Members 1st · New Jersey · 2025

Members 1st in New Jersey: approval rate, denial rate and rates (2025)

Members 1st took 37 mortgage applications in New Jersey in 2025, ranking #387 of 883 lenders active in the state. It originated 48.7% of them and denied 37.8% (43.8% of the applications it decided), against a statewide denial rate of 17.7%.

37Applicationsin NJ
43.8%Decision denial ratestate 23.1%
1.99%Median ratestate 6.75%
$165,000Median loanstate $295,000
$4.8MVolume17 counties

Members 1st in New Jersey vs the state

37.8%Denial rate+20.15 pts vs state
43.8%Decision denial rate+20.70 pts vs state
48.7%Origination rate-7.03 pts vs state
1.99%Median rate-4.76 pts vs state
-5.19Rate spread (pts)-5.47 pts vs state
$142kMedian applicant income
18Loans originated
14Denied

What Members 1st lends in New Jersey

By loan purpose

Home purchase 10 27% · 20.0% denied
Refinance 6 16% · 33.3% denied
Home improvement 13 35% · 46.2% denied
Other / HELOC 8 22% · 50.0% denied

By loan type

Conventional 37 100% · 37.8% denied

Why it denied New Jersey applicants

Credit history 4 29%
Debt-to-income ratio 4 29%
Collateral 3 21%
Incomplete application 1 7%
Unverifiable information 1 7%
Other 1 7%

Where in New Jersey

Counties with the most Members 1st applications in 2025.

CountyApplicationsOriginatedDeniedDenial rate
Warren County 540 0.0%
Burlington County 532 40.0%
Middlesex County 431 25.0%
Monmouth County 302 66.7%
Ocean County 321 33.3%
Camden County 210 0.0%
Morris County 220 0.0%
Somerset County 200 0.0%
Hunterdon County 211 50.0%
Union County 211 50.0%

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: 37 applications in 2025, of which 18 were originated and 14 denied.

37.8% of all applications, or 43.8% of the applications it actually decided on. The New Jersey statewide average across all lenders was 17.7%.

The median rate on loans Members 1st originated in New Jersey in 2025 was 1.99%, against a statewide median of 6.75%.

About this data. Figures are Members 1st'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