LEADING REFINANCE LENDERS

Here are the Top 10 most active lenders for home refinancing in Southern California for 1999, ranked by dollar volume.

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Lender Dollar Volume No. of Loans Washington Mutual FSB $5.18 billion 19,286 Bank of America $4.25 billion 20,065 Downey S&L; (wholesale) $1.93 billion 8,629 Chase Manhattan Mortgage Corp. $1.69 billion 5,589 Countrywide Home Loans Inc. $1.64 billion 11,254 First Nationwide Mortgage Corp. $1.60 billion 6,188 Norwest Mortgage Inc. $1.58 billion 8,069 America’s Wholesale Lender $1.43 billion 7,161 World Savings Bank $1.36 billion 6,457 Ditech Funding Corp. $1.26 billion 6,725 Market Total $58.3 billion 299,996

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Source: Acxiom/DataQuick