South residential lenders--top 25; Fourth-quarter 2005 / sort order: total loan amount.

South Residential Lenders--Top 25

Fourth-Quarter 2005 / Sort Order: Total Loan Amount

                                            PURCHASE
                                     Total            Number
Rank  Lender                         $ Volume         of Loans

 1    COUNTRYWIDE FINANCIAL CORP.*    $6,404,750,000   42,387
 2    BANK OF AMERICA                 $4,232,755,000   25,099
 3    WELLS FARGO BANK                $5,090,728,000   28,436
 4    SUNTRUST MTG./SUNTRUST BK.*     $2,969,966,000   17,931
 5    JP MORGAN CHASE BANK            $1,986,082,000   10,755
 6    WACHOVIA BANK                     $633,859,819    3,826
 7    WASHINGTON MUTUAL BANK          $1,446,872,000    6,805
 8    CITIMORTGAGE/CITIBANK*            $845,672,065    4,673
 9    PRIVATE LENDER**                $1,272,720,000    9,247
10    FREMONT INVESTMENT & LOAN       $1,338,707,000    9,358
11    WACHOVIA MORTGAGE               $1,176,801,000    5,529
12    NATIONAL CITY MORTGAGE*         $1,078,484,000    5,011
13    FIRST HORIZON HOME LOANS        $1,031,419,000    6,564
14    BRANCH BANKING & TRUST            $880,764,434    5,459
15    NEW CENTURY MORTGAGE              $986,323,328    7,889
16    WORLD SAVINGS BANK                $542,392,587    2,832
17    ARGENT MORTGAGE                   $785,510,880    5,336
18    INDYMAC BANK                      $741,189,124    4,744
19    AMSOUTH BANK                      $538,308,589    3,026
20    OPTION ONE MORTGAGE               $772,064,601    5,907
21    HOMEBANC MORTGAGE               $1,036,439,000    5,735
22    ABN AMRO MORTGAGE                 $634,307,118    3,864
23    LONG BEACH MORTGAGE               $933,186,583    7,608
24    FIRST MAGNUS FINANCIAL            $789,851,219    5,427
25    WMC MORTGAGE                      $788,587,907    5,722
      Other Institutional Lender(s)  $56,475,352,000  358,014
      TOTAL                          $95,413,099,000  597,184

                                         PURCHASE
                                     Share of  Share
Rank  Lender                         $ Volume  of Loans

 1    COUNTRYWIDE FINANCIAL CORP.*     6.71%     7.10%
 2    BANK OF AMERICA                  4.44%     4.20%
 3    WELLS FARGO BANK                 5.34%     4.76%
 4    SUNTRUST MTG./SUNTRUST BK.*      3.11%     3.00%
 5    JP MORGAN CHASE BANK             2.08%     1.80%
 6    WACHOVIA BANK                    0.66%     0.64%
 7    WASHINGTON MUTUAL BANK           1.52%     1.14%
 8    CITIMORTGAGE/CITIBANK*           0.89%     0.78%
 9    PRIVATE LENDER**                 1.33%     1.55%
10    FREMONT INVESTMENT & LOAN        1.40%     1.57%
11    WACHOVIA MORTGAGE                1.23%     0.93%
12    NATIONAL CITY MORTGAGE*          1.13%     0.84%
13    FIRST HORIZON HOME LOANS         1.08%     1.10%
14    BRANCH BANKING & TRUST           0.92%     0.91%
15    NEW CENTURY MORTGAGE             1.03%     1.32%
16    WORLD SAVINGS BANK               0.57%     0.47%
17    ARGENT MORTGAGE                  0.82%     0.89%
18    INDYMAC BANK                     0.78%     0.79%
19    AMSOUTH BANK                     0.56%     0.51%
20    OPTION ONE MORTGAGE              0.81%     0.99%
21    HOMEBANC MORTGAGE                1.09%     0.96%
22    ABN AMRO MORTGAGE                0.66%     0.65%
23    LONG BEACH MORTGAGE              0.98%     1.27%
24    FIRST MAGNUS FINANCIAL           0.83%     0.91%
25    WMC MORTGAGE                     0.83%     0.96%
      Other Institutional Lender(s)   59.19%    59.95%
      TOTAL                          100.00%   100.00%

                                           NONPURCHASE
                                     Total             Number
Rank  Lender                         $ Volume          of Loans

 1    COUNTRYWIDE FINANCIAL CORP.*     $5,183,944,000   38,218
 2    BANK OF AMERICA                  $7,085,720,000   63,214
 3    WELLS FARGO BANK                 $4,511,350,000   29,969
 4    SUNTRUST MTG./SUNTRUST BK.*      $4,064,070,000   36,388
 5    JP MORGAN CHASE BANK             $3,676,212,000   28,894
 6    WACHOVIA BANK                    $4,745,788,000   44,120
 7    WASHINGTON MUTUAL BANK           $2,860,535,000   23,771
 8    CITIMORTGAGE/CITIBANK*           $2,173,944,000   16,485
 9    PRIVATE LENDER**                 $1,290,677,000    8,157
10    FREMONT INVESTMENT & LOAN        $1,128,755,000    5,877
11    WACHOVIA MORTGAGE                  $985,142,632    4,821
12    NATIONAL CITY MORTGAGE*          $1,005,962,000    4,569
13    FIRST HORIZON HOME LOANS           $962,494,936    6,493
14    BRANCH BANKING & TRUST           $1,099,082,000   11,568
15    NEW CENTURY MORTGAGE               $892,254,745    5,784
16    WORLD SAVINGS BANK               $1,207,938,000    6,317
17    ARGENT MORTGAGE                    $893,278,227    5,270
18    INDYMAC BANK                       $827,873,251    4,302
19    AMSOUTH BANK                       $997,270,822   10,765
20    OPTION ONE MORTGAGE                $737,657,266    4,013
21    HOMEBANC MORTGAGE                  $389,511,445    1,736
22    ABN AMRO MORTGAGE                  $745,698,687    3,885
23    LONG BEACH MORTGAGE                $407,660,224    2,654
24    FIRST MAGNUS FINANCIAL             $515,901,529    2,935
25    WMC MORTGAGE                       $515,613,845    2,843
      Other Institutional Lender(s)   $58,956,768,000  443,951
      TOTAL                          $107,861,108,000  816,999

                                       NONPURCHASE
                                     Share of  Share
Rank  Lender                         $ Volume  of Loans

 1    COUNTRYWIDE FINANCIAL CORP.*     4.81%     4.68%
 2    BANK OF AMERICA                  6.57%     7.74%
 3    WELLS FARGO BANK                 4.18%     3.67%
 4    SUNTRUST MTG./SUNTRUST BK.*      3.77%     4.45%
 5    JP MORGAN CHASE BANK             3.41%     3.54%
 6    WACHOVIA BANK                    4.40%     5.40%
 7    WASHINGTON MUTUAL BANK           2.65%     2.91%
 8    CITIMORTGAGE/CITIBANK*           2.02%     2.02%
 9    PRIVATE LENDER**                 1.20%     1.00%
10    FREMONT INVESTMENT & LOAN        1.05%     0.72%
11    WACHOVIA MORTGAGE                0.91%     0.59%
12    NATIONAL CITY MORTGAGE*          0.93%     0.56%
13    FIRST HORIZON HOME LOANS         0.89%     0.79%
14    BRANCH BANKING & TRUST           1.02%     1.42%
15    NEW CENTURY MORTGAGE             0.83%     0.71%
16    WORLD SAVINGS BANK               1.12%     0.77%
17    ARGENT MORTGAGE                  0.83%     0.65%
18    INDYMAC BANK                     0.77%     0.53%
19    AMSOUTH BANK                     0.92%     1.32%
20    OPTION ONE MORTGAGE              0.68%     0.49%
21    HOMEBANC MORTGAGE                0.36%     0.21%
22    ABN AMRO MORTGAGE                0.69%     0.48%
23    LONG BEACH MORTGAGE              0.38%     0.32%
24    FIRST MAGNUS FINANCIAL           0.48%     0.36%
25    WMC MORTGAGE                     0.48%     0.35%
      Other Institutional Lender(s)   54.66%    54.34%
      TOTAL                          100.00%   100.00%

SOURCE: First American Real Estate Solutions, Anaheim, California.
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subsidiary be grouped together under the parent company's listing.
** "Private Lender" refers to a combination of private individual
lenders and/or a lender producing fewer than 10 loans in a given month.