CSL Financial · South Carolina · 2025

CSL Financial in South Carolina: approval rate, denial rate and rates (2025)

CSL Financial took 227 mortgage applications in South Carolina in 2025, ranking #173 of 1,143 lenders active in the state. It originated 13.2% of them and denied 58.2% (81.5% of the applications it decided), against a statewide denial rate of 18.3%.

227Applicationsin SC
81.5%Decision denial ratestate 23.5%
8.74%Median ratestate 6.50%
$105,000Median loanstate $225,000
$2.9MVolume14 counties

CSL Financial in South Carolina vs the state

58.2%Denial rate+39.84 pts vs state
81.5%Decision denial rate+58.01 pts vs state
13.2%Origination rate-43.39 pts vs state
8.74%Median rate+2.24 pts vs state
2.84Rate spread (pts)+2.61 pts vs state
$60kMedian applicant income
30Loans originated
132Denied

Trend in South Carolina

YearApplicationsOriginatedDenial rateMedian rateRank in state
20232752761.8%8.99%#129
20243495358.7%8.99%#112
20252273058.2%8.74%#173

What CSL Financial lends in South Carolina

By loan purpose

Home purchase 227 100% · 58.2% denied

By loan type

Conventional 227 100% · 58.2% denied

Why it denied South Carolina applicants

Credit history 94 71%
Debt-to-income ratio 34 26%
Unverifiable information 3 2%
Incomplete application 1 1%

Where in South Carolina

Counties with the most CSL Financial applications in 2025.

CountyApplicationsOriginatedDeniedDenial rate
Florence County 990 0.0%
Aiken County 440 0.0%
Clarendon County 330 0.0%
Georgetown County 220 0.0%
Lexington County 220 0.0%
Williamsburg County 220 0.0%
Dorchester County 110 0.0%
Marion County 110 0.0%
Darlington County 110 0.0%
Lee County 110 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: 227 applications in 2025, of which 30 were originated and 132 denied.

58.2% of all applications, or 81.5% of the applications it actually decided on. The South Carolina statewide average across all lenders was 18.3%.

The median rate on loans CSL Financial originated in South Carolina in 2025 was 8.74%, against a statewide median of 6.50%.

About this data. Figures are CSL Financial'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