91.   Mortgage lenders are receiving fewer applications to buy homes or refinance loans than they did last week, according to a weekly survey by J.P. Morgan Securities Inc.

92.   Mortgage lenders probably account for much of that gain, as low rates keep the home loan business humming.

93.   Mortgage lenders said they received more mortgage applications last week as lending rates fell.

94.   Mortgage lenders say more consumers applied to refinance last week as interest rates stabilized.

95.   Mortgage lenders significantly reduced the rate at which they repossessed homes.

96.   Mortgage securities probably will be little changed as stable interest rates offset the threat of more sales by mortgage lenders.

97.   Mortgages lenders often require prospective homeowners to buy a life policy before they can get a mortgage.

98.   Much of the nervousness came from one earnings report, from a home mortgage lender called the Money Store.

99.   Norwest Mortgage became the largest U.S. mortgage lender in the third quarter, surpassing Countrywide Credit Industries, Inc., according to Inside Mortgage Finance, a trade publication.

100.   Officials are expected to reveal the list of mortgage lenders at the news conference, a source said.