Gardner Financial Services · South Carolina · 2025

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

Gardner Financial Services took 56 mortgage applications in South Carolina in 2025, ranking #329 of 1,143 lenders active in the state. It originated 69.6% of them and denied 5.4% (6.8% of the applications it decided), against a statewide denial rate of 18.3%.

56Applicationsin SC
6.8%Decision denial ratestate 23.5%
6.25%Median ratestate 6.50%
$315,000Median loanstate $225,000
$12MVolume11 counties

Gardner Financial Services in South Carolina vs the state

5.4%Denial rate-12.95 pts vs state
6.8%Decision denial rate-16.65 pts vs state
69.6%Origination rate+13.03 pts vs state
6.25%Median rate-0.25 pts vs state
0.41Rate spread (pts)+0.19 pts vs state
Median applicant income
39Loans originated
3Denied

Trend in South Carolina

YearApplicationsOriginatedDenial rateMedian rateRank in state
202327153.7%7.25%#386
202459360.0%6.63%#304
202556395.4%6.25%#329

What Gardner Financial Services lends in South Carolina

By loan purpose

Home purchase 47 84% · 4.3% denied
Refinance 5 9% · 20.0% denied
Cash-out refinance 4 7% · 0.0% denied

By loan type

Conventional 27 48% · 7.4% denied
FHA 21 38% · 4.8% denied
VA 7 13% · 0.0% denied
USDA / RHS 1 2% · 0.0% denied

Why it denied South Carolina applicants

Other 2 67%
Credit history 1 33%

Where in South Carolina

Counties with the most Gardner Financial Services applications in 2025.

CountyApplicationsOriginatedDeniedDenial rate
Berkeley County 19132 10.5%
Charleston County 1181 9.1%
Dorchester County 1160 0.0%
Anderson County 420 0.0%
Orangeburg County 430 0.0%
Beaufort County 220 0.0%
Georgetown County 110 0.0%
York County 110 0.0%
Bamberg County 110 0.0%
Horry 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: 56 applications in 2025, of which 39 were originated and 3 denied.

5.4% of all applications, or 6.8% of the applications it actually decided on. The South Carolina statewide average across all lenders was 18.3%.

The median rate on loans Gardner Financial Services originated in South Carolina in 2025 was 6.25%, against a statewide median of 6.50%.

About this data. Figures are Gardner Financial Services'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