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Hometown Equity Mortgage, LLC 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.
Hometown Equity Mortgage, LLC's 2024 HMDA record for Illinois covers 114 applications, 50 of them originated, worth $15m.
Its denial rate in the state was 55.4%, above the Illinois rate of 23.3% across all lenders and compared with the lender's national rate of 49.4%.
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 | Hometown Equity Mortgage, LLC, all states | United States |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denial rate | 55.4% | 23.3% | 49.4% | 24.3% |
| Median rate spread, pp | — | 0.5 | 1.3 | 0.3 |
| Originations with spread of 1.5 pp or more | — | 15.4% | 43.9% | 15.6% |
| Average originated loan | $298k | $273k | $438k | $329k |
| Home purchase share | 56.0% | 61.1% | 55.6% | 57.0% |
| FHA-insured share | 14.0% | 10.7% | 11.2% | 13.4% |
| VA-guaranteed share | 2.0% | 4.9% | 1.4% | 7.9% |
Trend by year
ApplicationsOriginations
This lender in stateIllinois, all lenders
Loan purpose and loan type in Illinois
By purpose
Home purchase 56% (28)Refinancing 12% (6)Cash-out refinancing 32% (16)
By type
Conventional 84% (42)FHA 14% (7)VA 2% (1)
Denial reasons as coded
Share of 62 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 | 97 | 44 | $13m | 54.2% |
Counties with at least 25 applications, by originations.
Questions and answers
How many mortgages did Hometown Equity Mortgage, LLC originate in Illinois in 2024?
50 loans totalling $15m, from 114 applications reported for properties in Illinois.
What is Hometown Equity Mortgage, LLC's denial rate in Illinois?
55.4% of decided applications in Illinois were denied, against 23.3% for all lenders in the state and 49.4% 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 Hometown Equity Mortgage, LLC lend in most?
By originations: Cook County (44).
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.