You’ve found the dome home of your dreams or you have plans to build one of your own; now you need financing to make it happen. While getting a mortgage used to be relatively simple, the 2008 downturn in the economy changed everything. Now lenders are requiring squeaky clean credit, bigger down payments, and solid appraisals.

Unfortunately, the tighter lending requirements have hit the alternative housing market especially hard. Changes in appraisal rules have led many lenders and appraisers to stop doing valuations on dome homes. No appraisals means no loans.

The lenders listed here are those that are providing financing for dome homes in spite of the recession.

We’d also appreciate your help. If you know of a mortgage company that should be listed here, please let us know.

Home financing is led by long-time lender Wendy Goldsmith. She does a great job and is still funding Monolithic Dome homes. She lends all over the United States, and we strongly recommend her.

Home Front Mortgage

Wendy Goldsmith
2929 5th Avenue NE Suite C Puyallup, WA 98372
253/770-5486 ext 311
253/350-8450
Wendy@homefrontmortgage.com

Next on our list is Government Capital. They lend to government bodies such as cities, schools, and any government organizations. Consider them for your next school or school addition, emergency center, 911 centers fire station etc.

Government Capitol

D.C. Greer
303 Hwy 51 South Brookhaven, MS 39601
800/561-0461
dcgreer@govcap.com
www.govcap.com

^{Serving over 4,7000 state and local government agencies since 1992.}

Next we list:

Smart Finance Options, Inc.

Charles Freeland
201 W Stassney Lane #104B Austin, TX 787456
512/807-8159
Fax 888/547-7993
charles@smartfinanceoptions.com
www.smartfinanceoptions.com

^{Commercial Real Estate Funding and Equipment Lease Finance Nationwide and in Mexico.}

Crest Capital

Mike Duncan
8601 Dunwoody Place Box 88233 Alanta, GA 30356
800/245-1213 x144
770/828-0095
Fax 800/245-1213
mfrench@crestcapital.com
www.crestcapital.com

^{Crest Capital is a national equipment finance company provided equipment loans and leases to businesses at better rates while eliminating the hassle often encountered with typical bank financing. We specialize in Monolithic Cabin Financing All 50 states.}

Prime Lending

Carman Vo
253-238-0032
425-879-6855
Fax 888-247-0609
www.primelending.com

The following lenders have not been active recently. That does not mean they won’t or can’t finance Monolithic Domes; only that they have been impacted by the recession.

CHURCH LENDERS

Great Nation Investment Company

John Greer
Florida
407/770-7301
jgreer@greatnation.com
www.greatnation.com

Community Capital Partners, LLC

Robert C. Farmer, Jr. & Richard A. Jones
One Liberty Place
1650 Market Street, Suite 3600 Philadelphia, PA 19103
267/207-2749
Fax 267/319-7901
rfarmer@communitycapitalpartners.com
www.communitycapitalpartners.com

^{You can contact Farmer at 267/549-1483 and Jones at 570/350-3826}