Waterstone Mortgage · Illinois · 2025

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

Waterstone Mortgage took 164 mortgage applications in Illinois in 2025, ranking #280 of 1,150 lenders active in the state. It originated 78.1% of them and denied 6.1% (7.2% of the applications it decided), against a statewide denial rate of 17.1%.

164Applicationsin IL
7.2%Decision denial ratestate 21.7%
6.75%Median ratestate 6.75%
$305,000Median loanstate $185,000
$46MVolume14 counties

Waterstone Mortgage in Illinois vs the state

6.1%Denial rate-11.02 pts vs state
7.2%Decision denial rate-14.49 pts vs state
78.1%Origination rate+19.31 pts vs state
6.75%Median rate0.00 pts vs state
0.44Rate spread (pts)+0.05 pts vs state
$124kMedian applicant income
128Loans originated
10Denied

Trend in Illinois

YearApplicationsOriginatedDenial rateMedian rateRank in state
20231891391.6%6.93%#231
20241821433.3%6.99%#242
20251641286.1%6.75%#280

What Waterstone Mortgage lends in Illinois

By loan purpose

Home purchase 130 79% · 4.6% denied
Refinance 24 15% · 8.3% denied
Cash-out refinance 9 5% · 22.2% denied
Home improvement 1 1% · 0.0% denied

By loan type

Conventional 144 88% · 4.9% denied
FHA 15 9% · 20.0% denied
VA 5 3% · 0.0% denied

Why it denied Illinois applicants

Debt-to-income ratio 4 40%
Other 2 20%
Collateral 1 10%
Credit history 1 10%
Unverifiable information 1 10%
Employment history 1 10%

Where in Illinois

Counties with the most Waterstone Mortgage applications in 2025.

CountyApplicationsOriginatedDeniedDenial rate
Cook County 83666 7.2%
Lake County 32232 6.3%
McHenry County 19142 10.5%
DuPage County 970 0.0%
Will County 540 0.0%
Kane County 440 0.0%
Winnebago County 430 0.0%
Kendall County 210 0.0%
Boone County 110 0.0%
DeKalb 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: 164 applications in 2025, of which 128 were originated and 10 denied.

6.1% 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 Waterstone Mortgage originated in Illinois in 2025 was 6.75%, against a statewide median of 6.75%.

About this data. Figures are Waterstone 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