Primary Residential Mortgage · South Carolina · 2025

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

Primary Residential Mortgage took 272 mortgage applications in South Carolina in 2025, ranking #149 of 1,143 lenders active in the state. It originated 67.7% of them and denied 6.6% (8.9% of the applications it decided), against a statewide denial rate of 18.3%.

272Applicationsin SC
8.9%Decision denial ratestate 23.5%
6.63%Median ratestate 6.50%
$225,000Median loanstate $225,000
$46MVolume30 counties

Primary Residential Mortgage in South Carolina vs the state

6.6%Denial rate-11.69 pts vs state
8.9%Decision denial rate-14.56 pts vs state
67.7%Origination rate+11.04 pts vs state
6.63%Median rate+0.13 pts vs state
0.41Rate spread (pts)+0.19 pts vs state
$76kMedian applicant income
184Loans originated
18Denied

Trend in South Carolina

YearApplicationsOriginatedDenial rateMedian rateRank in state
20232131428.5%6.75%#156
20242351667.2%6.63%#156
20252721846.6%6.63%#149

What Primary Residential Mortgage lends in South Carolina

By loan purpose

Home purchase 221 81% · 6.8% denied
Refinance 27 10% · 3.7% denied
Cash-out refinance 24 9% · 8.3% denied

By loan type

Conventional 126 46% · 5.6% denied
FHA 113 42% · 8.9% denied
VA 22 8% · 0.0% denied
USDA / RHS 11 4% · 9.1% denied

Why it denied South Carolina applicants

Debt-to-income ratio 7 39%
Credit history 6 33%
Collateral 3 17%
Insufficient cash 1 6%
Other 1 6%

Where in South Carolina

Counties with the most Primary Residential Mortgage applications in 2025.

CountyApplicationsOriginatedDeniedDenial rate
Greenville County 40223 7.5%
Anderson County 39244 10.3%
Spartanburg County 35260 0.0%
York County 24181 4.2%
Florence County 23153 13.0%
Lancaster County 1190 0.0%
Pickens County 1081 10.0%
Berkeley County 1050 0.0%
Richland County 980 0.0%
Cherokee County 760 0.0%

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: 272 applications in 2025, of which 184 were originated and 18 denied.

6.6% of all applications, or 8.9% of the applications it actually decided on. The South Carolina statewide average across all lenders was 18.3%.

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

About this data. Figures are Primary Residential 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