New Hampshire Housing Finance Authority’s Director of Home Ownership Programs, Elizabeth Lamoureux, recently congratulated St. Mary’s Bank for being ranked second for the month of June among the forty-nine lenders who serve first-time home buyers in New Hampshire through New Hampshire Housing. The ranking is based upon the number of loans that a lender has provided to first-time home buyers in a given month. St. Mary’s Bank is typically included in the top ten but has now moved to its highest ranking ever with this summer’s performance.

The forty-nine lenders who serve customers through New Hampshire Housing compete to be among the top ten in the Authority’s annual ranking. Liz Lamoureux, who encourages lenders to service new lenders, has observed that “to be among the top ten means that these lenders are really taking the extra time with borrowers to help them settle into a loan and a home that they can safely afford. To be number two really reflects a strong commitment to affordable housing and to doing right by people. St. Mary’s is a fantastic lender who has been helping New Hampshire home buyers for a many years.”