Citizens Bank · South Dakota · 2025

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

Citizens Bank took 143 mortgage applications in South Dakota in 2025, ranking #45 of 386 lenders active in the state. It originated 56.6% of them and denied 23.1% (28.5% of the applications it decided), against a statewide denial rate of 12.8%.

143Applicationsin SD
28.5%Decision denial ratestate 15.7%
6.88%Median ratestate 6.50%
$185,000Median loanstate $225,000
$19MVolume22 counties

Citizens Bank in South Dakota vs the state

23.1%Denial rate+10.33 pts vs state
28.5%Decision denial rate+12.72 pts vs state
56.6%Origination rate-9.40 pts vs state
6.88%Median rate+0.38 pts vs state
0.07Rate spread (pts)-0.11 pts vs state
$110kMedian applicant income
81Loans originated
33Denied

Trend in South Dakota

YearApplicationsOriginatedDenial rateMedian rateRank in state
2023975435.1%8.75%#45
2024713931.0%6.99%#58
20251438123.1%6.88%#45

What Citizens Bank lends in South Dakota

By loan purpose

Home purchase 39 27% · 15.4% denied
Refinance 19 13% · 26.3% denied
Cash-out refinance 22 15% · 18.2% denied
Home improvement 29 20% · 13.8% denied
Other / HELOC 34 24% · 41.2% denied

By loan type

Conventional 133 93% · 23.3% denied
FHA 5 3% · 40.0% denied
VA 5 3% · 0.0% denied

Why it denied South Dakota applicants

Debt-to-income ratio 12 36%
Collateral 11 33%
Credit history 4 12%
Other 4 12%
Incomplete application 1 3%
Unverifiable information 1 3%

Where in South Dakota

Counties with the most Citizens Bank applications in 2025.

CountyApplicationsOriginatedDeniedDenial rate
Minnehaha County 603118 30.0%
Lincoln County 18151 5.6%
Pennington County 1090 0.0%
Union County 1072 20.0%
Meade County 640 0.0%
Brown County 622 33.3%
Hutchinson County 500 0.0%
Lake County 431 25.0%
Custer County 312 66.7%
Turner County 321 33.3%

Other large lenders in South Dakota

LenderGradeApplicationsDenial rateMedian rate
Plains Commerce BankB 2,2805.5%6.25%
First PREMIER BankC 1,38911.7%6.88%
First Bank & TrustC 1,32011.2%6.63%
Black Hills Federal Credit UnionD 1,22323.0%7.75%
Rocket MortgageC 1,02716.9%6.75%
CMG MortgageA 9192.3%6.38%
BankwestF 78614.0%7.25%
First Dakota National BankA 6904.6%6.50%
Levo Federal Credit UnionB 6446.8%7.50%
U.S. BankD 63724.0%6.99%

Frequently asked questions

South Dakota: 143 applications in 2025, of which 81 were originated and 33 denied.

23.1% of all applications, or 28.5% of the applications it actually decided on. The South Dakota statewide average across all lenders was 12.8%.

The median rate on loans Citizens Bank originated in South Dakota in 2025 was 6.88%, against a statewide median of 6.50%.

About this data. Figures are Citizens Bank's own HMDA filing for properties located in South Dakota, 2025. The grade is national; state-level figures are shown for context and are not separately graded. Methodology