Commerce Home Mortgage · South Carolina · 2025

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

Commerce Home Mortgage took 194 mortgage applications in South Carolina in 2025, ranking #187 of 1,143 lenders active in the state. It originated 54.1% of them and denied 11.3% (17.1% of the applications it decided), against a statewide denial rate of 18.3%.

194Applicationsin SC
17.1%Decision denial ratestate 23.5%
7.75%Median ratestate 6.50%
$295,000Median loanstate $225,000
$46MVolume20 counties

Commerce Home Mortgage in South Carolina vs the state

11.3%Denial rate-6.97 pts vs state
17.1%Decision denial rate-6.42 pts vs state
54.1%Origination rate-2.49 pts vs state
7.75%Median rate+1.25 pts vs state
1.26Rate spread (pts)+1.04 pts vs state
$148kMedian applicant income
105Loans originated
22Denied

Trend in South Carolina

YearApplicationsOriginatedDenial rateMedian rateRank in state
20231618516.8%8.88%#187
20241065714.2%8.38%#235
202519410511.3%7.75%#187

What Commerce Home Mortgage lends in South Carolina

By loan purpose

Home purchase 127 65% · 7.9% denied
Refinance 13 7% · 15.4% denied
Cash-out refinance 53 27% · 18.9% denied
Home improvement 1 1% · 0.0% denied

By loan type

Conventional 191 98% · 11.5% denied
FHA 2 1% · 0.0% denied
VA 1 1% · 0.0% denied

Why it denied South Carolina applicants

Collateral 8 36%
Credit history 6 27%
Other 4 18%
Insufficient cash 2 9%
Unverifiable information 2 9%

Where in South Carolina

Counties with the most Commerce Home Mortgage applications in 2025.

CountyApplicationsOriginatedDeniedDenial rate
Greenville County 29162 6.9%
Horry County 26153 11.5%
Charleston County 19102 10.5%
Beaufort County 1354 30.8%
Pickens County 1151 9.1%
Anderson County 1162 18.2%
Dorchester County 1032 20.0%
Berkeley County 1081 10.0%
Lexington County 1071 10.0%
Lancaster County 1060 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: 194 applications in 2025, of which 105 were originated and 22 denied.

11.3% of all applications, or 17.1% of the applications it actually decided on. The South Carolina statewide average across all lenders was 18.3%.

The median rate on loans Commerce Home Mortgage originated in South Carolina in 2025 was 7.75%, against a statewide median of 6.50%.

About this data. Figures are Commerce Home 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