ADVISORY/ Educators, Mortgage Bankers Will Team Up to Announce Seminars for First-time Homebuyers.

Business Editors/Real Estate Writers

ADVISORY...for Thursday (Jan. 18)

--(BUSINESS WIRE)

The Mortgage Bankers Association of America (MBA) and the National
Council on Economic Education (NCEE) Thursday will announce a new
series of educational seminars for first-time homebuyers.

The seminar curriculum is designed to help California families achieve
their dream of home ownership while providing information on how to
avoid unscrupulous lending practices.

WHO:   Tom Hammond, president, California Mortgage Bankers Association
       Greg Grandchamp, board member, California Mortgage Bankers
        Association
       Jan Owen, executive director, California Mortgage Bankers
        Association
       Bill Kerby, professor of economics and director, CCEE's Center
        for Economic Education at CSUS
       Thomas P. Cronin, vice president/treasurer, Mortgage Bankers
        Association of America

WHAT:  Announcement of a new series of educational seminars for
        first-time homebuyers

WHEN:  Thursday, January 18, 2001, 11:00 AM

WHERE: California State University at Sacramento
       University Union Building, Forest Suite
       University Drive - East

       Parking is available in Lot 4, directly across from the
        University Union Building entrance.

       Interactive map:
        www.csus.edu/scripts/asp/map/map.asp?D1=2#largemap