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DALLAS, July 28 PRNewswire — A new company has emerged as the biggest U.S. mortgage lender, according to an analysis of second-quarter earnings data by http://www.MortgageDaily.com. But the new No. 1 originator won't likely hold that title for long.

As Countrywide Financial Corp., which has long held the top spot, was winding down operations as an independent company, its second-quarter loan production plummeted to less than $60 billion.

With $63 billion in second-quarter fundings, Wells Fargo & Co. nabbed the top spot.

Even JPMorgan Chase & Co., which reported $61 billion in residential originations — including home-equity fundings, beat Countrywide and secured the second spot on the list of biggest lenders.

However, with Bank of America Corp.'s acquisition of Countrywide on July 1, the merged companies will probably originate more than $90 billion quarterly — likely pushing Wells Fargo and JPMorgan down to spots No. 2 and No. 3 during the third quarter.

Top 5 Residential Originators Second Quarter 2008 Ranking Company Originations 1. Wells Fargo & Co. $63.0 billion 2. JPMorgan Chase & Co. $61.4 billion 3. Countrywide Financial Corp. $59.0 billion 4. Bank of America Corp. $33.9 billion 5. Citigroup $28.5 billion

An analysis by MortgageDaily.com of 13 publicly traded mortgage lenders indicated that overall U.S. residential originations during the second quarter were down about 10 percent from the first quarter 2008 and 36 percent lower than the second quarter 2007.

Mortgage giant Freddie Mac, which purchases loans from primary lenders then packages them into mortgage-backed securities, saw second-quarter purchases and issuances jump to $162 billion from $134 billion in the first quarter and $149 billion a year earlier. The higher activity reflected increased refinances in the prior quarter for primary lenders and a growing share of business for government-sponsored enterprises.

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