Better Mortgage · New Hampshire · 2025

Better Mortgage in New Hampshire: approval rate, denial rate and rates (2025)

Better Mortgage took 245 mortgage applications in New Hampshire in 2025, ranking #51 of 535 lenders active in the state. It originated 27.8% of them and denied 31.4% (51.7% of the applications it decided), against a statewide denial rate of 16.5%.

245Applicationsin NH
51.7%Decision denial ratestate 20.3%
8.13%Median ratestate 6.82%
$155,000Median loanstate $265,000
$16MVolume10 counties

Better Mortgage in New Hampshire vs the state

31.4%Denial rate+14.94 pts vs state
51.7%Decision denial rate+31.41 pts vs state
27.8%Origination rate-33.95 pts vs state
8.13%Median rate+1.30 pts vs state
1.16Rate spread (pts)+0.92 pts vs state
$156kMedian applicant income
68Loans originated
77Denied

Trend in New Hampshire

YearApplicationsOriginatedDenial rateMedian rateRank in state
202328163.6%6.19%#139
202465316.2%6.38%#101
20252456831.4%8.13%#51

What Better Mortgage lends in New Hampshire

By loan purpose

Home purchase 52 21% · 19.2% denied
Refinance 12 5% · 25.0% denied
Cash-out refinance 38 16% · 31.6% denied
Home improvement 18 7% · 33.3% denied
Other / HELOC 125 51% · 36.8% denied

By loan type

Conventional 220 90% · 30.9% denied
FHA 23 9% · 39.1% denied
VA 2 1% · 0.0% denied

Why it denied New Hampshire applicants

Credit history 21 27%
Incomplete application 20 26%
Debt-to-income ratio 18 23%
Collateral 9 12%
Unverifiable information 5 6%
Other 2 3%
Insufficient cash 1 1%
Employment history 1 1%

Where in New Hampshire

Counties with the most Better Mortgage applications in 2025.

CountyApplicationsOriginatedDeniedDenial rate
Hillsborough County 742323 31.1%
Rockingham County 451113 28.9%
Merrimack County 351210 28.6%
Strafford County 2265 22.7%
Grafton County 2065 25.0%
Belknap County 1647 43.8%
Cheshire County 1445 35.7%
Carroll County 1124 36.4%
Sullivan County 404 100.0%
Coos County 401 25.0%

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: 245 applications in 2025, of which 68 were originated and 77 denied.

31.4% of all applications, or 51.7% of the applications it actually decided on. The New Hampshire statewide average across all lenders was 16.5%.

The median rate on loans Better Mortgage originated in New Hampshire in 2025 was 8.13%, against a statewide median of 6.82%.

About this data. Figures are Better Mortgage'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