HELOCs, Refis Now Dominate NH Real Estate Lending
New Hampshire’s banking industry has entered new real estate lending territory due to the recent up-and-down gyrations of interest rates. Over the past 10 years in New Hampshire, residential real estate loan activity in the state has dramatically shifted away from a...
Industry: More Needs to Be Done to Address Appraiser Shortage
New Hampshire real estate appraisers say a recently passed U.S. housing bill won’t do enough to address a looming shortage of appraisers across the state and nation – but they’ll take what they can get. The massive, 300-page 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act, which...
Can New Hampshire’s Small Banks Survive the M&A Rush?
The latest planned takeover of a New Hampshire bank by an out-of-state institution raises an obvious question: Can small state banks survive in the current era of relentless industry consolidation? The answer from local bankers and an industry expert: Yes, due mostly...
State Lawmakers Eke Out Productive Session of Housing Reforms
In the end, they accomplished more than they expected. Heading into the spring legislative session in Concord, pro-housing lawmakers and advocates were bracing for a major push to repeal a slew of landmark laws passed last year that made it easier to build new housing...This Week’s Paper: Digital Edition
