5 Reasons to Buy a Home in the Winter Baby, its cold outside—and its only going to get colder. Before you put your home search on hold for the next four months, check out these benefits of buying a home in the winter! 1. Less Competition During the winter months, there are less buyers shopping, and… Read more »
Cider & Donut Season in West Michigan Fall is officially upon us, and every good Michigander knows what that means– cider and donuts! A friendly office debate about where to find the best apple cider and donuts in West Michigan inspired a donut tasting at the Riverbank Finance office today. So, here are the results; a definitive ranking of… Read more »
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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »
2012 began with quite a bang in the housing market but it was far from a good thing for current homeowners. It was reported back in January that overall home values were down for the fifth straight month. Which brought home values down to their lowest point in about ten straight years. The average home… Read more »
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