Commerce Bank, NA Mortgage Lending & HMDA Data, 2008

In 2008, Commerce Bank, NA of Cherry Hill, NJ reported 10,877 mortgage applications totaling $1.2 billion, down 67% from 2007. The average application was for $112,952, and applicants reported an average income of $99,718. 43% of its applications resulted in an originated loan and 42% were denied. Its largest markets were Philadelphia, PA (2,128), Camden, NJ (2,010) and New York-White Plains-Wayne, NY-NJ (1,771) (applications in parentheses).

Mortgage Company & Address Commerce Bank, NA
2059 Spingdale Road
Cherry Hill, NJ 08003
Tel #: available with data download
Federal Regulator * available with data download
Years 2008  2007  2006  2005  2004  2003  
Total Number of Mortgage Applications 10,877
Total Mortgage Loan Application Amount $1,228,589,000
Average Mortgage Loan Application Amount $112,952
Highest Mortgage Loan Application Amount $30,000,000
Average Applicant Income $99,718
Highest Applicant Income $4,776,000

About this data: figures come from the Home Mortgage Disclosure Act (HMDA) records Commerce Bank, NA filed with the FFIEC and count every application it reported (approved, denied, withdrawn or purchased), not just closed loans. Applications reported at $100 million or more are left out of these totals.

Mortgage Loan Application Totals for Commerce Bank, NA by Metropolitan Area in 2008

Metro Area Total Number of Mortgage Loan Applications Total Dollar Amount of Mortgage Loan Applications Average Mortgage Loan Application Amount Average Applicant Income
Philadelphia, PA 2,128 $ 181,740,000 $ 85,404 $ 87,000
Camden, NJ 2,010 $ 147,359,000 $ 73,312 $ 91,000
New York-White Plains-Wayne, NY-NJ 1,771 $ 287,520,000 $ 162,348 $ 115,033
Edison-New Brunswick, NJ 1,566 $ 179,445,000 $ 114,588 $ 97,000
Nassau-Suffolk, NY 720 $ 126,615,000 $ 175,854 $ 121,000
Newark-Union, NJ-PA 609 $ 85,250,000 $ 139,983 $ 114,133
Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ 367 $ 29,019,000 $ 79,070 $ 80,000
Wilmington, DE-MD-NJ 285 $ 23,051,000 $ 80,880 $ 78,757
Trenton-Ewing, NJ 142 $ 12,502,000 $ 88,042 $ 95,000
Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ 128 $ 9,153,000 $ 71,507 $ 85,898
Ocean City, NJ 120 $ 20,090,000 $ 167,416 $ 174,000
Vineland-Millville-Bridgeton, NJ 116 $ 5,954,000 $ 51,327 $ 66,000
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV 114 $ 18,265,000 $ 160,219 $ 144,508
West Palm Beach-Boca Raton-Boynton Beach, FL 88 $ 14,981,000 $ 170,238 $ 128,000
Dover, DE 59 $ 3,235,000 $ 54,830 $ 58,000
Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, CT 45 $ 11,315,000 $ 251,444 $ 164,000
Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach-Deerfield Beach, FL 44 $ 8,290,000 $ 188,409 $ 174,000
Poughkeepsie-Newburgh-Middletown, NY 38 $ 3,972,000 $ 104,526 $ 95,000
Reading, PA 32 $ 2,916,000 $ 91,125 $ 57,000
Bethesda-Frederick-Gaithersburg, MD 23 $ 1,800,000 $ 78,260 $ 96,000
Miami-Miami Beach-Kendall, FL 19 $ 5,799,000 $ 305,210 $ 259,000
New Haven-Milford, CT 18 $ 1,446,000 $ 80,333 $ 96,000
Baltimore-Towson, MD 11 $ 1,500,000 $ 136,363 $ 97,000
Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA 11 $ 352,000 $ 32,000 $ 54,000
Lancaster, PA 9 $ 579,000 $ 64,333 $ 101,000
Orlando-Kissimmee, FL 8 $ 1,369,000 $ 171,125 $ 131,000
Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL 7 $ 1,297,000 $ 185,285 $ 271,000
Kingston, NY 5 $ 742,000 $ 148,400 $ 92,000
Port St. Lucie, FL 5 $ 561,000 $ 112,200 $ 103,000
Jacksonville, FL 4 $ 419,000 $ 104,750 $ 87,000
Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL 4 $ 695,000 $ 173,750 $ 108,000
Richmond, VA 4 $ 524,000 $ 131,000 $ 114,000
York-Hanover, PA 4 $ 410,000 $ 102,500 $ 55,000
Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Marietta, GA 3 $ 627,000 $ 209,000 $ 93,000
Bradenton-Sarasota-Venice, FL 3 $ 303,000 $ 101,000 $ 55,000
Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL 3 $ 383,000 $ 127,666 $ 133,000
Charlotte-Gastonia-Concord, NC-SC 3 $ 262,000 $ 87,333 $ 119,000
Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL 3 $ 395,000 $ 131,666 $ 62,000
Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA 3 $ 314,000 $ 104,666 $ 77,000
Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT 3 $ 179,000 $ 59,666 $ 112,000
Palm Coast, FL 3 $ 650,000 $ 216,666 $ 121,000
Rochester, NY 3 $ 127,000 $ 42,333 $ 101,000
Worcester, MA 3 $ 144,000 $ 48,000 $ 77,000
Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, VA-NC 2 $ 500,000 $ 250,000 $ 637,000
Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY 1 $ 200,000 $ 200,000 $ 150,000
Altoona, PA 1 $ 122,000 $ 122,000 $ 34,000
Boulder, CO 1 $ 5,000 $ 5,000 $ 12,000
Buffalo-Niagara Falls, NY 1 $ 248,000 $ 248,000 $ 74,000
Burlington-South Burlington, VT 1 $ 15,000 $ 15,000 $ 72,000
Charleston-North Charleston-Summerville, SC 1 $ 410,000 $ 410,000 $ 102,000
Chicago-Naperville-Joliet, IL 1 $ 105,000 $ 105,000 $ 150,000
Cleveland-Elyria-Mentor, OH 1 $ 6,000 $ 6,000 $ 79,000
Dallas-Plano-Irving, TX 1 $ 25,000 $ 25,000 $ 441,000
El Centro, CA 1 $ 1,000 $ 1,000 $ 55,000
Glens Falls, NY 1 $ 76,000 $ 76,000 $ 54,000
Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV 1 $ 34,000 $ 34,000 $ 27,000
Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown, TX 1 $ 2,000 $ 2,000 $ 175,000
Indianapolis-Carmel, IN 1 $ 270,000 $ 270,000 $ 65,000
Ithaca, NY 1 $ 90,000 $ 90,000 $ 39,000
Kansas City, MO-KS 1 $ 35,000 $ 35,000 $ 109,000
Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL 1 $ 30,000 $ 30,000 $ 93,000
Las Vegas-Paradise, NV 1 $ 175,000 $ 175,000 $ 72,000
Lebanon, PA 1 $ 158,000 $ 158,000 $ 71,000
Modesto, CA 1 $ 65,000 $ 65,000 $ 140,000
Myrtle Beach-North Myrtle Beach-Conway, SC 1 $ 700,000 $ 700,000 $ 952,000
Naples-Marco Island, FL 1 $ 125,000 $ 125,000 $ 176,000
Norwich-New London, CT 1 $ 28,000 $ 28,000 $ 117,000
Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale, AZ 1 $ 10,000 $ 10,000 $ 55,000
Portland-South Portland-Biddeford, ME 1 $ 352,000 $ 352,000 $ 166,000
Punta Gorda, FL 1 $ 280,000 $ 280,000 $ 250,000
Rapid City, SD 1 $ 10,000 $ 10,000 $ 30,000
San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City, CA 1 $ 415,000 $ 415,000 $ 225,000
Sebastian-Vero Beach, FL 1 $ 257,000 $ 257,000 $ 234,000
Utica-Rome, NY 1 $ 47,000 $ 47,000 $ 39,000
Warren-Troy-Farmington Hills, MI 1 $ 90,000 $ 90,000 $ 188,000
Wilmington, NC 1 $ 285,000 $ 285,000 $ 69,000
Winchester, VA-WV 1 $ 60,000 $ 60,000 $ 114,000

Mortgage Loan Application Detail Totals for Commerce Bank, NA in 2008

Loan Purpose

Total Number of Mortgage Applications Total Dollar Amount of Mortgage Loan Applications Average Mortgage Loan Amount Highest Mortgage Loan Amount Average Applicant Income Highest Applicant Income
Home Improvement 5,549 $279,743,000 $50,000 $11,000,000 $88,000 $1,767,000
Refinancing 3,415 $530,818,000 $155,000 $7,300,000 $113,000 $4,776,000
Home Purchase 1,913 $418,028,000 $218,000 $30,000,000 $110,000 $3,500,000

Applicant Race

Total Number of Mortgage Applications Total Dollar Amount of Mortgage Loan Applications Average Mortgage Loan Amount Highest Mortgage Loan Amount Average Applicant Income Highest Applicant Income
White 7,282 $783,986,000 $107,000 $4,800,000 $105,000 $4,776,000
Not Provided 1,396 $145,526,000 $104,000 $2,870,000 $108,000 $2,450,000
Black or African American 840 $64,071,000 $76,000 $776,000 $66,000 $595,000
Hispanic 774 $77,584,000 $100,000 $2,800,000 $78,000 $3,500,000
Asian 451 $60,879,000 $134,000 $1,650,000 $100,000 $2,331,000
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 49 $5,938,000 $121,000 $620,000 $99,000 $512,000
Not applicable 45 $87,608,000 $1,946,000 $30,000,000 $0 $0
American Indian or Alaskan Native 40 $2,997,000 $74,000 $390,000 $88,000 $250,000

Loan Type

Total Number of Mortgage Applications Total Dollar Amount of Mortgage Loan Applications Average Mortgage Loan Amount Highest Mortgage Loan Amount Average Applicant Income Highest Applicant Income
Conventional (any loan other than FHA, VA, FSA, or RHS loans) 10,728 $1,194,134,000 $111,000 $30,000,000 $100,000 $4,776,000
FHA-insured (Federal Housing Administration) 149 $34,455,000 $231,000 $1,146,000 $75,000 $214,000
FSA/RHS (Farm Service Agency or Rural Housing Service) 0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0
VA-guaranteed (Veterans Administration) 0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0

Outcome

Total Number of Mortgage Applications Total Dollar Amount of Mortgage Loan Applications Average Mortgage Loan Amount Highest Mortgage Loan Amount Average Applicant Income Highest Applicant Income
Loan Originated 4,697 $593,447,000 $126,000 $11,000,000 $110,000 $3,025,000
Application Denied By Financial Institution 4,551 $366,470,000 $80,000 $7,000,000 $80,000 $1,209,000
Application Approved But Not Accepted 1,255 $149,941,000 $119,000 $2,800,000 $119,000 $4,776,000
Application Withdrawn By Applicant 268 $87,957,000 $328,000 $30,000,000 $148,000 $1,587,000
File Closed For Incompleteness 59 $18,087,000 $306,000 $1,200,000 $136,000 $597,000
Preapproval Denied by Financial Institution 46 $12,485,000 $271,000 $2,870,000 $82,000 $1,369,000
Preapproval Approved but not Accepted 1 $202,000 $202,000 $202,000 $49,000 $49,000
Loan Purchased By The Institution 0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0

Denial Reason

Total Number of Mortgage Applications Total Dollar Amount of Mortgage Loan Applications Average Mortgage Loan Amount Highest Mortgage Loan Amount Average Applicant Income Highest Applicant Income
Credit History 2,577 $139,331,000 $54,000 $2,870,000 $72,000 $1,369,000
Debt-To-Income Ratio 989 $105,187,000 $106,000 $1,498,000 $69,000 $370,000
Collateral 596 $77,175,000 $129,000 $2,100,000 $114,000 $1,209,000
Other 303 $33,177,000 $109,000 $2,187,000 $110,000 $810,000
Unverifiable Information 56 $6,930,000 $123,000 $700,000 $108,000 $480,000
Employment History 29 $2,015,000 $69,000 $335,000 $86,000 $593,000
Credit Application Incomplete 17 $974,000 $57,000 $220,000 $55,000 $107,000
Insufficient Cash (Downpayment, Closing Cost) 15 $11,058,000 $737,000 $7,000,000 $135,000 $685,000
Mortgage Insurance Denied 15 $3,108,000 $207,000 $317,000 $59,000 $98,000

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