Spero Financial · South Carolina · 2025

Spero Financial in South Carolina: approval rate, denial rate and rates (2025)

Spero Financial took 490 mortgage applications in South Carolina in 2025, ranking #99 of 1,143 lenders active in the state. It originated 80.2% of them and denied 13.1% (13.3% of the applications it decided), against a statewide denial rate of 18.3%.

490Applicationsin SC
13.3%Decision denial ratestate 23.5%
Median ratestate 6.50%
$105,000Median loanstate $225,000
$60MVolume21 counties

Spero Financial in South Carolina vs the state

13.1%Denial rate-5.25 pts vs state
13.3%Decision denial rate-10.19 pts vs state
80.2%Origination rate+23.59 pts vs state
Median rate
Rate spread (pts)
$111kMedian applicant income
393Loans originated
64Denied

Trend in South Carolina

YearApplicationsOriginatedDenial rateMedian rateRank in state
202361651210.6%#74
202451943411.6%#88
202549039313.1%#99

What Spero Financial lends in South Carolina

By loan purpose

Home purchase 22 4% · 0.0% denied
Refinance 134 27% · 14.2% denied
Cash-out refinance 1 0% · 100.0% denied
Home improvement 203 41% · 9.4% denied
Other / HELOC 130 27% · 19.2% denied

By loan type

Conventional 490 100% · 13.1% denied

Why it denied South Carolina applicants

Debt-to-income ratio 19 30%
Credit history 14 22%
Other 9 14%
Unverifiable information 8 13%
Mortgage insurance denied 6 9%
Collateral 4 6%
Incomplete application 4 6%

Where in South Carolina

Counties with the most Spero Financial applications in 2025.

CountyApplicationsOriginatedDeniedDenial rate
Greenville County 20816825 12.0%
Anderson County 988113 13.3%
Spartanburg County 71559 12.7%
Pickens County 51405 9.8%
Richland County 1375 38.5%
Lexington County 972 22.2%
Laurens County 761 14.3%
Oconee County 651 16.7%
Kershaw County 440 0.0%
Berkeley County 431 25.0%

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: 490 applications in 2025, of which 393 were originated and 64 denied.

13.1% of all applications, or 13.3% 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 Spero Financial'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