Citadel Servicing · South Carolina · 2025

Citadel Servicing in South Carolina: approval rate, denial rate and rates (2025)

Citadel Servicing took 280 mortgage applications in South Carolina in 2025, ranking #145 of 1,143 lenders active in the state. It originated 70.4% of them and denied 2.1% (2.3% of the applications it decided), against a statewide denial rate of 18.3%.

280Applicationsin SC
2.3%Decision denial ratestate 23.5%
9.13%Median ratestate 6.50%
$125,000Median loanstate $225,000
$40MVolume22 counties

Citadel Servicing in South Carolina vs the state

2.1%Denial rate-16.17 pts vs state
2.3%Decision denial rate-21.19 pts vs state
70.4%Origination rate+13.75 pts vs state
9.13%Median rate+2.63 pts vs state
1.36Rate spread (pts)+1.14 pts vs state
$183kMedian applicant income
197Loans originated
6Denied

Trend in South Carolina

YearApplicationsOriginatedDenial rateMedian rateRank in state
20232561833.5%9.38%#137
20242271353.5%8.75%#161
20252801972.1%9.13%#145

What Citadel Servicing lends in South Carolina

By loan purpose

Home purchase 165 59% · 1.8% denied
Refinance 12 4% · 8.3% denied
Cash-out refinance 102 36% · 2.0% denied
Home improvement 1 0% · 0.0% denied

By loan type

Conventional 280 100% · 2.1% denied

Why it denied South Carolina applicants

Collateral 4 67%
Other 1 17%
Insufficient cash 1 17%

Where in South Carolina

Counties with the most Citadel Servicing applications in 2025.

CountyApplicationsOriginatedDeniedDenial rate
Charleston County 1591250 0.0%
Horry County 33223 9.1%
Greenville County 20102 10.0%
York County 17110 0.0%
Lexington County 860 0.0%
Spartanburg County 750 0.0%
Pickens County 650 0.0%
Beaufort County 410 0.0%
Berkeley County 420 0.0%
Lancaster County 320 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: 280 applications in 2025, of which 197 were originated and 6 denied.

2.1% of all applications, or 2.3% of the applications it actually decided on. The South Carolina statewide average across all lenders was 18.3%.

The median rate on loans Citadel Servicing originated in South Carolina in 2025 was 9.13%, against a statewide median of 6.50%.

About this data. Figures are Citadel Servicing'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