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Freedom Mortgage Corporation 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.
Freedom Mortgage Corporation's 2024 HMDA record for Illinois covers 2,945 applications, 1,171 of them originated, worth $316m.
Its denial rate in the state was 22.5%, close to the Illinois rate of 23.3% across all lenders and compared with the lender's national rate of 16.2%.
The median rate spread on its Illinois originations was 0.6 percentage points (state median 0.5).
Applications in the state were up 108% on 2023.
Compared with the state and the lender's national record
| Measure | In Illinois | Illinois, all lenders | Freedom Mortgage Corporation, all states | United States |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denial rate | 22.5% | 23.3% | 16.2% | 24.3% |
| Median rate spread, pp | 0.6 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 0.3 |
| Originations with spread of 1.5 pp or more | 7.5% | 15.4% | 2.7% | 15.6% |
| Average originated loan | $270k | $273k | $340k | $329k |
| Home purchase share | 20.4% | 61.1% | 33.5% | 57.0% |
| FHA-insured share | 51.3% | 10.7% | 40.4% | 13.4% |
| VA-guaranteed share | 35.3% | 4.9% | 47.9% | 7.9% |
Trend by year
ApplicationsOriginations
This lender in stateIllinois, all lenders
Loan purpose and loan type in Illinois
By purpose
Home purchase 20% (239)Refinancing 35% (408)Cash-out refinancing 44% (520)Other purpose 0% (4)
By type
Conventional 13% (156)FHA 51% (601)VA 35% (413)USDA 0% (1)
Denial reasons as coded
Share of 374 denials in Illinois by first denial reason coded (outlined bar: all lenders in the state).
Counties in Illinois
| County | Applications | Originations | Amount | Denial rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cook County | 967 | 334 | $103m | 28.8% |
| Will County | 241 | 95 | $30m | 18.3% |
| St. Clair County | 149 | 77 | $21m | 12.2% |
| Lake County | 197 | 76 | $23m | 25.2% |
| Kane County | 154 | 64 | $20m | 21.2% |
| McHenry County | 136 | 63 | $19m | 17.4% |
| DuPage County | 156 | 59 | $20m | 17.5% |
| Kendall County | 88 | 34 | $11m | 28.0% |
| Madison County | 86 | 34 | $6.8m | 26.0% |
| Winnebago County | 77 | 34 | $6.1m | 16.3% |
| Sangamon County | 49 | 21 | $4.8m | 11.1% |
| Champaign County | 29 | 18 | $3.9m | — |
| Rock Island County | 39 | 16 | $2.6m | — |
| McLean County | 33 | 16 | $3.1m | — |
| DeKalb County | 31 | 15 | $3.4m | — |
| Tazewell County | 30 | 15 | $3.1m | — |
| Williamson County | 32 | 12 | $1.8m | — |
| Kankakee County | 30 | 12 | $2.2m | — |
Counties with at least 25 applications, by originations.
Questions and answers
How many mortgages did Freedom Mortgage Corporation originate in Illinois in 2024?
1,171 loans totalling $316m, from 2,945 applications reported for properties in Illinois.
What is Freedom Mortgage Corporation's denial rate in Illinois?
22.5% of decided applications in Illinois were denied, against 23.3% for all lenders in the state and 16.2% 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 Freedom Mortgage Corporation lend in most?
By originations: Cook County (334), Will County (95), St. Clair County (77), Lake County (76), Kane County (64).
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.