Rocket Mortgage · South Dakota · 2025

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

Rocket Mortgage took 1,027 mortgage applications in South Dakota in 2025, ranking #5 of 386 lenders active in the state. It originated 73.3% of them and denied 16.9% (18.2% of the applications it decided), against a statewide denial rate of 12.8%.

1.0kApplicationsin SD
18.2%Decision denial ratestate 15.7%
6.75%Median ratestate 6.50%
$175,000Median loanstate $225,000
$159MVolume57 counties

Rocket Mortgage in South Dakota vs the state

16.9%Denial rate+4.19 pts vs state
18.2%Decision denial rate+2.51 pts vs state
73.3%Origination rate+7.28 pts vs state
6.75%Median rate+0.25 pts vs state
0.63Rate spread (pts)+0.45 pts vs state
$92kMedian applicant income
753Loans originated
174Denied

Trend in South Dakota

YearApplicationsOriginatedDenial rateMedian rateRank in state
202363346716.9%6.75%#10
202477760214.4%6.63%#5
20251,02775316.9%6.75%#5

What Rocket Mortgage lends in South Dakota

By loan purpose

Home purchase 160 16% · 16.3% denied
Refinance 233 23% · 14.6% denied
Cash-out refinance 583 57% · 17.0% denied
Home improvement 15 1% · 6.7% denied
Other / HELOC 36 4% · 38.9% denied

By loan type

Conventional 719 70% · 13.9% denied
FHA 184 18% · 28.3% denied
VA 124 12% · 17.7% denied

Why it denied South Dakota applicants

Collateral 70 40%
Debt-to-income ratio 37 21%
Incomplete application 35 20%
Credit history 13 7%
Other 10 6%
Unverifiable information 3 2%
Employment history 3 2%
Insufficient cash 3 2%

Where in South Dakota

Counties with the most Rocket Mortgage applications in 2025.

CountyApplicationsOriginatedDeniedDenial rate
Minnehaha County 19915627 13.6%
Pennington County 17614023 13.1%
Lincoln County 705310 14.3%
Lawrence County 53356 11.3%
Meade County 44335 11.4%
Brown County 432812 27.9%
Codington County 32226 18.8%
Union County 31245 16.1%
Custer County 26177 26.9%
Yankton County 24164 16.7%

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%
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%
First Interstate BankD 61526.2%8.25%

Frequently asked questions

South Dakota: 1,027 applications in 2025, of which 753 were originated and 174 denied.

16.9% of all applications, or 18.2% of the applications it actually decided on. The South Dakota statewide average across all lenders was 12.8%.

The median rate on loans Rocket Mortgage originated in South Dakota in 2025 was 6.75%, against a statewide median of 6.50%.

About this data. Figures are Rocket 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