Have you been wondering whether you should keep renting or finally make the leap into homeownership? It’s a big decision, and let’s be real — renting can feel like the easier option, especially if buying a home feels out of reach.
The Real Benefits of Buying a Home This Year
Topics: Mortgages / Home Equity
3 Expert Banking Tips for 2025
The start of a new year is a time many look to make financial changes. Perhaps you wish to save more in 2025. Maybe you need to take a fresh look at your budget. Review ways to shore up your retirement funds. But have you thought about evaluating your financial institution? Banking experts have a few suggestions for ways you can ensure your...
Topics: Business Banking, Personal Banking
Validation Tips
At First Federal Bank, your security is our top priority. As fraud and scams continue to evolve, it's essential to stay informed and cautious when handling any communications, whether online or via other channels. Here are a few validation tips to help safeguard your personal and financial information:
Topics: Personal Banking
First Federal Bank Named a Top Regional Bank by Newsweek
First Federal Bank has been honored as one of America’s Best Regional Banks for 2025 by Newsweek. This marks the fifth consecutive year the bank has received this recognition. Newsweek, in collaboration with research firm Plant-A Insights, evaluated a bank’s credit quality as well as reviewed profitability and net loans and leases, press coverage...
Topics: First Federal News
5 Key Life Skills You Can Teach Your Children
Parents are their child’s first, and arguably most important, teachers. From the very beginning, our children are watching and learning from our behaviors. Not just what we say, but what we do. And there are some essential life skills we can impart to our children from an early age, according to experts:
Smaller Homes, Bigger Opportunities: The Homebuilder Trend Buyers Love
It’s no secret that affordability is tough, given the current mortgage rates and home prices. And that may have you worried about how you’ll be able to buy a home. If you don’t need a ton of space, you may find you have more cost-effective options in an unexpected place: new home communities.
Topics: Mortgages / Home Equity
Why Knowing Your Full Retirement Age Is Important
Whether you will be retiring in 2025, or years from now, a little planning goes a long way toward setting you up for success in your golden years. One key is understanding your Social Security benefits. When you can receive them, and how much you should expect, will change as the program is adjusted. The first thing you want to know is when you...
Topics: Retirement, Financial Education
Improve Your Immunity This Winter
Winter tends to bring more sickness, as people are stuck indoors in small spaces together, and cold and flu season is in full swing. Here are some tips for improving your immunity and staying healthy:
Topics: Lifestyle
When Is the Perfect Time To Move?
It’s easy to get caught up in the idea of waiting for the perfect moment to make your move – especially in today’s market. Maybe you’re holding out and hoping mortgage rates will drop, or that home prices will fall. But here’s what you need to realize: trying to time the market rarely works. And here’s why.
Topics: Mortgages / Home Equity
How Applying for a Credit Card Impacts Your Score
You know it is important to monitor your credit score regularly. And have probably learned a few tips for how to improve it. But do you know how applying for a new credit card impacts your score? There can be pros and cons.
Topics: Financial Education
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