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Mortgage Banking • August, 2008 • Home-Price Spotlight

10 Best-Performing Counties by 3-Month HPI Change County/State 3-Month HPI Repeat-Sales Median

Change Home Price ANDERSON TN 5.79% $114,700 AIKEN, SC 5.13% $133,800 DENVER, CO 5.09% $223,700 YAMHILL, OR 4.32% $226,500 BAY, MI 4.27% $85,400 YORK, PA 4.11% $167,100 SUMNER, TN 4.07% $169,600 DURHAM, NC 4.03% $163,200 ORLEANS, LA 4.01% $111,300 CUYAHOGA, OH 3.98% $89,900 10 Worst-Performing Counties by 3-Month HPI Change

County/State 3-Month HPI Repeat-Sales Median

Change Home Price SAN BERNARDINO, CA -6.17% $228,600 MONTEREY, CA -6.12% $306,900 KERN, CA -6.11% $167,400 STARK, OH -6.11% $57,900 RIVERSIDE, CA -6.10% $250,000 TULARE, CA -6.06% $181,200 STANISLAUS, CA -6.05% $204,700 CONTRA COSTA, CA -5.96% $297,100 SAN JOAQUIN, CA -5.91% $225,000 SACRAMENTO, CA -5.89% $202,500 10 Best-Performing Counties by 1-Year HPI Change County/State 1-Year HPI Repeat-Sales Median

Change Home Price MONTGOMERY, NY 12.90% $103,800 CLAIBORNE, TN 11.91% $67,300 SMITH, TN 11.01% $77,800 PEORIA, IL 9.80% $148,500 RHEA, TN 8.76% $111,200 JEFFRSON, NY 7.69% $147,000 TIOGA, NY 7.65% $101,700 SENECA, NY 7.44% $76,400 WAYNE, NY 7.40% $133,000 CAYUGA, NY 7.16% $91,500 10 Worst-Performing Counties by 1-Year HPI Change

County/State 1-Year HPI Repeat-Sales Median

Change Home Price STANISLAUS, CA -26.35% $204,700 SAN JOAQUIN, CA -25.52% $225,000 SACRAMENTO, CA -24.98% $202,500 SAN BENITO, CA -24.85% $360,200 MONTEREY, CA -24.83% $306,900 SANTA BARBARA,CA -24.54% $302,000 SAN BERNARDINO, CA -24.09% $228,600 SOLANO, CA -23.82% $296,700 CONTRA COSTA, CA -23.81% $297,100 MERCED, CA -23.73% $181,000 SOURCE: First American CoreLogic, a First American company (NYSE: FAF), Santa Ana, California Loanperformance HPI provides a comprehensive set of monthly home-price indexes and median sales prices covering 7,488 ZIP codes, 956 core-based statistical areas (CBSAs) and 670 counties located in all 50 states and the District of Columbia. The indexes, which are the most comprehensive available in the industry, incorporate more than 30 years' worth of repeat-sales transactions, representing more than 45 million observations, sourced from First American CoreLogics industry-leading property information database. More information about LoanPerformance HPI and First American CoreLogic can be found at www.loanperformance.com and www.facorelogic.com.


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