Planet Home Lending · Alabama · 2025

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

Planet Home Lending took 479 mortgage applications in Alabama in 2025, ranking #84 of 990 lenders active in the state. It originated 80.8% of them and denied 15.0% (15.5% of the applications it decided), against a statewide denial rate of 19.9%.

479Applicationsin AL
15.5%Decision denial ratestate 25.0%
6.00%Median ratestate 6.50%
$235,000Median loanstate $165,000
$103MVolume53 counties

Planet Home Lending in Alabama vs the state

15.0%Denial rate-4.82 pts vs state
15.5%Decision denial rate-9.55 pts vs state
80.8%Origination rate+25.40 pts vs state
6.00%Median rate-0.50 pts vs state
0.06Rate spread (pts)-0.23 pts vs state
$84kMedian applicant income
387Loans originated
72Denied

Trend in Alabama

YearApplicationsOriginatedDenial rateMedian rateRank in state
202320414226.0%6.75%#126
202436828120.1%6.38%#97
202547938715.0%6.00%#84

What Planet Home Lending lends in Alabama

By loan purpose

Home purchase 150 31% · 14.7% denied
Refinance 236 49% · 11.9% denied
Cash-out refinance 63 13% · 20.6% denied
Home improvement 6 1% · 50.0% denied
Other / HELOC 24 5% · 25.0% denied

By loan type

Conventional 102 21% · 11.8% denied
FHA 194 41% · 19.1% denied
VA 176 37% · 13.1% denied
USDA / RHS 7 1% · 0.0% denied

Why it denied Alabama applicants

Incomplete application 49 68%
Credit history 11 15%
Collateral 4 6%
Debt-to-income ratio 4 6%
Other 2 3%
Employment history 2 3%

Where in Alabama

Counties with the most Planet Home Lending applications in 2025.

CountyApplicationsOriginatedDeniedDenial rate
Madison County 87776 6.9%
Jefferson County 46368 17.4%
Limestone County 31291 3.2%
Baldwin County 31218 25.8%
Lauderdale County 30226 20.0%
Shelby County 25212 8.0%
Mobile County 24194 16.7%
Lee County 21156 28.6%
Morgan County 18162 11.1%
Colbert County 15114 26.7%

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: 479 applications in 2025, of which 387 were originated and 72 denied.

15.0% of all applications, or 15.5% of the applications it actually decided on. The Alabama statewide average across all lenders was 19.9%.

The median rate on loans Planet Home Lending originated in Alabama in 2025 was 6.00%, against a statewide median of 6.50%.

About this data. Figures are Planet Home 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