Leader Bank · New Hampshire · 2025

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

Leader Bank took 299 mortgage applications in New Hampshire in 2025, ranking #48 of 535 lenders active in the state. It originated 82.9% of them and denied 1.3% (1.6% of the applications it decided), against a statewide denial rate of 16.5%.

299Applicationsin NH
1.6%Decision denial ratestate 20.3%
6.38%Median ratestate 6.82%
$425,000Median loanstate $265,000
$111MVolume10 counties

Leader Bank in New Hampshire vs the state

1.3%Denial rate-15.15 pts vs state
1.6%Decision denial rate-18.71 pts vs state
82.9%Origination rate+21.23 pts vs state
6.38%Median rate-0.45 pts vs state
-0.11Rate spread (pts)-0.35 pts vs state
$166kMedian applicant income
248Loans originated
4Denied

Trend in New Hampshire

YearApplicationsOriginatedDenial rateMedian rateRank in state
20231681322.4%6.63%#53
20242391992.5%6.50%#44
20252992481.3%6.38%#48

What Leader Bank lends in New Hampshire

By loan purpose

Home purchase 214 72% · 0.9% denied
Refinance 47 16% · 2.1% denied
Cash-out refinance 17 6% · 5.9% denied
Home improvement 2 1% · 0.0% denied
Other / HELOC 19 6% · 0.0% denied

By loan type

Conventional 284 95% · 1.4% denied
FHA 3 1% · 0.0% denied
VA 12 4% · 0.0% denied

Why it denied New Hampshire applicants

Collateral 2 50%
Debt-to-income ratio 1 25%
Credit history 1 25%

Where in New Hampshire

Counties with the most Leader Bank applications in 2025.

CountyApplicationsOriginatedDeniedDenial rate
Hillsborough County 116990 0.0%
Rockingham County 102872 2.0%
Grafton County 28211 3.6%
Strafford County 1591 6.7%
Carroll County 12100 0.0%
Belknap County 1080 0.0%
Merrimack County 980 0.0%
Sullivan County 330 0.0%
Cheshire County 320 0.0%
Coos 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: 299 applications in 2025, of which 248 were originated and 4 denied.

1.3% of all applications, or 1.6% of the applications it actually decided on. The New Hampshire statewide average across all lenders was 16.5%.

The median rate on loans Leader Bank originated in New Hampshire in 2025 was 6.38%, against a statewide median of 6.82%.

About this data. Figures are Leader 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