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 »

Michigan Vacation Land

Thanks to the web, our mitten state of Michigan has been gaining quite a bit of popularity. Articles seem to appear almost every month on the front page of popular websites like Yahoo that make Michigan look great. We’ve had articles about Holland being one of the “nicest” places to live, Grand Rapids being the… Read more »

Home Prices to Rise in 2012

Some more great news has just been released in regards to the housing market. No longer are the days of dark clouds looming overhead. We now have a clear-cut indication that things are improving (all be it slowly, but still improving). Overall home values are expected to begin rising as early as the end of… Read more »

15 Year HARP Refinance

Many homeowners that have purchased their homes and have been paying their mortgage down payment after payment are unsure if they should refinance back to a 30 year mortgage. With the goal of someday retiring, starting up another 30 year mortgage may not be an option for your financial plan therefore you should look at… Read more »