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How much house can I afford in New Hampshire? →New Hampshire Housing Finance Authority's primary conventional first mortgage program (HFA Preferred, sold to Fannie Mae) with a low minimum down payment (3% for 1-unit homes, 5% for 2-4 unit properties) and reduced mortgage insurance for borrowers under 80% Area Median Income (AMI); open to first-time and repeat buyers statewide, subject to an income limit. As of April 1, 2026, refinance eligibility was tightened to purchase transactions and a narrow set of limited cash-out refinances only, per an NH Housing lender notice.
A limited-funding pilot down payment assistance program from NH Housing offering up to $10,000 for eligible 'first-generation' homebuyers (generally, buyers whose parents/guardians never owned a home, or lost a home to foreclosure) purchasing in New Hampshire.
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New Hampshire's transfer tax is split between buyer and seller, so your half on a $574,200 home is $2,153 — but the full closing bill runs $14,355 to $20,097.
The operational guide to buying property with a partner, friend, sibling, or parent — credit and DTI mechanics, title vesting, a clause-by-clause co-ownership agreement, and how the exit actually works.
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New Hampshire guide
New Hampshire's real estate transfer tax reads like a bargain. RSA 78-B:1 sets it at $0.75 per $100 of the price or consideration — 0.75% — which on the statewide median sale price of $574,200 comes to $4,307. And you aren't expected to pay all of it: the tax is customarily split, each side carrying its own half. Yours is $2,153.
So far, so cheap. Then you look at the rest of the bill.
Buyer closing costs here run 2.5% to 3.5% of the purchase price — modest by national standards. Applied to a $574,200 house that's $14,355 to $20,097, midpoint near $17,226. The transfer tax you were bracing for is roughly an eighth of that.
That's the whole New Hampshire story: the percentages are unremarkable, the number they're multiplied by is not. The state's median sale price ranks 8th among all states and sits about 28.2% above the national average. The identical 3% that costs $10,500 on a $350,000 house costs $17,226 here. The fee structure isn't punishing — the house is just expensive, and every percentage-based fee scales with it. For the mechanics of each fee, start with our full line-by-line breakdown of closing costs.
A note before you start: this is general education, not financial, legal, or tax advice. Every figure below is a statewide number from CalculatorByState's sourced dataset, and your county, lender, closing attorney, title company, and purchase contract will all move the total. New Hampshire is a small state, but a lakefront purchase in Belknap County and a condo in Manchester are not the same closing. Your Loan Estimate and Closing Disclosure are the authoritative documents. Use this to sanity-check them, not to replace them.
Run the 2.5% to 3.5% range against the $574,200 median and you get $14,355 to $20,097, midpoint $17,226. Against a $350,000 purchase it collapses to $8,750 to $12,250, midpoint $10,500 — same fee structure, about $6,700 less. Price is the lever, not the rate card.
Read the full New Hampshire guide →9 min read · Updated 2026-08-24