Clearedge Lending · New Jersey · 2025

Clearedge Lending in New Jersey: approval rate, denial rate and rates (2025)

Clearedge Lending took 61 mortgage applications in New Jersey in 2025, ranking #330 of 883 lenders active in the state. It originated 60.7% of them and denied 24.6% (28.3% of the applications it decided), against a statewide denial rate of 17.7%.

61Applicationsin NJ
28.3%Decision denial ratestate 23.1%
7.25%Median ratestate 6.75%
$435,000Median loanstate $295,000
$20MVolume20 counties

Clearedge Lending in New Jersey vs the state

24.6%Denial rate+6.90 pts vs state
28.3%Decision denial rate+5.25 pts vs state
60.7%Origination rate+4.98 pts vs state
7.25%Median rate+0.50 pts vs state
0.84Rate spread (pts)+0.55 pts vs state
$360kMedian applicant income
37Loans originated
15Denied

Trend in New Jersey

YearApplicationsOriginatedDenial rateMedian rateRank in state
2023371735.1%8.63%#370
2024291248.3%8.00%#401
2025613724.6%7.25%#330

What Clearedge Lending lends in New Jersey

By loan purpose

Home purchase 38 62% · 26.3% denied
Refinance 4 7% · 50.0% denied
Cash-out refinance 16 26% · 18.8% denied
Other / HELOC 3 5% · 0.0% denied

By loan type

Conventional 61 100% · 24.6% denied

Why it denied New Jersey applicants

Collateral 6 40%
Incomplete application 4 27%
Credit history 2 13%
Debt-to-income ratio 2 13%
Other 1 7%

Where in New Jersey

Counties with the most Clearedge Lending applications in 2025.

CountyApplicationsOriginatedDeniedDenial rate
Middlesex County 961 11.1%
Bergen County 751 14.3%
Essex County 523 60.0%
Gloucester County 503 60.0%
Burlington County 540 0.0%
Monmouth County 421 25.0%
Atlantic County 421 25.0%
Morris County 440 0.0%
Somerset County 312 66.7%
Passaic County 320 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: 61 applications in 2025, of which 37 were originated and 15 denied.

24.6% of all applications, or 28.3% of the applications it actually decided on. The New Jersey statewide average across all lenders was 17.7%.

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

About this data. Figures are Clearedge Lending'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