Largest Home Mortgage Originators in 2004

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Largest Home Mortgage Originators in 2004

Largest Home Mortgage Originators in 2004
Dollars in millions
Published May 13, 2005
Rank   Volume Market Share
2004 2003 Change 2004 Change*
1 Countrywide Financial Corp. Calabasas, Calif. $363,009 $434,864 -17% 13.08% 0.81
2 Wells Fargo Home Mortgage San Francisco 298,463 470,119 -37 10.76 -2.52
3 Washington Mutual Seattle 255,354 435,391 -41 9.20 -3.09
4 Chase Home Finance Edison, N.J. 187,003 288,882 -35 6.74 -1.42
5 Bank of America Charlotte 103,770 130,871 -21 3.74 0.04
6 CitiMortgage Inc. O'Fallon, Mo. 103,219 108,433 -5 3.72 0.66
7 GMAC Residential Holdings 1 Horsham, Pa. 87,447 114,455 -24 3.15 -0.08
8 Ameriquest Mtg./Argent E BC 2 Orange, Calif. 77,500 36,920 110 2.79 1.75
9 National City Mortgage Miamisburg, Ohio 65,664 105,561 -38 2.37 -0.61
10 ABN Amro Mortgage Ann Arbor, Mich. 56,557 129,416 -56 2.04 -1.62
  Top 50 Totals: $2,497,529 $3,218,318 -22 90.03 -0.85
Top 100 Totals: $2,746,782 $3,506,325 -22 92.53 -0.34

Notes: Volumes calculated by adding quarterly production numbers reported to National Mortgage News. 2004 market share based on estimated total originations of $2.776 trillion. 1 General Motors subsidiaries. 2 Ameriquest is retail arm of Ameriquest Capital; Argent is wholesale arm. BC Subprime funding specialist. E Estimate; company would not disclose data.

Source: National Mortgage News. Questions? Email:

Paul.Muolo@SourceMedia.com
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