Top 30 counties--existing-home transactions.

Top 30 Counties--Existing-Home Transactions

Fourth-Quarter 2004, Nationwide / Sort Order: Number of Loans

Rank  County                  Count    Dollar Amount

 1    LOS ANGELES, CA         47,695   $12,984,614,014
 2    MARICOPA, AZ            34,815    $4,876,996,860
 3    COOK, IL                30,385    $5,229,841,711
 4    CLARK, NV               17,657    $2,994,425,847
 5    SAN DIEGO, CA           16,893    $4,949,453,542
 6    DADE, FL                16,478    $2,966,133,815
 7    ORANGE, CA              15,628    $5,040,905,211
 8    RIVERSIDE, CA           15,042    $3,071,152,097
 9    BROWARD, FL             14,972    $2,541,862,377
10    SAN BERNARDINO, CA      14,729    $2,571,886,436
11    HARRIS, TX              13,787    $1,485,741,477
12    KING, WA                12,384    $2,407,411,939
13    SACRAMENTO, CA          11,511    $2,237,371,358
14    SANTA CLARA, CA         11,244    $3,683,195,715
15    FAIRFAX, VA             10,356    $2,440,356,001
16    ALAMEDA, CA             10,195    $2,986,512,114
17    DALLAS, TX               9,191    $1,041,079,686
18    PALM BEACH, FL           9,169    $1,731,100,130
19    CONTRA COSTA, CA         8,735    $2,464,579,066
20    SALT LAKE, UT            8,547    $1,066,037,062
21    HILLSBOROUGH, FL         7,364      $945,957,371
22    PRINCE GEORGE'S, MD      7,002    $1,095,657,492
23    TARRANT, TX              6,935      $691,395,257
24    MONTGOMERY, MD           6,723    $1,533,986,406
25    PINELLAS, FL             6,369      $912,886,699
26    ORANGE, FL               6,225      $869,748,602
27    PHILADELPHIA, PA         6,127      $652,510,841
28    QUEENS, NY               5,733    $1,620,377,682
29    ST. LOUIS, MO            5,605      $704,843,201
30    FULTON, GA               5,544      $954,867,926
      Other Counties         655,274  $102,342,891,592
      TOTAL                1,048,314  $181,095,779,527

Rank  County               Market Share  Avg. Amount

 1    LOS ANGELES, CA        4.55%       $272,243
 2    MARICOPA, AZ           3.32%       $140,083
 3    COOK, IL               2.90%       $172,119
 4    CLARK, NV              1.68%       $169,589
 5    SAN DIEGO, CA          1.61%       $292,988
 6    DADE, FL               1.57%       $180,006
 7    ORANGE, CA             1.49%       $322,556
 8    RIVERSIDE, CA          1.43%       $204,172
 9    BROWARD, FL            1.43%       $169,774
10    SAN BERNARDINO, CA     1.41%       $174,614
11    HARRIS, TX             1.32%       $107,764
12    KING, WA               1.18%       $194,397
13    SACRAMENTO, CA         1.10%       $194,368
14    SANTA CLARA, CA        1.07%       $327,570
15    FAIRFAX, VA            0.99%       $235,647
16    ALAMEDA, CA            0.97%       $292,939
17    DALLAS, TX             0.88%       $113,272
18    PALM BEACH, FL         0.87%       $188,799
19    CONTRA COSTA, CA       0.83%       $282,150
20    SALT LAKE, UT          0.82%       $124,726
21    HILLSBOROUGH, FL       0.70%       $128,457
22    PRINCE GEORGE'S, MD    0.67%       $156,478
23    TARRANT, TX            0.66%        $99,697
24    MONTGOMERY, MD         0.64%       $228,170
25    PINELLAS, FL           0.61%       $143,333
26    ORANGE, FL             0.59%       $139,719
27    PHILADELPHIA, PA       0.58%       $106,498
28    QUEENS, NY             0.55%       $282,640
29    ST. LOUIS, MO          0.53%       $125,753
30    FULTON, GA             0.53%       $172,234
      Other Counties        62.51%       $156,183
      TOTAL                100.00%       $172,750

SOURCE: First American Real Estate Solutions, Anaheim, California.
Marketrac[R] information is collected from county recorder offices in
more than 500 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.