Eastern Bank · New Hampshire · 2025

Eastern Bank in New Hampshire: approval rate, denial rate and rates (2025)

Eastern Bank took 471 mortgage applications in New Hampshire in 2025, ranking #33 of 535 lenders active in the state. It originated 62.4% of them and denied 28.7% (30.1% of the applications it decided), against a statewide denial rate of 16.5%.

471Applicationsin NH
30.1%Decision denial ratestate 20.3%
6.99%Median ratestate 6.82%
$175,000Median loanstate $265,000
$145MVolume10 counties

Eastern Bank in New Hampshire vs the state

28.7%Denial rate+12.17 pts vs state
30.1%Decision denial rate+9.86 pts vs state
62.4%Origination rate+0.71 pts vs state
6.99%Median rate+0.17 pts vs state
-0.16Rate spread (pts)-0.40 pts vs state
$155kMedian applicant income
294Loans originated
135Denied

Trend in New Hampshire

YearApplicationsOriginatedDenial rateMedian rateRank in state
202328619824.5%7.75%#38
202429418326.9%8.25%#41
202547129428.7%6.99%#33

What Eastern Bank lends in New Hampshire

By loan purpose

Home purchase 75 16% · 6.7% denied
Refinance 113 24% · 22.1% denied
Cash-out refinance 7 1% · 28.6% denied
Home improvement 164 35% · 36.6% denied
Other / HELOC 112 24% · 38.4% denied

By loan type

Conventional 469 100% · 28.8% denied
FHA 1 0% · 0.0% denied
VA 1 0% · 0.0% denied

Why it denied New Hampshire applicants

Credit history 46 34%
Debt-to-income ratio 44 33%
Collateral 33 24%
Other 7 5%
Employment history 3 2%
Unverifiable information 2 1%

Where in New Hampshire

Counties with the most Eastern Bank applications in 2025.

CountyApplicationsOriginatedDeniedDenial rate
Rockingham County 19811965 32.8%
Hillsborough County 1338141 30.8%
Merrimack County 473211 23.4%
Strafford County 42304 9.5%
Carroll County 1596 40.0%
Belknap County 1366 46.2%
Grafton County 13120 0.0%
Cheshire County 522 40.0%
Sullivan County 430 0.0%
Coos County 100 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: 471 applications in 2025, of which 294 were originated and 135 denied.

28.7% of all applications, or 30.1% of the applications it actually decided on. The New Hampshire statewide average across all lenders was 16.5%.

The median rate on loans Eastern Bank originated in New Hampshire in 2025 was 6.99%, against a statewide median of 6.82%.

About this data. Figures are Eastern Bank'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