Mortgage lenders in Essex County, New Jersey
Fat Boy Data analyzed home purchase mortgage activity in Essex County, New Jersey, home to Newark, to show which lenders are making these loans, how often they approve, how often borrowers accept the offer, and how much they typically finance. 16,622 applications were decided by 413 lenders between 2023 and 2025.
Essex County at a glance
How Essex County compares
What the data shows
Guaranteed Rate, Inc. made the most home purchase mortgages in Essex County, NJ, 951 of them.
Bond Street Mortgage, LLC approved the highest share of applications among lenders with at least 20 decisions here, 99% of 91.
The typical home purchase mortgage here is $535K, 20% larger than the New Jersey typical of $445K.
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Mortgage lenders in Essex County
| Lender | Approval | Approved | Taken up | Typical loan | Loans made | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Guaranteed Rate, Inc. | 95% | 961 / 1,015 | 99% | $595K | 951 |
| 2 | United Wholesale Mortgage, LLCBroker only | 80% | 767 / 964 | 98% | $525K | 749 |
| 3 | Crosscountry Mortgage, LLC | 93% | 892 / 958 | 99% | $535K | 879 |
| 4 | JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association | 89% | 548 / 616 | 97% | $555K | 531 |
| 5 | Bank of America, National Association | 72% | 419 / 584 | 93% | $625K | 391 |
Ranked by lending volume. Approval is the share of decided applications a lender approved; taken up is the share of approvals borrowers accepted. Lenders with fewer than 20 decisions are marked as a limited sample and never used for a “highest approval” claim.How the numbers work.
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