March 20 2009 - HomeStreet Bank announced today that it has lowered its interest rate to 3.875* percent for select new homes for sale within its ‘Preferred Properties’ financing program. The Preferred Properties program was launched last fall and features special financing for a limited number of brand new homes in the Puget Sound region (including Olympia), Spokane and Vancouver, Wash.; Portland, Salem and Bend, Ore.; and Boise, Idaho. “Our builders have had great success with this progra