Rocket Mortgage · New Jersey · 2025

Rocket Mortgage in New Jersey: approval rate, denial rate and rates (2025)

Rocket Mortgage took 16,339 mortgage applications in New Jersey in 2025, ranking #1 of 883 lenders active in the state. It originated 73.7% of them and denied 16.1% (17.5% of the applications it decided), against a statewide denial rate of 17.7%.

16kApplicationsin NJ
17.5%Decision denial ratestate 23.1%
6.75%Median ratestate 6.75%
$265,000Median loanstate $295,000
$3.7BVolume21 counties

Rocket Mortgage in New Jersey vs the state

16.1%Denial rate-1.58 pts vs state
17.5%Decision denial rate-5.60 pts vs state
73.7%Origination rate+17.98 pts vs state
6.75%Median rate0.00 pts vs state
0.50Rate spread (pts)+0.22 pts vs state
$138kMedian applicant income
12,035Loans originated
2,633Denied

Trend in New Jersey

YearApplicationsOriginatedDenial rateMedian rateRank in state
202310,4127,45617.3%6.75%#5
202413,0539,74315.6%6.75%#1
202516,33912,03516.1%6.75%#1

What Rocket Mortgage lends in New Jersey

By loan purpose

Home purchase 3,857 24% · 11.6% denied
Refinance 3,023 19% · 15.9% denied
Cash-out refinance 8,705 53% · 17.4% denied
Home improvement 206 1% · 22.8% denied
Other / HELOC 548 3% · 26.1% denied

By loan type

Conventional 13,896 85% · 15.0% denied
FHA 1,905 12% · 25.0% denied
VA 538 3% · 14.3% denied

Why it denied New Jersey applicants

Collateral 971 37%
Debt-to-income ratio 705 27%
Incomplete application 517 20%
Credit history 175 7%
Insufficient cash 93 4%
Unverifiable information 79 3%
Other 73 3%
Employment history 20 1%

Where in New Jersey

Counties with the most Rocket Mortgage applications in 2025.

CountyApplicationsOriginatedDeniedDenial rate
Middlesex County 1,7401,281266 15.3%
Ocean County 1,6101,210224 13.9%
Monmouth County 1,3421,016205 15.3%
Bergen County 1,314979201 15.3%
Burlington County 1,121841178 15.9%
Morris County 1,007788132 13.1%
Camden County 991733172 17.4%
Essex County 860586179 20.8%
Mercer County 801577118 14.7%
Gloucester County 735545114 15.5%

Other large lenders in New Jersey

LenderGradeApplicationsDenial rateMedian rate
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%
Pennymac Loan ServicesC 6,34312.9%6.62%

Frequently asked questions

New Jersey: 16,339 applications in 2025, of which 12,035 were originated and 2,633 denied.

16.1% of all applications, or 17.5% of the applications it actually decided on. The New Jersey statewide average across all lenders was 17.7%.

The median rate on loans Rocket Mortgage originated in New Jersey in 2025 was 6.75%, against a statewide median of 6.75%.

About this data. Figures are Rocket Mortgage'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