Champions Funding · New Jersey · 2025

Champions Funding in New Jersey: approval rate, denial rate and rates (2025)

Champions Funding took 1,376 mortgage applications in New Jersey in 2025, ranking #54 of 883 lenders active in the state. It originated 66.6% of them and denied 16.5% (19.8% of the applications it decided), against a statewide denial rate of 17.7%.

1.4kApplicationsin NJ
19.8%Decision denial ratestate 23.1%
7.50%Median ratestate 6.75%
$415,000Median loanstate $295,000
$403MVolume21 counties

Champions Funding in New Jersey vs the state

16.5%Denial rate-1.19 pts vs state
19.8%Decision denial rate-3.26 pts vs state
66.6%Origination rate+10.96 pts vs state
7.50%Median rate+0.75 pts vs state
2.17Rate spread (pts)+1.89 pts vs state
$242kMedian applicant income
917Loans originated
227Denied

Trend in New Jersey

YearApplicationsOriginatedDenial rateMedian rateRank in state
20231044852.9%9.75%#245
202432320718.0%8.63%#141
20251,37691716.5%7.50%#54

What Champions Funding lends in New Jersey

By loan purpose

Home purchase 562 41% · 16.2% denied
Refinance 189 14% · 18.5% denied
Cash-out refinance 625 45% · 16.2% denied

By loan type

Conventional 1,376 100% · 16.5% denied

Why it denied New Jersey applicants

Incomplete application 119 52%
Other 70 31%
Credit history 14 6%
Collateral 12 5%
Insufficient cash 11 5%
Unverifiable information 1 0%

Where in New Jersey

Counties with the most Champions Funding applications in 2025.

CountyApplicationsOriginatedDeniedDenial rate
Essex County 21513535 16.3%
Mercer County 17212631 18.0%
Passaic County 15311520 13.1%
Ocean County 1338820 15.0%
Union County 1328619 14.4%
Bergen County 1086819 17.6%
Hudson County 835711 13.3%
Monmouth County 674213 19.4%
Cumberland County 493411 22.4%
Middlesex County 44314 9.1%

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: 1,376 applications in 2025, of which 917 were originated and 227 denied.

16.5% of all applications, or 19.8% of the applications it actually decided on. The New Jersey statewide average across all lenders was 17.7%.

The median rate on loans Champions Funding originated in New Jersey in 2025 was 7.50%, against a statewide median of 6.75%.

About this data. Figures are Champions Funding'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