Neighborhood Loans · South Carolina · 2025

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

Neighborhood Loans took 225 mortgage applications in South Carolina in 2025, ranking #175 of 1,143 lenders active in the state. It originated 6.2% of them and denied 64.4% (89.0% of the applications it decided), against a statewide denial rate of 18.3%.

225Applicationsin SC
89.0%Decision denial ratestate 23.5%
Median ratestate 6.50%
$225,000Median loanstate $225,000
$180kVolume23 counties

Neighborhood Loans in South Carolina vs the state

64.4%Denial rate+46.13 pts vs state
89.0%Decision denial rate+65.49 pts vs state
6.2%Origination rate-50.39 pts vs state
Median rate
-6.07Rate spread (pts)-6.29 pts vs state
$84kMedian applicant income
14Loans originated
145Denied

Trend in South Carolina

YearApplicationsOriginatedDenial rateMedian rateRank in state
202338125120.7%6.99%#102
202450735919.7%6.63%#89
20252251464.4%#175

What Neighborhood Loans lends in South Carolina

By loan purpose

Home purchase 201 89% · 62.2% denied
Refinance 13 6% · 84.6% denied
Cash-out refinance 11 5% · 81.8% denied

By loan type

Conventional 137 61% · 62.0% denied
FHA 58 26% · 67.2% denied
VA 20 9% · 65.0% denied
USDA / RHS 10 4% · 80.0% denied

Why it denied South Carolina applicants

Incomplete application 106 73%
Collateral 15 10%
Unverifiable information 7 5%
Debt-to-income ratio 7 5%
Insufficient cash 5 3%
Credit history 2 1%
Other 2 1%
Employment history 1 1%

Where in South Carolina

Counties with the most Neighborhood Loans applications in 2025.

CountyApplicationsOriginatedDeniedDenial rate
Horry County 97260 61.9%
Greenville County 22412 54.5%
Spartanburg County 21312 57.1%
Laurens County 1219 75.0%
Kershaw County 1105 45.5%
Pickens County 816 75.0%
Georgetown County 705 71.4%
Sumter County 705 71.4%
Richland County 603 50.0%
Berkeley County 504 80.0%

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: 225 applications in 2025, of which 14 were originated and 145 denied.

64.4% of all applications, or 89.0% of the applications it actually decided on. The South Carolina statewide average across all lenders was 18.3%.

This lender did not report interest rates on its originated loans (some institutions are exempt from HMDA pricing fields).

About this data. Figures are Neighborhood Loans'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