20+ Years of Experience

Locally Owned In Rochester

Personal Service Start to Finish

Your Local Mortgage Broker in Rochester, Michigan

BrightSide Lending is an independent mortgage broker located in Rochester, Michigan, helping homebuyers and homeowners throughout Southeast Michigan find the right financing for their goals. We offer Conventional, FHA, VA, USDA, jumbo and other mortgage options while providing straightforward guidance, competitive loan options and personal service from application through closing.

Homebuyers

Buying a home? Explore mortgage options tailored to your goals, budget, and down payment. Explore Buying Options

Mortgage Rates

Wondering what rate you qualify for? Explore your mortgage rate options with personalized guidance. Check My Rate Options

Refinance

Looking to lower your payment, access equity, or change your loan? Let’s explore your options. Explore Refinancing

Ask an Expert

Have a mortgage question? Get honest answers and personalized guidance from a local expert. Ask a Mortgage Question

What are you waiting for?

Getting started is easy. We offer very competitive rates, have great service, and always close on time. Request a quote

Local Loan Options

Whether you’re buying your first home, moving to your next home, refinancing or using your home equity, BrightSide Lending offers mortgage options for borrowers throughout Rochester and Southeast Michigan. Explore some of our most popular loan programs below, or view all of our home loan options to find the financing that fits your needs.

FHA Loans

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Home Refinance Loans

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VA Loans

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Jumbo Home Loans

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Conventional Loans

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Home Purchase Loans

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Mortgage Questions? Start Here.

Buying your first home, comparing mortgage options, or planning your next move? Find straightforward answers in our Michigan mortgage guides. Explore All Mortgage Guides

What our clients are saying about BrightSide Lending

  • We really appreciated Jeff's responsiveness to our questions, and clarity of answers during our refinance process. At each stage, Jeff's professionalism played out to setting expectations and staying true... read more

    Nick Nowakowski Avatar Nick Nowakowski

    Jeff Kaltz from BrightSide Lending made the home buying process easier than we ever could’ve imagined! He was responsive, timely and did everything in our best interest. A great guy... read more

    camille gray Avatar camille gray

    Jeff Kaltz is knowledgeable, very responsive, professional, and personable. We started to work with a large national competitor of BrightSide and found that they lacked knowledge of the refi process... read more

    Jeff Gunnett Avatar Jeff Gunnett

    Jeff Kaltz was super helpful and made the re-finance process easy!

    Jodi Teutsch Avatar Jodi Teutsch
  • Jeff was knowledgeable and professional. I would recommend working with Jeff for any home financing needs

    Gary Trombley Avatar Gary Trombley

    Jeff Kaltz was amazing to work with! He made our entire process very seamless and quickly answered all of our questions! I would highly recommend Jeff to anyone... read more

    Melisa Gunnett Avatar Melisa Gunnett

    Jeff was great to deal with. I've always done my mortgage directly with a bank so was a little nervous to use Brightside. Jeff was incredibly prompt with his responses... read more

    Mark Kalchik Avatar Mark Kalchik

    We highly recommend BrightSide Lending, Jeff was great! We had a buying/selling situation, which was new to us and had SO many questions! Jeff was there every step... read more

    Carly Drews Avatar Carly Drews
  • After deciding that refinancing my mortgage was my best option, I researched 4 different lending companies. They all sounded pretty good until we got down to the actual numbers.... read more

    Kathleen Dembsey Avatar Kathleen Dembsey

    Jeff was great. Helped out every step of the way. Defiantly made this process simple and worry free.. won’t regret choosing BrightSide lending

    Christian Katterson Avatar Christian Katterson

    Jeff was knowledgeable, responsive, respectful, and easy to work with. I am happy with my refinancing!!

    Michael Mette Avatar Michael Mette

    Jeff K and the team helped my wife and myself get our first house. They took all the nightmare stories we heard about and made it very comfortable and exciting.... read more

    Donald Boyd Avatar Donald Boyd
  • We were planning to go with another lender, but Jeff from BrightSide contacted us and gave us a much better offer. He saved us money and helped us every step... read more

    Allan Kenitz Avatar Allan Kenitz

    Jeff at BrightSide Lending was great to work with, very knowledgeable and made it a smooth process. Would definitely recommend!

    Emily Lock Avatar Emily Lock

    Would highly recommend!!!! Jeff is amazing to work with and is very knowledgeable with mortgages. If I could give more than 5 stars just from my own experience, it'd... read more

    cory zinke Avatar cory zinke

    My wife and I used Brightside lending to refinance our home. Jeff was honest, professional, easy to work with and was on top of the entire process. This was the... read more

    Andy Shawver Avatar Andy Shawver