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Rural Living Home Mortgage Program

Northwest Bank appreciates the unique qualities of rural American living. 

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Rural Living Home Mortgage Program Providing Valuable Benefits.

We offer a program that provides long-term financing for properties with larger acreages and outbuildings. Our Rural Living Home Mortgage program exemplifies competitive pricing and effective products designed specifically for country home living.

A solution created specifically for non-conventional properties:

  • A unique opportunity to lock in long-term financing and a fixed rate
  • Finance one note and mortgage for the entire acreage and home
  • Competitive pricing structure
  • A dedicated and experienced team guiding you through a simple and convenient process

Refinance Benefits Include:

  • Effectively manage your personal finance goals
  • Reduce monthly payments
  • Improve cash flow
  • Lock in a long-term fixed rate to secure future financial expectations

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What type of properties qualify?

The Rural Living program is dedicated to providing long-term financing for non-conventional secondary market hobby farm properties, with agricultural characteristics.

Eligible

  • Primary residence and owner occupied
  • Second homes
  • Home and property in good condition with no deferred maintenance or incomplete construction
  • Properties generally range from 5-160+ acres
  • Property has the reasonable capability of generating $500 of annual agricultural income
  • The borrower’s primary business/vacation is typically something other than farming
  • Home value should comprise of approximately 30% of the overall property value

Non-eligible

  • Full-time farming operation or a property with a large number of livestock
  • Townhome, duplex or planned unit development
  • Manufactured homes
  • Mobile Homes
  • Unique homes (shed, dome, cabins, log homes)
  • Investment properties

Eligible Hobby Farm Property Examples

56-Acre Hobby Farm

  • Primary residence and owner occupied.
  • Potential for ag income derived from animal shelter, barn, horse facility and pasture land.

10-Acre Hobby Farm

  • Primary residence and owner occupied.
  • Potential for ag income derived from crop acreage.

75-Acre Hobby Farm

  • Primary residence and owner occupied, with an additional guest home and barn.
  • A combination of acreage including both open and wooded land.

27-Acre Hobby Farm

  • Primary residence and owner occupied.
  • Borrower has full-time, non-farm employment.
  • 14 tillable acres, leased to local farmer.