FHA Rules Guide Iowa Homes for Safer, Better Living
Oscar A. Brandt, FHA State Director for Town, urges planners to align new home designs with FHA requirements to secure mortgages. The plan details minimum sizes for bedrooms living rooms kitchens and habitable spaces, window area, access to streets, storage, and lot coverage to ensure safety and satisfaction in housing nationwide.
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Federal Housing Administration
FHA
Oscar A. Brandt
Town
Mr. Brandt
State
Iowa
A Good Home Is the Safest of Investments
A good home provides security and satisfaction beyond market mood. Housing is a necessity in good and bad times, offering constant shelter value. The resale value fluctuates less than profit-dependent investments. homes are not speculative assets ar 1932 bank holidays left tangible savings in many American families.
Insulate Now To Stay Warmer Next Winter
Guidance on attic insulation explains heat transfer through walls and roofs and recommends insulating under the roof rafters with 0.5 inch or more of material. It outlines blanket, loose fill, and rigid board options to reduce summer heat gain and winter heat loss for a cooler upper story.
More Home for The Dollar Is Yours in 1940
The article credits American ingenuity in autos for advances in house construction and financing. It outlines thirteen points of progress including the shift from pyramid mortgage financing to a single amortized mortgage, offering more house for the dollar than two decades ago.
Innovative home design shifts for higher quality houses
A survey highlights postwar housing trends featuring architect designed small homes with durable materials and modern systems. It notes improved insulation, vitreous china fixtures, bronze hardware, automatic heating, varied wood paneling, factory finished lumber, and government standard lumber grades shaping new house construction.
Iowa Banks Made 584000 Loans in 1939
New York July 11 Forty per cent of Iowa's commercial banks made more than 584,000 loans totaling over 222,000,000 to business firms and individuals in 1939, per the American Bankers Association survey. 265 banks participated, showing expansion in new loans with 11,862 more loans and 12,073,220 more dollar volume in the last six months.
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Genine
Te Dings American Bankers Asse
New York
Iowa
American Bankers Association
Busines
Local families gather for weekend visits across towns
Otley News reports John Bouma and sons Benny and Paul of Cropolis, Pa visiting Thursday at John Breen's home. J W Van Gorp and relatives visited Sunday evening at Charles Vander Kolk’s. Mrs Dick Postma and daughter visited Saturday with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Van Ryswyk in Knoxville. Mrs Van Ryswyk is holding her own. Miss Sarah Ann Ver Heul accompanied her father to Newton Tuesday for a day with relatives. Mr and Mrs Ed Ganss and daughter Helen of near Prairie City called on Arie Van Waardhuizen Sunday evening.
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Bert E. van Viiet
Renaud Pella
J. M. van Vliet
Jennie Zandstra
A. Kommer
Bertha Brummel
Marion Aalbers
Norman Robus
Minnesota
Dirk Roor Kenneth Keck
Linby
W.L. An Kove
John Breen
Lloyd
Martha Breen
Gerrit Klein
Renny
Dave van Haaften
Monroe
Dth
Dus
Dovens Society
Will Gosselink
Don Poortinga
A. Bogaard
Nice
Billie Bogaard
Irene Vriezelaar
Bizelaar
Wai
Vriezclaar
Irene
Cedar Falls
Vinson Lloyd
Martha Fleen Breen
Irvin Breen
Des Moines
John, Breen
Marvin Caswell
Billy
Ervin Landers
Delbert Thompson
Waukesha
Fred McKeeshan
Lesburg
Ilinois
J. W. van Gorp
Charles Vander Kolk
Dick Postma
van Ryswyk
Knoxvill
Sarah Ann Ver Heul
Newton
Ed Ganss
Helen
Near Prairie City
Arie van Waardhuizen
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DU Pont House
Dupont
du Pont
Kuyper Builders Material Co
National Lumber Manufacturers Association
Connecticut Avenue
Washington, D.C
Orleans
Ory Wee Ae
Paul DE Wit
Otley News
John Bouma
Benny
Paul
Cropolis
Mr. Bouma
Hhoust
Vai
America
Tyaardekooper
Tess
Marion County State Bank
Marion County
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
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