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Mortgage Research Center in New Jersey
HMDA record for properties in New Jersey, calendar year 2024. National record · New Jersey overview
HMDA data alone cannot be used to determine whether a lender is complying with fair lending laws. The data do not include some legitimate credit risk considerations for loan approval and loan pricing decisions. Cells under 25 applications are withheld.
Mortgage Research Center's 2024 HMDA record for New Jersey covers 1,748 applications, 721 of them originated, worth $292m.
Its denial rate in the state was 29.7%, above the New Jersey rate of 26.0% across all lenders and compared with the lender's national rate of 24.0%.
The median rate spread on its New Jersey originations was -0.1 percentage points (state median 0.4).
Applications in the state were up 24% on 2023.
Compared with the state and the lender's national record
| Measure | In New Jersey | New Jersey, all lenders | Mortgage Research Center, all states | United States |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denial rate | 29.7% | 26.0% | 24.0% | 24.3% |
| Median rate spread, pp | -0.1 | 0.4 | -0.1 | 0.3 |
| Originations with spread of 1.5 pp or more | 0.1% | 17.7% | 0.8% | 15.6% |
| Average originated loan | $405k | $387k | $315k | $329k |
| Home purchase share | 70.5% | 51.0% | 81.8% | 57.0% |
| FHA-insured share | 1.2% | 11.2% | 2.9% | 13.4% |
| VA-guaranteed share | 95.4% | 2.9% | 92.4% | 7.9% |
Trend by year
ApplicationsOriginations
This lender in stateNew Jersey, all lenders
Loan purpose and loan type in New Jersey
By purpose
Home purchase 70% (508)Refinancing 22% (161)Cash-out refinancing 7% (52)
By type
Conventional 3% (24)FHA 1% (9)VA 95% (688)
Denial reasons as coded
Share of 314 denials in New Jersey by first denial reason coded (outlined bar: all lenders in the state).
Counties in New Jersey
| County | Applications | Originations | Amount | Denial rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Burlington County | 257 | 118 | $42m | 27.4% |
| Camden County | 196 | 84 | $29m | 28.9% |
| Ocean County | 193 | 75 | $30m | 28.6% |
| Gloucester County | 118 | 46 | $17m | 32.4% |
| Middlesex County | 82 | 37 | $16m | 28.8% |
| Cumberland County | 68 | 37 | $12m | 19.1% |
| Atlantic County | 87 | 33 | $11m | 37.7% |
| Essex County | 82 | 33 | $16m | 37.5% |
| Monmouth County | 95 | 30 | $15m | 33.3% |
| Sussex County | 57 | 29 | $13m | 27.5% |
| Salem County | 50 | 29 | $9.1m | 13.5% |
| Bergen County | 65 | 27 | $14m | 28.2% |
| Morris County | 71 | 26 | $13m | 25.0% |
| Warren County | 37 | 21 | $8.7m | 19.2% |
| Mercer County | 57 | 17 | $7.1m | 39.3% |
| Passaic County | 56 | 16 | $8.2m | 46.7% |
| Union County | 59 | 14 | $6.6m | 42.3% |
| Somerset County | 37 | 14 | $6.9m | — |
| Cape May County | 28 | 14 | $7.2m | — |
| Hudson County | 34 | 13 | $6.3m | — |
Counties with at least 25 applications, by originations.
Questions and answers
How many mortgages did Mortgage Research Center originate in New Jersey in 2024?
721 loans totalling $292m, from 1,748 applications reported for properties in New Jersey.
What is Mortgage Research Center's denial rate in New Jersey?
29.7% of decided applications in New Jersey were denied, against 26.0% for all lenders in the state and 24.0% for this lender nationally. HMDA data alone cannot be used to determine whether a lender is complying with fair lending laws.
Which New Jersey counties does Mortgage Research Center lend in most?
By originations: Burlington County (118), Camden County (84), Ocean County (75), Gloucester County (46), Middlesex County (37).
Where does this data come from?
From the 2024 public HMDA loan/application register (FFIEC and CFPB), filtered to the lender's LEI and the property state. Cells under 25 applications are withheld.
Provenance
Source: HMDA public loan/application register 2022, 2023, 2024 (FFIEC and CFPB, public domain), records for this LEI with a property in New Jersey. Built 1 Oct 2026; data through 1 Aug 2026. See methodology and corrections.