Zillow Home Loans · Alabama · 2025

Zillow Home Loans in Alabama: approval rate, denial rate and rates (2025)

Zillow Home Loans took 180 mortgage applications in Alabama in 2025, ranking #164 of 990 lenders active in the state. It originated 66.7% of them and denied 9.4% (12.1% of the applications it decided), against a statewide denial rate of 19.9%.

180Applicationsin AL
12.1%Decision denial ratestate 25.0%
6.63%Median ratestate 6.50%
$195,000Median loanstate $165,000
$27MVolume39 counties

Zillow Home Loans in Alabama vs the state

9.4%Denial rate-10.41 pts vs state
12.1%Decision denial rate-12.86 pts vs state
66.7%Origination rate+11.28 pts vs state
6.63%Median rate+0.13 pts vs state
0.63Rate spread (pts)+0.34 pts vs state
$82kMedian applicant income
120Loans originated
17Denied

Trend in Alabama

YearApplicationsOriginatedDenial rateMedian rateRank in state
20231067312.3%6.75%#189
202416210210.5%6.75%#164
20251801209.4%6.63%#164

What Zillow Home Loans lends in Alabama

By loan purpose

Home purchase 180 100% · 9.4% denied

By loan type

Conventional 105 58% · 8.6% denied
FHA 67 37% · 11.9% denied
VA 8 4% · 0.0% denied

Why it denied Alabama applicants

Other 6 35%
Debt-to-income ratio 5 29%
Collateral 4 24%
Credit history 1 6%
Unverifiable information 1 6%

Where in Alabama

Counties with the most Zillow Home Loans applications in 2025.

CountyApplicationsOriginatedDeniedDenial rate
Madison County 29184 13.8%
Jefferson County 27172 7.4%
Montgomery County 1052 20.0%
Baldwin County 1081 10.0%
Mobile County 1051 10.0%
Limestone County 741 14.3%
Covington County 641 16.7%
Shelby County 520 0.0%
Dale County 540 0.0%
Morgan County 550 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: 180 applications in 2025, of which 120 were originated and 17 denied.

9.4% of all applications, or 12.1% of the applications it actually decided on. The Alabama statewide average across all lenders was 19.9%.

The median rate on loans Zillow Home Loans originated in Alabama in 2025 was 6.63%, against a statewide median of 6.50%.

About this data. Figures are Zillow Home Loans'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