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Southern California District Has Record Volume FHA Loans

Commitments issued by the Southern California District Offices of the Federal Housir.rg Administration during the first eight months of 1947 surpassed the volume for any previous l2-monfh period since the inception of FHA in 1934, the previous annual high of $123,776,120 obtained in 1941.

A total of $141,411,800 rvorth of mortgages, representing 19,869 dwelling units, was committed on during the period, which involve projects to be nervly constructed with benefit of FHA inspect.ions during construction; the remainder, or 2,675 units for mortgages totaling $15,816,400, covers properties which had been.constructed prior to submission of application for mortgage insurance to the FHA.

Leading ,il this volume of commitments for insurance of mortgages under all titles of the National Housing Act, Mr. N{cGoygrn explained, were those filed under Title VI, Section 603, involving properties of from one- to fourfamily units, with a total dollar value of mortgages of $1 12,338,300, and a total of 15,1.24;1,261 of rvhich are rental units.

In addition to the Section 603 commitments of this volume, Section2O3, Title II, also.1- to 4-family du'elling unit projects, recorded 289 du'elling units to be nervly constructed involving mortgages valued at $2,111,800, of u'hich 15 are rental units.

Section @8 of Title \rI, projects containing eight or more dwelling units, accounted for 1,781 of the units rvith mortgages valued at $11,145,300. Cor-rstruction has already started on 926 of these units u'ith a mortgage r.alue of $6,046,400, with the rernaining 855 units to begin construction rvithin the next ferv rveeks.

Distribute Nu-Frqme Screens

Announcement is made by Nicolai Door Sales Co., San Francisco, of their appointment as distributors of All-Metal Nu-Frame M/indow Screens in the modular sizes. These are complete with hardware, and may be liad in either galvanized or bronze screen ,cloth.

The Nu-Frame screens require no fitting. They come ready to install, are of permanent all-steei construction, and have a permanent baked enamel finish.

French Doorr \(/anted In New Homes

If orvners are free to express their preferences, nearly half the nerv homes to be built rvill have French doors. This fact is brought out by a nation-wide survey conducted by Ponderosa Pine \\roodu'ork.

A total of 45.7 per cent of the survey respondents said that they rvere definitely planning to include French doors in their nerv homc. Explaining this high percentage, it is pointed out that French doors actually fulfill a three-fold function in the home. With their large glass areas, such doors admit a maximum of light, permitting rooms to be shut off rvithout darkening them. Second, French doors are an expression of the rvell-knor'vn trend toward more glass areas in the home; and, third, such doors add a note of cheerful elegance and an extra fillip to the interior decorative scheme.

Loyolcr Foundction Buys Mills

qnd Timber Operctions

The Loyola Four.rdation of Los Angeles announced September 3 the purchase of three lumber and timber operations for a reported price of $7,000,000.

Sam S. Jaksick, olvner of the White Pine Distributors Corp. of Reno, the Goose Lake Box Co., Lakeview, Oregon, and Goose Lake Box Co., Altura.s, Calif., sold his interests to the Foundation. For the time being the White Pine and Goose Lake mills will continue to be operated rvith NIr. Jaksick as manafaer. The three plants have been producing a total of about 65,000,000 feet a year.

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