First Colony Mortgage · New Jersey · 2025

First Colony Mortgage in New Jersey: approval rate, denial rate and rates (2025)

First Colony Mortgage took 910 mortgage applications in New Jersey in 2025, ranking #66 of 883 lenders active in the state. It originated 62.6% of them and denied 7.0% (8.5% of the applications it decided), against a statewide denial rate of 17.7%.

910Applicationsin NJ
8.5%Decision denial ratestate 23.1%
6.63%Median ratestate 6.75%
$455,000Median loanstate $295,000
$268MVolume21 counties

First Colony Mortgage in New Jersey vs the state

7.0%Denial rate-10.66 pts vs state
8.5%Decision denial rate-14.56 pts vs state
62.6%Origination rate+6.96 pts vs state
6.63%Median rate-0.13 pts vs state
0.19Rate spread (pts)-0.09 pts vs state
$132kMedian applicant income
570Loans originated
64Denied

Trend in New Jersey

YearApplicationsOriginatedDenial rateMedian rateRank in state
20242911896.2%6.50%#153
20259105707.0%6.63%#66

What First Colony Mortgage lends in New Jersey

By loan purpose

Home purchase 584 64% · 7.5% denied
Refinance 114 13% · 4.4% denied
Cash-out refinance 212 23% · 7.1% denied

By loan type

Conventional 743 82% · 7.1% denied
FHA 160 18% · 6.9% denied
VA 7 1% · 0.0% denied

Why it denied New Jersey applicants

Debt-to-income ratio 16 25%
Collateral 14 22%
Other 13 20%
Credit history 12 19%
Unverifiable information 6 9%
Employment history 3 5%

Where in New Jersey

Counties with the most First Colony Mortgage applications in 2025.

CountyApplicationsOriginatedDeniedDenial rate
Union County 101659 8.9%
Ocean County 94557 7.4%
Essex County 90576 6.7%
Middlesex County 834912 14.5%
Bergen County 79477 8.9%
Passaic County 69494 5.8%
Hudson County 67424 6.0%
Morris County 62391 1.6%
Monmouth County 53353 5.7%
Somerset County 45260 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: 910 applications in 2025, of which 570 were originated and 64 denied.

7.0% of all applications, or 8.5% of the applications it actually decided on. The New Jersey statewide average across all lenders was 17.7%.

The median rate on loans First Colony Mortgage originated in New Jersey in 2025 was 6.63%, against a statewide median of 6.75%.

About this data. Figures are First Colony 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