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Top 25 counties--new-home transactions.

Mortgage Banking • August, 2008 • Marketrac[R]

Top 25 Counties--New-Home Transactions First-Quarter 2008, Nationwide/Sort Order: Number of Loans Rank County Count Dollar Amount Market Share Avg Amount 1 HARRIS, TX 3,101 $522,891 3.30% $168.620 2 MARICOPA, AZ 2,944 $666,452,468 3.13% $226,377 3 COOK, IL 2,660 $609,923,550 2.83% $229,295 4 DADE, FL 1,997 $480,801,462 2.12% $240,762 5 CLARK, NV 1,727 $410,952,217 1.84% $237,957 6 FORT BEND, TX 1,395 $281,646,710 1.48% $201,767 7 KING, WA 1,347 $364,322,036 1.43% $270,469 8 ORANGE 1,260 $275,753,281 1.34% $218,852 9 MECKLENBURG 1,244 $220,782,018 1.32% $177,478

NC 10 TARRANT, TX 1,237 $199,930,704 1.31% $161,625 11 RIVERSIDE, CA 1,161 $329,070,754 1.23% $283,437 12 BEXAR, TX 1,735 $195,178,948 1.21% $171,964 13 COLLIN, TX 1,100 $227,258,394 1.17% $206,599 14 TRAVIS, TX 955 $175,964,723 1.01% $184,256 15 LOS ANGELES, 949 $237,658,543 1.01% $250,430

CA 16 DENTON, TX 849 $168,698,667 0.90% $198,703 17 HILLSBOROUGH, 845 $167,062,481 0.90% $197,707

FL 18 DALLAS, TX 835 $147,037,287 0.89% $176.093 19 PINAL, AZ 749 $114,840,721 0.80% $153,325 20 FULTON, GA 732 $145,558,552 0.78% $198,850 21 WILLIAMSON, 727 $139,279,532 0.77% $191,581

TX 22 SAN 697 $181,972,824 0.74% $261,080

BERNARDINO,

CA 23 BROWARD, FL 676 $158,833,171 0.72% $234,960 24 WAKE, NC 675 $150,899,829 0.72% $223,555 25 DUVAL, FL 658 $102,605,632 0.70% $155,936

Other 62,450 $12,750,754,074 66.36% $204,175

Counties

TOTAL 94,105 $19,425,948,465 100.00% $206,428 SOURCE: First American CoreLogic, a First American company (NYSE: FAF), Santa Ana, California. Marketrac information is collected from county recorder offices in more than 1,100 counties, representing 85 percent of mortgage transactions nationalwide. Leder 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. With more than 600,000 users nationwide, First American CoreLogic products are used by businesses to improve customer acquisition and retention, detext and prevent fraud, improve mortgage transaction cycle time and cost efficiency, measure the value of residential and commercial properties, identify real estate trends and neighborhood characteristics, track market performance and increase market share. More information about Marketrac and First American CoreLogic can be found at www.facorelogic.com.


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