Freedom · New Jersey · 2025

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

Freedom took 53 mortgage applications in New Jersey in 2025, ranking #345 of 883 lenders active in the state. It originated 79.3% of them and denied 20.8% (20.8% of the applications it decided), against a statewide denial rate of 17.7%.

53Applicationsin NJ
20.8%Decision denial ratestate 23.1%
6.25%Median ratestate 6.75%
$65,000Median loanstate $295,000
$5.7MVolume8 counties

Freedom in New Jersey vs the state

20.8%Denial rate+3.06 pts vs state
20.8%Decision denial rate-2.30 pts vs state
79.3%Origination rate+23.57 pts vs state
6.25%Median rate-0.50 pts vs state
0.13Rate spread (pts)-0.15 pts vs state
$141kMedian applicant income
42Loans originated
11Denied

Trend in New Jersey

YearApplicationsOriginatedDenial rateMedian rateRank in state
2023725425.0%5.75%#282
202443407.0%6.25%#363
2025534220.8%6.25%#345

What Freedom lends in New Jersey

By loan purpose

Home purchase 5 9% · 0.0% denied
Refinance 8 15% · 12.5% denied
Cash-out refinance 3 6% · 0.0% denied
Home improvement 18 34% · 27.8% denied
Other / HELOC 19 36% · 26.3% denied

By loan type

Conventional 53 100% · 20.8% denied

Why it denied New Jersey applicants

Other 10 91%
Debt-to-income ratio 1 9%

Where in New Jersey

Counties with the most Freedom applications in 2025.

CountyApplicationsOriginatedDeniedDenial rate
Burlington County 15132 13.3%
Camden County 12111 8.3%
Atlantic County 862 25.0%
Gloucester County 752 28.6%
Cape May County 431 25.0%
Monmouth County 312 66.7%
Middlesex County 220 0.0%
Mercer County 211 50.0%

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: 53 applications in 2025, of which 42 were originated and 11 denied.

20.8% of all applications, or 20.8% of the applications it actually decided on. The New Jersey statewide average across all lenders was 17.7%.

The median rate on loans Freedom originated in New Jersey in 2025 was 6.25%, against a statewide median of 6.75%.

About this data. Figures are Freedom'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