Luminate Bank · New Jersey · 2025

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

Luminate Bank took 1,631 mortgage applications in New Jersey in 2025, ranking #44 of 883 lenders active in the state. It originated 65.5% of them and denied 3.1% (4.5% of the applications it decided), against a statewide denial rate of 17.7%.

1.6kApplicationsin NJ
4.5%Decision denial ratestate 23.1%
6.49%Median ratestate 6.75%
$495,000Median loanstate $295,000
$574MVolume20 counties

Luminate Bank in New Jersey vs the state

3.1%Denial rate-14.56 pts vs state
4.5%Decision denial rate-18.54 pts vs state
65.5%Origination rate+9.86 pts vs state
6.49%Median rate-0.26 pts vs state
0.00Rate spread (pts)-0.28 pts vs state
$183kMedian applicant income
1,069Loans originated
51Denied

What Luminate Bank lends in New Jersey

By loan purpose

Home purchase 1,246 76% · 3.0% denied
Refinance 205 13% · 2.0% denied
Cash-out refinance 175 11% · 5.1% denied
Home improvement 3 0% · 33.3% denied
Other / HELOC 2 0% · 0.0% denied

By loan type

Conventional 1,450 89% · 2.3% denied
FHA 149 9% · 9.4% denied
VA 32 2% · 12.5% denied

Why it denied New Jersey applicants

Debt-to-income ratio 18 35%
Credit history 14 27%
Collateral 12 24%
Other 5 10%
Unverifiable information 1 2%
Insufficient cash 1 2%

Where in New Jersey

Counties with the most Luminate Bank applications in 2025.

CountyApplicationsOriginatedDeniedDenial rate
Bergen County 35521915 4.2%
Essex County 2171486 2.8%
Morris County 2141476 2.8%
Passaic County 1621174 2.5%
Ocean County 115782 1.7%
Monmouth County 94721 1.1%
Middlesex County 78413 3.8%
Union County 63390 0.0%
Sussex County 63423 4.8%
Hudson County 62332 3.2%

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: 1,631 applications in 2025, of which 1,069 were originated and 51 denied.

3.1% of all applications, or 4.5% of the applications it actually decided on. The New Jersey statewide average across all lenders was 17.7%.

The median rate on loans Luminate Bank originated in New Jersey in 2025 was 6.49%, against a statewide median of 6.75%.

About this data. Figures are Luminate 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