Bellwether Community Credit Union · New Hampshire · 2025

Bellwether Community Credit Union in New Hampshire: approval rate, denial rate and rates (2025)

Bellwether Community Credit Union took 488 mortgage applications in New Hampshire in 2025, ranking #30 of 535 lenders active in the state. It originated 65.0% of them and denied 16.4% (18.8% of the applications it decided), against a statewide denial rate of 16.5%.

488Applicationsin NH
18.8%Decision denial ratestate 20.3%
7.25%Median ratestate 6.82%
$155,000Median loanstate $265,000
$65MVolume10 counties

Bellwether Community Credit Union in New Hampshire vs the state

16.4%Denial rate-0.10 pts vs state
18.8%Decision denial rate-1.45 pts vs state
65.0%Origination rate+3.25 pts vs state
7.25%Median rate+0.43 pts vs state
0.07Rate spread (pts)-0.17 pts vs state
$115kMedian applicant income
317Loans originated
80Denied

Trend in New Hampshire

YearApplicationsOriginatedDenial rateMedian rateRank in state
202343626822.5%7.75%#27
202438926219.8%8.25%#35
202548831716.4%7.25%#30

What Bellwether Community Credit Union lends in New Hampshire

By loan purpose

Home purchase 161 33% · 23.0% denied
Refinance 24 5% · 20.8% denied
Cash-out refinance 41 8% · 4.9% denied
Home improvement 90 18% · 7.8% denied
Other / HELOC 172 35% · 16.9% denied

By loan type

Conventional 487 100% · 16.4% denied
VA 1 0% · 0.0% denied

Why it denied New Hampshire applicants

Other 39 49%
Debt-to-income ratio 15 19%
Credit history 12 15%
Incomplete application 6 8%
Collateral 6 8%
Insufficient cash 1 1%
Unverifiable information 1 1%

Where in New Hampshire

Counties with the most Bellwether Community Credit Union applications in 2025.

CountyApplicationsOriginatedDeniedDenial rate
Hillsborough County 21515524 11.2%
Merrimack County 804913 16.3%
Rockingham County 653712 18.5%
Strafford County 34227 20.6%
Belknap County 34219 26.5%
Carroll County 16104 25.0%
Cheshire County 1292 16.7%
Grafton County 1081 10.0%
Sullivan County 953 33.3%
Coos County 412 50.0%

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: 488 applications in 2025, of which 317 were originated and 80 denied.

16.4% of all applications, or 18.8% of the applications it actually decided on. The New Hampshire statewide average across all lenders was 16.5%.

The median rate on loans Bellwether Community Credit Union originated in New Hampshire in 2025 was 7.25%, against a statewide median of 6.82%.

About this data. Figures are Bellwether Community Credit Union'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