Union Home Mortgage · Illinois · 2025

Union Home Mortgage in Illinois: approval rate, denial rate and rates (2025)

Union Home Mortgage took 2,224 mortgage applications in Illinois in 2025, ranking #41 of 1,150 lenders active in the state. It originated 74.4% of them and denied 5.9% (7.2% of the applications it decided), against a statewide denial rate of 17.1%.

2.2kApplicationsin IL
7.2%Decision denial ratestate 21.7%
6.63%Median ratestate 6.75%
$325,000Median loanstate $185,000
$592MVolume37 counties

Union Home Mortgage in Illinois vs the state

5.9%Denial rate-11.18 pts vs state
7.2%Decision denial rate-14.44 pts vs state
74.4%Origination rate+15.68 pts vs state
6.63%Median rate-0.13 pts vs state
0.36Rate spread (pts)-0.02 pts vs state
$132kMedian applicant income
1,655Loans originated
132Denied

Trend in Illinois

YearApplicationsOriginatedDenial rateMedian rateRank in state
20231,1097808.8%7.13%#68
20241,4911,0728.1%6.99%#51
20252,2241,6555.9%6.63%#41

What Union Home Mortgage lends in Illinois

By loan purpose

Home purchase 1,435 65% · 6.1% denied
Refinance 573 26% · 4.0% denied
Cash-out refinance 149 7% · 9.4% denied
Home improvement 34 2% · 8.8% denied
Other / HELOC 33 1% · 15.2% denied

By loan type

Conventional 1,927 87% · 4.9% denied
FHA 223 10% · 13.0% denied
VA 69 3% · 11.6% denied
USDA / RHS 5 0% · 0.0% denied

Why it denied Illinois applicants

Debt-to-income ratio 51 39%
Credit history 19 14%
Unverifiable information 14 11%
Other 13 10%
Collateral 12 9%
Incomplete application 11 8%
Insufficient cash 11 8%
Employment history 1 1%

Where in Illinois

Counties with the most Union Home Mortgage applications in 2025.

CountyApplicationsOriginatedDeniedDenial rate
Cook County 1,26192172 5.7%
DuPage County 23417810 4.3%
Lake County 19515012 6.2%
Will County 14510814 9.7%
McHenry County 1371126 4.4%
Kane County 109869 8.3%
Kendall County 26220 0.0%
Winnebago County 14100 0.0%
LaSalle County 1370 0.0%
DeKalb County 1190 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: 2,224 applications in 2025, of which 1,655 were originated and 132 denied.

5.9% of all applications, or 7.2% of the applications it actually decided on. The Illinois statewide average across all lenders was 17.1%.

The median rate on loans Union Home Mortgage originated in Illinois in 2025 was 6.63%, against a statewide median of 6.75%.

About this data. Figures are Union Home Mortgage'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