Champions Funding · Alabama · 2025

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

Champions Funding took 117 mortgage applications in Alabama in 2025, ranking #207 of 990 lenders active in the state. It originated 58.1% of them and denied 22.2% (27.7% of the applications it decided), against a statewide denial rate of 19.9%.

117Applicationsin AL
27.7%Decision denial ratestate 25.0%
7.50%Median ratestate 6.50%
$155,000Median loanstate $165,000
$13MVolume18 counties

Champions Funding in Alabama vs the state

22.2%Denial rate+2.37 pts vs state
27.7%Decision denial rate+2.66 pts vs state
58.1%Origination rate+2.73 pts vs state
7.50%Median rate+1.00 pts vs state
Rate spread (pts)
$120kMedian applicant income
68Loans originated
26Denied

What Champions Funding lends in Alabama

By loan purpose

Home purchase 22 19% · 22.7% denied
Refinance 15 13% · 20.0% denied
Cash-out refinance 80 68% · 22.5% denied

By loan type

Conventional 117 100% · 22.2% denied

Why it denied Alabama applicants

Other 12 46%
Incomplete application 11 42%
Collateral 2 8%
Debt-to-income ratio 1 4%

Where in Alabama

Counties with the most Champions Funding applications in 2025.

CountyApplicationsOriginatedDeniedDenial rate
Jefferson County 674211 16.4%
Baldwin County 1182 18.2%
Mobile County 943 33.3%
Macon County 540 0.0%
Montgomery County 413 75.0%
Madison County 330 0.0%
Russell County 201 50.0%
Cullman County 211 50.0%
Tuscaloosa County 211 50.0%
Talladega County 211 50.0%

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: 117 applications in 2025, of which 68 were originated and 26 denied.

22.2% of all applications, or 27.7% of the applications it actually decided on. The Alabama statewide average across all lenders was 19.9%.

The median rate on loans Champions Funding originated in Alabama in 2025 was 7.50%, against a statewide median of 6.50%.

About this data. Figures are Champions Funding'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