Alabama One · Alabama · 2025

Alabama One in Alabama: approval rate, denial rate and rates (2025)

Alabama One took 686 mortgage applications in Alabama in 2025, ranking #68 of 990 lenders active in the state. It originated 74.9% of them and denied 13.9% (15.6% of the applications it decided), against a statewide denial rate of 19.9%.

686Applicationsin AL
15.6%Decision denial ratestate 25.0%
7.25%Median ratestate 6.50%
$85,000Median loanstate $165,000
$71MVolume48 counties

Alabama One in Alabama vs the state

13.9%Denial rate-6.00 pts vs state
15.6%Decision denial rate-9.40 pts vs state
74.9%Origination rate+19.54 pts vs state
7.25%Median rate+0.75 pts vs state
1.18Rate spread (pts)+0.90 pts vs state
$88kMedian applicant income
514Loans originated
95Denied

Trend in Alabama

YearApplicationsOriginatedDenial rateMedian rateRank in state
20232842333.9%7.00%#105
202436727615.3%6.75%#99
202568651413.9%7.25%#68

What Alabama One lends in Alabama

By loan purpose

Home purchase 230 34% · 8.3% denied
Refinance 73 11% · 19.2% denied
Cash-out refinance 216 31% · 14.8% denied
Home improvement 3 0% · 33.3% denied
Other / HELOC 164 24% · 17.7% denied

By loan type

Conventional 686 100% · 13.9% denied

Why it denied Alabama applicants

Credit history 56 59%
Debt-to-income ratio 33 35%
Other 2 2%
Unverifiable information 1 1%
Employment history 1 1%
Collateral 1 1%
Incomplete application 1 1%

Where in Alabama

Counties with the most Alabama One applications in 2025.

CountyApplicationsOriginatedDeniedDenial rate
Tuscaloosa County 35628533 9.3%
Pickens County 29214 13.8%
Fayette County 27221 3.7%
Randolph County 24147 29.2%
Escambia County 2098 40.0%
Hale County 17122 11.8%
Cherokee County 17133 17.6%
Jefferson County 1685 31.3%
Mobile County 1485 35.7%
Bibb County 14122 14.3%

Other large lenders in Alabama

LenderGradeApplicationsDenial rateMedian rate
Regions BankC 11,87137.2%4.99%
Rocket MortgageC 9,94120.5%6.63%
Vanderbilt Mortgage and FinanceF 8,46141.4%9.50%
United Shore Financial ServicesB 7,68912.0%6.13%
21st MortgageF 6,50746.0%9.98%
Mortgage Research CenterC 5,10718.4%6.25%
REDSTONE Federal Credit UnionC 4,54818.9%8.13%
Dhi Mortgage CompanyB 3,90917.5%4.99%
Freedom MortgageB 3,7258.7%6.25%
Pennymac Loan ServicesC 3,61111.6%6.25%

Frequently asked questions

Alabama: 686 applications in 2025, of which 514 were originated and 95 denied.

13.9% of all applications, or 15.6% of the applications it actually decided on. The Alabama statewide average across all lenders was 19.9%.

The median rate on loans Alabama One originated in Alabama in 2025 was 7.25%, against a statewide median of 6.50%.

About this data. Figures are Alabama One's own HMDA filing for properties located in Alabama, 2025. The grade is national; state-level figures are shown for context and are not separately graded. Methodology