Embrace Home Loans · New Jersey · 2025

Embrace Home Loans in New Jersey: approval rate, denial rate and rates (2025)

Embrace Home Loans took 730 mortgage applications in New Jersey in 2025, ranking #89 of 883 lenders active in the state. It originated 82.1% of them and denied 2.6% (3.0% of the applications it decided), against a statewide denial rate of 17.7%.

730Applicationsin NJ
3.0%Decision denial ratestate 23.1%
6.50%Median ratestate 6.75%
$555,000Median loanstate $295,000
$364MVolume20 counties

Embrace Home Loans in New Jersey vs the state

2.6%Denial rate-15.09 pts vs state
3.0%Decision denial rate-20.09 pts vs state
82.1%Origination rate+26.37 pts vs state
6.50%Median rate-0.25 pts vs state
0.06Rate spread (pts)-0.22 pts vs state
$198kMedian applicant income
599Loans originated
19Denied

Trend in New Jersey

YearApplicationsOriginatedDenial rateMedian rateRank in state
20236393896.0%6.63%#79
20247065214.5%6.88%#82
20257305992.6%6.50%#89

What Embrace Home Loans lends in New Jersey

By loan purpose

Home purchase 608 83% · 2.5% denied
Refinance 83 11% · 2.4% denied
Cash-out refinance 33 5% · 3.0% denied
Home improvement 2 0% · 0.0% denied
Other / HELOC 4 1% · 25.0% denied

By loan type

Conventional 677 93% · 2.2% denied
FHA 41 6% · 9.8% denied
VA 12 2% · 0.0% denied

Why it denied New Jersey applicants

Debt-to-income ratio 8 42%
Collateral 6 32%
Other 2 11%
Employment history 1 5%
Unverifiable information 1 5%
Credit history 1 5%

Where in New Jersey

Counties with the most Embrace Home Loans applications in 2025.

CountyApplicationsOriginatedDeniedDenial rate
Somerset County 1791500 0.0%
Morris County 104831 1.0%
Essex County 96802 2.1%
Union County 55492 3.6%
Middlesex County 50356 12.0%
Hunterdon County 41331 2.4%
Monmouth County 39332 5.1%
Bergen County 38330 0.0%
Ocean County 32252 6.3%
Mercer County 20152 10.0%

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: 730 applications in 2025, of which 599 were originated and 19 denied.

2.6% of all applications, or 3.0% of the applications it actually decided on. The New Jersey statewide average across all lenders was 17.7%.

The median rate on loans Embrace Home Loans originated in New Jersey in 2025 was 6.50%, against a statewide median of 6.75%.

About this data. Figures are Embrace Home Loans'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