Sente Mortgage · South Carolina · 2025

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

Sente Mortgage took 426 mortgage applications in South Carolina in 2025, ranking #113 of 1,143 lenders active in the state. It originated 48.6% of them and denied 1.4% (2.8% of the applications it decided), against a statewide denial rate of 18.3%.

426Applicationsin SC
2.8%Decision denial ratestate 23.5%
6.50%Median ratestate 6.50%
$315,000Median loanstate $225,000
$74MVolume28 counties

Sente Mortgage in South Carolina vs the state

1.4%Denial rate-16.90 pts vs state
2.8%Decision denial rate-20.65 pts vs state
48.6%Origination rate-8.02 pts vs state
6.50%Median rate0.00 pts vs state
0.27Rate spread (pts)+0.05 pts vs state
$105kMedian applicant income
207Loans originated
6Denied

Trend in South Carolina

YearApplicationsOriginatedDenial rateMedian rateRank in state
202313100.0%6.94%#484
20243012311.0%6.63%#124
20254262071.4%6.50%#113

What Sente Mortgage lends in South Carolina

By loan purpose

Home purchase 339 80% · 1.8% denied
Refinance 47 11% · 0.0% denied
Cash-out refinance 40 9% · 0.0% denied

By loan type

Conventional 215 50% · 0.5% denied
FHA 136 32% · 2.9% denied
VA 74 17% · 1.4% denied
USDA / RHS 1 0% · 0.0% denied

Why it denied South Carolina applicants

Credit history 3 50%
Debt-to-income ratio 2 33%
Collateral 1 17%

Where in South Carolina

Counties with the most Sente Mortgage applications in 2025.

CountyApplicationsOriginatedDeniedDenial rate
Charleston County 158741 0.6%
Berkeley County 123631 0.8%
Dorchester County 77362 2.6%
Orangeburg County 1140 0.0%
Sumter County 641 16.7%
Greenville County 530 0.0%
Beaufort County 531 20.0%
Richland County 520 0.0%
Colleton County 520 0.0%
Kershaw County 430 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: 426 applications in 2025, of which 207 were originated and 6 denied.

1.4% of all applications, or 2.8% of the applications it actually decided on. The South Carolina statewide average across all lenders was 18.3%.

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

About this data. Figures are Sente 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