The Loan Store · New Jersey · 2025

The Loan Store in New Jersey: approval rate, denial rate and rates (2025)

The Loan Store took 1,438 mortgage applications in New Jersey in 2025, ranking #52 of 883 lenders active in the state. It originated 63.8% of them and denied 11.6% (13.3% of the applications it decided), against a statewide denial rate of 17.7%.

1.4kApplicationsin NJ
13.3%Decision denial ratestate 23.1%
7.13%Median ratestate 6.75%
$395,000Median loanstate $295,000
$404MVolume21 counties

The Loan Store in New Jersey vs the state

11.6%Denial rate-6.08 pts vs state
13.3%Decision denial rate-9.79 pts vs state
63.8%Origination rate+8.16 pts vs state
7.13%Median rate+0.38 pts vs state
0.70Rate spread (pts)+0.42 pts vs state
$180kMedian applicant income
918Loans originated
167Denied

Trend in New Jersey

YearApplicationsOriginatedDenial rateMedian rateRank in state
202321812617.9%7.25%#173
202494756114.2%7.13%#58
20251,43891811.6%7.13%#52

What The Loan Store lends in New Jersey

By loan purpose

Home purchase 739 51% · 6.4% denied
Refinance 120 8% · 6.7% denied
Cash-out refinance 280 19% · 5.4% denied
Home improvement 104 7% · 32.7% denied
Other / HELOC 195 14% · 32.3% denied

By loan type

Conventional 1,402 97% · 11.4% denied
FHA 32 2% · 21.9% denied
VA 4 0% · 0.0% denied

Why it denied New Jersey applicants

Debt-to-income ratio 80 48%
Collateral 33 20%
Incomplete application 27 16%
Other 15 9%
Credit history 6 4%
Insufficient cash 5 3%
Unverifiable information 1 1%

Where in New Jersey

Counties with the most The Loan Store applications in 2025.

CountyApplicationsOriginatedDeniedDenial rate
Ocean County 25919017 6.6%
Bergen County 1408816 11.4%
Middlesex County 1368425 18.4%
Union County 1287019 14.8%
Essex County 118818 6.8%
Monmouth County 1147411 9.6%
Hudson County 995715 15.2%
Passaic County 65414 6.2%
Burlington County 55361 1.8%
Mercer County 52401 1.9%

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: 1,438 applications in 2025, of which 918 were originated and 167 denied.

11.6% of all applications, or 13.3% of the applications it actually decided on. The New Jersey statewide average across all lenders was 17.7%.

The median rate on loans The Loan Store originated in New Jersey in 2025 was 7.13%, against a statewide median of 6.75%.

About this data. Figures are The Loan Store'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