Milend · South Carolina · 2025

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

Milend took 282 mortgage applications in South Carolina in 2025, ranking #144 of 1,143 lenders active in the state. It originated 16.3% of them and denied 15.6% (46.3% of the applications it decided), against a statewide denial rate of 18.3%.

282Applicationsin SC
46.3%Decision denial ratestate 23.5%
6.25%Median ratestate 6.50%
$220,000Median loanstate $225,000
$11MVolume42 counties

Milend in South Carolina vs the state

15.6%Denial rate-2.71 pts vs state
46.3%Decision denial rate+22.85 pts vs state
16.3%Origination rate-40.30 pts vs state
6.25%Median rate-0.25 pts vs state
0.40Rate spread (pts)+0.18 pts vs state
$71kMedian applicant income
46Loans originated
44Denied

Trend in South Carolina

YearApplicationsOriginatedDenial rateMedian rateRank in state
2023190519.5%6.63%#168
20241994911.1%6.25%#174
20252824615.6%6.25%#144

What Milend lends in South Carolina

By loan purpose

Home purchase 2 1% · 50.0% denied
Refinance 280 99% · 15.4% denied

By loan type

Conventional 49 17% · 10.2% denied
FHA 193 68% · 17.6% denied
VA 40 14% · 12.5% denied

Why it denied South Carolina applicants

Credit history 16 36%
Debt-to-income ratio 15 34%
Collateral 8 18%
Other 5 11%

Where in South Carolina

Counties with the most Milend applications in 2025.

CountyApplicationsOriginatedDeniedDenial rate
Richland County 3386 18.2%
Spartanburg County 2993 10.3%
Horry County 2243 13.6%
Lexington County 1931 5.3%
Greenville County 1711 5.9%
Charleston County 1502 13.3%
York County 1413 21.4%
Berkeley County 1302 15.4%
Anderson County 1220 0.0%
Aiken County 1013 30.0%

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: 282 applications in 2025, of which 46 were originated and 44 denied.

15.6% of all applications, or 46.3% of the applications it actually decided on. The South Carolina statewide average across all lenders was 18.3%.

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

About this data. Figures are Milend'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