Kind Lending · Alabama · 2025

Kind Lending in Alabama: approval rate, denial rate and rates (2025)

Kind Lending took 860 mortgage applications in Alabama in 2025, ranking #52 of 990 lenders active in the state. It originated 67.0% of them and denied 21.4% (24.1% of the applications it decided), against a statewide denial rate of 19.9%.

860Applicationsin AL
24.1%Decision denial ratestate 25.0%
6.38%Median ratestate 6.50%
$235,000Median loanstate $165,000
$158MVolume45 counties

Kind Lending in Alabama vs the state

21.4%Denial rate+1.55 pts vs state
24.1%Decision denial rate-0.92 pts vs state
67.0%Origination rate+11.59 pts vs state
6.38%Median rate-0.13 pts vs state
0.32Rate spread (pts)+0.03 pts vs state
$89kMedian applicant income
576Loans originated
184Denied

Trend in Alabama

YearApplicationsOriginatedDenial rateMedian rateRank in state
20231066818.9%6.50%#191
20241378527.7%6.63%#184
202586057621.4%6.38%#52

What Kind Lending lends in Alabama

By loan purpose

Home purchase 705 82% · 18.7% denied
Refinance 56 7% · 30.4% denied
Cash-out refinance 71 8% · 36.6% denied
Home improvement 27 3% · 33.3% denied
Other / HELOC 1 0% · 0.0% denied

By loan type

Conventional 341 40% · 25.5% denied
FHA 338 39% · 18.9% denied
VA 111 13% · 18.0% denied
USDA / RHS 70 8% · 18.6% denied

Why it denied Alabama applicants

Collateral 48 26%
Unverifiable information 45 24%
Other 37 20%
Insufficient cash 29 16%
Credit history 19 10%
Mortgage insurance denied 3 2%
Employment history 3 2%

Where in Alabama

Counties with the most Kind Lending applications in 2025.

CountyApplicationsOriginatedDeniedDenial rate
Mobile County 1418738 27.0%
Baldwin County 1258629 23.2%
Etowah County 966913 13.5%
Madison County 533412 22.6%
Jefferson County 472513 27.7%
DeKalb County 33203 9.1%
Morgan County 30219 30.0%
Marshall County 28197 25.0%
Calhoun County 27173 11.1%
Talladega County 25138 32.0%

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: 860 applications in 2025, of which 576 were originated and 184 denied.

21.4% of all applications, or 24.1% of the applications it actually decided on. The Alabama statewide average across all lenders was 19.9%.

The median rate on loans Kind Lending originated in Alabama in 2025 was 6.38%, against a statewide median of 6.50%.

About this data. Figures are Kind Lending'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