First Time Home Buyer
Home Prices Less than a Car
With home prices rapidly tumbling and the vacancy rates soaring in many towns, median-priced homes are equivalent to the cost…
Anthony Bird
Anthony Bird is a Grand Rapids mortgage broker and co-founder of Riverbank Finance LLC, an independent Michigan mortgage company he started in 2011. Licensed since 2007, he helps first-time home buyers, move-up buyers, and homeowners refinancing across Michigan — shopping rates from multiple lenders instead of pushing one bank's product. He writes here about Michigan home loans, mortgage rates, and what it actually takes to qualify.
Mortgage License NMLS # 137341 | Riverbank Finance LLC NMLS # 666287
FHA Mortgage
FHA loan delinquencies on the Rise
In terms of the mortgage industry, things are starting to finally look up a bit, unless you are referring to…
Buying a Home
Tips for First Time Homebuyers
If you are a first time homebuyer, the process of buying a house can seem overwhelming and even complicated, however…
Local Michigan
2012 Setting Record lows for Mortgage Rates
Mortgage rates are setting new records for all-time lows. For the seventh time in eight weeks, we are seeing record…
Local Michigan
International Home Sales
Every week we are bombarded with news regarding the housing market. Some of the news becomes the bearer of bad…
Local Michigan
Foreclosures on the Rise
“Up, down and around we go. Where we stop, nobody knows!” Those are the exact thoughts so many American homeowners…
FHA Mortgage
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…
Local Michigan
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…
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