Marquette Bank Home Financing Featured on WGN Radio
Release date: 1/8/2026
Listen to Steve Baranowski, Senior Vice President of Residential Lending, in these in-depth interviews with Jon Hansen, host of Your Money Matters, on WGN Radio.
Steve joins Jon Hansen on Your Money Matters to talk about hidden inventory and private listings. Steve shares how waiting for lower rates might cost buyers, as the market will be flooded with buyers and home prices will rise. Plus, Steve shares the mistakes buyers are making and how to avoid them.
Steve joins Jon Hansen on Your Money Matters to talk about the fears of inflation and mortgage rates. Plus, Steve and Jon discuss what a competitive market looks like.
Steve discusses purchase rates in the 5’s and home inventory levels. Steve also discusses pre-approval numbers, budgets, and home-buying assistance.
Steve shares what sets Marquette Bank apart from other banks, he talks mortgage rates, and the advantages of getting a mortgage with Marquette Bank.
Steve discuss First Time Homebuying and the idea of a 50 Year Mortgage.
Steve talks about local home demand, steady, and how rising equity creates opportunities for a HELOC.
Check back for more interviews within this series in the future.
About Marquette Bank:
Marquette Bank is one of Chicagoland's largest independent neighborhood banks, serving the region since 1945. The bank offers consumer and business banking, home financing, commercial lending, trust services, student loans, investment, insurance, and wealth management services.
A subsidiary of Marquette National Corporation (OTCQX: MNAT), the bank holds $2 billion in assets with a $1 billion local lending portfolio. Marquette Bank has earned twelve consecutive "Outstanding" Community Reinvestment Act ratings from the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago, plus recognition including two Excellence and Innovation Awards (Community Bankers Association of Illinois), the Community Commitment Award for Volunteerism (American Bankers Association Foundation), and the Torch Award for Ethics (Better Business Bureau of Chicago and Northern Illinois).
Locations: Chicago, Bolingbrook, Bridgeview, Evergreen Park, Hickory Hills, Lemont, New Lenox, Oak Lawn, Oak Forest, Orland Park, Summit, and Tinley Park, Illinois.
Member FDIC. Equal Opportunity Lender. Equal Housing Lender. NMLS #462926.
Visit: emarquettebank.com
Call: 1-888-254-9500