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Show Bank Reports Indicated By Favorable Signs PORTLAND, Ore. Recent gains in home financing activity and the residential real estate market of the northwestern states were illustrated in a report from F. H. Johnson, President of the Federal Home Loan Bank of Portland, which showed that savings, building build-ing and loan associations in the district in 194 made loans totaling total-ing $41,000,000, an increase of 19 per cent over the 1939 figures. In growth of combined assets of its member institutions during the year, the Portland Bank stood tied with the Los Angeles district Bank for second place among all the Home Bank districts. The increase was 14.1 per cent. |