Walker & Dunlop · Illinois · 2025

Walker & Dunlop in Illinois: approval rate, denial rate and rates (2025)

Walker & Dunlop took 40 mortgage applications in Illinois in 2025, ranking #491 of 1,150 lenders active in the state. It originated 85.0% of them and denied 2.5% (2.9% of the applications it decided), against a statewide denial rate of 17.1%.

40Applicationsin IL
2.9%Decision denial ratestate 21.7%
5.58%Median ratestate 6.75%
$11,445,000Median loanstate $185,000
$699MVolume13 counties

Walker & Dunlop in Illinois vs the state

2.5%Denial rate-14.62 pts vs state
2.9%Decision denial rate-18.82 pts vs state
85.0%Origination rate+26.26 pts vs state
5.58%Median rate-1.17 pts vs state
Rate spread (pts)
Median applicant income
34Loans originated
1Denied

Trend in Illinois

YearApplicationsOriginatedDenial rateMedian rateRank in state
2023493910.2%5.75%#459
202441380.0%5.69%#478
202540342.5%5.58%#491

What Walker & Dunlop lends in Illinois

By loan purpose

Home purchase 8 20% · 0.0% denied
Refinance 32 80% · 3.1% denied

By loan type

Conventional 29 73% · 3.5% denied
FHA 11 28% · 0.0% denied

Why it denied Illinois applicants

Employment history 1 100%

Where in Illinois

Counties with the most Walker & Dunlop applications in 2025.

CountyApplicationsOriginatedDeniedDenial rate
Cook County 1290 0.0%
DuPage County 770 0.0%
Peoria County 651 16.7%
LaSalle County 330 0.0%
Will County 220 0.0%
DeKalb County 220 0.0%
Champaign County 220 0.0%
St. Clair County 110 0.0%
Woodford County 110 0.0%
Winnebago 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: 40 applications in 2025, of which 34 were originated and 1 denied.

2.5% of all applications, or 2.9% of the applications it actually decided on. The Illinois statewide average across all lenders was 17.1%.

The median rate on loans Walker & Dunlop originated in Illinois in 2025 was 5.58%, against a statewide median of 6.75%.

About this data. Figures are Walker & Dunlop'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