Leader Bank · New Jersey · 2025

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

Leader Bank took 51 mortgage applications in New Jersey in 2025, ranking #352 of 883 lenders active in the state. It originated 72.6% of them and denied 2.0% (2.4% of the applications it decided), against a statewide denial rate of 17.7%.

51Applicationsin NJ
2.4%Decision denial ratestate 23.1%
6.38%Median ratestate 6.75%
$405,000Median loanstate $295,000
$18MVolume16 counties

Leader Bank in New Jersey vs the state

2.0%Denial rate-15.73 pts vs state
2.4%Decision denial rate-20.61 pts vs state
72.6%Origination rate+16.87 pts vs state
6.38%Median rate-0.38 pts vs state
-0.27Rate spread (pts)-0.55 pts vs state
$260kMedian applicant income
37Loans originated
1Denied

Trend in New Jersey

YearApplicationsOriginatedDenial rateMedian rateRank in state
202319115.3%6.62%#448
202434240.0%6.56%#386
202551372.0%6.38%#352

What Leader Bank lends in New Jersey

By loan purpose

Home purchase 30 59% · 0.0% denied
Refinance 3 6% · 0.0% denied
Cash-out refinance 8 16% · 0.0% denied
Home improvement 4 8% · 0.0% denied
Other / HELOC 6 12% · 16.7% denied

By loan type

Conventional 50 98% · 2.0% denied
VA 1 2% · 0.0% denied

Why it denied New Jersey applicants

Debt-to-income ratio 1 100%

Where in New Jersey

Counties with the most Leader Bank applications in 2025.

CountyApplicationsOriginatedDeniedDenial rate
Ocean County 840 0.0%
Morris County 620 0.0%
Somerset County 650 0.0%
Essex County 540 0.0%
Bergen County 541 20.0%
Cape May County 440 0.0%
Monmouth County 430 0.0%
Union County 220 0.0%
Camden County 220 0.0%
Atlantic County 220 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: 51 applications in 2025, of which 37 were originated and 1 denied.

2.0% of all applications, or 2.4% of the applications it actually decided on. The New Jersey statewide average across all lenders was 17.7%.

The median rate on loans Leader Bank originated in New Jersey in 2025 was 6.38%, against a statewide median of 6.75%.

About this data. Figures are Leader Bank'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