Confronting Interest Rates with our Rate Reducer Incentive

August 11, 2022

At Riverside Homebuilders, we are constantly committed to ensuring our potential homeowners have the best experience possible when they’re beginning the journey to their new construction home. With interest rates and affordability a key topic on the mind’s of potential homeowners—and while interest rates may seem higher than what we’re used to compared to the last few years—that doesn’t necessarily mean that your dream of owning a home should be put on pause. 

A family moving into their new Riverside home after using the rate reducer incentive to lower their mortgage rate.

Understanding your options

The home market is always shifting, and there won’t be a time in the future when it doesn’t. Whether the topic at hand is interest rates, affordability or availability—there will always be something that could make you question your decision to buy a new home, but when you take a step back and look at it from a new perspective, the prospect of owning your own home vastly outweighs any doubts. 

For first-time homeowners in particular, rising interest rates may make you hesitant at first, but when the alternative is continuing to rent while prices increase each year—taking the initiative and buying a new construction home now is actually the best option for you financially. Additionally in the last few days, the market has seen interest rates on a slight decrease and the mortgage rate that you will receive will still heavily depend on additional factors such as your credit score and the down payment amount that you feel comfortable paying. If you do decide to buy now and interest rates continue to drop as the months go by, the rate you pay today isn’t always the rate you’ll have to pay in the future. Looking into options such as refinancing your home when rates once again drop is the perfect solution to ease your mind now and get you into the home of your dreams sooner rather than later.  

Rate Reducer Incentive

At Riverside Homebuilders, we know that even with the option of refinancing, you can still be feeling some hesitation to start the process of buying your dream home—which is why we wanted to introduce our Rate Reducer Incentive. We began this incentive in order to help all of our potential homeowners get into their dream home today with more confidence in their financial situation. With the program, future homeowners will receive $9,000 that they can use toward closing costs, prepaids or rate buydowns—and the owner’s title policy will be included for homeowners as well. This incentive package is only available for homeowners who are using one of Riverside Homebuilder’s preferred lenders to purchase one of our quick move-in homes. The incentive ends on 9/30/22, so don’t miss out on this incredible opportunity!

Keeping our focus on transparency

At Riverside Homebuilders, we are constantly working toward building high-quality homes to ensure that our homeowners can easily find the home of their dreams—and we will work with you every step of the way to help make the entire process as simple as can be. If you’re interested in learning more about the communities we build in or about our Rate Reducer Incentive—give us a call at (817) 601-6230 or fill out our online form today.

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*Promotional rate applies to contracts written for a limited time on select homes that close by 11/30/2026.

Buydown Schedule:

*FHA – YR 1 2.99% - YR 2 3.99% - YR 3 4.99% - YR 4-30 5.99% (6.540% APR) based on 3.5% down payment

*VA – YR 1 2.99% - YR 2 3.99% - YR 3 4.99% - YR 4-30 5.99% (6.608% APR) based on 0% down payment

Monthly principal and interest payments paid by the borrower per $1,000 borrowed: FHA/VA—12 payments of $4.21, followed by 12 payments of $4.77, 12 payments of $5.36, and 324 payments of $5.99. Payments exclude property taxes, homeowners insurance, and applicable mortgage insurance or annual guarantee fees; actual payment obligations will be higher.

Offer valid for new contracts on select inventory homes that close on or before 11/30/2026. 5.99% fixed rate with temporary buydown cannot be combined with other offers. FHA Loan APR 6.540% based on available rates as of 9/29/26 with FICO score of 680, Sales Price of $450,000 and 3.5% down payment on a FHA 30 yr fixed term. VA Loan APR 6.608% based on available rates as of 9/29/26 with FICO score of 680, Sales Price of $450,000 and 0% down payment on a VA 30 yr fixed term. All Financing and Rate incentives are based on FHA/VA loans and only valid for customers using Builder Mortgage Direct, a D/B/A of SFMC, LP NMLS # 166487 until rates expire. Offer excludes Bond/Down Payment Assistance loans. Offer subject to credit approval, not all borrowers will qualify. Additional Closing Cost amounts, if any, are dependent on the structure of the loan buyer chooses and are the responsibility of the buyer. Other rate options are available. Seller credit cannot exceed actual closing costs and any unused amounts that cannot be applied will be forfeited. This offer is subject to change or to be discontinued at any time without prior notice. Please contact your Riverside Homebuilders Sales Counselor for further details. Additional adjustments may apply for credit scores below 680.”