Nations Lending · New Jersey · 2025

Nations Lending in New Jersey: approval rate, denial rate and rates (2025)

Nations Lending took 219 mortgage applications in New Jersey in 2025, ranking #190 of 883 lenders active in the state. It originated 76.3% of them and denied 8.7% (9.2% of the applications it decided), against a statewide denial rate of 17.7%.

219Applicationsin NJ
9.2%Decision denial ratestate 23.1%
6.63%Median ratestate 6.75%
$355,000Median loanstate $295,000
$65MVolume21 counties

Nations Lending in New Jersey vs the state

8.7%Denial rate-9.01 pts vs state
9.2%Decision denial rate-13.87 pts vs state
76.3%Origination rate+20.58 pts vs state
6.63%Median rate-0.13 pts vs state
0.33Rate spread (pts)+0.04 pts vs state
$111kMedian applicant income
167Loans originated
19Denied

Trend in New Jersey

YearApplicationsOriginatedDenial rateMedian rateRank in state
20233512666.6%6.75%#119
20243162446.3%6.88%#143
20252191678.7%6.63%#190

What Nations Lending lends in New Jersey

By loan purpose

Home purchase 131 60% · 5.3% denied
Refinance 40 18% · 12.5% denied
Cash-out refinance 48 22% · 14.6% denied

By loan type

Conventional 157 72% · 7.6% denied
FHA 53 24% · 13.2% denied
VA 9 4% · 0.0% denied

Why it denied New Jersey applicants

Debt-to-income ratio 6 32%
Credit history 5 26%
Incomplete application 5 26%
Collateral 3 16%

Where in New Jersey

Counties with the most Nations Lending applications in 2025.

CountyApplicationsOriginatedDeniedDenial rate
Ocean County 31213 9.7%
Sussex County 30232 6.7%
Middlesex County 27213 11.1%
Union County 26192 7.7%
Somerset County 12111 8.3%
Monmouth County 11101 9.1%
Burlington County 1171 9.1%
Morris County 971 11.1%
Passaic County 981 11.1%
Hudson County 733 42.9%

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: 219 applications in 2025, of which 167 were originated and 19 denied.

8.7% of all applications, or 9.2% of the applications it actually decided on. The New Jersey statewide average across all lenders was 17.7%.

The median rate on loans Nations Lending originated in New Jersey in 2025 was 6.63%, against a statewide median of 6.75%.

About this data. Figures are Nations Lending'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