Ark Mortgage · New Jersey · 2025

Ark Mortgage in New Jersey: approval rate, denial rate and rates (2025)

Ark Mortgage took 531 mortgage applications in New Jersey in 2025, ranking #112 of 883 lenders active in the state. It originated 67.4% of them and denied 2.3% (3.1% of the applications it decided), against a statewide denial rate of 17.7%.

531Applicationsin NJ
3.1%Decision denial ratestate 23.1%
7.25%Median ratestate 6.75%
$425,000Median loanstate $295,000
$173MVolume15 counties

Ark Mortgage in New Jersey vs the state

2.3%Denial rate-15.43 pts vs state
3.1%Decision denial rate-19.97 pts vs state
67.4%Origination rate+11.74 pts vs state
7.25%Median rate+0.50 pts vs state
0.76Rate spread (pts)+0.48 pts vs state
$15kMedian applicant income
358Loans originated
12Denied

Trend in New Jersey

YearApplicationsOriginatedDenial rateMedian rateRank in state
20233602121.4%7.13%#117
20244773272.7%7.50%#105
20255313582.3%7.25%#112

What Ark Mortgage lends in New Jersey

By loan purpose

Home purchase 253 48% · 2.8% denied
Refinance 77 15% · 0.0% denied
Cash-out refinance 103 19% · 4.9% denied
Other / HELOC 98 18% · 0.0% denied

By loan type

Conventional 529 100% · 2.3% denied
FHA 2 0% · 0.0% denied

Why it denied New Jersey applicants

Other 6 50%
Incomplete application 2 17%
Unverifiable information 2 17%
Debt-to-income ratio 1 8%
Credit history 1 8%

Where in New Jersey

Counties with the most Ark Mortgage applications in 2025.

CountyApplicationsOriginatedDeniedDenial rate
Ocean County 2801925 1.8%
Monmouth County 76544 5.3%
Mercer County 62480 0.0%
Union County 32221 3.1%
Essex County 1670 0.0%
Bergen County 1050 0.0%
Hudson County 1040 0.0%
Burlington County 960 0.0%
Passaic County 630 0.0%
Atlantic County 521 20.0%

Other large lenders in New Jersey

LenderGradeApplicationsDenial rateMedian rate
Rocket MortgageC 16,33916.1%6.75%
TD BankD 12,53226.2%7.49%
Bank of AmericaF 12,14230.6%6.00%
Citizens BankC 12,11328.9%7.40%
Crosscountry MortgageB 12,0425.3%6.75%
PNC BankD 10,81527.8%7.75%
United Shore Financial ServicesB 10,55215.3%6.38%
Guaranteed RateB 8,6435.5%6.58%
NewrezD 6,53522.5%6.99%
Loandepot.ComD 6,49115.3%6.63%

Frequently asked questions

New Jersey: 531 applications in 2025, of which 358 were originated and 12 denied.

2.3% of all applications, or 3.1% of the applications it actually decided on. The New Jersey statewide average across all lenders was 17.7%.

The median rate on loans Ark Mortgage originated in New Jersey in 2025 was 7.25%, against a statewide median of 6.75%.

About this data. Figures are Ark Mortgage's own HMDA filing for properties located in New Jersey, 2025. The grade is national; state-level figures are shown for context and are not separately graded. Methodology