The Citizens Bank · South Carolina · 2025

The Citizens Bank in South Carolina: approval rate, denial rate and rates (2025)

The Citizens Bank took 206 mortgage applications in South Carolina in 2025, ranking #182 of 1,143 lenders active in the state. It originated 89.3% of them and denied 1.9% (2.1% of the applications it decided), against a statewide denial rate of 18.3%.

206Applicationsin SC
2.1%Decision denial ratestate 23.5%
Median ratestate 6.50%
$205,000Median loanstate $225,000
$61MVolume20 counties

The Citizens Bank in South Carolina vs the state

1.9%Denial rate-16.37 pts vs state
2.1%Decision denial rate-21.35 pts vs state
89.3%Origination rate+32.71 pts vs state
Median rate
Rate spread (pts)
$125kMedian applicant income
184Loans originated
4Denied

Trend in South Carolina

YearApplicationsOriginatedDenial rateMedian rateRank in state
20232572227.0%#136
20242442016.6%#150
20252061841.9%#182

What The Citizens Bank lends in South Carolina

By loan purpose

Home purchase 137 67% · 1.5% denied
Refinance 33 16% · 3.0% denied
Cash-out refinance 19 9% · 5.3% denied
Home improvement 15 7% · 0.0% denied
Other / HELOC 2 1% · 0.0% denied

By loan type

Conventional 206 100% · 1.9% denied

Where in South Carolina

Counties with the most The Citizens Bank applications in 2025.

CountyApplicationsOriginatedDeniedDenial rate
Florence County 50500 0.0%
Georgetown County 37290 0.0%
Horry County 19142 10.5%
Darlington County 18180 0.0%
Clarendon County 17150 0.0%
Sumter County 11100 0.0%
Williamsburg County 11110 0.0%
Dorchester County 971 11.1%
Kershaw County 770 0.0%
Chesterfield County 550 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: 206 applications in 2025, of which 184 were originated and 4 denied.

1.9% of all applications, or 2.1% 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 The Citizens Bank'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