Direct Mortgage Loans · South Carolina · 2025

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

Direct Mortgage Loans took 332 mortgage applications in South Carolina in 2025, ranking #130 of 1,143 lenders active in the state. It originated 70.5% of them and denied 2.4% (2.9% of the applications it decided), against a statewide denial rate of 18.3%.

332Applicationsin SC
2.9%Decision denial ratestate 23.5%
6.50%Median ratestate 6.50%
$325,000Median loanstate $225,000
$81MVolume24 counties

Direct Mortgage Loans in South Carolina vs the state

2.4%Denial rate-15.90 pts vs state
2.9%Decision denial rate-20.61 pts vs state
70.5%Origination rate+13.87 pts vs state
6.50%Median rate0.00 pts vs state
0.27Rate spread (pts)+0.05 pts vs state
$106kMedian applicant income
234Loans originated
8Denied

Trend in South Carolina

YearApplicationsOriginatedDenial rateMedian rateRank in state
20231661200.6%6.88%#184
20243452710.6%6.50%#115
20253322342.4%6.50%#130

What Direct Mortgage Loans lends in South Carolina

By loan purpose

Home purchase 283 85% · 2.5% denied
Refinance 27 8% · 0.0% denied
Cash-out refinance 9 3% · 0.0% denied
Home improvement 13 4% · 7.7% denied

By loan type

Conventional 160 48% · 1.9% denied
FHA 108 33% · 4.6% denied
VA 61 18% · 0.0% denied
USDA / RHS 3 1% · 0.0% denied

Why it denied South Carolina applicants

Collateral 2 25%
Debt-to-income ratio 2 25%
Employment history 1 13%
Credit history 1 13%
Other 1 13%
Insufficient cash 1 13%

Where in South Carolina

Counties with the most Direct Mortgage Loans applications in 2025.

CountyApplicationsOriginatedDeniedDenial rate
Charleston County 107684 3.7%
Dorchester County 106821 0.9%
Berkeley County 70520 0.0%
Horry County 861 12.5%
Lexington County 750 0.0%
Florence County 410 0.0%
Richland County 421 25.0%
Beaufort County 440 0.0%
Aiken County 310 0.0%
Clarendon County 210 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: 332 applications in 2025, of which 234 were originated and 8 denied.

2.4% of all applications, or 2.9% of the applications it actually decided on. The South Carolina statewide average across all lenders was 18.3%.

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

About this data. Figures are Direct Mortgage Loans'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