Garden Savings Federal Credit Union · New Jersey · 2025

Garden Savings Federal Credit Union in New Jersey: approval rate, denial rate and rates (2025)

Garden Savings Federal Credit Union took 158 mortgage applications in New Jersey in 2025, ranking #216 of 883 lenders active in the state. It originated 44.9% of them and denied 39.9% (46.3% of the applications it decided), against a statewide denial rate of 17.7%.

158Applicationsin NJ
46.3%Decision denial ratestate 23.1%
7.00%Median ratestate 6.75%
$105,000Median loanstate $295,000
$11MVolume18 counties

Garden Savings Federal Credit Union in New Jersey vs the state

39.9%Denial rate+22.18 pts vs state
46.3%Decision denial rate+23.27 pts vs state
44.9%Origination rate-10.74 pts vs state
7.00%Median rate+0.25 pts vs state
0.67Rate spread (pts)+0.39 pts vs state
$122kMedian applicant income
71Loans originated
63Denied

Trend in New Jersey

YearApplicationsOriginatedDenial rateMedian rateRank in state
20231136131.9%6.88%#235
20241166825.9%7.75%#242
20251587139.9%7.00%#216

What Garden Savings Federal Credit Union lends in New Jersey

By loan purpose

Home purchase 16 10% · 25.0% denied
Refinance 29 18% · 31.0% denied
Cash-out refinance 8 5% · 62.5% denied
Home improvement 43 27% · 30.2% denied
Other / HELOC 62 39% · 51.6% denied

By loan type

Conventional 158 100% · 39.9% denied

Why it denied New Jersey applicants

Debt-to-income ratio 33 52%
Credit history 19 30%
Other 10 16%
Unverifiable information 1 2%

Where in New Jersey

Counties with the most Garden Savings Federal Credit Union applications in 2025.

CountyApplicationsOriginatedDeniedDenial rate
Morris County 402016 40.0%
Essex County 2079 45.0%
Middlesex County 19610 52.6%
Ocean County 1485 35.7%
Bergen County 1035 50.0%
Passaic County 963 33.3%
Sussex County 926 66.7%
Somerset County 750 0.0%
Union County 743 42.9%
Monmouth County 622 33.3%

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: 158 applications in 2025, of which 71 were originated and 63 denied.

39.9% of all applications, or 46.3% of the applications it actually decided on. The New Jersey statewide average across all lenders was 17.7%.

The median rate on loans Garden Savings Federal Credit Union originated in New Jersey in 2025 was 7.00%, against a statewide median of 6.75%.

About this data. Figures are Garden Savings Federal Credit Union'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