Hard Money Lenders in Manchester, NH | Fix & Flip Loans | Capital Kings LLC
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Hard Money Lenders inManchester, New Hampshire

Fix and flip, DSCR rental and new construction financing for Manchester investors. We do not lend our own money, we shop your deal across a 400+ lender network and come back with real terms you can compare on total cost.

Prefer to talk it through? Call or text Micah at (281) 636-5682.

How we work

What you get working with us

400+
Lenders we shop your deal across
7 to 10
Days to close, typical
100%
Of rehab funded, released in draws
9.00%
Rates from, in New Hampshire
Run the numbers

Price a Manchester deal right now

Prefilled with a realistic Manchester deal. Change any number and it reprices instantly on the lanes licensed in New Hampshire, using the same engine behind our term sheets.

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The market

Financing a deal in Manchester

Manchester is New Hampshire’s largest city, a mill town on the Merrimack that grew into the state’s job center, and its housing still reads like that history. Worker housing, wood frame two and three family buildings and early 1900s singles fill the West Side, the South End and the streets around downtown, while the North End carries larger colonials and the East Side has postwar capes and ranches. Homes here sell in a few weeks, usually with several offers, and most buyers already live in the area.

Manchester is a fast, tight market, and what decides a deal is getting the house at all. Good inventory goes under agreement in days, so the investors who win are priced before they offer and can close on a short timeline. Once you own it, the scope is typical of an old New England city: heating systems, electrical updates, porches and stairs, lead safe work in pre-1978 houses, and in the multifamily buildings, fire separation between units. Get a contractor through it before the inspection period ends, because the budget moves with what is behind the plaster.

A real term sheet

What a Manchester deal looks like on paper

Manchester example: $285,000 purchase, $65,000 rehab, $475,000 after repair value, 730 credit, 4 to 10 flips completed. The engine puts that borrower on the 5% Down, 3+ Flips program at 11.00%. Think a 1910s West Side colonial with a knob and tube attic, an old steam system, a porch that needs rebuilding and a kitchen nobody has touched since the 80s. Every number below is what the instant term sheet prints for that deal, so the picture cannot contradict the page.

Loan amount$335,750
Cash to close$34,460
Proof of funds to show$70,476
Where the $34,460 goes
  • Down payment (5%)You$14,250
  • Origination (2%)Lender$6,715
  • Doc prepLender$749
  • Broker fee (1%)Broker$3,358
  • Title and closingTitle$3,995
  • Prepaid interest (15 days)Lender$1,518
  • Property insuranceInsurer$3,325
  • AppraisalAppraiser$550

Interest while you rehab: $2,482 a month on the $270,750 funded at closing, $3,078 once every draw is out. Proof of funds is cash to close plus $17,550 of rehab reserve and $18,466 of interest reserve. Sample borrower, sample address; the sheet is issued by the same engine as the borrower’s instant term sheet.

Programs

What we can fund in Manchester

ProgramDown paymentMin creditExperienceRateOriginationMax loanTermClose
Experienced Investor Rate115%680+2+ completed flips9.00%0.75%75% of ARV12-24 months7-14 days
5% Down, 3+ Flips25%600+3+ completed flips11.00% to 12.00%2%75% of ARV12 months7-14 days
5% Down, 5+ Flips35%660+5+ completed flips9.99% to 10.99%2%75% of ARV9-24 months10-14 days
  1. Rate and origination are the program floor; two completed projects in the last 36 months preferred.
  2. Origination steps down with experience: 1.5% at 5+ deals, 1% at 8+.
  3. Rate is set per file from 9.99%; origination about 2% plus a $995 processing fee.

Origination has a $2,000 minimum on every program and the broker fee is 1% with a $2,000 minimum. These are the numbers the instant term sheet uses as of September 2026. Strong credit, cash and a track record can price lower through specific lenders in the network.

Market read

What the Manchester comps say

Redfin puts the Manchester median sale price at $475,000 over the three months through August 2026, up 3.2% from a year earlier, with homes selling in about 23 days and 396 sales in August, up from 343 a year before. Zillow’s typical home value is $441,115 as of August 31, 2026, up 1.1% over the year, with homes going pending in about 8 days.

Median sale price, Manchester (Redfin, 3 months to Aug 2026)$475,000
Days on market, Manchester (Redfin)23
Homes sold in August 2026 (Redfin)396
Zillow home value index, Manchester (Aug 2026)$441,115
Share of properties at severe 30-year flood risk (First Street via Redfin)4%

Sources: Redfin, Manchester NH housing market · Zillow, Manchester NH home values

Underwriting

How a Manchester file actually gets priced

Manchester appraisals have a healthy supply of recent sales to work with, because this is the busiest resale market in the state. The traps are the neighborhood lines and the unit count. The North End prices above the West Side and the inner city, and an East Side ranch is a different product from a South End two family, so we value from renovated closed sales of the same type in the same part of the city. For two to four units we also look at the rents, since many buyers here are owner occupants counting on that income to qualify.

Flooding is limited: Redfin’s First Street data puts about 4% of Manchester properties at severe 30 year risk, mostly along the Merrimack and the Piscataquog on the West Side. Check those streets. Winter is the bigger schedule risk, since roofs, siding and foundation work slow down from December to March and heating costs run the carry up. New Hampshire charges a real estate transfer tax on both the buyer and the seller, so a flip pays it twice, once on the way in and once on the way out; put both in the numbers.

The exit

Who buys your finished Manchester deal

The Manchester buyer is mostly local, a working household or a first time owner using conventional or FHA financing, plus a steady flow of buyers coming up from Massachusetts for lower prices and no state income tax. Singles in the North End and on the East Side sell on condition and yard. Two and three family houses sell to owner occupants who will live in one unit and to investors who want the rent, and a DSCR refinance on a renovated multifamily is a common way to keep one.

After you apply

Your whole loan, in one portal

Apply once and the whole Manchester loan lives in the borrower portal: the term sheet you can accept and sign in the browser, where the loan stands, one place for documents, and the list of what the lender is still waiting on. These are real screens from the portal.

Capital Kings borrower portal: Welcome to your file
Welcome to your fileSign in and the term sheet is waiting, with every fee and who it goes to.
Capital Kings borrower portal: Where the loan stands
Where the loan standsApplication, appraisal, title, underwriting, clear to close.
Capital Kings borrower portal: Run the deal again
Run the deal againThe analyzer priced off your real numbers, before and after the appraisal.
Capital Kings borrower portal: What the lender still needs
What the lender still needsEvery open condition, what clears it, and who it is waiting on.
Loan products

What we fund in Manchester

Fix & Flip

Purchase plus 100% of rehab, released in draws. The core product in Manchester.

From 9.00% · as little as 5% down · 2+ flips

DSCR Rental

Qualifies on the property’s rent, not your W-2. The usual exit when a flip becomes a hold, and the long-term financing on a BRRRR.

30-year · no income docs

New Construction

Ground-up for builders and infill developers, with a draw schedule matched to the build timeline.

Land + build financing
Coverage

Where we lend in Manchester

We broker deals across the whole Manchester market. These are the submarkets investors ask us about most:

West Side and Rimmon Heights (03102)North End (03104)South End and Hallsville (03103)East Side and Youngsville (03109 / 03104)Downtown and the Millyard (03101)Southwest and Mast Road (03102)
Process

From deal to funded

01

Send the deal

Address, purchase price, rehab budget and your ARV. Three minutes, no credit pull.

02

We shop it

Your scenario goes to the lenders in our network that actually fit it and are licensed in New Hampshire, not all 400 at once.

03

Real terms back

Rate, origination, leverage and cash to close side by side, so you can compare on total cost.

04

Close

7 to 10 days typical. We stay on title and the lender through funding.

Questions

Manchester hard money FAQ

Do you lend hard money in Manchester?
Yes. Capital Kings is a broker, not a direct lender, so we shop your Manchester scenario across a 400+ lender network and bring back real terms instead of one lender’s rate sheet. The programs on this page are the ones whose lenders are licensed in New Hampshire, and the numbers come from the same engine that prices our instant term sheet.
Which fix and flip programs apply in Manchester?
As of September 2026: Experienced Investor Rate (15% down, from 9.00%, 2+ completed flips); 5% Down, 3+ Flips (5% down, from 11.00%, 3+ completed flips); 5% Down, 5+ Flips (5% down, from 9.99%, 5+ completed flips). Rehab is funded 100 percent in draws on every one of them, and we shop the file against the rest of the network before anything is signed.
How fast can a Manchester hard money loan close?
Most Manchester fix and flip files close in 7 to 10 business days. Clean files with title opened and the appraisal ordered early can close in as few as 5. The delays we see are almost never the lender, they are title issues and slow document returns on the borrower side.
How much do I need to bring to close on a Manchester flip?
The worked example on this page is a $285,000 Manchester purchase with a $65,000 rehab and a $475,000 after repair value at 730 credit, 4 to 10 flips completed: $14,250 down (5%) and $34,460 total cash to close, with $70,476 of proof of funds to show the lender. Rehab is funded 100 percent through draws in every case. Run your own numbers in the calculator above, or send us the deal and we will price it.
Do you fund the rehab budget in Manchester?
Yes, 100 percent of the rehab is funded, but it is a holdback released in draws rather than cash at closing. You pay for each phase, request a draw, an inspector verifies the work, and the lender reimburses. That means you need working capital to float the first phase, which is the single most common thing new investors miss on their first deal.
What credit score do I need for a Manchester fix and flip loan?
The lowest credit floor among the Manchester programs is 600. The best pricing needs 700 or higher, and it improves again at 740. Credit matters less here than on a conventional loan because the deal carries the file, but it moves your rate and your leverage, so know where you stand before you make offers. Note that every priced Manchester lane wants at least 2 completed flips; a first flip is placed per file.
Can I refinance a Manchester flip into a rental loan?
Yes. That is the BRRRR exit, and it is the most common way a Manchester flip becomes a hold. A DSCR loan qualifies on the property’s rental income rather than your W-2, so once the rehab is done and it is leased, you refinance out of the short-term hard money loan into 30-year financing. Worth deciding before you start, because it changes what finish level makes sense.
Do I need flipping experience to get a hard money loan in Manchester?
For the programs we can price in New Hampshire, yes. The lowest rate lane wants two completed projects, and the 5 percent down lanes want three or more. That is why the calculator on this page starts with an investor who has done a few deals. If this is your first flip, send it anyway: a first New Hampshire deal is placed by hand across the wider network, usually with more money down, and we will be straight with you about what it takes.
How fast do Manchester houses sell?
Quickly. Redfin has Manchester homes selling in about 23 days with around three offers each, and Zillow shows homes going pending in about 8 days. For a flipper that cuts both ways: buying takes speed and a proof of funds letter that matches the deal, and a well finished house should not sit long on the way out.
Who you are working with
Micah Foster
Founder & Mortgage Broker
Micah Foster
Micah brokers Non-QM and hard money loans for real estate investors across 37 states from his base in Texas. He founded Capital Kings to give investors a broker who shops the market on their behalf instead of pitching one lender product.
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