Planet Home Lending · New Jersey · 2025

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

Planet Home Lending took 234 mortgage applications in New Jersey in 2025, ranking #185 of 883 lenders active in the state. It originated 72.7% of them and denied 21.8% (23.0% of the applications it decided), against a statewide denial rate of 17.7%.

234Applicationsin NJ
23.0%Decision denial ratestate 23.1%
5.99%Median ratestate 6.75%
$365,000Median loanstate $295,000
$66MVolume21 counties

Planet Home Lending in New Jersey vs the state

21.8%Denial rate+4.10 pts vs state
23.0%Decision denial rate-0.08 pts vs state
72.7%Origination rate+16.97 pts vs state
5.99%Median rate-0.76 pts vs state
0.07Rate spread (pts)-0.22 pts vs state
$143kMedian applicant income
170Loans originated
51Denied

Trend in New Jersey

YearApplicationsOriginatedDenial rateMedian rateRank in state
202317610632.4%6.56%#189
202422015426.4%6.25%#184
202523417021.8%5.99%#185

What Planet Home Lending lends in New Jersey

By loan purpose

Home purchase 26 11% · 15.4% denied
Refinance 153 65% · 19.6% denied
Cash-out refinance 30 13% · 33.3% denied
Home improvement 8 3% · 50.0% denied
Other / HELOC 17 7% · 17.7% denied

By loan type

Conventional 54 23% · 24.1% denied
FHA 129 55% · 22.5% denied
VA 51 22% · 17.7% denied

Why it denied New Jersey applicants

Incomplete application 19 37%
Credit history 10 20%
Debt-to-income ratio 10 20%
Other 7 14%
Collateral 3 6%
Insufficient cash 1 2%
Unverifiable information 1 2%

Where in New Jersey

Counties with the most Planet Home Lending applications in 2025.

CountyApplicationsOriginatedDeniedDenial rate
Camden County 25186 24.0%
Burlington County 21135 23.8%
Essex County 18105 27.8%
Ocean County 18153 16.7%
Morris County 15104 26.7%
Sussex County 1484 28.6%
Warren County 14113 21.4%
Gloucester County 14122 14.3%
Cumberland County 12111 8.3%
Middlesex County 12102 16.7%

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: 234 applications in 2025, of which 170 were originated and 51 denied.

21.8% of all applications, or 23.0% of the applications it actually decided on. The New Jersey statewide average across all lenders was 17.7%.

The median rate on loans Planet Home Lending originated in New Jersey in 2025 was 5.99%, against a statewide median of 6.75%.

About this data. Figures are Planet Home 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