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North Idaho lenders, Realtors honored |
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June 9, 2017 |
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More than 269 North Idaho area families became
homeowners last year with assistance from 26
local housing professionals who were honored
Wednesday at a STAR Awards luncheon.
The Idaho Housing and Finance Association
presented STAR awards to 13 lenders and 13
Realtors for connecting these homebuyers to
Idaho Housing’s affordable home loans.
“The great service these partners provided to
area families last year represents a $48 million
investment in the North Idaho community,” said
Gerald M. Hunter, president and executive
director of Idaho Housing. “We are proud to have
worked with housing partners such as these for
more than 40 years, helping more than 14,000
north Idahoans find and purchase homes while
adding more than $1.3 billion to the local
economy.”
The June 7 STAR Awards Appreciation Luncheon was
held at the Coeur d’Alene Resort in Coeur
d'Alene, where the following local lenders
received STAR Awards for helping North Idaho
homebuyers to obtain Idaho Housing home loans:
Gold STAR Award, James Costello, Umpqua Bank;
Silver STAR Award, Scott Petersen, Academy
Mortgage Corporation; and Bronze STAR Award,
Valerie Cheyne, Fairway Independent Mortgage.
Certificates of Appreciation: Joel Botker, Axia
Financial, Andrew Byrd, Willamette Valley Bank,
Jessica Callins, Willamette Valley Bank, Ryan
Deschryver, HomeStreet Bank, Krista Kaufman,
Platinum Home Mortgage, Teresa Metz, Academy
Mortgage Corporation, Sabrina Nelke, Idaho
Central Credit Union, TyAnn Severtson, Mountain
West Bank, Michael Wall, Willamette Valley Bank,
and Jennifer Lynn Ward, Platinum Home Mortgage.
These 13 Realtors received STAR Awards for
guiding North Idaho homebuyers to their dream
homes and to Idaho Housing mortgages last year:
Gold STAR Award, Michaela Corcoran, Coldwell
Banker; Silver STAR Award, Wade Jacklin, Century
21 Beutler & Associates; and Bronze STAR Award,
Karen Rodriguez, Keller Williams Realty.
Certificates of Appreciation: Josh Adams, Keller
Williams Realty Coeur d’Alene, Chris Briner,
Keller Williams Realty
Coeur d’Alene, Carol Curtis, Century 21
RiverStone, Scott Fink, Century 21 Beutler &
Associates, Blair Hammer, Keller Williams
Realty, Susan Howard, Realteam Real Estate
Center, Jan Leaf, Coldwell Banker, Lanette
Livingston-Clark, Realteam Real Estate Center,
Cassidy Noordam, Team of the Century Real
Estate, and Stephen Preston, Keller Williams
Realty Coeur d’Alene.
Idaho Housing mortgages offer competitive rates,
low down payments, and closing cost assistance
to qualified borrowers. To date, 113,958
Idahoans with low to moderate incomes have made
the leap to homeownership with the help of Idaho
Housing home loans, adding more than $10 billion
to the Idaho economy.
All Idaho Housing home loans are serviced in
Idaho. More information about Idaho Housing home
loans is at:
www.idahohousing.com/homebuyers/home-loans. |
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