Equity Prime Mortgage · South Carolina · 2025

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

Equity Prime Mortgage took 799 mortgage applications in South Carolina in 2025, ranking #73 of 1,143 lenders active in the state. It originated 39.4% of them and denied 12.0% (23.3% of the applications it decided), against a statewide denial rate of 18.3%.

799Applicationsin SC
23.3%Decision denial ratestate 23.5%
6.63%Median ratestate 6.50%
$245,000Median loanstate $225,000
$84MVolume40 counties

Equity Prime Mortgage in South Carolina vs the state

12.0%Denial rate-6.29 pts vs state
23.3%Decision denial rate-0.17 pts vs state
39.4%Origination rate-17.19 pts vs state
6.63%Median rate+0.13 pts vs state
0.49Rate spread (pts)+0.27 pts vs state
$81kMedian applicant income
315Loans originated
96Denied

Trend in South Carolina

YearApplicationsOriginatedDenial rateMedian rateRank in state
20232611584.6%7.13%#134
20244302442.8%7.13%#96
202579931512.0%6.63%#73

What Equity Prime Mortgage lends in South Carolina

By loan purpose

Home purchase 366 46% · 11.5% denied
Refinance 50 6% · 6.0% denied
Cash-out refinance 383 48% · 13.3% denied

By loan type

Conventional 28 4% · 17.9% denied
FHA 487 61% · 13.8% denied
VA 253 32% · 9.5% denied
USDA / RHS 31 4% · 0.0% denied

Why it denied South Carolina applicants

Credit history 37 39%
Other 30 31%
Debt-to-income ratio 18 19%
Employment history 5 5%
Collateral 3 3%
Insufficient cash 1 1%
Incomplete application 1 1%
Unverifiable information 1 1%

Where in South Carolina

Counties with the most Equity Prime Mortgage applications in 2025.

CountyApplicationsOriginatedDeniedDenial rate
Richland County 923319 20.7%
York County 56198 14.3%
Horry County 52246 11.5%
Spartanburg County 52206 11.5%
Greenville County 50238 16.0%
Berkeley County 44169 20.5%
Lexington County 43181 2.3%
Dorchester County 40183 7.5%
Anderson County 38182 5.3%
Florence County 3495 14.7%

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: 799 applications in 2025, of which 315 were originated and 96 denied.

12.0% of all applications, or 23.3% of the applications it actually decided on. The South Carolina statewide average across all lenders was 18.3%.

The median rate on loans Equity Prime Mortgage originated in South Carolina in 2025 was 6.63%, against a statewide median of 6.50%.

About this data. Figures are Equity Prime 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