Police & Fire · New Jersey · 2025

Police & Fire in New Jersey: approval rate, denial rate and rates (2025)

Police & Fire took 4,063 mortgage applications in New Jersey in 2025, ranking #14 of 883 lenders active in the state. It originated 52.6% of them and denied 30.3% (36.2% of the applications it decided), against a statewide denial rate of 17.7%.

4.1kApplicationsin NJ
36.2%Decision denial ratestate 23.1%
6.24%Median ratestate 6.75%
$85,000Median loanstate $295,000
$272MVolume21 counties

Police & Fire in New Jersey vs the state

30.3%Denial rate+12.61 pts vs state
36.2%Decision denial rate+13.13 pts vs state
52.6%Origination rate-3.11 pts vs state
6.24%Median rate-0.51 pts vs state
-0.04Rate spread (pts)-0.32 pts vs state
$137kMedian applicant income
2,136Loans originated
1,231Denied

Trend in New Jersey

YearApplicationsOriginatedDenial rateMedian rateRank in state
20233,5001,89231.3%6.49%#15
20243,9872,17931.7%6.75%#15
20254,0632,13630.3%6.24%#14

What Police & Fire lends in New Jersey

By loan purpose

Home purchase 63 2% · 7.9% denied
Refinance 88 2% · 9.1% denied
Cash-out refinance 2,568 63% · 31.7% denied
Home improvement 1,344 33% · 30.1% denied

By loan type

Conventional 4,063 100% · 30.3% denied

Why it denied New Jersey applicants

Debt-to-income ratio 725 59%
Credit history 342 28%
Collateral 141 11%
Employment history 14 1%
Other 6 0%
Unverifiable information 3 0%

Where in New Jersey

Counties with the most Police & Fire applications in 2025.

CountyApplicationsOriginatedDeniedDenial rate
Camden County 1,253641410 32.7%
Burlington County 1,005564264 26.3%
Gloucester County 872459265 30.4%
Atlantic County 25013073 29.2%
Cape May County 22211660 27.0%
Ocean County 1004834 34.0%
Mercer County 673720 29.9%
Cumberland County 592621 35.6%
Salem County 492717 34.7%
Monmouth County 402313 32.5%

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: 4,063 applications in 2025, of which 2,136 were originated and 1,231 denied.

30.3% of all applications, or 36.2% of the applications it actually decided on. The New Jersey statewide average across all lenders was 17.7%.

The median rate on loans Police & Fire originated in New Jersey in 2025 was 6.24%, against a statewide median of 6.75%.

About this data. Figures are Police & Fire'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