Discover Bank · New Jersey · 2025

Discover Bank in New Jersey: approval rate, denial rate and rates (2025)

Discover Bank took 3,274 mortgage applications in New Jersey in 2025, ranking #20 of 883 lenders active in the state. It originated 13.8% of them and denied 52.7% (78.7% of the applications it decided), against a statewide denial rate of 17.7%.

3.3kApplicationsin NJ
78.7%Decision denial ratestate 23.1%
8.52%Median ratestate 6.75%
$85,000Median loanstate $295,000
$47MVolume21 counties

Discover Bank in New Jersey vs the state

52.7%Denial rate+35.03 pts vs state
78.7%Decision denial rate+55.69 pts vs state
13.8%Origination rate-41.90 pts vs state
8.52%Median rate+1.77 pts vs state
1.91Rate spread (pts)+1.63 pts vs state
$125kMedian applicant income
451Loans originated
1,726Denied

Trend in New Jersey

YearApplicationsOriginatedDenial rateMedian rateRank in state
20239,3761,30245.3%8.99%#6
202410,0981,71449.1%8.61%#6
20253,27445152.7%8.52%#20

What Discover Bank lends in New Jersey

By loan purpose

Home purchase 163 5% · 44.8% denied
Refinance 518 16% · 51.9% denied
Home improvement 940 29% · 46.6% denied
Other / HELOC 1,653 50% · 57.2% denied

By loan type

Conventional 3,274 100% · 52.7% denied

Why it denied New Jersey applicants

Credit history 834 48%
Debt-to-income ratio 351 20%
Incomplete application 236 14%
Other 177 10%
Collateral 112 6%
Unverifiable information 9 1%
Employment history 7 0%

Where in New Jersey

Counties with the most Discover Bank applications in 2025.

CountyApplicationsOriginatedDeniedDenial rate
Middlesex County 33044161 48.8%
Bergen County 32835184 56.1%
Ocean County 32445167 51.5%
Monmouth County 29150151 51.9%
Burlington County 20131110 54.7%
Camden County 19934106 53.3%
Essex County 1832194 51.4%
Morris County 1732581 46.8%
Passaic County 1681799 58.9%
Union County 1632184 51.5%

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: 3,274 applications in 2025, of which 451 were originated and 1,726 denied.

52.7% of all applications, or 78.7% of the applications it actually decided on. The New Jersey statewide average across all lenders was 17.7%.

The median rate on loans Discover Bank originated in New Jersey in 2025 was 8.52%, against a statewide median of 6.75%.

About this data. Figures are Discover Bank'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