Category: Mortgage Tips

Tis the Season to Refinance your Home

It’s that time of year again with the holiday’s right around the corner. Many homeowners take pride in being able to decorate their homes to celebrate the seasons. It’s one of the best parts of homeownership. Often times making it well worth the headaches and financial burdens that also come along with homeownership. Our homes… Read more »

Citi Enters the Rental Business

The mega-bank Citi has announced plans to get into the rental business. The bank kicked off a great new program this past Wednesday to rent out 500 homes to homeowners who are having difficulty paying their mortgage. Instead of putting the loans into foreclosure and kicking the owners out, the homeowners may be offered the… Read more »

Tips for Cheap Closing Costs for Buying a Home

Being a homeowner can be an expensive investment which is why it is so important to get cheap closing costs when buying a home.  With the current prices of homes in Michigan at the lowest points in years, many people are taking advantage of the economic downturn and becoming home owners. The price of the… Read more »

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 just like anything important in life, you must take the necessary steps to get through it. Here are some important steps to follow before and you buy your first home. Get your credit in order… Read more »

International Home Sales

Every week we are bombarded with news regarding the housing market. Some of the news becomes the bearer of bad news while on other days we are told to rejoice in hopes of a brighter tomorrow for the housing market.  Well it seems the market is receiving help from an unlikely source. That source would… 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 »

Bank Settlement Becoming a Nightmare

Remember that massive $26 billion bank settlement that homeowners long rejoiced about?  The one that brought homeowners that were facing potential foreclosure a bit of salvation?  Yeah well it’s not quite what it’s cracked up to be. When the huge settlement between some of the nation’s largest banks was announced, people expected to receive major… Read more »