Guidance Residential · Alabama · 2025

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

Guidance Residential took 18 mortgage applications in Alabama in 2025, ranking #404 of 990 lenders active in the state. It originated 72.2% of them and denied 11.1% (13.3% of the applications it decided), against a statewide denial rate of 19.9%.

18Applicationsin AL
13.3%Decision denial ratestate 25.0%
6.88%Median ratestate 6.50%
$220,000Median loanstate $165,000
$3.9MVolume5 counties

Guidance Residential in Alabama vs the state

11.1%Denial rate-8.74 pts vs state
13.3%Decision denial rate-11.67 pts vs state
72.2%Origination rate+16.83 pts vs state
6.88%Median rate+0.38 pts vs state
0.34Rate spread (pts)+0.05 pts vs state
$104kMedian applicant income
13Loans originated
2Denied

Trend in Alabama

YearApplicationsOriginatedDenial rateMedian rateRank in state
202313117.7%7.13%#421
20241586.7%7.00%#420
2025181311.1%6.88%#404

What Guidance Residential lends in Alabama

By loan purpose

Home purchase 14 78% · 7.1% denied
Refinance 1 6% · 0.0% denied
Cash-out refinance 3 17% · 33.3% denied

By loan type

Conventional 18 100% · 11.1% denied

Why it denied Alabama applicants

Collateral 1 50%
Mortgage insurance denied 1 50%

Where in Alabama

Counties with the most Guidance Residential applications in 2025.

CountyApplicationsOriginatedDeniedDenial rate
Montgomery County 630 0.0%
Madison County 440 0.0%
Jefferson County 440 0.0%
Mobile County 321 33.3%
Lauderdale County 101 100.0%

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: 18 applications in 2025, of which 13 were originated and 2 denied.

11.1% of all applications, or 13.3% of the applications it actually decided on. The Alabama statewide average across all lenders was 19.9%.

The median rate on loans Guidance Residential originated in Alabama in 2025 was 6.88%, against a statewide median of 6.50%.

About this data. Figures are Guidance Residential'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