Personal loans in Fraser, MI
Personal loans in Fraser, Michigan work the same way they do across the state: you apply, a lender reviews your credit and income, and it prices the loan to the risk it sees. Fraser has about 14,434 residents and ranks 69th in Michigan by population. Its population fell about 2.0% between the 2020 Census base and the 2023 estimate. The closest larger city is Roseville, MI about 2 miles away.
What is specific to borrowing in Fraser
- Population: 14,434 (US Census Bureau, Vintage 2023 subcounty estimate) — the 69th-largest place of 533 in Michigan.
- Population trend: Its population fell about 2.0% between the 2020 Census base and the 2023 estimate.
- Size percentile: larger than about 87% of the Census places in Michigan.
- Location: 42.5376, -82.9467 (US Census Bureau Gazetteer).
- Nearest larger cities: Roseville (2 mi); St. Clair Shores (4 mi); Eastpointe (5 mi); Warren (5 mi); Sterling Heights (5 mi). Larger metros often have more walk-in branches, but online lenders serve Fraser on the same terms.
- Nearest smaller towns: Center Line (6 mi); Village of Grosse Pointe Shores (7 mi); Utica (7 mi).
Michigan lending rules that apply in Fraser
| Rule | Detail | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Maximum legal interest rate (usury cap) | 7% per annum maximum by written agreement; 5% legal rate (MCL 438.31) Source says: "it shall be lawful for the parties to stipulate in writing for the payment of any rate of interest, not exceeding 7% per annum" | Michigan Legislature as of 2026-09-16 |
| Payday lending status | Legal and licensed — deferred presentment service transactions (2005 PA 244; MCL 487.2121 et seq.), licensed and regulated by DIFS Source says: "AN ACT to regulate the business of providing deferred presentment service transactions; to require the licensing of providers of deferred presentment service transactions" | Michigan Legislature as of 2026-09-16 |
| Small-loan / installment lender licensing | License required from the commissioner to make regulated loans (Regulatory Loan Act, MCL 493.1 et seq.) Source says: "a person shall not engage in the business of making loans of money ... without first obtaining a license from the commissioner" | Michigan Legislature as of 2026-09-16 |
| State lending regulator | Michigan Department of Insurance and Financial Services (DIFS) Source says: ""Department" means the department of insurance and financial services" | Michigan Legislature as of 2026-09-16 |
| Regulated lender interest/finance charge cap | 25% per annum (Credit Reform Act, MCL 445.1854(1)) Source says: "may charge, collect, and receive any rate of interest or finance charge for an extension of credit not to exceed 25% per annum" | Michigan Legislature as of 2026-09-16 |
How a personal loan works in Fraser
In Fraser, as across Michigan, the lender must disclose the loan's APR and finance charge before you sign, under the federal Truth in Lending Act. Use that disclosure: compare the APR, not the interest rate alone, because origination fees, and sometimes prepayment penalties, are folded into the APR. If a lender will not put the terms in writing, that is a reason to walk away.
Before you apply in Fraser
- Pull your free credit reports and dispute any error — it is the cheapest way to improve the rate you are offered.
- Run the numbers with our personal loan calculator so you know the payment before a lender tells you.
- Pre-qualify with at least three lenders and compare the APR, not the interest rate.
- Check the lender is licensed in Michigan using the regulator listed above.
- Read the disclosure for origination fees and any prepayment penalty before you sign.
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Nearby places
- Roseville, MI — population 46,666
- St. Clair Shores, MI — population 57,548
- Eastpointe, MI — population 33,676
- Mount Clemens, MI — population 15,378
- Warren, MI — population 136,655
- Sterling Heights, MI — population 133,306
- Center Line, MI — population 8,354
- Harper Woods, MI — population 14,895