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    <pubDate>Wed, 18 Mar 2026 19:52:22 GMT</pubDate>
    <dc:date>2026-03-18T19:52:22Z</dc:date>
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      <title>The 5 C’s of Credit to Prepare NH Homebuyers for Mortgage Success</title>
      <link>https://blog.gonewhampshirehousing.com/5-cs-of-credit</link>
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 &lt;a href="https://blog.gonewhampshirehousing.com/5-cs-of-credit?hsLang=en-us" title="" class="hs-featured-image-link"&gt; &lt;img src="https://blog.gonewhampshirehousing.com/hubfs/nhh-blog-the-5-cs-of-credit.jpg" alt="a picture of a smartphone in a person's hand with the word credit score above a scale from red to green, with the arrow in the middle between orange and yellow" class="hs-featured-image" style="width:auto !important; max-width:50%; float:left; margin:0 15px 15px 0;"&gt; &lt;/a&gt; 
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&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;Do you know how your credit score compares to other Granite Staters? The average credit score in the state of New Hampshire was 727, &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.equifax.com/personal/education/credit/score/articles/-/learn/average-credit-score-state/"&gt;&lt;u&gt;&lt;span style="color: #1155cc;"&gt;according to Equifax&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span&gt;, as of March 2024. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;Do you know how your credit score compares to other Granite Staters? The average credit score in the state of New Hampshire was 727, &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.equifax.com/personal/education/credit/score/articles/-/learn/average-credit-score-state/"&gt;&lt;u&gt;&lt;span style="color: #1155cc;"&gt;according to Equifax&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span&gt;, as of March 2024. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  
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      <pubDate>Tue, 17 Mar 2026 15:22:50 GMT</pubDate>
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      <dc:date>2026-03-17T15:22:50Z</dc:date>
      <dc:creator>New Hampshire Housing</dc:creator>
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      <title>10 First-Time Homeowner Tips for New Hampshire Buyers</title>
      <link>https://blog.gonewhampshirehousing.com/irst-time-homeowner-tips-new-hampshire</link>
      <description>&lt;div class="hs-featured-image-wrapper"&gt; 
 &lt;a href="https://blog.gonewhampshirehousing.com/irst-time-homeowner-tips-new-hampshire?hsLang=en-us" title="" class="hs-featured-image-link"&gt; &lt;img src="https://blog.gonewhampshirehousing.com/hubfs/nhh-blog-first-time-homeowner-tips-new-hampshire.jpg" alt="a blurry image of a woman and a man holding the house shaped key to a new house" class="hs-featured-image" style="width:auto !important; max-width:50%; float:left; margin:0 15px 15px 0;"&gt; &lt;/a&gt; 
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&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;Buying your first home in the Granite State is exciting, but the process can be easily overwhelming and stressful. Between budgeting, choosing a lender, understanding inspections, and navigating New Hampshire-specific programs, there is a lot to learn before you ever get the keys.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;Buying your first home in the Granite State is exciting, but the process can be easily overwhelming and stressful. Between budgeting, choosing a lender, understanding inspections, and navigating New Hampshire-specific programs, there is a lot to learn before you ever get the keys.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  
&lt;img src="https://track.hubspot.com/__ptq.gif?a=278825&amp;amp;k=14&amp;amp;r=https%3A%2F%2Fblog.gonewhampshirehousing.com%2First-time-homeowner-tips-new-hampshire&amp;amp;bu=https%253A%252F%252Fblog.gonewhampshirehousing.com&amp;amp;bvt=rss" alt="" width="1" height="1" style="min-height:1px!important;width:1px!important;border-width:0!important;margin-top:0!important;margin-bottom:0!important;margin-right:0!important;margin-left:0!important;padding-top:0!important;padding-bottom:0!important;padding-right:0!important;padding-left:0!important; "&gt;</content:encoded>
      <pubDate>Tue, 17 Mar 2026 15:22:16 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>https://blog.gonewhampshirehousing.com/irst-time-homeowner-tips-new-hampshire</guid>
      <dc:date>2026-03-17T15:22:16Z</dc:date>
      <dc:creator>New Hampshire Housing</dc:creator>
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      <title>The Top 5 First-Time Homebuyer Mistakes We See And How You Can Avoid Them</title>
      <link>https://blog.gonewhampshirehousing.com/top-first-time-homebuyer-mistakes</link>
      <description>&lt;div class="hs-featured-image-wrapper"&gt; 
 &lt;a href="https://blog.gonewhampshirehousing.com/top-first-time-homebuyer-mistakes?hsLang=en-us" title="" class="hs-featured-image-link"&gt; &lt;img src="https://blog.gonewhampshirehousing.com/hubfs/nhh-blog-top-5-first-time-homebuyer-mistakes.jpg" alt="yellow house with a white and red for sale sign in front" class="hs-featured-image" style="width:auto !important; max-width:50%; float:left; margin:0 15px 15px 0;"&gt; &lt;/a&gt; 
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&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;Buying a home in New Hampshire brings the promise of stability and a close-knit community, but first-time buyers often underestimate the preparation it truly requires. In developing New Hampshire Housing’s Becoming a Homeowner course, we came to understand the most common mistakes and assumptions first-time homebuyers make when they begin one of the most complicated purchasing decisions of their lives.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;Buying a home in New Hampshire brings the promise of stability and a close-knit community, but first-time buyers often underestimate the preparation it truly requires. In developing New Hampshire Housing’s Becoming a Homeowner course, we came to understand the most common mistakes and assumptions first-time homebuyers make when they begin one of the most complicated purchasing decisions of their lives.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  
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      <pubDate>Tue, 17 Mar 2026 15:21:25 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>https://blog.gonewhampshirehousing.com/top-first-time-homebuyer-mistakes</guid>
      <dc:date>2026-03-17T15:21:25Z</dc:date>
      <dc:creator>New Hampshire Housing</dc:creator>
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