Lafayette Federal Credit Union · New Jersey · 2025

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

Lafayette Federal Credit Union took 79 mortgage applications in New Jersey in 2025, ranking #296 of 883 lenders active in the state. It originated 79.8% of them and denied 12.7% (13.3% of the applications it decided), against a statewide denial rate of 17.7%.

79Applicationsin NJ
13.3%Decision denial ratestate 23.1%
7.50%Median ratestate 6.75%
$215,000Median loanstate $295,000
$15MVolume17 counties

Lafayette Federal Credit Union in New Jersey vs the state

12.7%Denial rate-5.03 pts vs state
13.3%Decision denial rate-9.72 pts vs state
79.8%Origination rate+24.07 pts vs state
7.50%Median rate+0.75 pts vs state
0.36Rate spread (pts)+0.08 pts vs state
$216kMedian applicant income
63Loans originated
10Denied

Trend in New Jersey

YearApplicationsOriginatedDenial rateMedian rateRank in state
2023422521.4%9.00%#355
2024695018.8%9.00%#308
2025796312.7%7.50%#296

What Lafayette Federal Credit Union lends in New Jersey

By loan purpose

Home purchase 3 4% · 33.3% denied
Refinance 3 4% · 33.3% denied
Cash-out refinance 34 43% · 5.9% denied
Home improvement 6 8% · 16.7% denied
Other / HELOC 33 42% · 15.2% denied

By loan type

Conventional 79 100% · 12.7% denied

Why it denied New Jersey applicants

Credit history 6 60%
Collateral 2 20%
Insufficient cash 1 10%
Other 1 10%

Where in New Jersey

Counties with the most Lafayette Federal Credit Union applications in 2025.

CountyApplicationsOriginatedDeniedDenial rate
Bergen County 16132 12.5%
Ocean County 1291 8.3%
Morris County 770 0.0%
Monmouth County 651 16.7%
Camden County 550 0.0%
Union County 550 0.0%
Somerset County 550 0.0%
Middlesex County 421 25.0%
Burlington County 422 50.0%
Essex County 330 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: 79 applications in 2025, of which 63 were originated and 10 denied.

12.7% of all applications, or 13.3% of the applications it actually decided on. The New Jersey statewide average across all lenders was 17.7%.

The median rate on loans Lafayette Federal Credit Union originated in New Jersey in 2025 was 7.50%, against a statewide median of 6.75%.

About this data. Figures are Lafayette 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