Press Release: Community Heroes Initiative

For Immediate Release

Media Contact:

Mary Taylor

503.261.7334

local public servants achieve Homeownership with

National City Mortgage's Community Heroes INITIATIVE

PORTLAND-[October 22, 2008] - Recruiting and retaining public servants - such as education, healthcare and law enforcement professionals - is an important goal for any community, and National City Mortgage is doing something to help.   National City Mortgage has developed a Community Heroes initiative to make homeownership a reality for the people who make our towns a better place to live.

"The program makes it easier for public servants to become first-time homeowners by offering them special mortgage options that save them money and sometimes get them into a home sooner than they might have otherwise,"  said Mary Taylor, Sales Manager National City Mortgage.

National City offers a variety of loan options to meet the needs of our Community Heroes. Public servants may qualify for an expanded debt ratio, up to 45 percent, and in many cases will need little or no money out-of-pocket at closing.

The Community Heroes initiative is specifically designed for teachers and education administrators, firefighters, healthcare workers, law enforcement professionals, and members of military including veterans and reservists.

To learn more, visit your local National City Mortgage office in Portland location or go to www.ncmc.com/marytaylor.

About National City Mortgage

National City Mortgage originates a comprehensive suite of mortgage products in all 50 states through more than 200 retail mortgage offices, our preferred lending business and National City's 1,400 retail bank branches in nine states. These loans are ultimately sold to secondary mortgage market aggregators with the servicing of loans retained in the National City family. National City Mortgage, a division of National City Bank, is recognized as one of the top retail residential originators and servicers nationally. For more information, visit www.nationalcitymortgage.com.

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