Royal United Mortgage · Alabama · 2025

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

Royal United Mortgage took 234 mortgage applications in Alabama in 2025, ranking #141 of 990 lenders active in the state. It originated 59.4% of them and denied 24.8% (29.0% of the applications it decided), against a statewide denial rate of 19.9%.

234Applicationsin AL
29.0%Decision denial ratestate 25.0%
7.00%Median ratestate 6.50%
$95,000Median loanstate $165,000
$15MVolume52 counties

Royal United Mortgage in Alabama vs the state

24.8%Denial rate+4.94 pts vs state
29.0%Decision denial rate+4.00 pts vs state
59.4%Origination rate+4.01 pts vs state
7.00%Median rate+0.50 pts vs state
1.14Rate spread (pts)+0.85 pts vs state
$40kMedian applicant income
139Loans originated
58Denied

Trend in Alabama

YearApplicationsOriginatedDenial rateMedian rateRank in state
202322312626.5%7.13%#119
202428117625.3%7.00%#112
202523413924.8%7.00%#141

What Royal United Mortgage lends in Alabama

By loan purpose

Home purchase 8 3% · 50.0% denied
Refinance 226 97% · 23.9% denied

By loan type

Conventional 189 81% · 21.7% denied
FHA 28 12% · 42.9% denied
VA 15 6% · 26.7% denied
USDA / RHS 2 1% · 50.0% denied

Why it denied Alabama applicants

Collateral 26 45%
Incomplete application 12 21%
Credit history 10 17%
Debt-to-income ratio 5 9%
Unverifiable information 3 5%
Employment history 2 3%

Where in Alabama

Counties with the most Royal United Mortgage applications in 2025.

CountyApplicationsOriginatedDeniedDenial rate
Jefferson County 32198 25.0%
Mobile County 20124 20.0%
Montgomery County 17105 29.4%
Etowah County 1182 18.2%
Morgan County 1163 27.3%
Houston County 952 22.2%
Colbert County 842 25.0%
Baldwin County 741 14.3%
Madison County 742 28.6%
Tuscaloosa County 641 16.7%

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: 234 applications in 2025, of which 139 were originated and 58 denied.

24.8% of all applications, or 29.0% of the applications it actually decided on. The Alabama statewide average across all lenders was 19.9%.

The median rate on loans Royal United Mortgage originated in Alabama in 2025 was 7.00%, against a statewide median of 6.50%.

About this data. Figures are Royal United 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