Mortgage Research Center · South Dakota · 2025

Mortgage Research Center in South Dakota: approval rate, denial rate and rates (2025)

Mortgage Research Center took 593 mortgage applications in South Dakota in 2025, ranking #14 of 386 lenders active in the state. It originated 50.3% of them and denied 16.7% (24.7% of the applications it decided), against a statewide denial rate of 12.8%.

593Applicationsin SD
24.7%Decision denial ratestate 15.7%
6.25%Median ratestate 6.50%
$295,000Median loanstate $225,000
$95MVolume50 counties

Mortgage Research Center in South Dakota vs the state

16.7%Denial rate+3.94 pts vs state
24.7%Decision denial rate+8.96 pts vs state
50.3%Origination rate-15.79 pts vs state
6.25%Median rate-0.25 pts vs state
-0.27Rate spread (pts)-0.45 pts vs state
$92kMedian applicant income
298Loans originated
99Denied

Trend in South Dakota

YearApplicationsOriginatedDenial rateMedian rateRank in state
202333216114.2%6.75%#17
202440221515.2%6.25%#17
202559329816.7%6.25%#14

What Mortgage Research Center lends in South Dakota

By loan purpose

Home purchase 359 61% · 7.5% denied
Refinance 100 17% · 22.0% denied
Cash-out refinance 134 23% · 37.3% denied

By loan type

Conventional 42 7% · 26.2% denied
FHA 15 3% · 26.7% denied
VA 534 90% · 15.7% denied
USDA / RHS 2 0% · 0.0% denied

Why it denied South Dakota applicants

Credit history 56 57%
Other 21 21%
Incomplete application 11 11%
Debt-to-income ratio 6 6%
Collateral 5 5%

Where in South Dakota

Counties with the most Mortgage Research Center applications in 2025.

CountyApplicationsOriginatedDeniedDenial rate
Pennington County 1619026 16.1%
Minnehaha County 814116 19.8%
Meade County 452011 24.4%
Lincoln County 43206 14.0%
Brown County 21112 9.5%
Lawrence County 20114 20.0%
Codington County 1883 16.7%
Brookings County 1692 12.5%
Union County 1682 12.5%
Hughes County 1470 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: 593 applications in 2025, of which 298 were originated and 99 denied.

16.7% of all applications, or 24.7% of the applications it actually decided on. The South Dakota statewide average across all lenders was 12.8%.

The median rate on loans Mortgage Research Center originated in South Dakota in 2025 was 6.25%, against a statewide median of 6.50%.

About this data. Figures are Mortgage Research Center'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