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Fairway Independent Mort Corp in Illinois

HMDA record for properties in Illinois, calendar year 2024. National record · Illinois overview

LEI 549300MGPZBLQDIL7538
Reporting agency Department of Housing and Urban Development
State Illinois

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.

In Illinois, Fairway Independent Mort Corp reported 5,594 applications and 3,963 originations for 2024, $1.0bn in all.

Its denial rate in the state was 7.9%, below the Illinois rate of 23.3% across all lenders and compared with the lender's national rate of 6.0%.

The median rate spread on its Illinois originations was 0.7 percentage points (state median 0.5).

Applications in the state were down 9% on 2023.

5,594applications in IL, 20245.6% of the lender's total
3,963loans originated$1.0bn
7.9%denial rateIL all lenders 23.3%
0.7 ppmedian rate spreadIL 0.5 pp

Compared with the state and the lender's national record

MeasureIn IllinoisIllinois, all lendersFairway Independent Mort Corp, all statesUnited States
Denial rate7.9%23.3%6.0%24.3%
Median rate spread, pp0.70.50.40.3
Originations with spread of 1.5 pp or more8.5%15.4%5.0%15.6%
Average originated loan$256k$273k$319k$329k
Home purchase share91.4%61.1%91.1%57.0%
FHA-insured share19.9%10.7%22.0%13.4%
VA-guaranteed share3.0%4.9%8.3%7.9%

Trend by year

ApplicationsOriginations

03598.57,1972022: 7,197 Applications2023: 6,163 Applications2024: 5,594 Applications2022: 4,846 Originations2023: 4,332 Originations2024: 3,963 Originations202220232024
Fairway Independent Mort Corp in Illinois: applications and originations, 2022–2024

This lender in stateIllinois, all lenders

0%11.7%23.3%2022: 13.2% This lender in state2023: 8.8% This lender in state2024: 7.9% This lender in state202220232024
Denial rate by year, state rate dashed

Loan purpose and loan type in Illinois

By purpose

Home purchase 91% (3,623)Home improvement 0% (8)Refinancing 4% (178)Cash-out refinancing 3% (118)Other purpose 1% (36)

By type

Conventional 76% (3,028)FHA 20% (790)VA 3% (120)USDA 1% (25)

Denial reasons as coded

Debt-to-income ratio25.1%
Credit history15.9%
Collateral15%
Credit application incomplete14.5%
Other10.1%
Unverifiable information7.8%
Insufficient cash (downpayment, closing costs)6.6%
Employment history4.9%
Mortgage insurance denied0%

Share of 346 denials in Illinois by first denial reason coded (outlined bar: all lenders in the state).

Counties in Illinois

CountyApplicationsOriginationsAmountDenial rate
Cook County2,4451,692$460m9.1%
DuPage County440315$101m5.9%
Lake County447314$91m5.1%
McHenry County381289$79m4.3%
Will County408272$77m11.1%
Winnebago County305233$30m4.8%
Kane County309228$64m4.2%
Monroe County9671$21m6.6%
St. Clair County8763$14m13.7%
Rock Island County6248$6.4m5.9%
Kendall County6046$14m9.8%
Boone County5441$7.8m8.7%
Madison County5536$6.9m23.4%
DeKalb County3726$5.0m13.3%
Kankakee County3325$3.4m7.4%

Counties with at least 25 applications, by originations.

Questions and answers

How many mortgages did Fairway Independent Mort Corp originate in Illinois in 2024?

3,963 loans totalling $1.0bn, from 5,594 applications reported for properties in Illinois.

What is Fairway Independent Mort Corp's denial rate in Illinois?

7.9% of decided applications in Illinois were denied, against 23.3% for all lenders in the state and 6.0% 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 Fairway Independent Mort Corp lend in most?

By originations: Cook County (1,692), DuPage County (315), Lake County (314), McHenry County (289), Will County (272).

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.