Guild Mortgage · Alabama · 2025

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

Guild Mortgage took 2,742 mortgage applications in Alabama in 2025, ranking #15 of 990 lenders active in the state. It originated 69.0% of them and denied 3.8% (4.8% of the applications it decided), against a statewide denial rate of 19.9%.

2.7kApplicationsin AL
4.8%Decision denial ratestate 25.0%
6.50%Median ratestate 6.50%
$205,000Median loanstate $165,000
$421MVolume58 counties

Guild Mortgage in Alabama vs the state

3.8%Denial rate-16.02 pts vs state
4.8%Decision denial rate-20.20 pts vs state
69.0%Origination rate+13.61 pts vs state
6.50%Median rate0.00 pts vs state
0.37Rate spread (pts)+0.09 pts vs state
$84kMedian applicant income
1,892Loans originated
105Denied

Trend in Alabama

YearApplicationsOriginatedDenial rateMedian rateRank in state
20231,9741,3674.6%6.63%#22
20242,4261,6783.5%6.63%#16
20252,7421,8923.8%6.50%#15

What Guild Mortgage lends in Alabama

By loan purpose

Home purchase 2,248 82% · 2.6% denied
Refinance 214 8% · 7.5% denied
Cash-out refinance 278 10% · 10.8% denied
Other / HELOC 2 0% · 0.0% denied

By loan type

Conventional 1,419 52% · 2.6% denied
FHA 934 34% · 6.1% denied
VA 322 12% · 2.2% denied
USDA / RHS 67 2% · 6.0% denied

Why it denied Alabama applicants

Debt-to-income ratio 40 38%
Credit history 37 35%
Other 12 11%
Collateral 11 10%
Unverifiable information 3 3%
Employment history 1 1%
Insufficient cash 1 1%

Where in Alabama

Counties with the most Guild Mortgage applications in 2025.

CountyApplicationsOriginatedDeniedDenial rate
Montgomery County 55539413 2.3%
Jefferson County 34623012 3.5%
Elmore County 2111715 2.4%
Shelby County 1751138 4.6%
Baldwin County 16510816 9.7%
Autauga County 1611195 3.1%
Lee County 1471080 0.0%
Cullman County 116816 5.2%
Etowah County 99587 7.1%
Mobile County 81522 2.5%

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: 2,742 applications in 2025, of which 1,892 were originated and 105 denied.

3.8% of all applications, or 4.8% of the applications it actually decided on. The Alabama statewide average across all lenders was 19.9%.

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

About this data. Figures are Guild Mortgage'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