Friend Bank · Alabama · 2025

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

Friend Bank took 72 mortgage applications in Alabama in 2025, ranking #263 of 990 lenders active in the state. It originated 90.3% of them and denied 6.9% (7.1% of the applications it decided), against a statewide denial rate of 19.9%.

72Applicationsin AL
7.1%Decision denial ratestate 25.0%
7.50%Median ratestate 6.50%
$120,000Median loanstate $165,000
$12MVolume6 counties

Friend Bank in Alabama vs the state

6.9%Denial rate-12.91 pts vs state
7.1%Decision denial rate-17.86 pts vs state
90.3%Origination rate+34.89 pts vs state
7.50%Median rate+1.00 pts vs state
0.66Rate spread (pts)+0.37 pts vs state
$115kMedian applicant income
65Loans originated
5Denied

Trend in Alabama

YearApplicationsOriginatedDenial rateMedian rateRank in state
202358478.6%7.50%#262
202472614.2%7.75%#254
202572656.9%7.50%#263

What Friend Bank lends in Alabama

By loan purpose

Home purchase 38 53% · 7.9% denied
Refinance 22 31% · 0.0% denied
Home improvement 7 10% · 0.0% denied
Other / HELOC 5 7% · 40.0% denied

By loan type

Conventional 72 100% · 6.9% denied

Why it denied Alabama applicants

Debt-to-income ratio 2 40%
Collateral 1 20%
Credit history 1 20%
Other 1 20%

Where in Alabama

Counties with the most Friend Bank applications in 2025.

CountyApplicationsOriginatedDeniedDenial rate
Houston County 44402 4.5%
Geneva County 21192 9.5%
Dale County 321 33.3%
Lee County 220 0.0%
Jefferson County 110 0.0%
Henry 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: 72 applications in 2025, of which 65 were originated and 5 denied.

6.9% of all applications, or 7.1% of the applications it actually decided on. The Alabama statewide average across all lenders was 19.9%.

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

About this data. Figures are Friend Bank'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