Pennymac Loan Services · Alabama · 2025

Pennymac Loan Services in Alabama: approval rate, denial rate and rates (2025)

Pennymac Loan Services took 3,611 mortgage applications in Alabama in 2025, ranking #10 of 990 lenders active in the state. It originated 49.6% of them and denied 11.6% (18.3% of the applications it decided), against a statewide denial rate of 19.9%.

3.6kApplicationsin AL
18.3%Decision denial ratestate 25.0%
6.25%Median ratestate 6.50%
$205,000Median loanstate $165,000
$421MVolume64 counties

Pennymac Loan Services in Alabama vs the state

11.6%Denial rate-8.25 pts vs state
18.3%Decision denial rate-6.67 pts vs state
49.6%Origination rate-5.79 pts vs state
6.25%Median rate-0.25 pts vs state
0.25Rate spread (pts)-0.03 pts vs state
$93kMedian applicant income
1,791Loans originated
419Denied

Trend in Alabama

YearApplicationsOriginatedDenial rateMedian rateRank in state
20232,0451,10513.0%6.38%#20
20242,7361,38111.5%6.25%#15
20253,6111,79111.6%6.25%#10

What Pennymac Loan Services lends in Alabama

By loan purpose

Home purchase 628 17% · 13.9% denied
Refinance 1,247 35% · 5.4% denied
Cash-out refinance 933 26% · 17.4% denied
Home improvement 2 0% · 0.0% denied
Other / HELOC 801 22% · 12.9% denied

By loan type

Conventional 1,489 41% · 12.7% denied
FHA 1,214 34% · 11.0% denied
VA 872 24% · 10.1% denied
USDA / RHS 36 1% · 25.0% denied

Why it denied Alabama applicants

Collateral 110 26%
Credit history 99 24%
Debt-to-income ratio 87 21%
Incomplete application 73 17%
Insufficient cash 19 5%
Unverifiable information 16 4%
Other 13 3%
Employment history 2 0%

Where in Alabama

Counties with the most Pennymac Loan Services applications in 2025.

CountyApplicationsOriginatedDeniedDenial rate
Madison County 41520645 10.8%
Jefferson County 37718341 10.9%
Baldwin County 25410932 12.6%
Mobile County 2389833 13.9%
Shelby County 21111621 10.0%
Lee County 21014415 7.1%
Limestone County 1366215 11.0%
Tuscaloosa County 1366717 12.5%
Montgomery County 1296819 14.7%
Morgan County 1075415 14.0%

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%
Trustmark National BankC 3,44310.3%6.50%

Frequently asked questions

Alabama: 3,611 applications in 2025, of which 1,791 were originated and 419 denied.

11.6% of all applications, or 18.3% of the applications it actually decided on. The Alabama statewide average across all lenders was 19.9%.

The median rate on loans Pennymac Loan Services originated in Alabama in 2025 was 6.25%, against a statewide median of 6.50%.

About this data. Figures are Pennymac Loan Services'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