Home purchase lenders in Brown County
311 home purchase mortgages were made in Brown County, South Dakota, in 2025, by 68 lenders. The median rate their borrowers got was 6.500% on a median loan of $215,000. Of 339 decisions, 26 were denials — 7.7%, most often for debt-to-income ratio.
| Lender | Mortgages made | Median rate | Median loan | Denied |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dacotah Bank | 91 | 6.500% | $235,000 | 0.0% |
| U.S. Bank National Association | 37 | 6.250% | $185,000 | 9.8% |
| Plains Commerce Bank | 34 | 6.750% | $180,000 | 5.6% |
| CORTRUST MORTGAGE, INC. | 25 | 5.875% | $235,000 | 3.9% |
| American Bank & Trust | 20 | 6.438% | $175,000 | 16.7% |
| First Interstate Bank | 10 | 6.938% | $190,000 | 0.0% |
| Rocket Mortgage, LLC | 10 | 6.625% | $255,000 | 23.1% |
| Mortgage Research Center, LLC | 8 | Under 10 loans | Under 10 loans | 11.1% |
| CorTrust Bank National Association | 8 | Under 10 loans | Under 10 loans | 0.0% |
| BANKWEST, INC. | 6 | Under 10 loans | Under 10 loans | 45.5% |
| GUARANTEED RATE, INC. | 6 | Under 10 loans | Under 10 loans | 14.3% |
| Farm Credit Mid-America | 5 | Under 10 loans | Under 10 loans | 0.0% |
| UNITED SHORE FINANCIAL SERVICES, LLC | 3 | Under 10 loans | Under 10 loans | 25.0% |
| Wells Fargo Bank, National Association | 3 | Under 10 loans | Under 10 loans | 0.0% |
| CU MORTGAGE DIRECT, LLC | 2 | Under 10 loans | Under 10 loans | 0.0% |
| Click n' Close, Inc. | 2 | Under 10 loans | Under 10 loans | 0.0% |
| LENOX FINANCIAL MORTGAGE CORPORATION, Sage Home Loans Corporation | 2 | Under 10 loans | Under 10 loans | 0.0% |
| FIRST COLONY MORTGAGE CORPORATION | 2 | Under 10 loans | Under 10 loans | 0.0% |
| WEST GATE BANK | 2 | Under 10 loans | Under 10 loans | 0.0% |
| Frontier Bank | 2 | Under 10 loans | Under 10 loans | 0.0% |
| USAA Federal Savings Bank | 1 | Under 10 loans | Under 10 loans | 66.7% |
| First Savings Bank | 1 | Under 10 loans | Under 10 loans | 0.0% |
| MUTUAL OF OMAHA MORTGAGE, INC. | 1 | Under 10 loans | Under 10 loans | 0.0% |
| First PREMIER Bank | 1 | Under 10 loans | Under 10 loans | 50.0% |
| GO MORTGAGE, LLC | 1 | Under 10 loans | Under 10 loans | 0.0% |
| Cornerstone First Mortgage, Inc | 1 | Under 10 loans | Under 10 loans | 0.0% |
| The Huntington National Bank | 1 | Under 10 loans | Under 10 loans | 0.0% |
| BMO Bank National Association | 1 | Under 10 loans | Under 10 loans | 0.0% |
| Starion Bank | 1 | Under 10 loans | Under 10 loans | 0.0% |
| First International Bank & Trust | 1 | Under 10 loans | Under 10 loans | 0.0% |
| Navy Federal Credit Union | 1 | Under 10 loans | Under 10 loans | 0.0% |
| SOFI BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION | 1 | Under 10 loans | Under 10 loans | 0.0% |
| The Federal Savings Bank | 1 | Under 10 loans | Under 10 loans | 0.0% |
| Servion, Inc. | 1 | Under 10 loans | Under 10 loans | 0.0% |
| Willamette Valley Bank | 1 | Under 10 loans | Under 10 loans | 0.0% |
| Granite Bank | 1 | Under 10 loans | Under 10 loans | 0.0% |
| Reliabank Dakota | 1 | Under 10 loans | Under 10 loans | 0.0% |
| Merchants Bank, National Association | 1 | Under 10 loans | Under 10 loans | 0.0% |
| BAY EQUITY LLC | 1 | Under 10 loans | Under 10 loans | 0.0% |
| TOWNE MORTGAGE COMPANY | 1 | Under 10 loans | Under 10 loans | 0.0% |
| Northwest Bank | 1 | Under 10 loans | Under 10 loans | 0.0% |
| Levo Federal Credit Union | 1 | Under 10 loans | Under 10 loans | 0.0% |
| Luminate Bank | 1 | Under 10 loans | Under 10 loans | 0.0% |
| First Dakota National Bank | 1 | Under 10 loans | Under 10 loans | 0.0% |
| CROSSCOUNTRY MORTGAGE, INC. | 1 | Under 10 loans | Under 10 loans | 0.0% |
| 21st Mortgage Corporation | 1 | Under 10 loans | Under 10 loans | 0.0% |
| Unison Bank | 1 | Under 10 loans | Under 10 loans | 0.0% |
| EVERETT FINANCIAL, INC. | 1 | Under 10 loans | Under 10 loans | 0.0% |
| BETTER MORTGAGE CORPORATION | 1 | Under 10 loans | Under 10 loans | 0.0% |
| AmeriSave Mortgage Corporation | 1 | Under 10 loans | Under 10 loans | 0.0% |
| JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association | 1 | Under 10 loans | Under 10 loans | 0.0% |
| Barrington Bank & Trust Company, National Association | 1 | Under 10 loans | Under 10 loans | 0.0% |
| Bankers Trust Company | 1 | Under 10 loans | Under 10 loans | 0.0% |
| First National Bank | 0 | Under 10 loans | Under 10 loans | 100.0% |
| Broker Solutions, Inc. | 0 | Under 10 loans | Under 10 loans | Not published |
| PENTAGON FEDERAL CREDIT UNION | 0 | Under 10 loans | Under 10 loans | Not published |
| CMG MORTGAGE, INC. | 0 | Under 10 loans | Under 10 loans | 0.0% |
| Security National Bank of South Dakota | 0 | Under 10 loans | Under 10 loans | Not published |
| AMERIHOME MORTGAGE COMPANY, LLC | 0 | Under 10 loans | Under 10 loans | Not published |
| PLANET HOME LENDING, LLC | 0 | Under 10 loans | Under 10 loans | Not published |
| ARC HOME LLC | 0 | Under 10 loans | Under 10 loans | Not published |
| DATA MORTGAGE, INC. | 0 | Under 10 loans | Under 10 loans | Not published |
| GUILD MORTGAGE COMPANY | 0 | Under 10 loans | Under 10 loans | Not published |
| NEWREZ LLC | 0 | Under 10 loans | Under 10 loans | Not published |
| NATIONSTAR MORTGAGE LLC | 0 | Under 10 loans | Under 10 loans | Not published |
| FREEDOM MORTGAGE CORPORATION | 0 | Under 10 loans | Under 10 loans | Not published |
| Citizens Bank, National Association | 0 | Under 10 loans | Under 10 loans | Not published |
| PENNYMAC LOAN SERVICES, LLC | 0 | Under 10 loans | Under 10 loans | Not published |
Ranked by mortgages made here in 2025. "Denied" is the share of this lender’s decisions here that were denials.
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Counts, medians and denial shares are computed from the Home Mortgage Disclosure Act loan-level file for 2025, published by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau through the FFIEC: every application a covered lender received, as the lender reported it. A median rate is what borrowers got, not what you will be offered — it depends on the loan, the property, your credit and the market on the day, and no figure here is a quote. A median over fewer than 10 loans is not shown: it is a number with no meaning and a real person's rate half-exposed. Those cells say "under 10 loans" and the count is still published. This is information, not advice, and no lender pays to appear.