Zillow Home Loans · South Carolina · 2025

Zillow Home Loans in South Carolina: approval rate, denial rate and rates (2025)

Zillow Home Loans took 407 mortgage applications in South Carolina in 2025, ranking #118 of 1,143 lenders active in the state. It originated 72.7% of them and denied 4.7% (6.0% of the applications it decided), against a statewide denial rate of 18.3%.

407Applicationsin SC
6.0%Decision denial ratestate 23.5%
6.50%Median ratestate 6.50%
$265,000Median loanstate $225,000
$84MVolume35 counties

Zillow Home Loans in South Carolina vs the state

4.7%Denial rate-13.64 pts vs state
6.0%Decision denial rate-17.48 pts vs state
72.7%Origination rate+16.12 pts vs state
6.50%Median rate0.00 pts vs state
0.34Rate spread (pts)+0.12 pts vs state
$89kMedian applicant income
296Loans originated
19Denied

Trend in South Carolina

YearApplicationsOriginatedDenial rateMedian rateRank in state
2023137908.8%6.63%#208
20242761986.5%6.63%#136
20254072964.7%6.50%#118

What Zillow Home Loans lends in South Carolina

By loan purpose

Home purchase 406 100% · 4.7% denied
Refinance 1 0% · 0.0% denied

By loan type

Conventional 288 71% · 5.2% denied
FHA 71 17% · 1.4% denied
VA 48 12% · 6.3% denied

Why it denied South Carolina applicants

Collateral 8 42%
Debt-to-income ratio 6 32%
Other 4 21%
Unverifiable information 1 5%

Where in South Carolina

Counties with the most Zillow Home Loans applications in 2025.

CountyApplicationsOriginatedDeniedDenial rate
York County 88662 2.3%
Richland County 36262 5.6%
Greenville County 32192 6.3%
Horry County 31242 6.5%
Lexington County 27181 3.7%
Berkeley County 25181 4.0%
Lancaster County 23200 0.0%
Beaufort County 20132 10.0%
Charleston County 20120 0.0%
Dorchester County 19151 5.3%

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: 407 applications in 2025, of which 296 were originated and 19 denied.

4.7% of all applications, or 6.0% of the applications it actually decided on. The South Carolina statewide average across all lenders was 18.3%.

The median rate on loans Zillow Home Loans originated in South Carolina in 2025 was 6.50%, against a statewide median of 6.50%.

About this data. Figures are Zillow Home Loans'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