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What people paid for mortgages in Strafford County, NH (2025)

Across 1,222 closed home-purchase loans in 2025, the median interest rate in Strafford was 6.625%, and the middle half of borrowers got between 6.125% and 6.875%. Median total loan costs ran $4,497 on a median loan of $375,000. Source: federal HMDA filings on first-lien, owner-occupied loans.

Data: FFIEC HMDA modified LAR, 2024 and 2025 filings, loaded August 2026.

Home purchase

Median rate
6.625%
Middle half of rates
6.125%6.875%
Median total loan costs
$4,497
Median loan amount
$375,000

1,222 loans, 2025.

Refinance

Median rate
6.25%
Middle half of rates
5.875%6.75%
Median total loan costs
$5,486
Median loan amount
$335,000

701 loans, 2025.

Lowest median rates in Strafford (2025)

The lenders whose own closed loans had the lowest median interest rate here, among lenders with enough local volume for the median to mean something. A low median is a reason to include that lender when you collect Loan Estimates; it is not a promise about the rate you will be quoted. An independent mortgage broker can pull quotes from several lenders at once on one application.

Home purchase

  1. 1.SERVICE FEDERAL CREDIT UNION5.75%31 loans, median costs $3,386
  2. 2.CMG MORTGAGE INC6.625%265 loans, median costs $4,362
  3. 3.United Wholesale Mortgagebroker only6.625%112 loans, median costs $5,345
  4. 4.ENVOY MORTGAGE, LTD6.625%64 loans, median costs $6,010
  5. 5.EMM Loans LLC6.625%43 loans, median costs $4,606

Among lenders with at least 30 closed purchase loans in Strafford County in 2025.

Refinance

  1. 1.United Wholesale Mortgagebroker only5.999%83 loans, median costs $8,513
  2. 2.HOLY ROSARY REGIONAL CREDIT UNION6.062%30 loans, median costs $2,888
  3. 3.ROCKET MORTGAGE6.25%74 loans, median costs $8,526
  4. 4.FREEDOM MORTGAGE CORPORATION6.25%37 loans, median costs $5,947
  5. 5.CMG MORTGAGE INC6.375%58 loans, median costs $3,400

Among lenders with at least 30 closed refinance loans in Strafford County in 2025.

Why you may not recognize these names

The largest lenders in most counties are not banks. Homebuilders such as D.R. Horton and Lennar own their own mortgage companies (DHI Mortgage, Lennar Mortgage), and because builders attach rate buydowns and closing-cost incentives to using them, the builder's lender often tops the table in counties with heavy new construction, with median rates that look low because the builder paid to lower them. Lenders marked broker only, such as United Wholesale Mortgage, take no applications from the public: federal HMDA reporting credits each loan to the lender that made the credit decision, so loans arranged by independent brokers appear here under the wholesale lender that funded them. Others, such as PennyMac and Freedom Mortgage, operate at national scale by buying loans from smaller lenders and refinancing the loans they service, heavily in FHA and VA lending. Who actually lends, and why the biggest names are not banks covers the full picture, with sources.

Lender by lender in Strafford

Every lender that closed at least 5 qualifying loans in Strafford County in 2025, sorted by loan count. The # column is the lender's rank here by closed loans for the selected purpose. Median origination is the lender's own charges (Loan Estimate section A); median points is the discount-points portion. Lenders marked "broker only" fund loans through independent mortgage brokers rather than taking applications directly.

#LenderLoansMedian rateMedian total costsMedian originationMedian points
1CMG MORTGAGE INC2656.625%$4,362$1,670$1,623
2United Wholesale Mortgagebroker only1126.625%$5,345$1,987$2,305
3ENVOY MORTGAGE, LTD646.625%$6,010$3,341$2,182
4EMM Loans LLC436.625%$4,606$1,655$1,707
5FAIRWAY INDEPENDENT MORT CORP396.625%$4,507$1,695$4,599
6SERVICE FEDERAL CREDIT UNION315.75%$3,386$796$2,475
7MOVEMENT MORTGAGE, LLC286.625%$4,554$1,845$2,280
8MEREDITH VILLAGE SAVINGS BANK287.5%$3,112$975$1,445
9CROSSCOUNTRY MORTGAGE, LLC286.683%$6,053$3,086$3,478
10LOANDEPOT.COM, LLC276.625%$4,421$1,695$1,325
11ROCKET MORTGAGE276.75%$4,746$1,762$1,961
12Luminate Bank246.625%$5,399$3,717$2,450
13Mortgage Research Center236.25%$6,766$2,193$925
14Northpoint Mortgage, Inc.206.562%$7,147$2,295$3,960
15HOLY ROSARY REGIONAL CREDIT UNION175.875%$3,277$795n/a
16PRIMELENDING166.49%$4,306$1,475$1,407
17TOTAL MORTGAGE SERVICES, LLC156.5%$4,995$1,895$4,057
18METRO CREDIT UNION146.85%n/an/an/a
19Bellwether Community Credit Union147.365%$0$0$5,160
2021ST MORTGAGE149.835%n/an/an/a
21WESTERLY COMMUNITY CREDIT UNION137.75%n/an/an/a
22CBNA Year to Date136.375%$4,936$1,300$919
23TD Bank126.908%$3,859$1,630$1,181
24Keystone Funding, Inc126.5%$4,303$1,417$804
25LIGHTHOUSE FEDERAL CREDIT UNION126.438%$3,122$750n/a
26GUILD MORTGAGE COMPANY126.49%$4,733$1,897$19
27FIRST SEACOAST BANK12n/an/an/an/a
28Navy Federal Credit Union116.125%$2,542$0n/a
29HARBORONE MORTGAGE, LLC116.375%$4,563$1,545$663
30Profile Bank11n/an/an/an/a
31GUARANTEED RATE, INC.116.55%$4,771$1,640$1,460
32Radius Financial Group Inc106.125%$4,443$1,674$6,545
33WATERSTONE MORTGAGE CORPORATION106.688%$5,448$3,384$3,898
34ST. MARY'S BANK CU96.875%$3,551$905$738
35Builders Choice Mortgage LLC86.558%$4,491$1,995$2,601
36USAA BANK86.438%$3,628$1,040$411
37Leader Bank NA76.375%$4,052$1,499$474
38BANGOR SAVINGS BANK76.625%$4,043$1,250$1,133
39NEWREZ LLC66.812%$9,594$4,689$3,053
40JPMorgan Chase Bank, NA66.75%$4,670$2,377$2,328

What these numbers are, and are not

Everything above is computed from the FFIEC's HMDA Modified Loan/Application Register, the public loan-level file nearly every mortgage lender must submit each year, filtered to originated, first-lien, owner-occupied principal-residence loans that were not business-purpose or reverse mortgages. Groups smaller than 5 loans are omitted. The methodology page documents every step.

The public file contains no credit scores, so differences between lenders mix true pricing differences with different customer bases: loan sizes, points paid, and borrower profiles all vary by lender. A median is context for your own quote, not a ranking and not an offer. Rates here are also a year's worth of closings blended together, while your quote reflects a single day's market.

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Common questions

What mortgage rate did people get in Strafford County in 2025?

The median interest rate on closed home-purchase loans in Strafford County, New Hampshire in 2025 was 6.625%, across 1,222 first-lien, owner-occupied loans. The middle half of borrowers got between 6.125% and 6.875%.

Is this a rate I can get today?

No. These are medians of loans that already closed, under those borrowers' credit profiles, loan sizes, discount points, and lock dates. Rates also move daily. The way to learn your own number is to collect Loan Estimates from two or three lenders, which federal rules make close to free.

Why do lenders in the table show different rates?

Partly pricing, partly customer mix. Public HMDA data contains no credit scores, so a lender serving stronger-credit borrowers or larger loans will show a different median than one serving first-time buyers, at identical pricing. Use the table as a map of who is active locally and roughly where they land, not as a ranking.

Where do these numbers come from?

The FFIEC's public HMDA Modified Loan/Application Register, the loan-level data nearly every mortgage lender must file each year, filtered to originated, first-lien, owner-occupied, non-business, non-reverse loans, in groups of at least 5.