We tallied 388 mortgage co. implosions from 2006.

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388. Home Savings of America
387. Dover Mortgage Company - Wholesale
386. Wintrust Mortgage Corp - Wholesale
385. Bank of America - Wholesale
384. Liberty Mortgage Corporation - Wholesale
383. Universal Mortgage Corp.
382. American Mortgage Specialists, Inc.
381. Assurity Financial Services, LLC
380. Premium Capital Funding, LLC dba TopDot Mortgage
379. First Regional Bank, Century City
378. Security Atlantic Mortgage Co.
377. Apex Lending, Inc.
376. Charter Bank, Santa Fe
375. Equitable Trust Mortgage Corp.
374. AmTrust Bank
373. Dynamic Capital Mortgage
372. Lend America / Lending Key
371. New South Federal Savings Bank
370. AME Financial Corp.
369. Envision Lending Group Inc.
368. Warren Bank
367. Stockton Turner & Company
366. The Lending Company Inc. - Wholesale
365. Capmark Financial Group Inc.
364. Northeast Mortgage Corp.
363. Security Mortgage Corporation
362. Windsor Capital Mortgage Corp.
361. First Rate Capital Corp.
360. StoneWater Mortgage Corp.
359. First National Bank of the South - Wholesale
358. Senderra Funding - Wholesale
357. Capstone Realty Advisors
356. Granite Mortgage, Inc.
355. Worldwide Financial Resources Inc.
354. Guaranty Bank - Warehouse
353. Colonial Bank
352. Corus Bank
351. America One Finance
350. Taylor, Bean & Whitaker Mortgage Corp. - Wholesale
349. 1st Reverse Financial Services LLC
348. HCI Mortgage
347. BankersWest Funding Corp.
346. American Partners Bank
345. Senior Lending Network
344. BankUnited, F.S.B.
343. Precision Financial, Inc.
342. Accredited Home Lenders, Lone Star Funds
341. Wells Fargo - Small-Cap Commercial
340. Guaranty Bank - GB Mortgage
339. American Sterling Bank
338. Chase Home Mortgage - Construction Lending
337. First Security Loan Corp
336. South Pacific Financial Corp. - Wholesale
335. Home Loan Consultants, Inc.
334. Central States Mortgage
333. HSBC - HFC & Beneficial
332. JPMorgan Chase - Warehouse
331. Ameritime Mortgage Co. LLC
330. Perfect Mortgage - PerfectFHA
329. EquiFirst
328. Residential Loan Centers of America
327. CU National Mortgage
326. Colonial National Mortgage - Wholesale
325. U.S. Mortgage Corp. - Retail
324. First Interstate Financial - Wholesale
323. Realty Mortgage Corp.
322. Vertice
321. USA Home Loans - Wholesale
320. SunTrust Mortgage - FHA Wholesale
319. First Federal - Wholesale
318. 21st Mortgage - Wholesale
317. J.B. Nutter & Co. - Wholesale
316. Homebridge Mortgage Bankers - Refinance.com
315. 1st Republic Mortgage Bankers
314. Superior Mortgage Corp - Wholesale
313. Wall Street Financial Corp - Wholesale
312. Fairfield Financial Mortgage Group
311. Chase Prime - Wholesale
310. Sunshine & Madison Mortgage Corp
309. Liberty One Lending
308. Frontier Investment Co.
307. Solstice Capital Group - HSBC
306. MortgageIT
305. HCL Finance Inc. - Wholesale
304. LIME Financial Svcs. - Wholesale
303. Mortgage Network Inc. - Wholesale
302. Fortes Financial - Wholesale
301. HSBC Mortgage Corp. - Wholesale
300. CBRE Realty Finance
299. Franklin Bank, SSB
298. Mortgage Lion, Inc. - Wholesale
297. HMS Capital, Inc.
296. CTX Mortgage Co. - Retail
295. Equity One Commercial
294. Coldstream Financial Svcs.
293. Banco Popular North America - Wholesale
292. Ace Mortgage Funding, LLC
291. E-Loan
290. Gateway Bank, F.S.B. - Wholesale

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"Implodes Around The World"

13. [CA] Wells Fargo - Canada
12. [UK] Northern Rock plc
11. [UK] Warwick Finance
10. [IE] First Active - Ulster Bank
9. [UAE] Tamweel PJSC
8. [UAE] Amlak Finance PJSC
7. [AU] GE Money, Wizard Home Loans
6. [UK] Bradford and Bingley plc
5. [DE] Hypo Real Estate Bank
4. [UK] HBOS
3. [UK] Future Mortgages - Citigroup
2. [UK] Advantage - Morgan Stanley
1. [UK] The Mortgage Business plc

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