Investment property improvement lenders in Cook County, Illinois
Fat Boy Data analyzed investment home improvement loan activity in Cook County, Illinois, home to Chicago, to show which lenders are making these loans, how often they approve, how often borrowers accept the offer, and how much they typically finance. 1,992 applications were decided by 149 lenders between 2023 and 2025.
Cook County at a glance
How Cook County compares
What the data shows
Deephaven Mortgage LLC made the most investment home improvement loans in Cook County, IL, 47 of them.
Abl Rpc Residential Credit Acquisition LLC approved the highest share of applications among lenders with at least 20 decisions here, 93% of 44.
Lenders approved 34.9% of investment home improvement loan applications in Cook County, IL, 11.5 percentage points below the Illinois rate of 46.4%.
The typical investment home improvement loan here is $135K, 42% larger than the Illinois typical of $95K.
No lender with a meaningful sample here has a typical investment home improvement loan at or below $35K, so small jobs are poorly served by the banks in this market.
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Investment property improvement lenders in Cook County
| Lender | Approval | Approved | Taken up | Typical loan | Loans made | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | BMO Bank National Association | 18% | 43 / 241 | 93% | $105K | 40 |
| 2 | The Huntington National Bank | 12% | 19 / 165 | 100% | $135K | 19 |
| 3 | Fifth Third Bank, National Association | 6% | 10 / 160 | 90% | $95K | 9 |
| 4 | Navy Federal Credit Union | 9% | 12 / 138 | 100% | $75K | 12 |
| 5 | Bank of America, National Association | 11% | 12 / 113 | 100% | $235K | 12 |
Ranked by lending volume. Approval is the share of decided applications a lender approved; taken up is the share of approvals borrowers accepted. Lenders with fewer than 20 decisions are marked as a limited sample and never used for a “highest approval” claim.How the numbers work.
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