1+ mon, 17+ hour ago   (777+ words) This story was originally published on CRE Daily. Join 70,000+ commercial real estate professionals getting daily news, market insights, and industry analysis delivered straight to their inbox with the free CRE Daily newsletter. Almost half of all new homeowners in Kent…...

2+ mon, 4+ week ago   (283+ words) GRANDVILLE, Mich. (WOOD) — Mount Pleasant-headquartered Isabella Bank is set to acquire West Michigan's Grand River Bank in a $54.6 million deal. The two have entered into an agreement and plan of merger, they announced Friday in a release. Grand River will…...

3+ mon, 1+ week ago   (242+ words) Following the closures, there will be 227 total Fifth Third branches across Michigan, with 116 branches in the five-county metro Detroit region. Last summer, there were 163 Fifth Third branches and... 75 Comerica, Fifth Third branches closing in Michigan: See the final list Fifth…...

4+ mon, 3+ week ago   (421+ words) Bill McFarland discovered his great-grandfather’s nitrate film collection in a deteriorating trunk in Grand Rapids, Mich. One reel was a lost 1897 film by Georges Méliès featuring cinema’s first depiction of a robot McFarland’s great-grandfather was a traveling showman who screened…...

5+ mon, 3+ week ago   (403+ words) GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — Spring is in the air, and that means it is time for the housing market to warm back up. "Once that weather breaks, people are really excited to get their homes on the market. Buyers are coming…...

5+ mon, 3+ week ago   (672+ words) Yahoo Finance Oops, something went wrong U.S. markets close in 2h 49m Mercantile Bank Corporation Named Crain's Grand Rapids Business M&A Deal of the Year in Finance and Banking GRAND RAPIDS, Mich., March 17, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Mercantile Bank Corporation ("Mercantile") has been recognized by…...

6+ mon, 1+ week ago   (1171+ words) Grand Rapids mortgage brokerage sees surge in self-employed borrowers in 2026, boosting demand for flexible alternative home loan programs. GRAND RAPIDS, MI, UNITED STATES, March 2, 2026 /EINPresswire.com/ — Priority Home Mortgage responds to shifting labor market demands with specialized Bank Statement and…...

6+ mon, 2+ week ago   (225+ words) Housing costs climbed to record highs in 2025, as prices rose and mortgage rates remained far above pandemic-era lows. This kept housing out of reach for a larger number of home searchers and led to a historically slow housing market. Redfin…...

7+ mon, 6+ day ago   (99+ words) The report covers job losses in January 2026, the worst January nationwide since the financial crisis 17 years ago. Michigan loses more jobs than all but one other state, report says Michigan lost the second most jobs of any state in January…...

7+ mon, 2+ week ago   (44+ words) Many businesses across the country closed Friday as part of an economic blackout protest against President Donald Trump’s latest immigration crackdown. Many businesses across the country closed Friday as part of an economic blackout protest against President Donald Trump’s latest…...