Rose City Mortgage

Our Story

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Welcome to Rose City Mortgage! We’re a socially responsible Mortgage Banker from Portland, Oregon. We opened our doors in 1999 with a desire to do business in a different way. Our mission, to improve all we come in contact with, has resulted in happier employees that value service and relationship over volume and profit. Being an independent banker allows us to work with many lenders to always get you the best deal. We work for you.

The unique way we do business has been recognized by others too. We’re honored to be named both the 2016 #1 Green Company in Oregon and the 2012 #1 Small Company to work for by Oregon Business Magazine.

Our Culture

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At Rose City Mortgage, we recognize that business plays a powerful role in our society. Businesses can either enhance community or destroy it. We strive to have a positive impact on our world and to share our prosperity with those around us.

Rose City Mortgage is an Upstream company. We take sustainability seriously. Our office in Old Town Portland is LEED Gold certified. We recycle everything, including composting our kitchen scraps. We support other local business and the environment by purchasing locally. Loan files are handled electronically to reduce paper consumption. Our office is cleaned with non-toxic cleaning products and we even flush our toilets with rain water.

Community

We prove that businesses can make a profit while bettering our world. It’s simple, yet revoluntionary.

Early on, Renee knew she wanted to support our community. But with a start-up business, she didn’t want to commit to more than she could afford.That’s when she decided to donate $100 to community organizations for every loan closed. So far, Rose City’s donations have totaled over $400,000. Please follow the links to more information about the individual non-profits.

We are thankful for our abundance and want to share it with our employees and clients.

Sisters of the Road Cafe
McKenzie River Gathering
Blanchet House
The Pongo Fund
Oregon Food Bank
Columbia Land Trust
The Raphael House of Portland
Mercy Corps

Sisters of the Road Cafe

Sisters alleviates hunger by providing our community with a safe place to enjoy a meal. They are also committed to serving healthy food that has been sourced thoughtfully and are a vital part of the food movement that is happening in Portland, ensuring that accessibility to safe and nutritious food is everyone's right.

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McKenzie River Gathering

The McKenzie River Gathering Foundation provides critical support to grassroots groups throughout Oregon working on economic and racial justice, the environment and peace. MRG grantees and supporters are building a strong movement for justice in Oregon.

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Blanchet House

Blanchet House feeds, clothes and offers shelter and aid to those in need. They offer breakfast, lunch and dinner six days a week and operate a transitional shelter program for men struggling with addictions, unemployment or home and family issues.

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The Pongo Fund

The Pongo Fund is Oregon's Pet Food Bank providing quality emergency pet food assistance to anyone in honest need. They work tirelessly to save dogs and cats from being surrendered to overcrowded shelters when their families cannot afford to keep them fed. The Pongo Fund has served over 7,000,000 meals so far.

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Oregon Food Bank

Oregon Food Bank distributes food donated throughout a statewide network of more than 870 nonprofit, hunger relief agencies serving Oregon and Clark County, Washington. The organization works to eliminate the root causes of hunger through education and advocacy.

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Columbia Land Trust

Columbia Land Trust works to permanently conserve the natural resources of the Columbia River region. They conserve, restore, and manage signature landscapes, vital habitats, and working farms and forests in Oregon and Washington from east of the Cascade Mountains to the Pacific Ocean.

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The Raphael House of Portland

Raphael house provides shelter for more than 500 women and children each year. They also provide a 24-hour crisis line, emergency shelter and long-term transitional housing. Eighty-two percent of women who leave Raphael House do not return to their abuser.

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Mercy Corps

Mercy Corps works amid disasters, conflicts, chronic poverty and instability to unleash the potential of people. With 3,500 staff worldwide, they reach 16.4 million people in more than 35 countries. Over the past five years, more than 89 percent of the agency's resources have been allocated directly to programs that help people in need.

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Our People

At Rose City we know that our employees are our greatest asset. We also know that people work their best when they are in charge of their work lives. Our employees set their own hours, are paid higher than industry standards and have excellent benefits. We also encourage our employees to make time out of the office to spend with their families, volunteering or doing things they enjoy. In the end, this benefits all of us.

Our great work environment attracts and keeps only the best and most experienced loan officers in Portland.