Investor Mortgage Finance · South Carolina · 2025

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

Investor Mortgage Finance took 68 mortgage applications in South Carolina in 2025, ranking #300 of 1,143 lenders active in the state. It originated 42.7% of them and denied 14.7% (25.6% of the applications it decided), against a statewide denial rate of 18.3%.

68Applicationsin SC
25.6%Decision denial ratestate 23.5%
7.10%Median ratestate 6.50%
$225,000Median loanstate $225,000
$9.6MVolume0 counties

Investor Mortgage Finance in South Carolina vs the state

14.7%Denial rate-3.60 pts vs state
25.6%Decision denial rate+2.17 pts vs state
42.7%Origination rate-13.96 pts vs state
7.10%Median rate+0.60 pts vs state
Rate spread (pts)
Median applicant income
29Loans originated
10Denied

Trend in South Carolina

YearApplicationsOriginatedDenial rateMedian rateRank in state
20241167019.0%7.53%#228
2025682914.7%7.10%#300

What Investor Mortgage Finance lends in South Carolina

By loan purpose

Home purchase 20 29% · 20.0% denied
Refinance 16 24% · 18.8% denied
Cash-out refinance 32 47% · 9.4% denied

By loan type

Conventional 68 100% · 14.7% denied

Why it denied South Carolina applicants

Collateral 5 50%
Insufficient cash 2 20%
Unverifiable information 2 20%
Incomplete application 1 10%

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: 68 applications in 2025, of which 29 were originated and 10 denied.

14.7% of all applications, or 25.6% of the applications it actually decided on. The South Carolina statewide average across all lenders was 18.3%.

The median rate on loans Investor Mortgage Finance originated in South Carolina in 2025 was 7.10%, against a statewide median of 6.50%.

About this data. Figures are Investor Mortgage Finance'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