First Colony Mortgage · South Dakota · 2025

First Colony Mortgage in South Dakota: approval rate, denial rate and rates (2025)

First Colony Mortgage took 9 mortgage applications in South Dakota in 2025, ranking #140 of 386 lenders active in the state. It originated 33.3% of them and denied 11.1% (16.7% of the applications it decided), against a statewide denial rate of 12.8%.

9Applicationsin SD
16.7%Decision denial ratestate 15.7%
7.63%Median ratestate 6.50%
$305,000Median loanstate $225,000
$485kVolume7 counties

First Colony Mortgage in South Dakota vs the state

11.1%Denial rate-1.64 pts vs state
16.7%Decision denial rate+0.94 pts vs state
33.3%Origination rate-32.71 pts vs state
7.63%Median rate+1.13 pts vs state
2.30Rate spread (pts)+2.12 pts vs state
$114kMedian applicant income
3Loans originated
1Denied

Trend in South Dakota

YearApplicationsOriginatedDenial rateMedian rateRank in state
2023880.0%6.06%#136
20259311.1%7.63%#140

What First Colony Mortgage lends in South Dakota

By loan purpose

Home purchase 7 78% · 14.3% denied
Cash-out refinance 2 22% · 0.0% denied

By loan type

Conventional 7 78% · 14.3% denied
FHA 1 11% · 0.0% denied
USDA / RHS 1 11% · 0.0% denied

Why it denied South Dakota applicants

Unverifiable information 1 100%

Where in South Dakota

Counties with the most First Colony Mortgage applications in 2025.

CountyApplicationsOriginatedDeniedDenial rate
Pennington County 200 0.0%
Brown County 220 0.0%
Edmunds County 100 0.0%
Fall River County 100 0.0%
Lincoln County 110 0.0%
Lawrence County 101 100.0%
Meade County 100 0.0%

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: 9 applications in 2025, of which 3 were originated and 1 denied.

11.1% of all applications, or 16.7% of the applications it actually decided on. The South Dakota statewide average across all lenders was 12.8%.

The median rate on loans First Colony Mortgage originated in South Dakota in 2025 was 7.63%, against a statewide median of 6.50%.

About this data. Figures are First Colony Mortgage'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