First Federal Savings and Loan Association · Alabama · 2025

First Federal Savings and Loan Association in Alabama: approval rate, denial rate and rates (2025)

First Federal Savings and Loan Association took 9 mortgage applications in Alabama in 2025, ranking #485 of 990 lenders active in the state. It originated 33.3% of them and denied 22.2% (33.3% of the applications it decided), against a statewide denial rate of 19.9%.

9Applicationsin AL
33.3%Decision denial ratestate 25.0%
Median ratestate 6.50%
$305,000Median loanstate $165,000
$945kVolume4 counties

First Federal Savings and Loan Association in Alabama vs the state

22.2%Denial rate+2.37 pts vs state
33.3%Decision denial rate+8.33 pts vs state
33.3%Origination rate-22.06 pts vs state
Median rate
Rate spread (pts)
$103kMedian applicant income
3Loans originated
2Denied

Trend in Alabama

YearApplicationsOriginatedDenial rateMedian rateRank in state
202319135.3%#382
202412110.0%#443
20259322.2%#485

What First Federal Savings and Loan Association lends in Alabama

By loan purpose

Home purchase 7 78% · 14.3% denied
Cash-out refinance 1 11% · 0.0% denied
Other / HELOC 1 11% · 100.0% denied

By loan type

Conventional 9 100% · 22.2% denied

Why it denied Alabama applicants

Credit history 1 50%
Insufficient cash 1 50%

Where in Alabama

Counties with the most First Federal Savings and Loan Association applications in 2025.

CountyApplicationsOriginatedDeniedDenial rate
Mobile County 522 40.0%
Baldwin County 200 0.0%
Winston County 100 0.0%
Washington County 110 0.0%

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: 9 applications in 2025, of which 3 were originated and 2 denied.

22.2% of all applications, or 33.3% of the applications it actually decided on. The Alabama statewide average across all lenders was 19.9%.

This lender did not report interest rates on its originated loans (some institutions are exempt from HMDA pricing fields).

About this data. Figures are First Federal Savings and Loan Association'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