Security First Bank · South Dakota · 2025

Security First Bank in South Dakota: approval rate, denial rate and rates (2025)

Security First Bank took 47 mortgage applications in South Dakota in 2025, ranking #71 of 386 lenders active in the state. It originated 78.7% of them and denied 4.3% (4.8% of the applications it decided), against a statewide denial rate of 12.8%.

47Applicationsin SD
4.8%Decision denial ratestate 15.7%
6.75%Median ratestate 6.50%
$355,000Median loanstate $225,000
$19MVolume7 counties

Security First Bank in South Dakota vs the state

4.3%Denial rate-8.49 pts vs state
4.8%Decision denial rate-10.97 pts vs state
78.7%Origination rate+12.68 pts vs state
6.75%Median rate+0.25 pts vs state
0.91Rate spread (pts)+0.73 pts vs state
$140kMedian applicant income
37Loans originated
2Denied

Trend in South Dakota

YearApplicationsOriginatedDenial rateMedian rateRank in state
202338307.9%7.00%#70
202458473.5%7.25%#65
202547374.3%6.75%#71

What Security First Bank lends in South Dakota

By loan purpose

Home purchase 26 55% · 3.9% denied
Refinance 16 34% · 0.0% denied
Home improvement 2 4% · 0.0% denied
Other / HELOC 3 6% · 33.3% denied

By loan type

Conventional 47 100% · 4.3% denied

Why it denied South Dakota applicants

Credit history 1 50%
Collateral 1 50%

Where in South Dakota

Counties with the most Security First Bank applications in 2025.

CountyApplicationsOriginatedDeniedDenial rate
Pennington County 28241 3.6%
Lawrence County 971 11.1%
Fall River County 430 0.0%
Bennett County 300 0.0%
Minnehaha County 110 0.0%
Oglala Lakota County 110 0.0%
Custer County 110 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: 47 applications in 2025, of which 37 were originated and 2 denied.

4.3% of all applications, or 4.8% of the applications it actually decided on. The South Dakota statewide average across all lenders was 12.8%.

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

About this data. Figures are Security First Bank'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