Top 25 counties--existing-home
transactions.
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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