FHA Financing Rates Drop Aiding Autumn Home Buying
The 1939 FHA amendments lower maximum rates to 4 percent with 0.5 percent mortgage insurance, boosting loans for existing homes new construction and refinancing. 80 percent loan options up to 20 years exist for purchasing existing structures with strict credit checks and FHA standards. Remodeling loans up to 2500 dollars shortened to three years, with title 1 financing covering repairs heating systems roofing insulation wiring plumbing and even landscaping and game rooms.
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FHA
Washington, D. C
Gadgets Featured On The Gazette Building Page
Photographs show new home gadgets in several houses. Details include a revolving toothbrush panel at 346 Woodland Dr SE Clark W Chandler residence, a removable iron container for soap at Forty fourth St SE built by Norman Hatton, kitchen spice stairSteps at 210 Twenty third St SE, an electric dishtowel drier at 2179 Blake Blvd SE, and a door mounted broom closet at 1957 Washington Ave SE Meek home.
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Gazette
Clark W. Chandler
Woodland Drive
Norman Hatton
Mount Vernon Road
Forty-fourth Street
John W. Barry
Twenty Third Street Drive
J. LeRoy Farmer
Blake Boulevard
Stanley R. Meek
Washington Avenue SE
Varied Real Estate Sales Closed By Hedges Company
Week totals show four residences five lots and one outlying business property sold through Hedges company. Transactions include Edward Campbell buying a house under construction at 524 Twenty-first Street NE and a second property at 333 Thirteenth Avenue SW sold to John Voldingh.
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Hedges Company
Edward Campbell
First Avenue
Frank L. Buser
Twenty-first Street
Thirteenth Avenue
Mr. Buser
John Voldingh
Tenth Avenue
C. F. Clark
John Havel
Hedges
Fifth Street
Edgar Rimrodt
Seventh Street
K Avenue
John H. Winn
Elmer Hunter
Westwood Drive
Clarendon Hills
Dunreath Drive
Higley Land Company
Glenn H. Campbell
First Avenue E
Merrill Gillmore
Ottumwa
Clara L. Holman
North Platte, Neb
Center Avenue
Cold Stream Meadows
Jennie Montanaro
Carlisle Street
Westland acres parcels change hands in local sale
Three Westland acres lots owned by the Hedges company were sold. Edward Kopecky, F A Marek, and Joseph Kremenak Jr. each acquired a parcel. A grocery business named Fixt and stock at 629 Second Avenue SW were bought by Rolf J. Kramme from Alvin E. Canham who had operated it.
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Hedges Company
Edward Kopecky
E Avenue NW
F. A. Marek
Washington Avenue SE
Joseph Kremenak, Jr
Twentieth Street NW
Second Avenue SW
Rolf J. Kramme
Ossian
Alvin E. Canham
Two Houses Sold In Cooperative Real Estate Move
H F Rollings of 1123 Oakland Ave NE sold his house at 2505 Johnson Ave NW to Steven M Pattee of 1625 C Ave NW with possession about Sept 15. The sale was by O P Myers, agent with C M Hatfield and Co, in a cooperative sale of 229 A Ave NW to Miss Loretta London of 1204 Fourth Ave SE by Gilbert Perkins of 121 Sixth St NW.
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H. F. Rollings
Oakland Avenue NE
Johnson Avenue NW
Steven M. Pattee
C Avenue NW
O. P. Myers
C. M. Hatfield
Messinger & Sons Lease Cedar Rapids Warehouse for Heavy Storage
Messinger and Sons, long time Cedar Rapids transfer business operators, leased the building at 720 First Avenue West for long term heavy storage. The firm plans to use the space after remodeling while retaining their 1127 Fifth Street basement space owned by Mrs. C. H. Chandler for subletting heavy storage.
Johnson Nut Co and Shoppers Service Share Space
Johnson Nut Co and Shoppers Service will share a remodeled store at 306 First Avenue East. The Johnson Nut Co led by manager H. J. Ward moved from 409 Second Avenue SE, while Shoppers Service under manager H. J. Foreman gains more space for its back-issue and magazine departments. The two tenants share a common lobby with partitioned sections for the nut company’s work room and Shoppers bays and storage.
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Johnson Nut Company
Shoppers Service
First Avenue E
Phillion
W. H. Buttre
Fourth Street SE
H. J. Ward
Second Avenue SE
First Avenue
H. J. Foreman
Nut Company
Brownell sisters sell Linn Boulevard home to Ezra Fields
Mrs. Mary E. Brownell and Miss Grace H. Brownell sell their house at 2067 Linn boulevard SE to Ezra H. Fields of 614 Eighteenth residence. The current tenant R. L. Sweet will hold the property. Sale handled through Floyd H. Knapp.
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Mary E. Brownell
Grace H. Brownell
Second Avenue
Linn Boulevard
Ezra H. Fields
R. L. Sweet
Floyd H. Knapp
Nickel Cigars Dominate in U S Cigar Market
Washington reports that five cent cigars accounted for 88.6 percent of total cigar consumption last year, while nickel stories held only 22.5 percent of consumption in 1920, according to figures from the Bureau of Internal Revenue.
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Washington
America
Bureau of Internal Revenue
Realtors Picnic Set For Wednesday At Real Estate Board
Realtors and their families are invited to a picnic next Wednesday at the Real Estate board offices. Events start at 3 p.m. with croquet horseshoes and cards planned. Offices will close for the event. The gathering aims to resume at 6 p.m.
Newcomer Rentals Ties to Honeymead and Strem Studios
The lease arrangement links Newcomer Rentals Mr Sober with Honeymead Products and Fred E Collard and company SE to C Boyd Curtis who is relocating from Waterloo. Curtis is noted as manager of the Strem studios.
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Mr. Sober
Honeymead Products Company
Fred E. Collard
Hinges Modernized for Colonial Homes
Door hardware shifts from plain function to visible efficiency with new hinges offered for Colonial houses, excluding iron or brass types. The move highlights hinges that remain decorative yet fully operational.
Heinze Electric Wins Rath Contract for Waterloo Project
Heinze Electric Co of Cedar Rapids awarded the electrical contract for Rath Packing employees building in Waterloo. Klinger Construction of Sioux City erects the three story structure housing plant offices dining room and locker rooms. Electrical work cost about 5000 dollars.
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Heinze Electric Company
Cedar Rapids
Rath Packing Company
Waterloo
Klinger Construction Company
Sioux City
Emes
Start Remodeling of Foxhead Tavern
Remodeling of the Foxhead Tavern at 11 First Street SE will begin Monday by the Stark on. The project adds a rear wing and a modernized front, increasing floor space by removing the stairway to the upper floor.
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Foxhead Tavern
First Street
Stark On
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Naomi Doebel
John W. Berry
Sanford
Wisconsin
Wisconsin Lumber Co
Third Ave
Rudy Pe
Maresh
Nu-Enamel Store
Std Ave
Dial
Cedar Rapids Fuel CO
Ed Soboda
Briklite
Bileyane
Nationa
City Property L Life Insurance CO
Montpelier
Vermont
VEY C. McClary
MAN
Dows Building
Mclil Vaine
Frank E. Russell CO
E Avenue
Messinger & Sons
Johnson Nut Co
Ezra Fields
Brownell
King's Crown Plaster CO
First Ave. W
Quaker Brand
Economy Lumber CO
Better Homes Directory
Newcomer Rentals
6Th St. SW
Heinze Electric Co
Foxhead
Kriz Wan
Waylite
9Th St. SW
Suburban Gas CO
Third Street
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