Waterstone Mortgage · New Jersey · 2025

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

Waterstone Mortgage took 28 mortgage applications in New Jersey in 2025, ranking #415 of 883 lenders active in the state. It originated 42.9% of them and denied 14.3% (25.0% of the applications it decided), against a statewide denial rate of 17.7%.

28Applicationsin NJ
25.0%Decision denial ratestate 23.1%
6.56%Median ratestate 6.75%
$345,000Median loanstate $295,000
$4.8MVolume8 counties

Waterstone Mortgage in New Jersey vs the state

14.3%Denial rate-3.40 pts vs state
25.0%Decision denial rate+1.95 pts vs state
42.9%Origination rate-12.82 pts vs state
6.56%Median rate-0.19 pts vs state
0.51Rate spread (pts)+0.23 pts vs state
$140kMedian applicant income
12Loans originated
4Denied

Trend in New Jersey

YearApplicationsOriginatedDenial rateMedian rateRank in state
202384539.5%6.88%#265
202445284.4%6.69%#354
2025281214.3%6.56%#415

What Waterstone Mortgage lends in New Jersey

By loan purpose

Home purchase 24 86% · 12.5% denied
Refinance 1 4% · 0.0% denied
Cash-out refinance 3 11% · 33.3% denied

By loan type

Conventional 19 68% · 10.5% denied
FHA 7 25% · 28.6% denied
VA 2 7% · 0.0% denied

Why it denied New Jersey applicants

Other 1 25%
Credit history 1 25%
Debt-to-income ratio 1 25%
Collateral 1 25%

Where in New Jersey

Counties with the most Waterstone Mortgage applications in 2025.

CountyApplicationsOriginatedDeniedDenial rate
Atlantic County 1371 7.7%
Cape May County 832 25.0%
Camden County 211 50.0%
Hudson County 100 0.0%
Union County 100 0.0%
Essex County 110 0.0%
Morris County 100 0.0%
Salem County 100 0.0%

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: 28 applications in 2025, of which 12 were originated and 4 denied.

14.3% of all applications, or 25.0% of the applications it actually decided on. The New Jersey statewide average across all lenders was 17.7%.

The median rate on loans Waterstone Mortgage originated in New Jersey in 2025 was 6.56%, against a statewide median of 6.75%.

About this data. Figures are Waterstone 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