 4 2%
Employment history 2 1%

Where in Illinois

Counties with the most The Loan Store applications in 2025.

CountyApplicationsOriginatedDeniedDenial rate
Cook County 1,00172893 9.3%
DuPage County 35229415 4.3%
Will County 29824927 9.1%
Lake County 24920817 6.8%
Kane County 105903 2.9%
McHenry County 70575 7.1%
Kendall County 70553 4.3%
Winnebago County 1583 20.0%
McLean County 14100 0.0%
Champaign County 1062 20.0%

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: 2,236 applications in 2025, of which 1,746 were originated and 171 denied.

7.7% of all applications, or 8.2% of the applications it actually decided on. The Illinois statewide average across all lenders was 17.1%.

The median rate on loans The Loan Store originated in Illinois in 2025 was 6.75%, against a statewide median of 6.75%.

About this data. Figures are The Loan Store'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