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HomeStreet, Inc. Description

HomeStreet, Inc., through its subsidiaries, provides various financial services to consumers and businesses in the Pacific Northwest and Hawaii. The company operates in four segments: Community Banking, Single Family Mortgage Lending, Income Property Lending, and Residential Construction Lending. The Community Banking segment provides various financial products and services, including deposit products, investment products, insurance products, cash management services, consumer and business loans, and small business administration loans. The Single Family Mortgage Lending segment originates and sells residential mortgage loans into the secondary market. This segment also originates home equity loans, as well as brokers and sells a percentage of loans on a servicing-released basis to correspondent lenders. The Income Property Lending segment originates commercial real estate loans, including multifamily lending. This segment also originates commercial construction loans, bridge loans, and permanent loans for the company's own portfolio and for sale to other investors, such as insurance companies. The Residential Construction Lending segment originates residential construction loans focusing on loans to developers for single family home construction that are short duration in nature. The company also provides insurance products and services for consumers and businesses. It has a network of 22 bank branches and 24 stand-alone lending centers in the Puget Sound region of Washington State, Portland, Oregon, Southwest Washington, and Hawaii; Aberdeen and Spokane, Washington, the Eugene, and Salem regions of Oregon; and Boise and northern regions of Idaho. The company, formerly known as Continental Mortgage and Loan Company, was founded in 1921 and is headquartered in Seattle, Washington.

Sector: Financial Services
Industry: Savings & Cooperative Banks
Keywords: Deposit Products Insurance Loan Mortgage Loan Real Estate Loans Insurance Products Financial Products Cash Management Services Investment Product Business Loans Hawaii Mortgage Lending Pacific Northwest Puget Sound Puget Sound Region