Leading Residential Originators

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Leading Residential Originators

Leading Residential Originators
In the first half of 2006. Dollars in millions
Published October 24, 2006
    Production Year earlier Change Market share Change
1 Countrywide Financial Corp. Calabasas, Calif. $220,027 $211,807 3.90% 13.43% -0.20%
2 Wells Fargo Home Mortgage San Francisco 206,590 163,874 26.1 12.61 2.1
3 Washington Mutual Seattle 104,645 120,464 -13.1 6.39 -1.3
4 Chase Home Finance Iselin, N.J. 91,738 85,387 7.4 5.6 0.1
5 CitiMortgage Inc. O’Fallon, Mo. 84,120 66,585 26.3 5.14 0.9
6 Bank of America Charlotte 80,811 73,301 10.2 4.93 0.2
7 GMAC-RFC (1) Minneapolis 40,306 25,745 56.6 2.46 0.8
8 IndyMac Bancorp Inc. Pasadena, Calif. 40,037 25,801 55.2 2.44 0.8
9 GMAC Residential Holdings (1) Horsham, Pa. 37,027 45,388 -18.4 2.26 -0.7
10 EMC Mortgage (2) Lewisville, Tex. 36,326 40,346 -10 2.22 -0.4
11 Wachovia (3) Charlotte 30,431 26,054 16.8 1.86 0.2
12 HSBC Finance (BC) (4) Prospect Heights, Ill. 28,538 22,497 26.9 1.74 0.3
13 American Home Mtg. Investment Melville, N.Y. 28,104 18,036 55.8 1.72 0.6
14 SunTrust Mortgage Inc. Richmond 26,882 19,855 35.4 1.64 0.4
15 New Century Financial Corp. (BC) Irvine, Calif. 25,600 20,504 24.9 1.56 0.2
16 Golden West Financial Corp./World (3) Oakland, Calif. 23,291 24,657 -5.5 1.42 -0.2
17 National City Mortgage (5) Miamisburg, Ohio 21,307 30,363 -29.8 1.3 -0.6
18 PHH Mortgage Mount Laurel, N.J. 21,269 22,505 -5.5 1.3 -0.1
19 ABN Amro Mortgage Ann Arbor, Mich. 18,887 25,838 -26.9 1.15 -0.5
20 Aurora Loan Services Inc. (AA) (6) Aurora, Colo. 18,840 25,791 -27 1.15 -0.5
21 Fremont Investment and Loan (BC) Santa Monica, Calif. 18,078 15,523 16.5 1.1 0.1
22 GreenPoint Mortgage Funding (7) Novato, Calif. 17,657 22,443 -21.3 1.08 -0.4
23 First Horizon Home Loans Irving, Tex. 16,643 20,188 -17.6 1.02 -0.3
24 Option One Mortgage Corp. (BC) (8) Irvine, Calif. 15,963 16,672 -4.3 0.97 -0.1
25 Ameriquest Mortgage Corp. (E) (BC) (9) Orange, Calif. 15,578 23,270 -33.1 0.95 -0.5
26 MortgageIT (5) (10) New York 14,784 10,729 37.8 0.9 0.2
27 WMC Mortgage Corp. (E) (BC) (11) Woodland Hills, Calif. 14,100 12,244 15.2 0.86 0.1
28 First Magnus Financial Corp. Tucson 14,081 11,720 20.1 0.86 0.1
29 Homecomings Financial (1) Minneapolis 13,529 7,426 82.2 0.83 0.3
30 CitiFinancial (E) (BC) (12) Baltimore 12,400 7,334 69.1 0.76 0.3
31 First Franklin Financial (BC) (5) San Jose 12,250 11,136 10 0.75 0
32 Taylor, Bean, and Whitaker Ocala, Fla. 11,291 7,860 43.7 0.69 0.2
33 U.S. Bank Home Mortgage Bloomington, Minn. 10,602 10,197 4 0.65 NM
34 Flagstar Bank FSB Troy, Mich. 8,961 14,117 -36.5 0.55 -0.4
35 BB&T Financial Corp. Wilson, N.C. 8,276 9,126 -9.3 0.51 -0.1
36 Accredited Home Lenders (BC) (13) San Diego 7,666 6,460 18.7 0.47 0.1
37 CTX Mortgage (HB) Dallas 7,480 7,200 3.9 0.46 NM
38 Quicken Loans Inc. Livonia, Mich. 7,327 7,030 4.2 0.45 NM
39 BNC Mortgage Inc. (BC) (6) Irvine, Calif. 7,025 6,284 11.8 0.43 NM
40 Credit Suisse New York 6,772 7,775 -12.9 0.41 -0.1
41 American Mortgage Network San Diego 6,765 6,402 5.7 0.41 0
42 HSBC Mortgage Corp. USA Depew, N.Y. 6,115 7,244 -15.6 0.37 -0.1
43 NovaStar Mortgage Inc. (BC) Kansas City, Mo. 5,554 3,892 42.7 0.34 0.1
44 Ownit Mortgage (BC) Woodland Hills, Calif. 5,458 3,288 66 0.33 0.1
45 NetBank Columbia, S.C. 5,398 6,233 -13.4 0.33 -0.1
46 Merrill Lynch Credit Corp. (E) (5) Jacksonville, Fla. 5,200 7,000 -25.7 0.32 -0.1
47 Provident Funding Associates (E) Burlingame, Calif. 5,050 5,200 -2.9 0.31 NM
48 Aegis Mortgage Corp. (E) (BC) Houston 5,020 4,800 4.6 0.31 NM
49 Mortgage Lenders Network, USA (BC) Middletown, Conn. 4,909 1,478 232.1 0.3 0.2
50 Fifth Third Mortgage Cincinnati 4,806 4,514 6.5 0.29 NM
  Top 50 total: $1,479,514 $1,379,582 7.20% 86.82% 1.70%
  Total submitted: $1,610,226 $1,520,103 5.90% 93.89% 0.50%


Notes: Results may be incomplete because some firms would not provide production figures. In certain cases estimates were made. Fundings include all loan types — prime and non-prime, and both first and second liens. Market share cut based on estimated first-half originations of $1.638 trillion. (1) These GMAC-related firms are affiliates and report separately. (2) EMC is a correspondent buyer of mortgages. It is owned by Bear Stearns. (3) Wachovia is in the process of buying Golden West. (4) This is the subprime arm of HSBC. (5) National City is selling its subprime division, First Franklin, to Merrill Lynch. (6) ALS and BNC are owned by Lehman Bros. (7) GreenPoint is owned by North Fork which is being sold to Capital One. (8) Option One is owned by H&R Block. (9) Ameriquest’s numbers include that of its wholesale affiliate, Argent. Volume is an estimate. Ameriquest is privately held. (10) MortgageIT is being sold to Morgan Stanley. (11) WMC is owned by GE which would not provide volumes. (12) This is the subprime arm of Citigroup. Citi stopped disclosing its subprime fundings in late 2005. (13) Accredited is buying Aames Financial. (AA) Alt-A specialist. (BC) Subprime specialist. (HB) Lender is owned by a home builder. (E) Estimate.
Source:

National Mortgage News
/Quarterly Data Report
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