AUBURN — Schaefer Mortgage Corporation of Londonderry, N.H., announces that Barry Harder, formerly of Auburn, has been hired as a licensed mortgage originator in the greater Portland, Lewiston-Auburn marketplace. Harder has 10 years of mortgage banking experience with two of the nation’s largest mortgage companies and will be working out of Schaefer’s new South Portland office at 55 Foden Road.

Schaefer Mortgage Corporation has been serving the community since 1985.