Top 25 counties--residential FRM
markets.
Fourth-Quarter 2007, Nationwide / Sort Order: Number of Loans
Market Avg.
Rank County Count Dollar Amount Share Amount
1 MARICOPA, AZ 50,124 $8,616,553,853 2.38% $171,905
2 LOS ANGELES, CA 49,929 $12,929,583,949 2.37% $258,959
3 COOK, IL 42,072 $7,582,946,907 2.00% $180,237
4 HARRIS, TX 25,084 $3,765,913,533 1.19% $150,132
5 KING, WA 23,656 $5,201,317,596 1.12% $219,873
6 DADE, FL 22,816 $4,299,674,498 1.08% $188,450
7 CLARK, NV 18,101 $3,500,835,050 0.86% $193,406
8 SAN DIEGO, CA 17,714 $4,419,829,235 0.84% $249,511
9 BROWARD, FL 17,484 $2,970,553,720 0.83% $169,901
10 ORANGE, CA 17,275 $4,462,047,575 0.82% $258,295
11 RIVERSIDE, CA 16,776 $3,737,464,276 0.80% $222,786
12 SAN BERNARDINO, CA 15,988 $3,339,750,428 0.76% $208,891
13 SALT LAKE, UT 15,285 $2,498,661,516 0.73% $163,471
14 MIDDLESEX, MA 15,049 $3,607,964,493 0.71% $239,748
15 MECKLENBURG, NC 13,652 $2,043,692,644 0.65% $149,699
16 DALLAS, TX 12,983 $1,880,124,146 0.62% $144,814
17 PRINCE GEORGE'S, 12,981 $2,426,193,666 0.62% $186,903
MD
18 TARRANT, TX 12,784 $1,694,635,863 0.61% $132,559
19 PALM BEACH, FL 12,654 $2,195,725,438 0.60% $173,520
20 FAIRFAX, VA 12,153 $2,602,770,479 0.58% $214,167
21 HILLSBOROUGH, FL 12,133 $2,087,322,281 0.58% $172,037
22 BEXAR, TX 11,751 $1,507,379,728 0.56% $128,277
23 ORANGE, FL 10,996 $1,753,973,403 0.52% $159,510
24 FRANKLIN, OH 10,901 $1,201,087,275 0.52% $110,181
25 PIMA, AZ 10,779 $1,601,540,597 0.51% $148,580
Other Counties 1,626,181 $252,713,040,173 77.17% $155,403
TOTAL 2,107,301 $344,640,582,322 100.00% $163,546
SOURCE: First American CoreLogic, a First American company (NYSE: FAF),
Santa Ana, California. Marketrac[R] information is collected from county
recorder offices in more than 1,100 counties, representing 85 percent of
mortgage transactions nationwide. Lender participation in Marketrac
rankings is automatic. Rankings are established using the lender name
filed on recorded documents, and therefore do not include non-recorded
relationships that may include wholesale lenders and third-party
originators. This report includes recorded reverse-mortgage amounts.
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