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I had the honor of being one of six inaugural members of the GreenLending Specialist course earlier this week. Created by Seattle-area-based PorterWorks, GLS is a great 2-day course to educate mortgage lenders, appraisers and other real estate professionals regarding green in general, green building and green as it relates to lending.
You’ll learn about green [...]

Portland’s Build It Green home tour is happening next weekend, September 19-20, between 8-5 on Saturday and 11-5 on Sunday. Take a look at some of the finest examples of green building in the Portland area.
Visit the Portland Online website for more information and to see which homes are available for viewing.
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Green mortgages are coming – Energy Efficient Mortgages (EEMs) might finally have their day!
Beyond standard incentives for energy measures like better insulation, efficient furnaces and the like, the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) is beginning a huge push for efficiency in homes.
A new generation of energy-efficient mortgages is being rolled out, starting with FHA [...]

Green Mortgage Northwest is a one-stop resource for fundamentals and current trends related to mortgage lending and green building information. Dakota Gale is a Portland, Oregon mortgage broker and LEED AP green building educator heavily involved in the green building world.
Ways to Use This Site:

Learn about LEED and green building basics.
Learn about purchasing or refinancing [...]

Green building, green building, green building…
Everyone is talking about green building these days. The question is, what does it MEAN?! What is LEED anyway?
Before becoming a loan officer and green building lecturer, I worked on LEED projects in Portland, Oregon as a mechanical engineer in the green building industry. During that time, I completed engineering designs, LEED documentation [...]

I recently received an official copy of Earth Advantage’s certified home performance study, which so far had only been a press release on their website.
For a breakdown of how much more green homes in Portland and Seattle are selling for, here is a full copy of the report. For a synopsis of the report, read [...]

Resources to educate you on mortgages and green building.
Home Mortgage Finance

Getting a loan can feel complicated and overwhelming, which it doesn’t need to be. Read the detailed loan process page to get up to speed on what’s going on behind the scenes.
FHA loans are very common in today’s tight credit market. Click for a summary [...]

Green Mortgage Loan Officer at Your Service!

The Northwest US, and especially Portland, is at the center of the green building movement. In a world moving toward green building as a standard, it is crucial to become educated about your mortgage financing options.
As a LEED AP mortgage broker in Portland, I use my background in the [...]

I gave a presentation a few days ago to a group of Realtors at the very nice property located at 2514 NE Highland Street. Darcie Pelsor and Hilary Bourassa are co-listing this beautiful home.
My talk, entitled “Green Building: An Overview,” covered the following information:

A basic understanding of what LEED is
Examples of the different areas of [...]