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Rocket Mortgage in Alabama
HMDA record for properties in Alabama, calendar year 2024. National record · Alabama overview
HMDA data alone cannot be used to determine whether a lender is complying with fair lending laws. The data do not include some legitimate credit risk considerations for loan approval and loan pricing decisions. Cells under 25 applications are withheld.
In Alabama, Rocket Mortgage reported 8,025 applications and 5,649 originations for 2024, $1.1bn in all.
Its denial rate in the state was 21.4%, below the Alabama rate of 26.3% across all lenders and compared with the lender's national rate of 18.2%.
The median rate spread on its Alabama originations was 0.5 percentage points (state median 0.4).
Applications in the state were up 17% on 2023.
Compared with the state and the lender's national record
| Measure | In Alabama | Alabama, all lenders | Rocket Mortgage, all states | United States |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denial rate | 21.4% | 26.3% | 18.2% | 24.3% |
| Median rate spread, pp | 0.5 | 0.4 | 0.5 | 0.3 |
| Originations with spread of 1.5 pp or more | 15.5% | 16.5% | 17.8% | 15.6% |
| Average originated loan | $194k | $228k | $270k | $329k |
| Home purchase share | 29.9% | 59.0% | 38.0% | 57.0% |
| FHA-insured share | 27.6% | 18.0% | 18.5% | 13.4% |
| VA-guaranteed share | 12.6% | 12.5% | 7.8% | 7.9% |
Trend by year
ApplicationsOriginations
This lender in stateAlabama, all lenders
Loan purpose and loan type in Alabama
By purpose
Home purchase 30% (1,691)Home improvement 1% (51)Refinancing 10% (590)Cash-out refinancing 53% (2,988)Other purpose 6% (329)
By type
Conventional 60% (3,380)FHA 28% (1,558)VA 13% (711)
Denial reasons as coded
Share of 1,582 denials in Alabama by first denial reason coded (outlined bar: all lenders in the state).
Counties in Alabama
| County | Applications | Originations | Amount | Denial rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jefferson County | 863 | 618 | $120m | 20.4% |
| Madison County | 764 | 585 | $134m | 15.2% |
| Mobile County | 748 | 529 | $92m | 20.7% |
| Baldwin County | 539 | 380 | $91m | 20.5% |
| Shelby County | 406 | 293 | $65m | 15.9% |
| Lee County | 306 | 223 | $47m | 18.7% |
| Limestone County | 260 | 200 | $44m | 14.9% |
| Montgomery County | 313 | 199 | $37m | 27.9% |
| Morgan County | 239 | 172 | $34m | 20.6% |
| Tuscaloosa County | 223 | 152 | $30m | 25.2% |
| Calhoun County | 216 | 149 | $24m | 20.5% |
| Etowah County | 187 | 128 | $22m | 24.1% |
| Houston County | 154 | 114 | $21m | 21.6% |
| Marshall County | 136 | 106 | $21m | 16.2% |
| Elmore County | 147 | 102 | $19m | 21.2% |
| Lauderdale County | 134 | 102 | $19m | 17.1% |
| Cullman County | 144 | 100 | $18m | 23.9% |
| St. Clair County | 151 | 96 | $19m | 26.1% |
| DeKalb County | 105 | 79 | $15m | 18.4% |
| Talladega County | 119 | 78 | $13m | 25.7% |
| Colbert County | 111 | 75 | $13m | 27.6% |
| Jackson County | 109 | 72 | $13m | 25.5% |
| Russell County | 115 | 68 | $12m | 30.3% |
| Coffee County | 96 | 68 | $15m | 20.9% |
| Autauga County | 80 | 59 | $11m | 21.1% |
| Walker County | 85 | 58 | $8.4m | 26.8% |
| Dale County | 86 | 57 | $8.8m | 25.3% |
| Blount County | 77 | 56 | $9.4m | 21.1% |
| Tallapoosa County | 74 | 49 | $9.1m | 25.8% |
| Chilton County | 67 | 49 | $9.0m | 21.5% |
| Covington County | 69 | 46 | $7.0m | 28.1% |
| Escambia County | 55 | 42 | $6.3m | 16.0% |
| Cherokee County | 69 | 40 | $7.8m | 34.4% |
| Lawrence County | 55 | 38 | $7.7m | 26.9% |
| Chambers County | 56 | 36 | $4.9m | 25.0% |
| Winston County | 46 | 31 | $4.5m | 24.4% |
| Randolph County | 45 | 28 | $6.5m | 29.3% |
| Henry County | 32 | 24 | $3.9m | 20.0% |
| Marion County | 33 | 23 | $2.9m | 17.2% |
| Dallas County | 31 | 22 | $3.4m | 17.9% |
Counties with at least 25 applications, by originations.
Questions and answers
How many mortgages did Rocket Mortgage originate in Alabama in 2024?
5,649 loans totalling $1.1bn, from 8,025 applications reported for properties in Alabama.
What is Rocket Mortgage's denial rate in Alabama?
21.4% of decided applications in Alabama were denied, against 26.3% for all lenders in the state and 18.2% for this lender nationally. HMDA data alone cannot be used to determine whether a lender is complying with fair lending laws.
Which Alabama counties does Rocket Mortgage lend in most?
By originations: Jefferson County (618), Madison County (585), Mobile County (529), Baldwin County (380), Shelby County (293).
Where does this data come from?
From the 2024 public HMDA loan/application register (FFIEC and CFPB), filtered to the lender's LEI and the property state. Cells under 25 applications are withheld.
Provenance
Source: HMDA public loan/application register 2022, 2023, 2024 (FFIEC and CFPB, public domain), records for this LEI with a property in Alabama. Built 30 Sep 2026; data through 1 Aug 2026. See methodology and corrections.