Mortgage Banking Mergers and Acquisitions Announced in 1998

+++ (Dollars in millions)

part 1 of 4

Buyer

1 Wilshire Financial Services Group, Portland, Ore.

2 Norwest Corp., Minneapolis

3 First Union Corp., Charlotte, N.C.

4 CFS Bank (Haven Bancorp), New York

5 Ocwen Financial Corp., West Palm Beach, Fla.

6 PNC Bank Corp., Pittsburgh

7 HomeSide Lending, Jacksonville

8 INMC Mortgage Holdings, Pasadena, Calif.

9 GMAC Mortgage Corp., Horsham, Pa.

10 Household International Inc., Prospect Hts., Ill.

11 Conseco Inc., Carmel, Ind.

12 GreenPoint Financial Corp., New York

13 First Defiance Financial Corp., Defiance, Ohio

14 Wilshire Financial Services Group, Portland, Ore.

15 BankAmerica Corp., Charlotte, N.C. (NationsCredit)

16 First Commercial Corp., Little Rock

17 American General Corp., Houston

18 Chase Manhattan Corp., New YorK

19 Undisclosed acquirer

20 R&G Financial Corp., San Juan, P.R.

21 HomeSide Lending, Jacksonville, Fla.

22 GreenPoint Financial Corp., New York

23 GreenPoint Financial Corp., New York

24 Undisclosed acquirer

25 Principal Residential Mortgage, Des Moines

part 2 of 4

Seller Announced

1 Cityscape Financial Corp., Elmsford, NY 1/23/98

2 WMC Mortgage Corp., Woodland Hills, Cali 2/9/98

3 Money Store Inc., Sacramento, Calif. 3/4/98

4 Resource Bancshares Mortgage, Columbia, S 3/11/98

5 Cityscape Financial Corp., Elmsford, N.Y. 3/31/98

6 Ryland Group, Columbia, Md. 3/31/98

7 Bank One Corp., Chicago 4/1/98

8 National City Corp., Cleveland 4/2/98

9 Wells Fargo & Co., San Francisco 4/2/98

10 Beneficial Corp., Wilmington, Del. 4/7/98

11 Green Tree Financial, Minneapolis 4/7/98

12 BankAmerica Corp., Charlotte (NationsCred 4/13/98

13 Leader Mortgage Co., Cleveland 4/13/98

14 Undisclosed seller 4/15/98

15 Avco Financial Services Inc., Costa Mesa, 5/1/98

16 Simmons First National Corp., Pine Bluff, 6/29/98

17 Houston Savings Bank 8/31/98

18 Mellon Bank Corp., Pittsburgh 9/15/98

19 Westcorp Inc., Irvine, Calif. 9/28/98

20 Banco Santande, Santander, P.R. 11/2/98

21 People's Mutual Holdings, Bridgeport, Con 12/3/98

22 BankAmerica Corp., Charlotte (NationsCred 12/7/98

23 Headlands Mortgage Co., Larkspur, Calif. 12/8/98

24 FirstPlus Financial Group, Dallas 12/30/98

25 Flagstar Bancorp, Bloomfield Hills, Mich.12/31/98

part 3 of 4

Product line acquired or

core competency of company

1 Mortgage servicing portfolio

2 Retail and wholesale originations operations

3 Majority stake in residential home equity lender/servicer

4 Loan production franchise

5 Assets of U.K. operations

6 Third-party loan-servicing portfolio

7 Mortgage banking operations

8 Loans, securities and mortgage servicing operations

9 Servicing portfolio and rights

10 Majority stake in consumer finance company

11 Majority stake in consumer finance company

12 Manufactured housing operations

13 Majority stake in residential lender/servicer.

14 Residential loans and mortgage-backed securities

15 Residential mortgage loans

16 Mortgage servicing portfolio

17 Majority stake in residential mortgage warehousing subsidiary

18 Western U.S. retail organization network

19 Mortgage servicing portfolio

20 Mortgage servicing portfolio and future servicing rights

21 Mortgage servicing portfolio

22 Manufactured housing operations; correspondent sale agreement

23 Majority stake in residential lender/servicer

24 Residential mortgage loans

25 Mortgage servicing portfolio

part 4 of 4

Product line acquired or Deal Assets

core competency of company Price Sold/Purch.

1 Mortgage servicing portfolio $27.30 $450.00

2 Retail and wholesale originations 21.9 4.9

3 Majority stake in residential hom3,936.203,136.70

4 Loan production franchise N/A 740

5 Assets of U.K. operations 421.3 N/A

6 Third-party loan-servicing portfo2,700.00 N/A

7 Mortgage banking operations 201 N/A

8 Loans, securities and mortgage se N/A N/A

9 Servicing portfolio and rights N/A 28,100.00

10 Majority stake in consumer financ8,681.00 N/A

11 Majority stake in consumer financ5,756.00 N/A

12 Manufactured housing operations 703 N/A

13 Majority stake in residential len 39.6 4,700.00

14 Residential loans and mortgage-ba N/A 353.6

15 Residential mortgage loans N/A 350

16 Mortgage servicing portfolio N/A 1,200.00

17 Majority stake in residential mor 25 N/A

18 Western U.S. retail organization N/A N/A

19 Mortgage servicing portfolio N/A 4,000.00

20 Mortgage servicing portfolio and N/A 1,100.00

21 Mortgage servicing portfolio N/A 5,000.00

22 Manufactured housing operations; N/A 1,000.00

23 Majority stake in residential len 473 4,400.00

24 Residential mortgage loans N/A 900

25 Mortgage servicing portfolio N/A 4,000.00 ===

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