Success Lending · Alabama · 2025

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

Success Lending took 29 mortgage applications in Alabama in 2025, ranking #364 of 990 lenders active in the state. It originated 75.9% of them and denied 6.9% (8.3% of the applications it decided), against a statewide denial rate of 19.9%.

29Applicationsin AL
8.3%Decision denial ratestate 25.0%
6.31%Median ratestate 6.50%
$245,000Median loanstate $165,000
$5.7MVolume10 counties

Success Lending in Alabama vs the state

6.9%Denial rate-12.95 pts vs state
8.3%Decision denial rate-16.67 pts vs state
75.9%Origination rate+20.47 pts vs state
6.31%Median rate-0.19 pts vs state
0.19Rate spread (pts)-0.10 pts vs state
$84kMedian applicant income
22Loans originated
2Denied

Trend in Alabama

YearApplicationsOriginatedDenial rateMedian rateRank in state
202412725.0%6.75%#441
202529226.9%6.31%#364

What Success Lending lends in Alabama

By loan purpose

Home purchase 27 93% · 3.7% denied
Cash-out refinance 2 7% · 50.0% denied

By loan type

Conventional 12 41% · 8.3% denied
FHA 11 38% · 9.1% denied
VA 5 17% · 0.0% denied
USDA / RHS 1 3% · 0.0% denied

Why it denied Alabama applicants

Employment history 1 50%
Incomplete application 1 50%

Where in Alabama

Counties with the most Success Lending applications in 2025.

CountyApplicationsOriginatedDeniedDenial rate
Jefferson County 14102 14.3%
Shelby County 430 0.0%
Walker County 330 0.0%
Etowah County 220 0.0%
Tuscaloosa County 110 0.0%
Mobile County 100 0.0%
Baldwin County 110 0.0%
Tallapoosa County 110 0.0%
Montgomery County 110 0.0%
Bibb County 100 0.0%

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: 29 applications in 2025, of which 22 were originated and 2 denied.

6.9% of all applications, or 8.3% of the applications it actually decided on. The Alabama statewide average across all lenders was 19.9%.

The median rate on loans Success Lending originated in Alabama in 2025 was 6.31%, against a statewide median of 6.50%.

About this data. Figures are Success 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