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Wells Fargo Home Mortgage, WCI Mortgage Form Joint Venture.


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 Home Mortgage, a division of Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., one of the nation's leading providers of residential mortgages, today announced a new joint venture with Florida-based WCI WCI Western Climate Initiative
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 Mortgage, a subsidiary of WCI Communities WCI Communities, Inc. is a homebuilding company in the United States that provides design, construction, financing, land purchases, marketing, and community management. WCI is based in Bonita Springs, Florida and had about 2,900 employees until 2006 when a building recession , Inc. (NYSE NYSE

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:WCI). The joint venture, to be called WCI Mortgage, an affiliate of Wells Fargo Home Mortgage, will originate, process and fund mortgage loans in Florida for WCI's customers and others. The joint venture will also service Prudential Florida WCI Realty realty n. a short form of "real estate." (See: real estate)


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, which has more than 58 locations and 2,200 real estate associates throughout Florida, and was ranked the 22nd largest real estate company in the nation in sales volume by REALTOR(R) Magazine and is ranked fifth largest among Prudential affiliates nationwide.

The joint venture will provide mortgage origination services, including reviewing applications and pre-qualifying buyers for home loans. It will offer a wide range of home-financing products and services including underwriting Underwriting

1. The process by which investment bankers raise investment capital from investors on behalf of corporations and governments that are issuing securities (both equity and debt).

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, compliance and loan-processing services.

In addition, the entity will operate as a mortgage lender with a capital structure that allows it the advantage of funding the mortgages it originates.

Susan Walker has been named president of the joint venture. She has more than 26 years of experience in the mortgage lending industry and has been employed by WCI for more than two years.

"The alliance with Wells Fargo is an important step in strengthening our customers' experience and demonstrates the value of the WCI brand," said Rei Mesa, president of WCI's Real Estate Services Division. "We are proud to join forces with one of the most successful names in the mortgage industry, and excited to provide our sales associates, community representatives and customers access to their service network. The joint venture gives our sales associates great confidence in recommending our services, and in the process will make our business more successful."

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, head of Wells Fargo Ventures, said the company is excited about the alliance with WCI.

"We share common values with WCI, including a focus on providing the highest-quality service to customers," he said. "WCI has deep roots in the eastern United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area.  and a proven track record of results. As one of the largest and premier builder and real estate companies in the country, we see this joint venture as a natural fit with Wells Fargo. We are excited to support WCI's goals and provide their clients with the best financing solutions to meet their individual needs."

About WCI

WCI Communities, Inc., named America's Builder 2004 by the National Association of Home Builders The National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) is one of the largest trade associations in the United States. Headquartered in Washington, DC, the association organizes one of the largest conventions in North America, The International Builders' Show, which draws more than  and Builder Magazine, has been creating amenity-rich, master-planned lifestyle communities since 1946. Florida-based WCI caters to primary, retirement and second-home buyers in Florida, New York Florida is the name of some places in the U.S. state of New York:
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, New Jersey, Connecticut, Maryland and Virginia. The company offers traditional and tower home choices with prices from the low-$200,000s to more than $10 million and features a wide array of recreational amenities. In addition to homebuilding, WCI generates revenues from its Prudential Florida WCI Realty Division, its mortgage and title businesses, recreational amenities and land sales. The company currently owns and controls developable land of approximately 17,000 acres.

About Wells Fargo Home Mortgage

Celebrating its centennial year, Wells Fargo Home Mortgage is the nation's No. 1 retail mortgage lender and a leading servicer of home mortgages. As a division of Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., it has a local presence in more than 2,400 mortgage stores and bank branches, plus the capabilities to serve the home financing needs of customers nationwide through its call centers, Internet presence and wholesale lending operations. Wells Fargo Home Mortgage services loans for 6 million customers in all 50 states and is headquartered in Des Moines, Iowa.

--Based on year-end 2005 statistics compiled by Inside Mortgage Finance - Feb. 17, 2006
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