Guaranteed Rate Affinity · South Carolina · 2025

Guaranteed Rate Affinity in South Carolina: approval rate, denial rate and rates (2025)

Guaranteed Rate Affinity took 623 mortgage applications in South Carolina in 2025, ranking #85 of 1,143 lenders active in the state. It originated 63.6% of them and denied 4.5% (6.6% of the applications it decided), against a statewide denial rate of 18.3%.

623Applicationsin SC
6.6%Decision denial ratestate 23.5%
6.50%Median ratestate 6.50%
$265,000Median loanstate $225,000
$126MVolume30 counties

Guaranteed Rate Affinity in South Carolina vs the state

4.5%Denial rate-13.82 pts vs state
6.6%Decision denial rate-16.91 pts vs state
63.6%Origination rate+6.95 pts vs state
6.50%Median rate0.00 pts vs state
0.17Rate spread (pts)-0.05 pts vs state
$99kMedian applicant income
396Loans originated
28Denied

Trend in South Carolina

YearApplicationsOriginatedDenial rateMedian rateRank in state
20238335475.4%6.75%#58
20247134717.7%6.74%#72
20256233964.5%6.50%#85

What Guaranteed Rate Affinity lends in South Carolina

By loan purpose

Home purchase 521 84% · 4.4% denied
Refinance 57 9% · 5.3% denied
Cash-out refinance 45 7% · 4.4% denied

By loan type

Conventional 435 70% · 3.9% denied
FHA 97 16% · 8.3% denied
VA 87 14% · 2.3% denied
USDA / RHS 4 1% · 25.0% denied

Why it denied South Carolina applicants

Debt-to-income ratio 9 32%
Credit history 7 25%
Other 4 14%
Collateral 3 11%
Insufficient cash 3 11%
Employment history 1 4%
Unverifiable information 1 4%

Where in South Carolina

Counties with the most Guaranteed Rate Affinity applications in 2025.

CountyApplicationsOriginatedDeniedDenial rate
Lexington County 2031317 3.4%
Richland County 156959 5.8%
Charleston County 55311 1.8%
York County 38290 0.0%
Berkeley County 35191 2.9%
Dorchester County 17131 5.9%
Kershaw County 16101 6.3%
Aiken County 1344 30.8%
Newberry County 12100 0.0%
Lancaster County 11110 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: 623 applications in 2025, of which 396 were originated and 28 denied.

4.5% of all applications, or 6.6% of the applications it actually decided on. The South Carolina statewide average across all lenders was 18.3%.

The median rate on loans Guaranteed Rate Affinity originated in South Carolina in 2025 was 6.50%, against a statewide median of 6.50%.

About this data. Figures are Guaranteed Rate Affinity'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