First Heritage Mortgage · South Carolina · 2025

First Heritage Mortgage in South Carolina: approval rate, denial rate and rates (2025)

First Heritage Mortgage took 1,619 mortgage applications in South Carolina in 2025, ranking #36 of 1,143 lenders active in the state. It originated 85.2% of them and denied 3.0% (3.3% of the applications it decided), against a statewide denial rate of 18.3%.

1.6kApplicationsin SC
3.3%Decision denial ratestate 23.5%
6.25%Median ratestate 6.50%
$295,000Median loanstate $225,000
$424MVolume30 counties

First Heritage Mortgage in South Carolina vs the state

3.0%Denial rate-15.35 pts vs state
3.3%Decision denial rate-20.14 pts vs state
85.2%Origination rate+28.63 pts vs state
6.25%Median rate-0.25 pts vs state
0.08Rate spread (pts)-0.14 pts vs state
$102kMedian applicant income
1,380Loans originated
48Denied

Trend in South Carolina

YearApplicationsOriginatedDenial rateMedian rateRank in state
20231,1258731.9%6.62%#42
20241,2981,1311.5%6.50%#43
20251,6191,3803.0%6.25%#36

What First Heritage Mortgage lends in South Carolina

By loan purpose

Home purchase 1,574 97% · 3.0% denied
Refinance 35 2% · 0.0% denied
Cash-out refinance 9 1% · 11.1% denied
Home improvement 1 0% · 0.0% denied

By loan type

Conventional 787 49% · 2.3% denied
FHA 481 30% · 4.4% denied
VA 333 21% · 2.4% denied
USDA / RHS 18 1% · 5.6% denied

Why it denied South Carolina applicants

Debt-to-income ratio 19 40%
Credit history 11 23%
Collateral 7 15%
Other 4 8%
Unverifiable information 3 6%
Employment history 2 4%
Insufficient cash 2 4%

Where in South Carolina

Counties with the most First Heritage Mortgage applications in 2025.

CountyApplicationsOriginatedDeniedDenial rate
Richland County 2992508 2.7%
Greenville County 2812477 2.5%
Lexington County 2802356 2.1%
Spartanburg County 1811694 2.2%
Aiken County 1461286 4.1%
Charleston County 89666 6.7%
Berkeley County 75701 1.3%
Beaufort County 58491 1.7%
Sumter County 49390 0.0%
Kershaw County 39342 5.1%

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: 1,619 applications in 2025, of which 1,380 were originated and 48 denied.

3.0% of all applications, or 3.3% of the applications it actually decided on. The South Carolina statewide average across all lenders was 18.3%.

The median rate on loans First Heritage Mortgage originated in South Carolina in 2025 was 6.25%, against a statewide median of 6.50%.

About this data. Figures are First Heritage 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