Carolina One Mortgage · South Carolina · 2025

Carolina One Mortgage in South Carolina: approval rate, denial rate and rates (2025)

Carolina One Mortgage took 819 mortgage applications in South Carolina in 2025, ranking #69 of 1,143 lenders active in the state. It originated 69.1% of them and denied 2.2% (3.1% of the applications it decided), against a statewide denial rate of 18.3%.

819Applicationsin SC
3.1%Decision denial ratestate 23.5%
6.50%Median ratestate 6.50%
$315,000Median loanstate $225,000
$195MVolume29 counties

Carolina One Mortgage in South Carolina vs the state

2.2%Denial rate-16.11 pts vs state
3.1%Decision denial rate-20.41 pts vs state
69.1%Origination rate+12.50 pts vs state
6.50%Median rate0.00 pts vs state
0.20Rate spread (pts)-0.02 pts vs state
$102kMedian applicant income
566Loans originated
18Denied

Trend in South Carolina

YearApplicationsOriginatedDenial rateMedian rateRank in state
20235984143.3%6.63%#75
20247385241.9%6.63%#69
20258195662.2%6.50%#69

What Carolina One Mortgage lends in South Carolina

By loan purpose

Home purchase 685 84% · 1.3% denied
Refinance 65 8% · 0.0% denied
Cash-out refinance 68 8% · 13.2% denied
Other / HELOC 1 0% · 0.0% denied

By loan type

Conventional 519 63% · 1.4% denied
FHA 140 17% · 4.3% denied
VA 160 20% · 3.1% denied

Why it denied South Carolina applicants

Debt-to-income ratio 9 50%
Credit history 5 28%
Other 2 11%
Collateral 1 6%
Employment history 1 6%

Where in South Carolina

Counties with the most Carolina One Mortgage applications in 2025.

CountyApplicationsOriginatedDeniedDenial rate
Charleston County 2711953 1.1%
Berkeley County 23515710 4.3%
Dorchester County 1801214 2.2%
Aiken County 23170 0.0%
Orangeburg County 21140 0.0%
Richland County 2081 5.0%
Colleton County 1160 0.0%
Georgetown County 870 0.0%
Lexington County 770 0.0%
Clarendon County 650 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: 819 applications in 2025, of which 566 were originated and 18 denied.

2.2% of all applications, or 3.1% of the applications it actually decided on. The South Carolina statewide average across all lenders was 18.3%.

The median rate on loans Carolina One Mortgage originated in South Carolina in 2025 was 6.50%, against a statewide median of 6.50%.

About this data. Figures are Carolina One Mortgage'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