CMG Mortgage Services Broker Guy Schwartz Earns Prestigious National Mortgage Industry Certification

Business Wire, Jan 26, 2004

Business Editors

SAN RAMON, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 26, 2004

Guy Schwartz, a Mortgage Broker at CMG Mortgage Services in San Ramon, California, became one of only a small percentage of mortgage professionals to attain the standing as a nationally recognized Certified Mortgage Consultant. Mr. Schwartz passed the written certification examination on November 4, 2003.

Mr. Schwartz becomes one of only seven professionals in California (and one of only 112 professionals nationwide) to achieve the prestigious certification.

The Certified Mortgage Consultant program is administered by the National Association of Mortgage Brokers (NAMB) and is developed through extensive research by industry experts in the mortgage industry. This certification is gained only once the candidate has met certain requirements of experience and knowledge in the mortgage industry and has passed a rigorous examination. Certified Mortgage Consultants have also agreed to abide by a Code of Ethics.

Mr. Schwartz, a licensed Mortgage Broker, has nearly 20 years experience in the industry and excels at creative solutions to complex financing challenges. He is a top-producing broker at CMG Mortgage Services, the largest mortgage broker in Northern California. He currently serves as the representative for the East Bay Chapter of the California Association of Mortgage Brokers (CAMB) at the State Board of Directors for CAMB. Schwartz also recently served as President of the East Bay Chapter of CAMB.

About CMG:

CMG Financial Services is the holding company for CMG Mortgage, Inc., one of the nation's leading wholesale mortgage banks with offices in Concord, CA and San Diego, CA, CMG Mortgage Services, Inc., a retail mortgage broker with offices in San Ramon, Walnut Creek, and Foster City, CA, and Pacific Guarantee Mortgage, a branch network with 36 offices in 8 states. CMG, a privately held company founded in 1993, is expected to fund nearly $8 billion in loans during 2003. It is headquartered in San Ramon, CA and it lends in 37 states.