Municipal Credit Union · New Jersey · 2025

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

Municipal Credit Union took 504 mortgage applications in New Jersey in 2025, ranking #116 of 883 lenders active in the state. It originated 55.8% of them and denied 20.2% (25.8% of the applications it decided), against a statewide denial rate of 17.7%.

504Applicationsin NJ
25.8%Decision denial ratestate 23.1%
5.99%Median ratestate 6.75%
$180,000Median loanstate $295,000
$170MVolume19 counties

Municipal Credit Union in New Jersey vs the state

20.2%Denial rate+2.55 pts vs state
25.8%Decision denial rate+2.77 pts vs state
55.8%Origination rate+0.07 pts vs state
5.99%Median rate-0.76 pts vs state
-0.29Rate spread (pts)-0.58 pts vs state
$169kMedian applicant income
281Loans originated
102Denied

Trend in New Jersey

YearApplicationsOriginatedDenial rateMedian rateRank in state
202335813435.8%6.63%#118
202437013933.8%6.88%#132
202550428120.2%5.99%#116

What Municipal Credit Union lends in New Jersey

By loan purpose

Home purchase 157 31% · 1.9% denied
Refinance 59 12% · 6.8% denied
Cash-out refinance 8 2% · 0.0% denied
Home improvement 115 23% · 29.6% denied
Other / HELOC 165 33% · 37.0% denied

By loan type

Conventional 504 100% · 20.2% denied

Why it denied New Jersey applicants

Credit history 32 31%
Debt-to-income ratio 28 27%
Other 26 25%
Collateral 14 14%
Unverifiable information 1 1%
Incomplete application 1 1%

Where in New Jersey

Counties with the most Municipal Credit Union applications in 2025.

CountyApplicationsOriginatedDeniedDenial rate
Essex County 1056619 18.1%
Bergen County 954520 21.1%
Union County 825316 19.5%
Middlesex County 512514 27.5%
Monmouth County 44248 18.2%
Hudson County 28102 7.1%
Ocean County 18114 22.2%
Morris County 17151 5.9%
Passaic County 17113 17.6%
Burlington County 1363 23.1%

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: 504 applications in 2025, of which 281 were originated and 102 denied.

20.2% of all applications, or 25.8% of the applications it actually decided on. The New Jersey statewide average across all lenders was 17.7%.

The median rate on loans Municipal Credit Union originated in New Jersey in 2025 was 5.99%, against a statewide median of 6.75%.

About this data. Figures are Municipal 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