Southwest Stage Funding · South Carolina · 2025

Southwest Stage Funding in South Carolina: approval rate, denial rate and rates (2025)

Southwest Stage Funding took 1,183 mortgage applications in South Carolina in 2025, ranking #50 of 1,143 lenders active in the state. It originated 28.4% of them and denied 8.6% (18.0% of the applications it decided), against a statewide denial rate of 18.3%.

1.2kApplicationsin SC
18.0%Decision denial ratestate 23.5%
7.75%Median ratestate 6.50%
$165,000Median loanstate $225,000
$63MVolume46 counties

Southwest Stage Funding in South Carolina vs the state

8.6%Denial rate-9.69 pts vs state
18.0%Decision denial rate-5.48 pts vs state
28.4%Origination rate-28.21 pts vs state
7.75%Median rate+1.25 pts vs state
1.68Rate spread (pts)+1.46 pts vs state
$67kMedian applicant income
336Loans originated
102Denied

Trend in South Carolina

YearApplicationsOriginatedDenial rateMedian rateRank in state
202331422924.5%7.88%#117
20248212687.4%7.34%#62
20251,1833368.6%7.75%#50

What Southwest Stage Funding lends in South Carolina

By loan purpose

Home purchase 1,183 100% · 8.6% denied

By loan type

Conventional 805 68% · 9.4% denied
FHA 348 29% · 7.5% denied
VA 30 3% · 0.0% denied

Why it denied South Carolina applicants

Debt-to-income ratio 52 51%
Other 15 15%
Insufficient cash 11 11%
Employment history 9 9%
Collateral 8 8%
Credit history 7 7%

Where in South Carolina

Counties with the most Southwest Stage Funding applications in 2025.

CountyApplicationsOriginatedDeniedDenial rate
Spartanburg County 118229 7.6%
Horry County 58177 12.1%
Florence County 56205 8.9%
Orangeburg County 5595 9.1%
Beaufort County 52138 15.4%
Greenville County 51124 7.8%
Berkeley County 46114 8.7%
Cherokee County 45213 6.7%
Colleton County 42133 7.1%
Laurens County 3871 2.6%

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: 1,183 applications in 2025, of which 336 were originated and 102 denied.

8.6% of all applications, or 18.0% of the applications it actually decided on. The South Carolina statewide average across all lenders was 18.3%.

The median rate on loans Southwest Stage Funding originated in South Carolina in 2025 was 7.75%, against a statewide median of 6.50%.

About this data. Figures are Southwest Stage Funding'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