Pennymac Loan Services · South Dakota · 2025

Pennymac Loan Services in South Dakota: approval rate, denial rate and rates (2025)

Pennymac Loan Services took 345 mortgage applications in South Dakota in 2025, ranking #20 of 386 lenders active in the state. It originated 54.2% of them and denied 9.6% (14.5% of the applications it decided), against a statewide denial rate of 12.8%.

345Applicationsin SD
14.5%Decision denial ratestate 15.7%
6.63%Median ratestate 6.50%
$225,000Median loanstate $225,000
$46MVolume35 counties

Pennymac Loan Services in South Dakota vs the state

9.6%Denial rate-3.18 pts vs state
14.5%Decision denial rate-1.19 pts vs state
54.2%Origination rate-11.84 pts vs state
6.63%Median rate+0.13 pts vs state
0.42Rate spread (pts)+0.24 pts vs state
$105kMedian applicant income
187Loans originated
33Denied

Trend in South Dakota

YearApplicationsOriginatedDenial rateMedian rateRank in state
202323211913.4%6.63%#26
202429414814.0%6.25%#21
20253451879.6%6.63%#20

What Pennymac Loan Services lends in South Dakota

By loan purpose

Home purchase 78 23% · 2.6% denied
Refinance 80 23% · 6.3% denied
Cash-out refinance 86 25% · 14.0% denied
Other / HELOC 101 29% · 13.9% denied

By loan type

Conventional 196 57% · 7.7% denied
FHA 84 24% · 15.5% denied
VA 63 18% · 7.9% denied
USDA / RHS 2 1% · 0.0% denied

Why it denied South Dakota applicants

Debt-to-income ratio 11 33%
Collateral 9 27%
Credit history 8 24%
Incomplete application 3 9%
Employment history 1 3%
Other 1 3%

Where in South Dakota

Counties with the most Pennymac Loan Services applications in 2025.

CountyApplicationsOriginatedDeniedDenial rate
Pennington County 101596 5.9%
Minnehaha County 52237 13.5%
Meade County 38261 2.6%
Lincoln County 26164 15.4%
Lawrence County 16110 0.0%
Hughes County 1171 9.1%
Brown County 1040 0.0%
Union County 951 11.1%
Codington County 961 11.1%
Custer County 851 12.5%

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: 345 applications in 2025, of which 187 were originated and 33 denied.

9.6% of all applications, or 14.5% of the applications it actually decided on. The South Dakota statewide average across all lenders was 12.8%.

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

About this data. Figures are Pennymac Loan Services'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