Marquette Bank Home Financing Featured on WGN Radio

Release date: 1/8/2026

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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. 


Waiting for lower rates might cost you in the long run | WGN Radio 720 - Chicago's Very Own

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. 
 

Marquette Bank: Mortgage rates amid inflation fears | WGN Radio 720 - Chicago's Very Own (6 min 32 sec)  

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.
 

Marquette Bank: Mortgage purchase rates and home buying assistance (7 min 28 sec)

Steve discusses purchase rates in the 5’s and home inventory levels. Steve also discusses pre-approval numbers, budgets, and home-buying assistance. 
 

Marquette Bank: A neighborhood bank with a South Side history (8 min 20 sec)

Steve shares what sets Marquette Bank apart from other banks, he talks mortgage rates, and the advantages of getting a mortgage with Marquette Bank.
 

First-time Home Buying and the 50 Year Mortgage (7 min 12 sec)

Steve discuss First Time Homebuying and the idea of a 50 Year Mortgage.
 

Market snapshot with Marquette Bank: 2025 home prices continued year over year growth (8 min 40 sec)

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