Home financing in Ketchikan Gateway Borough.
County-by-county financing guides. No paperwork. No social. No ID.
1 institutions are headquartered inside the Ketchikan Gateway Borough line, and 1 more keep a branch here. Below, we say which is which.
Not this lane? Business FinancingPersonal Financing
The doors in Ketchikan Gateway Borough.
The CDFIs, credit unions, and microlenders that actually say yes — county by county, in two languages. We are not a lender. Nobody paid to be listed. And where a county has no good doors, we say so.
- Tongass Credit UnionCDFI-certifiedPersonal · Home · Business capital
Based elsewhere, with a member-facing office inside the Ketchikan Gateway Borough line. You can walk in.
- Global Credit UnionPersonal · Home · Business capital
- Alaska Benteh Capital, LLCCommunity lending · Business capital
- Spruce Root, Inc.SBA microlenderCommunity lending · Business capital
- Seattle Economic Development Fund (dba: Business Impact Northwest)Business capital
- Mission Asset FundAccepts ITIN
Zero-interest lending circles and credit building. SSN or ITIN accepted. Works through nonprofit partners across the country.
Personal - Accion Opportunity FundAccepts ITIN
Nonprofit small-business lender. Accepts ITIN in place of SSN. Serves most states, in English and Spanish.
Business capital - Grameen AmericaAccepts ITIN
Microloans for women entrepreneurs. Requires photo ID and proof of address — no SSN requirement. Branches in major metro areas.
Business capital
3 of the 8 are CDFI-certified.
The U.S. Treasury certifies them to lend to the people banks pass over. It is a loan, not a favour.
3 of these doors accept an ITIN.
They will open an application with an ITIN instead of a social security number. They are marked ACCEPTS ITIN below.
Buying or investing in a home in Ketchikan Gateway Borough comes with unique challenges — a remote Southeast Alaska location, a seasonal economy, and a limited housing inventory. This guide walks you through what home financing actually means here, who qualifies, which local and regional lenders serve this community, and what to watch out for. Whether you have a Social Security number or an ITIN, there are real options available to you in Ketchikan.
Certified by the U.S. Treasury to lend where a bank will not. Nonprofit, patient, and used to a file that is not clean.
Tongass Credit UnionOwned by their members, not by shareholders. They look at your whole story rather than a score, and that is the difference when a bank says no.
Global Credit Union · Tongass Credit UnionSame county, another question.
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