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First Financial Bank, NA in Illinois
HMDA record for properties in Illinois, calendar year 2024. National record · Illinois overview
HMDA data alone cannot be used to determine whether a lender is complying with fair lending laws. The data do not include some legitimate credit risk considerations for loan approval and loan pricing decisions. Cells under 25 applications are withheld.
First Financial Bank, NA's 2024 HMDA record for Illinois covers 379 applications, 232 of them originated, worth $20m.
Its denial rate in the state was 29.1%, above the Illinois rate of 23.3% across all lenders and compared with the lender's national rate of 24.5%.
The median rate spread on its Illinois originations was 0.3 percentage points (state median 0.5).
Applications in the state were about level with 2023.
Compared with the state and the lender's national record
| Measure | In Illinois | Illinois, all lenders | First Financial Bank, NA, all states | United States |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denial rate | 29.1% | 23.3% | 24.5% | 24.3% |
| Median rate spread, pp | 0.3 | 0.5 | 0.4 | 0.3 |
| Originations with spread of 1.5 pp or more | 3.3% | 15.4% | 4.0% | 15.6% |
| Average originated loan | $84k | $273k | $197k | $329k |
| Home purchase share | 31.5% | 61.1% | 31.3% | 57.0% |
| FHA-insured share | 0.9% | 10.7% | 1.0% | 13.4% |
| VA-guaranteed share | 0.4% | 4.9% | 0.3% | 7.9% |
Trend by year
ApplicationsOriginations
This lender in stateIllinois, all lenders
Loan purpose and loan type in Illinois
By purpose
Home purchase 31% (73)Home improvement 28% (64)Refinancing 27% (63)Cash-out refinancing 3% (6)Other purpose 11% (26)
By type
Conventional 98% (228)FHA 1% (2)VA 0% (1)USDA 0% (1)
Denial reasons as coded
Share of 102 denials in Illinois by first denial reason coded (outlined bar: all lenders in the state).
Counties in Illinois
| County | Applications | Originations | Amount | Denial rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Crawford County | 56 | 41 | $2.3m | 20.0% |
| Champaign County | 55 | 35 | $4.6m | 19.1% |
| Vermilion County | 47 | 33 | $2.4m | 22.2% |
| Clark County | 28 | 17 | $1.4m | 28.0% |
| Coles County | 27 | 17 | $1.2m | 30.8% |
| Jasper County | 26 | 14 | $900k | 44.0% |
Counties with at least 25 applications, by originations.
Questions and answers
How many mortgages did First Financial Bank, NA originate in Illinois in 2024?
232 loans totalling $20m, from 379 applications reported for properties in Illinois.
What is First Financial Bank, NA's denial rate in Illinois?
29.1% of decided applications in Illinois were denied, against 23.3% for all lenders in the state and 24.5% for this lender nationally. HMDA data alone cannot be used to determine whether a lender is complying with fair lending laws.
Which Illinois counties does First Financial Bank, NA lend in most?
By originations: Crawford County (41), Champaign County (35), Vermilion County (33), Clark County (17), Coles County (17).
Where does this data come from?
From the 2024 public HMDA loan/application register (FFIEC and CFPB), filtered to the lender's LEI and the property state. Cells under 25 applications are withheld.
Provenance
Source: HMDA public loan/application register 2022, 2023, 2024 (FFIEC and CFPB, public domain), records for this LEI with a property in Illinois. Built 30 Sep 2026; data through 1 Aug 2026. See methodology and corrections.