REMINDER/Citizens Bank, Fannie Mae, and PMI to Announce Multimillion Dollar Homeownership Pilot; Advantage 100 Mortgage Program to Increase Homeownership Opportunities.

Assignment/News Writers

REMINDER...for Monday (April 2)

--(BUSINESS WIRE)

WHEN:             Monday, April 2, 2001
                  10:30 a.m.

WHO:              The Honorable Mike Rogers (R-MI)
                  United States House of Representatives

                  The Honorable David C. Hollister
                  Mayor, City of Lansing

                  Bert Bojesen
                  Senior Vice President, Citizens Mortgage Corporation

                  John Parsley
                  Vice President of Sales, PMI Mortgage Insurance, Co.

                  Maureen Warren
                  Vice President, Housing and Community Development,
                  Fannie Mae Midwestern Regional Office

WHAT:             Citizens Banking Corporation in partnership with PMI
                  and Fannie Mae (NYSE:FNM), the nation's largest
                  source of financing for home mortgages, will
                  announce a new multimillion dollar affordable
                  housing pilot for home buyers - Advantage 100.
                  Advantage 100 is a very low down payment mortgage
                  that will make the dream of homeownership a reality
                  for hundreds of families.

WHERE:            The Creole Gallery
                  Old Town
                  1218 Turner Street
                  Lansing, MI

                  Directions: West of US 27 off Grand River Avenue