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Financing Update

Tuesday, February 20th, 2007

UPDATE 1/16/08: Homes 123 is a casualty of the Sub-Prime mortgage debacle and has long since gone under. I’ll keep the post as a memento. Spoke with Chuck Banta of Homes123 today. Good News! It looks like I may be able to wrap my design expenses into the loan. Here’s how it would work: I [...]

Mortgage Specialists…

Thursday, January 25th, 2007

I’ve been speaking with three mortgage brokers about financing the house. Below is their contact info and general synopsis of our conversations so far: Kao Saechao, Northwest General Mortgage p: 503-595-4848 Synopsis: Kao has more traditional loan products – refinancing of existing structures, new home loans, etc. Not many options for construction. If we could [...]

Comparables

Sunday, January 21st, 2007

A list of houses comparable to 5936 NE Mason (without the addition of an ADU) 4344 NE 64th Ave, Portland, OR 97218 SOLD: 12/08/2006 – $365,000 Year Built: 1967 Ranch Size: 926 Sq Ft 2 Bedroom, 1 bath Lot size: 4000 sq feet 3304 NE 75th Ave, Portland, OR 97213 SOLD: 01/02/2007 – $291,000 Year [...]

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