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Discover Bank in South Carolina
HMDA record for properties in South Carolina, calendar year 2024. National record · South Carolina overview
HMDA data alone cannot be used to determine whether a lender is complying with fair lending laws. The data do not include some legitimate credit risk considerations for loan approval and loan pricing decisions. Cells under 25 applications are withheld.
Discover Bank's 2024 HMDA record for South Carolina covers 4,167 applications, 810 of them originated, worth $67m.
Its denial rate in the state was 71.0%, above the South Carolina rate of 25.2% across all lenders and compared with the lender's national rate of 76.0%.
The median rate spread on its South Carolina originations was 2.4 percentage points (state median 0.3).
Applications in the state were about level with 2023.
Compared with the state and the lender's national record
| Measure | In South Carolina | South Carolina, all lenders | Discover Bank, all states | United States |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denial rate | 71.0% | 25.2% | 76.0% | 24.3% |
| Median rate spread, pp | 2.4 | 0.3 | 2.3 | 0.3 |
| Originations with spread of 1.5 pp or more | 78.1% | 15.5% | 75.6% | 15.6% |
| Average originated loan | $83k | $296k | $90k | $329k |
| Home purchase share | 3.0% | 62.8% | 3.1% | 57.0% |
| FHA-insured share | 0.0% | 16.5% | 0.0% | 13.4% |
| VA-guaranteed share | 0.0% | 12.9% | 0.0% | 7.9% |
Trend by year
ApplicationsOriginations
This lender in stateSouth Carolina, all lenders
Loan purpose and loan type in South Carolina
By purpose
Home purchase 3% (24)Home improvement 31% (254)Refinancing 15% (124)Other purpose 50% (408)
By type
Conventional 100% (810)
Denial reasons as coded
Share of 2,023 denials in South Carolina by first denial reason coded (outlined bar: all lenders in the state).
Counties in South Carolina
| County | Applications | Originations | Amount | Denial rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Horry County | 530 | 111 | $8.7m | 69.1% |
| York County | 331 | 89 | $8.5m | 61.7% |
| Greenville County | 468 | 82 | $6.9m | 71.7% |
| Charleston County | 347 | 69 | $7.0m | 69.6% |
| Lexington County | 238 | 54 | $4.0m | 67.7% |
| Spartanburg County | 266 | 53 | $3.7m | 69.1% |
| Berkeley County | 248 | 49 | $4.0m | 70.7% |
| Richland County | 257 | 41 | $2.9m | 76.6% |
| Dorchester County | 174 | 38 | $3.3m | 70.1% |
| Anderson County | 169 | 33 | $2.4m | 70.9% |
| Beaufort County | 204 | 32 | $3.0m | 75.4% |
| Lancaster County | 121 | 29 | $2.5m | 65.9% |
| Aiken County | 111 | 17 | $1.3m | 74.3% |
| Florence County | 73 | 17 | $1.4m | 67.9% |
| Pickens County | 79 | 13 | $1.0m | 70.2% |
| Oconee County | 52 | 12 | $940k | 70.0% |
| Georgetown County | 35 | 9 | $945k | — |
| Kershaw County | 47 | 8 | $680k | 75.7% |
| Greenwood County | 39 | 7 | $715k | 75.9% |
| Laurens County | 29 | 6 | $420k | — |
| Jasper County | 30 | 5 | $305k | — |
| Sumter County | 43 | 4 | $340k | 86.7% |
| Darlington County | 32 | 4 | $290k | — |
| Orangeburg County | 31 | 1 | $55k | — |
Counties with at least 25 applications, by originations.
Questions and answers
How many mortgages did Discover Bank originate in South Carolina in 2024?
810 loans totalling $67m, from 4,167 applications reported for properties in South Carolina.
What is Discover Bank's denial rate in South Carolina?
71.0% of decided applications in South Carolina were denied, against 25.2% for all lenders in the state and 76.0% for this lender nationally. HMDA data alone cannot be used to determine whether a lender is complying with fair lending laws.
Which South Carolina counties does Discover Bank lend in most?
By originations: Horry County (111), York County (89), Greenville County (82), Charleston County (69), Lexington County (54).
Where does this data come from?
From the 2024 public HMDA loan/application register (FFIEC and CFPB), filtered to the lender's LEI and the property state. Cells under 25 applications are withheld.
Provenance
Source: HMDA public loan/application register 2022, 2023, 2024 (FFIEC and CFPB, public domain), records for this LEI with a property in South Carolina. Built 30 Sep 2026; data through 1 Aug 2026. See methodology and corrections.