Sentinel Federal Credit Union · South Dakota · 2025

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

Sentinel Federal Credit Union took 42 mortgage applications in South Dakota in 2025, ranking #80 of 386 lenders active in the state. It originated 83.3% of them and denied 2.4% (2.7% of the applications it decided), against a statewide denial rate of 12.8%.

42Applicationsin SD
2.7%Decision denial ratestate 15.7%
Median ratestate 6.50%
$205,000Median loanstate $225,000
$11MVolume7 counties

Sentinel Federal Credit Union in South Dakota vs the state

2.4%Denial rate-10.37 pts vs state
2.7%Decision denial rate-13.03 pts vs state
83.3%Origination rate+17.29 pts vs state
Median rate
Rate spread (pts)
$98kMedian applicant income
35Loans originated
1Denied

Trend in South Dakota

YearApplicationsOriginatedDenial rateMedian rateRank in state
202368605.9%#57
2024443313.6%#73
202542352.4%#80

What Sentinel Federal Credit Union lends in South Dakota

By loan purpose

Home purchase 13 31% · 0.0% denied
Refinance 2 5% · 0.0% denied
Cash-out refinance 27 64% · 3.7% denied

By loan type

Conventional 42 100% · 2.4% denied

Where in South Dakota

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

CountyApplicationsOriginatedDeniedDenial rate
Pennington County 23200 0.0%
Meade County 540 0.0%
Custer County 440 0.0%
Tripp County 440 0.0%
Lawrence County 421 25.0%
Fall River County 110 0.0%
Mellette County 100 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: 42 applications in 2025, of which 35 were originated and 1 denied.

2.4% of all applications, or 2.7% of the applications it actually decided on. The South Dakota statewide average across all lenders was 12.8%.

This lender did not report interest rates on its originated loans (some institutions are exempt from HMDA pricing fields).

About this data. Figures are Sentinel 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