Top 25 counties--existing-home transactions.
Fourth-Quarter 2007, Nationwide / Sort Order: Number of Loans
Market Avg.
Rank County Count Dollar Amount Share Amount
1 LOS ANGELES, CA 12,836 $5,353,698,205 2.31% $417,085
2 COOK, IL 11,271 $2,538,577,139 2.03% $225,231
3 HARRIS, TX 10,240 $1,751,969,891 1.84% $171,091
4 MARICOPA, AZ 9,410 $2,342,092,220 1.69% $248,894
5 DALLAS, TX 6,108 $1,007,570,808 1.10% $164,959
6 KING, WA 5,864 $1,858,886,008 1.05% $317,000
7 TARRANT, TX 5,529 $754,943,030 0.99% $136,542
8 SALT LAKE, UT 5,266 $1,088,187,246 0.95% $206,644
9 DADE, FL 5,128 $1,535,679,630 0.92% $299,470
10 SAN DIEGO, CA 5,035 $1,795,091,008 0.91% $356,523
11 BROWARD, FL 4,159 $1,024,394,542 0.75% $246,308
12 ORANGE, CA 4,051 $1,731,473,184 0.73% $427,419
13 BEXAR, TX 3,842 $507,698,450 0.69% $132,144
14 RIVERSIDE, CA 3,708 $1,045,350,471 0.67% $281,918
15 MECKLENBURG, NC 3,628 $645,322,256 0.65% $177,873
16 CLARK, NV 3,602 $915,218,665 0.65% $254,086
17 FAIRFAX, VA 3,444 $1,097,825,491 0.62% $318,765
18 SANTA CLARA, CA 3,426 $1,597,195,306 0.62% $466,198
19 TRAVIS, TX 3,280 $846,334,383 0.59% $258,029
20 SAN BERNARDINO, CA 3,219 $796,010,642 0.56% $254,398
21 SACRAMENTO, CA 3,053 $724,764,842 0.55% $237,394
22 MIDDLESEX, MA 3,036 $1,017,287,177 0.55% $335,075
23 ALAMEDA, CA 3,027 $1,096,623,304 0.54% $362,281
24 FRANKLIN, OH 2,916 $388,319,549 0.52% $133,169
25 MARION, IN 2,906 $366,787,730 0.52% $126,217
Other Counties 428,353 $83,027,396,934 77.01% $193,829
TOTAL 556,247 $116,854,698,111 100.00% $210,077
SOURCE: First American CoreLogic, a First American company (NYSE: FAF),
Santa Ana, California. Marketrac[R] information 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-recorded
relationships that may include wholesale lenders and third-party
originators.
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