Homexpress Mortgage · South Carolina · 2025

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

Homexpress Mortgage took 238 mortgage applications in South Carolina in 2025, ranking #166 of 1,143 lenders active in the state. It originated 66.4% of them and denied 32.8% (32.9% of the applications it decided), against a statewide denial rate of 18.3%.

238Applicationsin SC
32.9%Decision denial ratestate 23.5%
7.38%Median ratestate 6.50%
$225,000Median loanstate $225,000
$45MVolume27 counties

Homexpress Mortgage in South Carolina vs the state

32.8%Denial rate+14.46 pts vs state
32.9%Decision denial rate+9.44 pts vs state
66.4%Origination rate+9.78 pts vs state
7.38%Median rate+0.88 pts vs state
1.52Rate spread (pts)+1.30 pts vs state
$221kMedian applicant income
158Loans originated
78Denied

Trend in South Carolina

YearApplicationsOriginatedDenial rateMedian rateRank in state
20231006034.0%8.63%#231
20241659840.0%7.88%#186
202523815832.8%7.38%#166

What Homexpress Mortgage lends in South Carolina

By loan purpose

Home purchase 100 42% · 29.0% denied
Refinance 28 12% · 39.3% denied
Cash-out refinance 110 46% · 34.6% denied

By loan type

Conventional 235 99% · 32.8% denied
FHA 2 1% · 50.0% denied
VA 1 0% · 0.0% denied

Why it denied South Carolina applicants

Credit history 61 78%
Collateral 10 13%
Debt-to-income ratio 3 4%
Unverifiable information 2 3%
Insufficient cash 1 1%
Employment history 1 1%

Where in South Carolina

Counties with the most Homexpress Mortgage applications in 2025.

CountyApplicationsOriginatedDeniedDenial rate
Horry County 614318 29.5%
Charleston County 322210 31.3%
Greenville County 24177 29.2%
Spartanburg County 22148 36.4%
Berkeley County 16115 31.3%
Beaufort County 13112 15.4%
Richland County 945 55.6%
Pickens County 853 37.5%
Dorchester County 834 50.0%
York County 743 42.9%

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: 238 applications in 2025, of which 158 were originated and 78 denied.

32.8% of all applications, or 32.9% of the applications it actually decided on. The South Carolina statewide average across all lenders was 18.3%.

The median rate on loans Homexpress Mortgage originated in South Carolina in 2025 was 7.38%, against a statewide median of 6.50%.

About this data. Figures are Homexpress 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