Cake Mortgage · New Jersey · 2025

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

Cake Mortgage took 78 mortgage applications in New Jersey in 2025, ranking #299 of 883 lenders active in the state. It originated 59.0% of them and denied 5.1% (8.0% of the applications it decided), against a statewide denial rate of 17.7%.

78Applicationsin NJ
8.0%Decision denial ratestate 23.1%
7.63%Median ratestate 6.75%
$445,000Median loanstate $295,000
$29MVolume14 counties

Cake Mortgage in New Jersey vs the state

5.1%Denial rate-12.56 pts vs state
8.0%Decision denial rate-15.05 pts vs state
59.0%Origination rate+3.29 pts vs state
7.63%Median rate+0.88 pts vs state
1.40Rate spread (pts)+1.12 pts vs state
$212kMedian applicant income
46Loans originated
4Denied

Trend in New Jersey

YearApplicationsOriginatedDenial rateMedian rateRank in state
20238162.5%6.50%#558
2024602210.0%8.63%#323
202578465.1%7.63%#299

What Cake Mortgage lends in New Jersey

By loan purpose

Home purchase 33 42% · 3.0% denied
Refinance 6 8% · 0.0% denied
Cash-out refinance 39 50% · 7.7% denied

By loan type

Conventional 76 97% · 5.3% denied
FHA 2 3% · 0.0% denied

Why it denied New Jersey applicants

Incomplete application 3 75%
Insufficient cash 1 25%

Where in New Jersey

Counties with the most Cake Mortgage applications in 2025.

CountyApplicationsOriginatedDeniedDenial rate
Passaic County 18120 0.0%
Union County 1252 16.7%
Ocean County 1270 0.0%
Bergen County 1150 0.0%
Morris County 640 0.0%
Monmouth County 531 20.0%
Essex County 431 25.0%
Hudson County 320 0.0%
Middlesex County 210 0.0%
Somerset County 110 0.0%

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: 78 applications in 2025, of which 46 were originated and 4 denied.

5.1% of all applications, or 8.0% of the applications it actually decided on. The New Jersey statewide average across all lenders was 17.7%.

The median rate on loans Cake Mortgage originated in New Jersey in 2025 was 7.63%, against a statewide median of 6.75%.

About this data. Figures are Cake 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