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ยป Louisiana rank: 22 90+ Day Delinquency Rate Foreclosure Rate August 2013 3.3% Unemployment Rate 2.2% 7.0% year ago 3.5% 3.2% 6.4% year-over-year change -5.6% -31.3% 9.4% Top County ST. Bernard PariSh 90+ Day Delinquency Rate Foreclosure Rate August 2013 5.8% 4.9% year ago 6.0% 6.9% year-over-year change -3.6% -28.9% Top Core-Based Statistical area acquired the JPMorgan Chase servicing operation in Melbourne, Florida, retaining the 400-person staff there. Wingspan now has locations in Dallas, Frisco, and Carrollton, Texas; Melbourne, Florida; Denver, Colorado; Monroe, Louisiana; and San Diego, California. "We are very fortunate to be building our staff with these exceptional professionals," said Jason Spooner, Wingspan's EVP of servicing operations. "With hundreds of years of solid experience among them, Wingspan can continue to expand and offer exceptional service to more clients than ever before. This fine addition to Wingspan's growing organization takes us to new levels of high-touch, high-performance customer service." STAT INSIGHT BaSTroP, La 90+ Day Delinquency Rate Foreclosure Rate August 2013 6.5% 4.0% year ago 7.0% 5.0% year-over-year change -6.7% -19.6% note: The 90+ day delinquecy rate is the percentage of outstanding mortgage loans that are seriously delinquent. The foreclosure rate is the percentage of outstanding mortgage loans currently in foreclosure. State rank is based on the August 2013 foreclosure rate. All figures are rounded to the nearest decimal. The unemployment rate reflects preliminary August 2013 figures released by the Bureau of Labor Statistics. All other data courtesy of LPS Data & Analytics. IN THE NEWS Wingspan Acquires Customer Service Division from JPMorgan 10 Unemployment Rate 3.6% 7.0% year ago 3.5% 5.2% 6.9% year-over-year change -5.4% -30.7% 1.4% Top County DorChesTer CounTy 90+ Day Delinquency Rate Foreclosure Rate August 2013 3.3% 7.5% year ago 4.2% 9.1% year-over-year change -20.6% -17.6% Foreclosure Rate 7.5% year ago 4.2% 9.1% year-over-year change -20.6% -17.6% note: The 90+ day delinquecy rate is the percentage of outstanding mortgage loans that are seriously delinquent. The foreclosure rate is the percentage of outstanding mortgage loans currently in foreclosure. State rank is based on the August 2013 foreclosure rate. All figures are rounded to the nearest decimal. The unemployment rate reflects preliminary August 2013 figures released by the Bureau of Labor Statistics. All other data courtesy of LPS Data & Analytics. IN THE NEWS Foreclosure Rate August 2013 Unemployment Rate 5.1% 7.0% year ago 5.8% 7.3% -12.2% -4.1% Top County WashingTon CounTy 90+ Day Foreclosure Delinquency Rate Rate August 2013 3.5% 12.8% year ago 4.3% 13.0% year-over-year change -18.1% -1.2% Top Core-Based statistical area LeWisTon-auBurn, Me 90+ Day Foreclosure Delinquency Rate Rate August 2013 3.0% 7.0% year ago 3.6% 7.3% year-over-year change -15.7% 3.4% 3.3% rank: 5 -15.8% Foreclosure Rate August 2013 August 2013 year-over-year change Wingspan Portfolio Advisors has agreed to acquire a customer service operations center in Monroe, Louisiana, from JPMorgan Chase. The acquisition will include 400 employees and will bring Wingspan to more than 2,000 employees nationwide. The new center will handle inbound and outbound customer service calls and electronic communication. "With this new addition, Wingspan expands its ability to respond to clients' needs with superb customer service capabilities," said Steven Horne, Wingspan's president and CEO. "We are often called upon to scale quickly and effectively to help our clients as their priorities change, and this acquisition enables Wingspan to react to requests with significant speed and very high service quality." This is the second large acquisition for Wingspan in 2013. In February, the company 90+ Day Delinquency Rate CAMBriDge, MD Maine 2.8% rank: 9 90+ Day Delinquency Rate Source: HomeVestors/Local Market Monitor 2.3% Maryland Top Core-Based statistical Area Baton Rouge, Lousiana's rank among best cities for private investors. 90+ Day Delinquency Rate VISIT US ONLINE @ DSNEWS.COM -3.2% note: The 90+ day delinquecy rate is the percentage of outstanding mortgage loans that are seriously delinquent. The foreclosure rate is the percentage of outstanding mortgage loans currently in foreclosure. State rank is based on the August 2013 foreclosure rate. All figures are rounded to the nearest decimal. The unemployment rate reflects preliminary August 2013 figures released by the Bureau of Labor Statistics. All other data courtesy of LPS Data & Analytics. Credit Plus Offers New Employment Verification Services Credit Plus in Salisbury, Maryland, announced the company is now a certified reseller of Equifax Verification Services (EVS). EVS offers online employment verification from Equifax's The Work Number database. "Lenders today operate in an environment of heightened regulation making the need to have reliable verification processes from a credentialed source more important than ever," said Michael Kuentz, verification services leader at Equifax. "As a reseller of The Work Number, Credit Plus is well positioned to deliver an unparalleled level of efficiency, and documentation to lenders to help them better manage risk and meet regulatory demands." Equifax's The Work Number database includes 226 million total records and more than 53 million current employment records contributed by more than 2,500 employers. It is updated every payroll cycle. Credit Plus is able to manually verify employment within one to three business days for applicants not included in the database. 81