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Busey Bank 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.
Busey Bank's 2024 HMDA record for Illinois covers 1,780 applications, 1,296 of them originated, worth $196m.
Its denial rate in the state was 12.5%, below the Illinois rate of 23.3% across all lenders and compared with the lender's national rate of 13.6%.
The median rate spread on its Illinois originations was 0.6 percentage points (state median 0.5).
Applications in the state were down 11% on 2023.
Compared with the state and the lender's national record
| Measure | In Illinois | Illinois, all lenders | Busey Bank, all states | United States |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denial rate | 12.5% | 23.3% | 13.6% | 24.3% |
| Median rate spread, pp | 0.6 | 0.5 | 0.6 | 0.3 |
| Originations with spread of 1.5 pp or more | 10.0% | 15.4% | 9.5% | 15.6% |
| Average originated loan | $151k | $273k | $187k | $329k |
| Home purchase share | 52.1% | 61.1% | 52.4% | 57.0% |
| FHA-insured share | 2.5% | 10.7% | 2.3% | 13.4% |
| VA-guaranteed share | 0.6% | 4.9% | 0.6% | 7.9% |
Trend by year
ApplicationsOriginations
This lender in stateIllinois, all lenders
Loan purpose and loan type in Illinois
By purpose
Home purchase 52% (675)Home improvement 17% (216)Refinancing 15% (195)Cash-out refinancing 5% (71)Other purpose 11% (139)
By type
Conventional 97% (1,253)FHA 2% (32)VA 1% (8)USDA 0% (3)
Denial reasons as coded
Share of 189 denials in Illinois by first denial reason coded (outlined bar: all lenders in the state).
Counties in Illinois
| County | Applications | Originations | Amount | Denial rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Champaign County | 430 | 338 | $55m | 10.7% |
| Cook County | 263 | 187 | $37m | 14.8% |
| Madison County | 224 | 172 | $24m | 8.8% |
| McLean County | 131 | 104 | $13m | 4.5% |
| Macon County | 109 | 80 | $7.2m | 14.9% |
| Peoria County | 102 | 71 | $6.7m | 14.1% |
| Will County | 113 | 67 | $13m | 17.1% |
| St. Clair County | 50 | 34 | $4.3m | 16.7% |
| DuPage County | 48 | 33 | $5.8m | 10.3% |
| Tazewell County | 45 | 32 | $3.7m | 15.8% |
| Grundy County | 40 | 29 | $7.4m | 9.4% |
Counties with at least 25 applications, by originations.
Questions and answers
How many mortgages did Busey Bank originate in Illinois in 2024?
1,296 loans totalling $196m, from 1,780 applications reported for properties in Illinois.
What is Busey Bank's denial rate in Illinois?
12.5% of decided applications in Illinois were denied, against 23.3% for all lenders in the state and 13.6% 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 Busey Bank lend in most?
By originations: Champaign County (338), Cook County (187), Madison County (172), McLean County (104), Macon County (80).
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 1 Oct 2026; data through 1 Aug 2026. See methodology and corrections.