The Peoples Bank · South Carolina · 2025

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

The Peoples Bank took 111 mortgage applications in South Carolina in 2025, ranking #246 of 1,143 lenders active in the state. It originated 91.0% of them and denied 1.8% (1.9% of the applications it decided), against a statewide denial rate of 18.3%.

111Applicationsin SC
1.9%Decision denial ratestate 23.5%
Median ratestate 6.50%
$175,000Median loanstate $225,000
$27MVolume9 counties

The Peoples Bank in South Carolina vs the state

1.8%Denial rate-16.51 pts vs state
1.9%Decision denial rate-21.60 pts vs state
91.0%Origination rate+34.38 pts vs state
Median rate
Rate spread (pts)
$151kMedian applicant income
101Loans originated
2Denied

Trend in South Carolina

YearApplicationsOriginatedDenial rateMedian rateRank in state
202373602.7%#267
202480688.8%#267
20251111011.8%#246

What The Peoples Bank lends in South Carolina

By loan purpose

Home purchase 43 39% · 2.3% denied
Refinance 68 61% · 1.5% denied

By loan type

Conventional 111 100% · 1.8% denied

Why it denied South Carolina applicants

Debt-to-income ratio 2 100%

Where in South Carolina

Counties with the most The Peoples Bank applications in 2025.

CountyApplicationsOriginatedDeniedDenial rate
Anderson County 80751 1.3%
Greenville County 17140 0.0%
Pickens County 330 0.0%
Abbeville County 320 0.0%
Oconee County 321 33.3%
Charleston County 220 0.0%
Laurens County 110 0.0%
Union County 110 0.0%
Spartanburg 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: 111 applications in 2025, of which 101 were originated and 2 denied.

1.8% of all applications, or 1.9% 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 Peoples 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