Rocket Mortgage · Alabama · 2025

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

Rocket Mortgage took 9,941 mortgage applications in Alabama in 2025, ranking #2 of 990 lenders active in the state. It originated 68.1% of them and denied 20.5% (22.4% of the applications it decided), against a statewide denial rate of 19.9%.

9.9kApplicationsin AL
22.4%Decision denial ratestate 25.0%
6.63%Median ratestate 6.50%
$165,000Median loanstate $165,000
$1.4BVolume67 counties

Rocket Mortgage in Alabama vs the state

20.5%Denial rate+0.65 pts vs state
22.4%Decision denial rate-2.64 pts vs state
68.1%Origination rate+12.71 pts vs state
6.63%Median rate+0.13 pts vs state
0.63Rate spread (pts)+0.35 pts vs state
$83kMedian applicant income
6,770Loans originated
2,038Denied

Trend in Alabama

YearApplicationsOriginatedDenial rateMedian rateRank in state
20236,8724,78120.2%6.50%#3
20248,0255,64919.7%6.63%#3
20259,9416,77020.5%6.63%#2

What Rocket Mortgage lends in Alabama

By loan purpose

Home purchase 2,415 24% · 14.4% denied
Refinance 1,818 18% · 18.8% denied
Cash-out refinance 5,094 51% · 22.8% denied
Home improvement 202 2% · 35.6% denied
Other / HELOC 412 4% · 28.4% denied

By loan type

Conventional 6,224 63% · 16.9% denied
FHA 2,497 25% · 31.0% denied
VA 1,220 12% · 17.2% denied

Why it denied Alabama applicants

Collateral 931 46%
Incomplete application 390 19%
Debt-to-income ratio 354 17%
Credit history 129 6%
Insufficient cash 89 4%
Other 77 4%
Unverifiable information 51 3%
Employment history 17 1%

Where in Alabama

Counties with the most Rocket Mortgage applications in 2025.

CountyApplicationsOriginatedDeniedDenial rate
Jefferson County 1,019674229 22.5%
Madison County 1,011739153 15.1%
Mobile County 854596174 20.4%
Baldwin County 785556142 18.1%
Shelby County 48435577 15.9%
Lee County 37627556 14.9%
Montgomery County 36422386 23.6%
Limestone County 32522564 19.7%
Morgan County 29121946 15.8%
Tuscaloosa County 29118476 26.1%

Other large lenders in Alabama

LenderGradeApplicationsDenial rateMedian rate
Regions BankC 11,87137.2%4.99%
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%
Trustmark National BankC 3,44310.3%6.50%

Frequently asked questions

Alabama: 9,941 applications in 2025, of which 6,770 were originated and 2,038 denied.

20.5% of all applications, or 22.4% of the applications it actually decided on. The Alabama statewide average across all lenders was 19.9%.

The median rate on loans Rocket Mortgage originated in Alabama in 2025 was 6.63%, against a statewide median of 6.50%.

About this data. Figures are Rocket 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