SmartFi Home Loans · South Carolina · 2025

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

SmartFi Home Loans took 8 mortgage applications in South Carolina in 2025, ranking #572 of 1,143 lenders active in the state. It originated 75.0% of them and denied 25.0% (25.0% of the applications it decided), against a statewide denial rate of 18.3%.

8Applicationsin SC
25.0%Decision denial ratestate 23.5%
8.98%Median ratestate 6.50%
$155,000Median loanstate $225,000
$1.3MVolume6 counties

SmartFi Home Loans in South Carolina vs the state

25.0%Denial rate+6.69 pts vs state
25.0%Decision denial rate+1.53 pts vs state
75.0%Origination rate+18.39 pts vs state
8.98%Median rate+2.48 pts vs state
Rate spread (pts)
$43kMedian applicant income
6Loans originated
2Denied

What SmartFi Home Loans lends in South Carolina

By loan purpose

Home purchase 1 13% · 0.0% denied
Refinance 5 63% · 40.0% denied
Other / HELOC 2 25% · 0.0% denied

By loan type

Conventional 5 63% · 20.0% denied
FHA 3 38% · 33.3% denied

Why it denied South Carolina applicants

Insufficient cash 2 100%

Where in South Carolina

Counties with the most SmartFi Home Loans applications in 2025.

CountyApplicationsOriginatedDeniedDenial rate
Horry County 330 0.0%
Beaufort County 110 0.0%
Charleston County 101 100.0%
Greenville County 101 100.0%
Sumter County 110 0.0%
Richland County 110 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: 8 applications in 2025, of which 6 were originated and 2 denied.

25.0% of all applications, or 25.0% of the applications it actually decided on. The South Carolina statewide average across all lenders was 18.3%.

The median rate on loans SmartFi Home Loans originated in South Carolina in 2025 was 8.98%, against a statewide median of 6.50%.

About this data. Figures are SmartFi Home 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