Bar Harbor Bank & Trust · New Hampshire · 2025

Bar Harbor Bank & Trust in New Hampshire: approval rate, denial rate and rates (2025)

Bar Harbor Bank & Trust took 479 mortgage applications in New Hampshire in 2025, ranking #31 of 535 lenders active in the state. It originated 58.9% of them and denied 20.3% (25.3% of the applications it decided), against a statewide denial rate of 16.5%.

479Applicationsin NH
25.3%Decision denial ratestate 20.3%
7.13%Median ratestate 6.82%
$205,000Median loanstate $265,000
$136MVolume10 counties

Bar Harbor Bank & Trust in New Hampshire vs the state

20.3%Denial rate+3.76 pts vs state
25.3%Decision denial rate+5.06 pts vs state
58.9%Origination rate-2.84 pts vs state
7.13%Median rate+0.30 pts vs state
0.24Rate spread (pts)0.00 pts vs state
$124kMedian applicant income
282Loans originated
97Denied

Trend in New Hampshire

YearApplicationsOriginatedDenial rateMedian rateRank in state
202345428519.4%6.75%#25
202438623720.5%7.75%#36
202547928220.3%7.13%#31

What Bar Harbor Bank & Trust lends in New Hampshire

By loan purpose

Home purchase 155 32% · 9.7% denied
Refinance 66 14% · 16.7% denied
Cash-out refinance 38 8% · 42.1% denied
Home improvement 117 24% · 25.6% denied
Other / HELOC 103 22% · 24.3% denied

By loan type

Conventional 479 100% · 20.3% denied

Why it denied New Hampshire applicants

Debt-to-income ratio 55 57%
Credit history 21 22%
Collateral 16 16%
Insufficient cash 3 3%
Other 1 1%
Employment history 1 1%

Where in New Hampshire

Counties with the most Bar Harbor Bank & Trust applications in 2025.

CountyApplicationsOriginatedDeniedDenial rate
Hillsborough County 1247525 20.2%
Merrimack County 1106422 20.0%
Grafton County 944623 24.5%
Sullivan County 815118 22.2%
Cheshire County 21113 14.3%
Rockingham County 18133 16.7%
Belknap County 14110 0.0%
Coos County 842 25.0%
Carroll County 861 12.5%
Strafford County 110 0.0%

Other large lenders in New Hampshire

LenderGradeApplicationsDenial rateMedian rate
Citizens BankC 4,96924.3%7.40%
CMG MortgageA 3,4992.5%6.63%
Rocket MortgageC 3,09017.0%6.75%
United Shore Financial ServicesB 2,4888.8%6.50%
Service Federal Credit UnionC 2,30025.5%6.49%
TD BankD 1,81122.5%7.54%
St. Mary's Bank Credit UnionB 1,51421.2%7.25%
Lighthouse Federal Credit UnionD 1,31134.3%7.49%
DigitalD 1,12920.3%7.74%
Bank of AmericaF 1,06828.9%5.99%

Frequently asked questions

New Hampshire: 479 applications in 2025, of which 282 were originated and 97 denied.

20.3% of all applications, or 25.3% of the applications it actually decided on. The New Hampshire statewide average across all lenders was 16.5%.

The median rate on loans Bar Harbor Bank & Trust originated in New Hampshire in 2025 was 7.13%, against a statewide median of 6.82%.

About this data. Figures are Bar Harbor Bank & Trust's own HMDA filing for properties located in New Hampshire, 2025. The grade is national; state-level figures are shown for context and are not separately graded. Methodology