Discover Bank · South Dakota · 2025

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

Discover Bank took 133 mortgage applications in South Dakota in 2025, ranking #48 of 386 lenders active in the state. It originated 15.8% of them and denied 54.9% (76.8% of the applications it decided), against a statewide denial rate of 12.8%.

133Applicationsin SD
76.8%Decision denial ratestate 15.7%
8.95%Median ratestate 6.50%
$55,000Median loanstate $225,000
$2.1MVolume31 counties

Discover Bank in South Dakota vs the state

54.9%Denial rate+42.14 pts vs state
76.8%Decision denial rate+61.11 pts vs state
15.8%Origination rate-50.25 pts vs state
8.95%Median rate+2.45 pts vs state
2.46Rate spread (pts)+2.28 pts vs state
$95kMedian applicant income
21Loans originated
73Denied

Trend in South Dakota

YearApplicationsOriginatedDenial rateMedian rateRank in state
20234898242.1%9.04%#13
20244608248.9%8.63%#14
20251332154.9%8.95%#48

What Discover Bank lends in South Dakota

By loan purpose

Home purchase 1 1% · 100.0% denied
Refinance 29 22% · 55.2% denied
Home improvement 30 23% · 40.0% denied
Other / HELOC 73 55% · 60.3% denied

By loan type

Conventional 133 100% · 54.9% denied

Why it denied South Dakota applicants

Credit history 35 48%
Debt-to-income ratio 12 16%
Collateral 11 15%
Incomplete application 8 11%
Other 5 7%
Unverifiable information 2 3%

Where in South Dakota

Counties with the most Discover Bank applications in 2025.

CountyApplicationsOriginatedDeniedDenial rate
Minnehaha County 40524 60.0%
Pennington County 1646 37.5%
Lincoln County 1327 53.8%
Brown County 606 100.0%
Union County 504 80.0%
Lawrence County 511 20.0%
Hughes County 504 80.0%
Brookings County 402 50.0%
Meade County 421 25.0%
Codington County 302 66.7%

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: 133 applications in 2025, of which 21 were originated and 73 denied.

54.9% of all applications, or 76.8% of the applications it actually decided on. The South Dakota statewide average across all lenders was 12.8%.

The median rate on loans Discover Bank originated in South Dakota in 2025 was 8.95%, against a statewide median of 6.50%.

About this data. Figures are Discover 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