Commerce Home Mortgage · New Jersey · 2025

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

Commerce Home Mortgage took 715 mortgage applications in New Jersey in 2025, ranking #92 of 883 lenders active in the state. It originated 61.3% of them and denied 9.4% (13.2% of the applications it decided), against a statewide denial rate of 17.7%.

715Applicationsin NJ
13.2%Decision denial ratestate 23.1%
7.63%Median ratestate 6.75%
$435,000Median loanstate $295,000
$220MVolume21 counties

Commerce Home Mortgage in New Jersey vs the state

9.4%Denial rate-8.32 pts vs state
13.2%Decision denial rate-9.84 pts vs state
61.3%Origination rate+5.58 pts vs state
7.63%Median rate+0.88 pts vs state
1.27Rate spread (pts)+0.99 pts vs state
$237kMedian applicant income
438Loans originated
67Denied

Trend in New Jersey

YearApplicationsOriginatedDenial rateMedian rateRank in state
202347024414.7%8.95%#101
202434318213.4%7.88%#135
20257154389.4%7.63%#92

What Commerce Home Mortgage lends in New Jersey

By loan purpose

Home purchase 424 59% · 7.6% denied
Refinance 47 7% · 21.3% denied
Cash-out refinance 244 34% · 10.3% denied

By loan type

Conventional 710 99% · 9.3% denied
FHA 5 1% · 20.0% denied

Why it denied New Jersey applicants

Collateral 17 25%
Incomplete application 14 21%
Credit history 14 21%
Unverifiable information 10 15%
Insufficient cash 7 10%
Other 3 4%
Debt-to-income ratio 2 3%

Where in New Jersey

Counties with the most Commerce Home Mortgage applications in 2025.

CountyApplicationsOriginatedDeniedDenial rate
Essex County 1085811 10.2%
Bergen County 90579 10.0%
Ocean County 62413 4.8%
Hudson County 54308 14.8%
Middlesex County 48322 4.2%
Morris County 46331 2.2%
Passaic County 45236 13.3%
Monmouth County 41313 7.3%
Camden County 32205 15.6%
Burlington County 30175 16.7%

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: 715 applications in 2025, of which 438 were originated and 67 denied.

9.4% of all applications, or 13.2% of the applications it actually decided on. The New Jersey statewide average across all lenders was 17.7%.

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

About this data. Figures are Commerce Home 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