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fha mortgages ; va mortgages ; reverse mortgages ; usda united states department of agriculture mortgages ; no closing cost refinancing ; and harp home affordable refinance program refinancing options . the company is known for its philanthropy historic preservation and efforts to promote racial equality and diversity . 1 2 james b. nutter & company acquired a wide swath of older homes in kansas city s historic westport neighborhood and turned them into a collection of eclectic entrepreneurial office spaces known as nutterville . the formerly drab houses were renovated and painted in bright colors and surrounded by flower beds . the work has included the preservation of the historic nathan scarritt house at 4038 baltimore ave. 1 contents 1 background 2 employees 3 philanthropy 4 references 5 external links background edit james b. nutter sr. founded james b. nutter & company . in 1951 working out of his apartment that specialized in home loans and refinancing home loans . james b. nutter & company was one of the first kansas city mortgage companies to get government backed veterans administration home loans . 1 in 1964 with foreclosure rates on the rise nutter s company created a forbearance program to help borrowers who were behind on their house payments . 3 in the 1950s and 60s james b. nutter & company did not follow the discriminatory lending practices of the day and became one of the first companies in the industry to make home loans in black neighborhoods and to single women on a large scale . 3 james b. nutter & company continued to countermand discriminatory practices in the 1970s when its village green apartments rented units to anyone who could pay the rent regardless of race . 3 in november 2012 nutter received the harold l. holliday sr. civil rights award from the naacp s kansas city mo. branch . 4 during the subprime mortgage crisis in 2006 and 2007 the financial media recognized james b. nutter & company for its refusal to participate in junk loan transactions . 3 james b. nutter & company . was a pioneer in reverse mortgages having initiated the first federal housing administration insured reverse mortgages in 1989 . 5 employees edit james b. nutter & company employs about 300 loan officers processors and support staff at its headquarters in kansas city s historic westport neighborhood . the current chairman is james b. nutter sr. and the current president and ceo is james b. nutter jr. philanthropy edit the company has been recognized by many non profits given the company s history of donating . some recognition includes john buck o neil award for outstanding support of the negro leagues baseball museum ; 6 children s mercy hospital ; 7 board representation for harry s. truman library institute ; 8 little sisters of the poor ; 9 gordon parks elementary school ; 10 jackson county mo. historical society 6 ; truman medical center american red cross 11 rockhurst university university of missouri kansas city kansas city art institute the learning exchange habitat for humanity science city at union station jackson county historical society among others 12 references edit a b c kansas city star magazine 8 20 12 by cindy hoedel mr. mortgage as james b. nutter prospers so does kc http www.equities.com news headline story dt 2012 08 17 & val 392347 & cat finance a b c d kansas city star magazine 8 20 12 by cindy hoedel mr. mortgage as james b. nutter prospers so does kc naacp kansas city mo. branch http naacpkcmo.org upcoming events naacp to host 45th freedom fund event . retrieved 18 february 2013 . kansas city business journal 2 15 09 nutter feels the mortgage loan crunch http www.bizjournals.com kansascity stories 2009 02 16 story5.html . retrieved 17 february 2013 . negro leagues baseball museum honors mlb s best 13 january 2013 http mlb.mlb.com news article.jsp ymd 20130113 & content id 40943910 & c id mlb http www.childrensmercy.org content uploadedfiles about us 2011 % 20cmh % 20annual % 20report.pdf http www.trumanlibrary.org institute board1.htm http www.littlesistersofthepoorkansascity.org index.php option com content & view article & id 82 mr nutters visit to the little sisters of the poor & catid 34 sisters blog & itemid 53 http www.gordonparks.org sites gordonparks files newsletter gordon % 20parks % 20spring % 202012 % 20newsletter.pdf http www.redcross.org images media customproductcatalog m8640098 kc ar08 09.pdf city of kansas city of missouri public record resolution 11432 on 10 14 2001 recognizing james b. nutter and company and james b. nutter sr. for providing the foundation for the american dream http cityclerk.kcmo.org liveweb documents document.aspx q % 2fa4oijqrrx1dmm9ik1wcnrk % 2bxatlqvmlllvrr79jvlg2brc % 2bbbnn2 % 2b4qtai3 % 2btnx8 % 2fwwd8qhnfg % 3d external links edit official website retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title james b. nutter % 26 company & oldid 736238503 categories mortgage lenders of the united stateshidden categories articles with a promotional tone from june 2013all articles with a promotional toneorphaned articles from june 2013all orphaned articlesarticles needing additional references from june 2013all articles needing additional references navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 26 august 2016 at 03 57 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; 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