Carolina Bank & Trust · South Carolina · 2025

Carolina Bank & Trust in South Carolina: approval rate, denial rate and rates (2025)

Carolina Bank & Trust took 86 mortgage applications in South Carolina in 2025, ranking #273 of 1,143 lenders active in the state. It originated 74.4% of them and denied 4.7% (5.9% of the applications it decided), against a statewide denial rate of 18.3%.

86Applicationsin SC
5.9%Decision denial ratestate 23.5%
Median ratestate 6.50%
$205,000Median loanstate $225,000
$22MVolume16 counties

Carolina Bank & Trust in South Carolina vs the state

4.7%Denial rate-13.66 pts vs state
5.9%Decision denial rate-17.59 pts vs state
74.4%Origination rate+17.81 pts vs state
Median rate
Rate spread (pts)
$110kMedian applicant income
64Loans originated
4Denied

Trend in South Carolina

YearApplicationsOriginatedDenial rateMedian rateRank in state
20231521147.9%#194
2024112728.0%#231
202586644.7%#273

What Carolina Bank & Trust lends in South Carolina

By loan purpose

Home purchase 59 69% · 5.1% denied
Refinance 11 13% · 9.1% denied
Home improvement 3 3% · 0.0% denied
Other / HELOC 13 15% · 0.0% denied

By loan type

Conventional 86 100% · 4.7% denied

Where in South Carolina

Counties with the most Carolina Bank & Trust applications in 2025.

CountyApplicationsOriginatedDeniedDenial rate
Florence County 29200 0.0%
Darlington County 21161 4.8%
Chesterfield County 841 12.5%
Horry County 751 14.3%
Charleston County 431 25.0%
Lee County 330 0.0%
Anderson County 220 0.0%
Marlboro County 220 0.0%
Greenville County 220 0.0%
Georgetown County 220 0.0%

Other large lenders in South Carolina

LenderGradeApplicationsDenial rateMedian rate
Rocket MortgageC 13,40316.8%6.63%
Vanderbilt Mortgage and FinanceF 12,27240.7%6.50%
United Shore Financial ServicesB 9,23612.8%6.13%
21st MortgageF 6,51048.2%10.41%
Dhi Mortgage CompanyB 6,18417.4%4.99%
Navy Federal Credit UnionD 5,42421.2%7.50%
First-Citizens Bank & TrustB 5,39920.9%6.38%
Freedom MortgageB 5,2967.3%6.25%
Mortgage Research CenterC 5,18919.1%6.25%
Bank of AmericaF 5,00933.1%6.24%

Frequently asked questions

South Carolina: 86 applications in 2025, of which 64 were originated and 4 denied.

4.7% of all applications, or 5.9% of the applications it actually decided on. The South Carolina statewide average across all lenders was 18.3%.

This lender did not report interest rates on its originated loans (some institutions are exempt from HMDA pricing fields).

About this data. Figures are Carolina Bank & Trust's own HMDA filing for properties located in South Carolina, 2025. The grade is national; state-level figures are shown for context and are not separately graded. Methodology