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To: ravenseye who wrote (4198)	5/10/2007 4:48:33 PM
From: ravenseye	Respond to of 5673

Top 10 subprime originators lean to left coast By Laura Mandaro, MarketWatch Last Update: 5:42 PM ET Mar 14, 2007 SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) -- The West is the best, sang a '60's rocker -- and that sentiment also rings true among subprime mortgage originators.... marketwatch.com ... a snapshot of the top 10 originators in the fourth quarter shows a heavy Westward slant. Seven of the 10 are based in California, according to a ranking published by trade publication National Mortgage News. One, Washington Mutual Inc. (WM :) , is based in Seattle. Top subprime mortgage lenders Rank Lender Location Q4 2006 originations, in billions 1 HSBC Finance (HSBC) Prospect Heights, IL $12.3 2 New Century Financial Irvine, CA $12.2 3 Countrywide Financial Calabasas, CA $10.1 4 WMC Mortgage (GE) Burbank, CA $9.0 5 First Franklin (Merrill Lynch) San Jose, CA $7.8 6 Wells Fargo Home Mortgage San Francisco, CA $7.4 7 Option One (H&R Block) Irvine, CA $6.1 8 Fremont Investment & Loan* Santa Monica, CA $6.0 9 Washington Mutual* Seattle, WA $5.7 10 CitiFinancial (Citigroup)* Baltimore, MD $5.0 *Estimates Data: National Mortgage News ...