Kind Lending · South Carolina · 2025

Kind Lending in South Carolina: approval rate, denial rate and rates (2025)

Kind Lending took 460 mortgage applications in South Carolina in 2025, ranking #104 of 1,143 lenders active in the state. It originated 63.0% of them and denied 22.2% (25.9% of the applications it decided), against a statewide denial rate of 18.3%.

460Applicationsin SC
25.9%Decision denial ratestate 23.5%
6.63%Median ratestate 6.50%
$285,000Median loanstate $225,000
$90MVolume34 counties

Kind Lending in South Carolina vs the state

22.2%Denial rate+3.86 pts vs state
25.9%Decision denial rate+2.42 pts vs state
63.0%Origination rate+6.43 pts vs state
6.63%Median rate+0.13 pts vs state
0.34Rate spread (pts)+0.12 pts vs state
$102kMedian applicant income
290Loans originated
102Denied

Trend in South Carolina

YearApplicationsOriginatedDenial rateMedian rateRank in state
20231378222.6%6.31%#209
202420414121.1%6.38%#169
202546029022.2%6.63%#104

What Kind Lending lends in South Carolina

By loan purpose

Home purchase 364 79% · 20.1% denied
Refinance 32 7% · 18.8% denied
Cash-out refinance 39 8% · 41.0% denied
Home improvement 24 5% · 29.2% denied
Other / HELOC 1 0% · 0.0% denied

By loan type

Conventional 233 51% · 21.9% denied
FHA 152 33% · 23.0% denied
VA 65 14% · 23.1% denied
USDA / RHS 10 2% · 10.0% denied

Why it denied South Carolina applicants

Unverifiable information 27 26%
Other 24 24%
Collateral 23 23%
Insufficient cash 18 18%
Credit history 9 9%
Employment history 1 1%

Where in South Carolina

Counties with the most Kind Lending applications in 2025.

CountyApplicationsOriginatedDeniedDenial rate
Greenville County 603615 25.0%
Spartanburg County 39249 23.1%
Richland County 362011 30.6%
Horry County 35257 20.0%
Charleston County 35274 11.4%
Berkeley County 33189 27.3%
Anderson County 33205 15.2%
York County 32179 28.1%
Lancaster County 21136 28.6%
Beaufort County 19152 10.5%

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: 460 applications in 2025, of which 290 were originated and 102 denied.

22.2% of all applications, or 25.9% of the applications it actually decided on. The South Carolina statewide average across all lenders was 18.3%.

The median rate on loans Kind Lending originated in South Carolina in 2025 was 6.63%, against a statewide median of 6.50%.

About this data. Figures are Kind Lending'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