Sun West Mortgage Company · South Carolina · 2025

Sun West Mortgage Company in South Carolina: approval rate, denial rate and rates (2025)

Sun West Mortgage Company took 277 mortgage applications in South Carolina in 2025, ranking #146 of 1,143 lenders active in the state. It originated 52.4% of them and denied 13.7% (15.9% of the applications it decided), against a statewide denial rate of 18.3%.

277Applicationsin SC
15.9%Decision denial ratestate 23.5%
5.99%Median ratestate 6.50%
$285,000Median loanstate $225,000
$47MVolume32 counties

Sun West Mortgage Company in South Carolina vs the state

13.7%Denial rate-4.59 pts vs state
15.9%Decision denial rate-7.57 pts vs state
52.4%Origination rate-4.26 pts vs state
5.99%Median rate-0.51 pts vs state
-0.16Rate spread (pts)-0.38 pts vs state
$89kMedian applicant income
145Loans originated
38Denied

Trend in South Carolina

YearApplicationsOriginatedDenial rateMedian rateRank in state
202321512616.7%6.56%#155
202425317011.1%6.25%#147
202527714513.7%5.99%#146

What Sun West Mortgage Company lends in South Carolina

By loan purpose

Home purchase 76 27% · 13.2% denied
Refinance 96 35% · 5.2% denied
Cash-out refinance 102 37% · 21.6% denied
Other / HELOC 3 1% · 33.3% denied

By loan type

Conventional 46 17% · 15.2% denied
FHA 87 31% · 16.1% denied
VA 136 49% · 11.0% denied
USDA / RHS 8 3% · 25.0% denied

Why it denied South Carolina applicants

Credit history 22 58%
Other 10 26%
Collateral 4 11%
Unverifiable information 1 3%
Debt-to-income ratio 1 3%

Where in South Carolina

Counties with the most Sun West Mortgage Company applications in 2025.

CountyApplicationsOriginatedDeniedDenial rate
Horry County 36166 16.7%
Richland County 30124 13.3%
Berkeley County 23133 13.0%
York County 22104 18.2%
Charleston County 20151 5.0%
Greenville County 17112 11.8%
Anderson County 1673 18.8%
Dorchester County 16112 12.5%
Spartanburg County 1591 6.7%
Lexington County 1181 9.1%

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: 277 applications in 2025, of which 145 were originated and 38 denied.

13.7% of all applications, or 15.9% of the applications it actually decided on. The South Carolina statewide average across all lenders was 18.3%.

The median rate on loans Sun West Mortgage Company originated in South Carolina in 2025 was 5.99%, against a statewide median of 6.50%.

About this data. Figures are Sun West Mortgage Company'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