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Wells Fargo Bank NA 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.
Wells Fargo Bank NA's 2024 HMDA record for New Jersey covers 3,370 applications, 1,658 of them originated, worth $1.0bn.
Its denial rate in the state was 27.8%, close to the New Jersey rate of 26.0% across all lenders and compared with the lender's national rate of 31.7%.
The median rate spread on its New Jersey originations was -0.1 percentage points (state median 0.4).
Applications in the state were down 25% on 2023.
Compared with the state and the lender's national record
| Measure | In New Jersey | New Jersey, all lenders | Wells Fargo Bank NA, all states | United States |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denial rate | 27.8% | 26.0% | 31.7% | 24.3% |
| Median rate spread, pp | -0.1 | 0.4 | -0.0 | 0.3 |
| Originations with spread of 1.5 pp or more | 1.2% | 17.7% | 2.2% | 15.6% |
| Average originated loan | $632k | $387k | $1.0m | $329k |
| Home purchase share | 69.7% | 51.0% | 66.4% | 57.0% |
| FHA-insured share | 2.0% | 11.2% | 2.3% | 13.4% |
| VA-guaranteed share | 0.8% | 2.9% | 2.1% | 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% (1,156)Home improvement 2% (29)Refinancing 9% (150)Cash-out refinancing 17% (276)Other purpose 3% (47)
By type
Conventional 97% (1,612)FHA 2% (33)VA 1% (13)
Denial reasons as coded
Share of 641 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Monmouth County | 346 | 174 | $132m | 26.4% |
| Bergen County | 328 | 169 | $177m | 22.7% |
| Ocean County | 277 | 157 | $86m | 25.9% |
| Essex County | 286 | 135 | $106m | 28.2% |
| Morris County | 220 | 122 | $125m | 21.2% |
| Middlesex County | 278 | 112 | $44m | 34.5% |
| Union County | 183 | 101 | $78m | 15.1% |
| Mercer County | 189 | 95 | $34m | 27.5% |
| Hudson County | 199 | 91 | $66m | 30.8% |
| Somerset County | 141 | 77 | $47m | 19.8% |
| Camden County | 174 | 71 | $15m | 40.8% |
| Burlington County | 149 | 66 | $19m | 32.7% |
| Atlantic County | 132 | 50 | $18m | 39.0% |
| Passaic County | 119 | 46 | $16m | 43.9% |
| Cape May County | 77 | 46 | $41m | 20.7% |
| Gloucester County | 82 | 43 | $10m | 30.6% |
| Hunterdon County | 60 | 41 | $19m | 10.6% |
| Sussex County | 49 | 26 | $6.5m | 29.7% |
| Warren County | 36 | 16 | $4.7m | — |
| Cumberland County | 33 | 15 | $2.9m | — |
Counties with at least 25 applications, by originations.
Questions and answers
How many mortgages did Wells Fargo Bank NA originate in New Jersey in 2024?
1,658 loans totalling $1.0bn, from 3,370 applications reported for properties in New Jersey.
What is Wells Fargo Bank NA's denial rate in New Jersey?
27.8% of decided applications in New Jersey were denied, against 26.0% for all lenders in the state and 31.7% 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 Wells Fargo Bank NA lend in most?
By originations: Monmouth County (174), Bergen County (169), Ocean County (157), Essex County (135), Morris County (122).
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.