Navy Federal Credit Union · South Dakota · 2025

Navy Federal Credit Union in South Dakota: approval rate, denial rate and rates (2025)

Navy Federal Credit Union took 191 mortgage applications in South Dakota in 2025, ranking #35 of 386 lenders active in the state. It originated 54.5% of them and denied 17.8% (24.6% of the applications it decided), against a statewide denial rate of 12.8%.

191Applicationsin SD
24.6%Decision denial ratestate 15.7%
6.38%Median ratestate 6.50%
$155,000Median loanstate $225,000
$23MVolume35 counties

Navy Federal Credit Union in South Dakota vs the state

17.8%Denial rate+5.05 pts vs state
24.6%Decision denial rate+8.91 pts vs state
54.5%Origination rate-11.59 pts vs state
6.38%Median rate-0.13 pts vs state
-0.23Rate spread (pts)-0.42 pts vs state
$116kMedian applicant income
104Loans originated
34Denied

Trend in South Dakota

YearApplicationsOriginatedDenial rateMedian rateRank in state
20231356224.4%6.38%#38
20241456022.8%6.75%#42
202519110417.8%6.38%#35

What Navy Federal Credit Union lends in South Dakota

By loan purpose

Home purchase 74 39% · 6.8% denied
Refinance 14 7% · 14.3% denied
Cash-out refinance 15 8% · 6.7% denied
Home improvement 46 24% · 30.4% denied
Other / HELOC 42 22% · 28.6% denied

By loan type

Conventional 120 63% · 23.3% denied
VA 71 37% · 8.5% denied

Why it denied South Dakota applicants

Debt-to-income ratio 17 50%
Other 7 21%
Collateral 4 12%
Credit history 3 9%
Incomplete application 2 6%
Unverifiable information 1 3%

Where in South Dakota

Counties with the most Navy Federal Credit Union applications in 2025.

CountyApplicationsOriginatedDeniedDenial rate
Pennington County 502710 20.0%
Minnehaha County 37176 16.2%
Lincoln County 20114 20.0%
Lawrence County 1575 33.3%
Brookings County 660 0.0%
Hughes County 531 20.0%
Butte County 550 0.0%
Brown County 410 0.0%
Codington County 430 0.0%
Meade County 440 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: 191 applications in 2025, of which 104 were originated and 34 denied.

17.8% of all applications, or 24.6% of the applications it actually decided on. The South Dakota statewide average across all lenders was 12.8%.

The median rate on loans Navy Federal Credit Union originated in South Dakota in 2025 was 6.38%, against a statewide median of 6.50%.

About this data. Figures are Navy Federal Credit Union'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