Kind Lending · New Jersey · 2025

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

Kind Lending took 903 mortgage applications in New Jersey in 2025, ranking #67 of 883 lenders active in the state. It originated 61.6% of them and denied 29.1% (31.8% of the applications it decided), against a statewide denial rate of 17.7%.

903Applicationsin NJ
31.8%Decision denial ratestate 23.1%
6.75%Median ratestate 6.75%
$455,000Median loanstate $295,000
$269MVolume21 counties

Kind Lending in New Jersey vs the state

29.1%Denial rate+11.44 pts vs state
31.8%Decision denial rate+8.75 pts vs state
61.6%Origination rate+5.89 pts vs state
6.75%Median rate0.00 pts vs state
0.45Rate spread (pts)+0.17 pts vs state
$156kMedian applicant income
556Loans originated
263Denied

Trend in New Jersey

YearApplicationsOriginatedDenial rateMedian rateRank in state
202317310519.7%6.50%#190
202458036825.9%6.88%#96
202590355629.1%6.75%#67

What Kind Lending lends in New Jersey

By loan purpose

Home purchase 570 63% · 26.8% denied
Refinance 82 9% · 35.4% denied
Cash-out refinance 168 19% · 31.6% denied
Home improvement 75 8% · 32.0% denied
Other / HELOC 8 1% · 50.0% denied

By loan type

Conventional 693 77% · 28.9% denied
FHA 196 22% · 29.6% denied
VA 12 1% · 33.3% denied
USDA / RHS 2 0% · 50.0% denied

Why it denied New Jersey applicants

Other 73 28%
Unverifiable information 73 28%
Insufficient cash 55 21%
Collateral 41 16%
Credit history 11 4%
Employment history 4 2%
Incomplete application 3 1%
Mortgage insurance denied 2 1%
Debt-to-income ratio 1 0%

Where in New Jersey

Counties with the most Kind Lending applications in 2025.

CountyApplicationsOriginatedDeniedDenial rate
Ocean County 1187538 32.2%
Essex County 965335 36.5%
Bergen County 935928 30.1%
Union County 805120 25.0%
Hudson County 714221 29.6%
Passaic County 714718 25.4%
Middlesex County 683721 30.9%
Monmouth County 653916 24.6%
Morris County 49358 16.3%
Burlington County 301513 43.3%

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: 903 applications in 2025, of which 556 were originated and 263 denied.

29.1% of all applications, or 31.8% of the applications it actually decided on. The New Jersey statewide average across all lenders was 17.7%.

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

About this data. Figures are Kind Lending'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