Dacotah Bank · South Dakota · 2025

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

Dacotah Bank took 512 mortgage applications in South Dakota in 2025, ranking #16 of 386 lenders active in the state. It originated 84.6% of them and denied 5.9% (6.5% of the applications it decided), against a statewide denial rate of 12.8%.

512Applicationsin SD
6.5%Decision denial ratestate 15.7%
6.63%Median ratestate 6.50%
$205,000Median loanstate $225,000
$115MVolume41 counties

Dacotah Bank in South Dakota vs the state

5.9%Denial rate-6.89 pts vs state
6.5%Decision denial rate-9.28 pts vs state
84.6%Origination rate+18.53 pts vs state
6.63%Median rate+0.13 pts vs state
0.21Rate spread (pts)+0.02 pts vs state
$90kMedian applicant income
433Loans originated
30Denied

Trend in South Dakota

YearApplicationsOriginatedDenial rateMedian rateRank in state
20235014225.4%6.63%#12
20244904146.3%6.88%#13
20255124335.9%6.63%#16

What Dacotah Bank lends in South Dakota

By loan purpose

Home purchase 338 66% · 2.7% denied
Refinance 73 14% · 8.2% denied
Cash-out refinance 16 3% · 12.5% denied
Home improvement 55 11% · 16.4% denied
Other / HELOC 30 6% · 13.3% denied

By loan type

Conventional 431 84% · 5.8% denied
FHA 41 8% · 4.9% denied
VA 24 5% · 4.2% denied
USDA / RHS 16 3% · 12.5% denied

Why it denied South Dakota applicants

Debt-to-income ratio 14 47%
Credit history 10 33%
Other 2 7%
Collateral 2 7%
Employment history 1 3%
Unverifiable information 1 3%

Where in South Dakota

Counties with the most Dacotah Bank applications in 2025.

CountyApplicationsOriginatedDeniedDenial rate
Brown County 1371156 4.4%
Pennington County 56472 3.6%
Minnehaha County 50444 8.0%
Codington County 47452 4.3%
Day County 24220 0.0%
Clark County 19153 15.8%
Custer County 17170 0.0%
Lincoln County 17141 5.9%
Brookings County 17141 5.9%
Walworth County 17131 5.9%

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: 512 applications in 2025, of which 433 were originated and 30 denied.

5.9% of all applications, or 6.5% of the applications it actually decided on. The South Dakota statewide average across all lenders was 12.8%.

The median rate on loans Dacotah Bank originated in South Dakota in 2025 was 6.63%, against a statewide median of 6.50%.

About this data. Figures are Dacotah 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