South Story Bank & Trust · Minnesota · 2025

South Story Bank & Trust in Minnesota: approval rate, denial rate and rates (2025)

South Story Bank & Trust took 36 mortgage applications in Minnesota in 2025, ranking #325 of 870 lenders active in the state. It originated 94.4% of them and denied 2.8% (2.9% of the applications it decided), against a statewide denial rate of 13.6%.

36Applicationsin MN
2.9%Decision denial ratestate 16.4%
Median ratestate 6.63%
$350,000Median loanstate $215,000
$13MVolume8 counties

South Story Bank & Trust in Minnesota vs the state

2.8%Denial rate-10.82 pts vs state
2.9%Decision denial rate-13.49 pts vs state
94.4%Origination rate+28.07 pts vs state
Median rate
Rate spread (pts)
$113kMedian applicant income
34Loans originated
1Denied

Trend in Minnesota

YearApplicationsOriginatedDenial rateMedian rateRank in state
202318170.0%#389
202416156.3%#399
202536342.8%#325

What South Story Bank & Trust lends in Minnesota

By loan purpose

Home purchase 30 83% · 0.0% denied
Refinance 3 8% · 0.0% denied
Home improvement 1 3% · 100.0% denied
Other / HELOC 2 6% · 0.0% denied

By loan type

Conventional 36 100% · 2.8% denied

Where in Minnesota

Counties with the most South Story Bank & Trust applications in 2025.

CountyApplicationsOriginatedDeniedDenial rate
Hennepin County 16141 6.3%
Wright County 10100 0.0%
McLeod County 330 0.0%
Cass County 330 0.0%
Dakota County 110 0.0%
Ramsey County 110 0.0%
Washington County 110 0.0%
Carver County 110 0.0%

Other large lenders in Minnesota

LenderGradeApplicationsDenial rateMedian rate
United Shore Financial ServicesB 8,69410.6%6.38%
U.S. BankD 8,62430.4%7.88%
Bell BankA 7,9875.3%6.63%
Rocket MortgageC 7,63016.3%6.63%
Trustone Financial Credit UnionC 6,06620.0%7.25%
Affinity PlusC 5,43814.6%6.63%
Blaze Credit UnionB 4,07412.3%6.38%
Wings Financial Credit UnionA 3,96016.4%7.25%
Crosscountry MortgageB 3,9422.1%6.63%
Fairway Independent MortgageB 3,3273.2%6.75%

Frequently asked questions

Minnesota: 36 applications in 2025, of which 34 were originated and 1 denied.

2.8% of all applications, or 2.9% of the applications it actually decided on. The Minnesota statewide average across all lenders was 13.6%.

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

About this data. Figures are South Story Bank & Trust's own HMDA filing for properties located in Minnesota, 2025. The grade is national; state-level figures are shown for context and are not separately graded. Methodology