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Top 25 counties--existing-home transactions.

Mortgage Banking • August, 2008 • Marketrac [R]

Top 25 Counties--Existing-Home Transactions First-Quarter 2008, Nationwide/Sort Order: Number of Loans Rank County Count Dollar Amount Market Avg

Share Amount

1 COOK, IL 6,974 $1,436,000,608 2.31% $205,908

2 HARRIS, TX 6,832 $962,976,626 2.26% $140,951

3 MARICOPA, AZ 6,682 $1,352,666,696 2.21% $202,434

4 LOS ANGELES, CA 5,656 $1,393,422,498 1.87% $246,362

5 SALT LAKE, UT 4,110 $813,788,.856 1.36% $198,002

6 KING,WA 3,825 $1,019,100,952 1.27% $266,432

7 SAN DIEGO, CA 3,652 $954,161,820 1.21% $261,271

8 DALLAS, TX 3,389 $472,957,121 1.12% $139,557

9 RIVERSIDE, CA 3,282 $766,037,686 1.09% $233,406 10 TARRANT, TX 3,054 $410,038,945 1.01% $134,263 11 DADE, FL 3,046 $706,177,178 1.01% $231,838 12 ORANGE, CA 2,995 $839,623,977 0.99% $280,342 13 CLARK, NV 2,885 $608,641,542 0.95% $210,968 14 BROWARD, FL 2,719 $540,290,504 0.90% $198,709 15 SACRAMENTO, CA 2,542 $512,678,485 0.84% $201,683 16 TRAVIS, TX 2,394 $415,196,672 0.79% $173,432 17 SAN 2,209 $471,995,074 0.73% $213,668

BERNARDINO, CA 18 BEXAR, TX 2,176 $290,943,348 0.72% $133,706 19 MECKLENBURG, 2,113 $339,343,761 0.70% $160,598

NC 20 FAIARFAX, VA 2,017 $529,613,645 0.67% $262,575 21 PIMA, AZ 1,933 $356,030,278 0.64% $184,185 22 ALAMEDA, CA 1,899 $509,018,019 0.63% $268,045 23 UTAHM, UT 1,842 $370,003,380 0.61% $200,870 24 PALM BEACH, FL 1,781 $351,072,219 0.59% $197,121 25 COLLIN, TX 1,716 $292,488,208 0.57% $170,448

Other Counties 220,498 $36,908,665,384 72.96% $167,388

TOTAL 302,221 $53,622,930,302 100.00% $177,430 SOURCE: First American CoreLogic, a First American company (NYSE:FAF), Santa Ana, California. Marketracinformation 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-recorde relationships that may include wholesale lenders and third-party originators.


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