NH Housing honors top lender partners

Loan officers, financial institutions recognized for ‘outstanding service to customers’

March 24, 2021

NH Business Review Staff,

The New Hampshire Housing Finance Authority recently honored lenders and loan originators for helping 1,400 homebuyers find affordable homes and loans last year.

The awards were given to the lending institutions and loan originators who assisted the most homebuyers through New Hampshire Housing programs in 2020.

“Our top lenders and loan originators are vital to supporting affordable housing opportunities for all New Hampshire households,” said Ignatius MacLellan, managing director of New Hampshire Housing’s Homeownership Division. “We know what a challenging year it has been. It also has been a very active year for people seeking to become homeowners. These top lenders have provided outstanding service to customers.”

Named the top loan officers were:

Jay Vogel, Residential Mortgage Services, Inc.
Joseph Gagnon, Residential Mortgage Services, Inc.
Marcie B. Gowen-Nobley, Woodsville Guaranty Savings Bank
Meghan Merrill, CMG Financial
Debbie Austin-Brown, Harbor One Mortgage LLC
Denise Hubbard, Meredith Village Savings Bank
Marleen Paquette, Residential Mortgage Services Inc.
Lisa Capicchioni, Residential Mortgage Services, Inc.
Carol Zink-Mailloux, Waterstone Mortgage
Jane Jordan, Mortgage Network Inc.
Dennis Kochanek, Residential Mortgage Services, Inc.
Gladys White, Residential Mortgage Services Inc.
Justin Macagba, CMG Financial
Ryan Tufts, HarborOne Mortgage LLC
Shanin Sansoucie, HarborOne Mortgage LLC
Robert Hill, Northway Bank
Jason Jaramillo, Advantage Home Loans LLC
Lori Riggie, Woodsville Guaranty Savings Bank
Jonathan Ferrante, Blue Water Mortgage Corp.
Donald Sutherland, St. Mary’s Bank
Barbara Bullard, Woodsville Guaranty Savings Bank
Terry Daniels, Woodsville Guaranty Savings Bank
Stephen Buchan, Blue Water Mortgage Corp.
Sheila Walter, Holy Rosary Credit Union
Kurt Strandson, Pinnacle Mortgage Corp.

Participating Lenders honored were:

Residential Mortgage Services Inc.
CMG Financial
HarborOne Mortgage LLC
St. Mary’s Bank
Mortgage Network Inc.
Bank of New Hampshire
Fairway Independent Mortgage Corp.
Northpoint Mortgage
Waterstone Mortgage
Movement Mortgage LLC
Woodsville Guaranty Savings Bank
Meredith Village Savings Bank
Blue Water Mortgage Corp.
Northway Bank
Pinnacle Mortgage Corp.
Mascoma Bank
AccuTrust Mortgage Inc.

• Holy Rosary Credit Union

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