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Student Debt Could Buy Every Home on the Market January 21, 2020

If you wanted to buy all the homes on the US real estate market, you’d need around $780 billion, according to Realtor.com. To pay off all the outstanding student loan debt in the US, you’d need $1.5 trillion.

Why is student loan debt nearly double today’s real estate market? It’s because almost 43 million Americans are shouldered with student loan debt, and this burden is blocking many of them from homeownership.

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Forward Bank’s Charitable Money Market Account Reaches Over $1 Million in Donations January 17, 2020

Local charities are a key component in keeping our communities strong. They fill unique and important niches in helping us all with the educational, spiritual, cultural, social and health aspects of our lives. To provide a consistent donation stream for our local charities on behalf of our customers, Forward Bank created the Charitable Money Market Account (CMMA). This month over $160,000 was donated back to over 278 worthwhile organizations participating in the program, bringing the grand total to over $1 million since the program launched.

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Forward Employees Surpass Previous Years to Reach $25,000 For the Annual United Way Campaign January 13, 2020

The Forward Bank, Investment and Insurance team was proud to present the Marshfield Area United Way with a check for $25,000. The donation is the largest gathered by the employees of Forward, and it includes the proceeds of the annual employee drive and the company match.