American Mortgage News

Company Reports an Increase in Third Quarter Loan Originations; Conference Call Scheduled for Today at 11:30 Pacific Time

LOS ANGELES--(BUSINESS WIRE)--TMSF Holdings, Inc. (OTCBB:TMFZ), today announced results of operations for its fiscal year 2006 third quarter, ended September 30, 2006.

DALLAS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--H-Cube, a leading provider of business process outsourcing and related services, is pleased to announce that John C. (Jack) Freker has joined the company as President and Chief Operating Officer and will be responsible for worldwide operations and business development.

COSTA MESA, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--ditech.com® (http://www.ditech.com), a leading direct mortgage lender, has re-launched its Web site to further enhance the experience of consumers who come to ditech.com seeking first mortgages, home equity loans and home equity lines of credit. Changes to the Web site’s design and function have been made to simplify and shorten the time and effort required to obtain information on getting a mortgage. These changes were made as a result of a detailed and extensive consumer study commissioned by ditech.com in 2005.

COLUMBUS, Ga.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Synovus (NYSE: SNV), the Columbus, Georgia-based diversified financial services company, today announced a quarterly cash dividend of $0.1950 per share. The cash dividend is payable on January 2, 2007, to Synovus shareholders of record as of the close of business on December 21, 2006.

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Fitch has assigned the rating of 'F1+' to the Secured Liquidity Notes and 'BBB' to the Subordinated Notes issued by Windsor Funding Trust. Windsor will issue up to US$2 billion under its Secured Liquidity Note (SLN) Program. Ratings are based on credit enhancement provided in the form of overcollateralization, the high-grade collateral eligibility requirements, and the sound legal structure of the transaction.

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Fitch rates CBA Commercial Assets Small Balance Commercial Mortgage, Series 2006-2, commercial mortgage pass-through certificates as follows:

--$110,419,000 class A 'AAA';

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Anthracite Capital, Inc. (NYSE: AHR) (“Anthracite” or the “Company”) today announced the pricing of €263.5 million of non-recourse debt offered by Anthracite Euro CRE CDO 2006-1 P.L.C. (the “CDO”). The debt will be secured by a portfolio of European commercial mortgage-backed securities (“CMBS”) and subordinated commercial real estate loans. This debt will be privately placed, and a subsidiary of the Company will receive 100% of the subordinated notes issued by the CDO. A portion of the proceeds will be used to pay down debt in three of the Company's secured financing facilities. The transaction is expected to close on December 14, 2006.

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