Author: Anthony Bird

My name is Anthony Bird, an owner of Riverbank Finance, a Grand Rapids Mortgage Company, based here in Michigan. I am a graduate from Grand Valley State University majoring in both Business Management and Marketing. I have been a mortgage professional in Michigan for 6 Years with experience as a retail bank loan officer as well as for private mortgage companies. Riverbank Finance is a local mortgage company that values community and the West Michigan Area. We hire only licensed loan officers that can custom tailor loans for our client's needs. If you have any real estate or mortgage questions, call me at 616-365-5792 or email me at info@riverbankfinance.com and I will do whatever it takes to help. Learn more about me on my Google Profile: About Anthony Bird. I look forward to hearing from you soon!

Foreclosures on the Rise

“Up, down and around we go. Where we stop, nobody knows!” Those are the exact thoughts so many American homeowners are experiencing right now. We are given reports and surveys from national agencies stating there is “hope on the horizon” for the housing market but yet what the latest report states would contradict that there… Read more »

FHA Streamline Refinance

What’s the point in earning money if it just gets thrown towards outrageous bills like that of your mortgage? Well thankfully there is something that is here to help you out. The FHA (Federal Housing Administration) Streamline Refinance program has been around for a little while now and it has manifested itself into one of the more popular… Read more »

Michigan Land Loans

Michigan is full of prime land all throughout the state. No matter what type of environment you’re looking for, it’s essentially a guarantee that you could find beautiful land. Want to own your very own piece of land directly on Lake Michigan near the active town of Grand Haven? Perhaps you would rather own a great spot tucked… Read more »

FHA Streamline Refinance Saves Homeowners Money

The FHA Streamline Refinance (Federal Housing Administration) program has been saving homeowners money on their mortgage payments for years allowing them to reduce their rate without appraisal however the new update will help to save even more. There are plenty of homeowners out there that could tell you exactly how much they were able to save. Well… Read more »

FHA Streamline Refinance Changes

I’m sure I don’t really need to go over the drastic changes our housing market has witnessed over the past few years so I’ll just limit this blog to the ever expanding hope on the horizon for homeowners. At least for those of you who have found yourselves in quite a sticky situation in regards… Read more »

2012 Grand Rapids Mortgage Rates

Everyone has been affected in some way by the big hit the housing market recently took. There are still plenty of foreclosures out there along with people spending money on mortgages they can’t afford to spend. Luckily, Grand Rapids Mortgage Rates are one of our specialties. We here at Riverbank Finance love to help out… Read more »

FHA Streamline Refinance Update

It seems the Federal Housing Administration (FHA) is making its mortgage program (FHA Streamline Refinance) even more affordable. Allowing for hundreds of thousands of additional homeowners to reap the awesome benefits of today’s low mortgage rates. Their goal is to reduce the mortgage fees and mortgage insurances to all homeowner’s that qualifies. These lower fees… Read more »

Obama’s HARP 3.0 Proposal

The Home Affordable Refinance Program (HARP), which was originally proposed by President Obama, may be expanded for the third time.  The program has been in effect for a while now and it seems as if it may undergo yet another transformation to help additional homeowners refinance. Our previous blog post covered the transition to HARP… Read more »