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INVESTMENT IN EQUITY AFFILIATE

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2012

NOTE 7 — INVESTMENT IN EQUITY AFFILIATE

Correspondent One purchases closed conforming and government guaranteed residential mortgages from approved mortgage bankers. Correspondent One provides members of Lenders One additional avenues to sell loans beyond Lenders One’s preferred investor arrangements and the members’ own network of loan buyers. We have significant influence over the general operations of Correspondent One consistent with our 49% ownership level and therefore account for our investment under the equity method. We have no funding commitments to Correspondent One as of September 30, 2012.

Our net loss on this investment using the equity method was $0.9 million and $0.4 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2012 and 2011, respectively (net loss of $0.3 million and $0.4 million for the third quarters of 2012 and 2011, respectively).

- Definition

The entire disclosure for equity method investments and joint ventures. Equity method investments are investments that give the investor the ability to exercise significant influence over the operating and financial policies of an investee. Joint ventures are entities owned and operated by a small group of businesses as a separate and specific business or project for the mutual benefit of the members of the group.

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