SharperLending, LLC, provider of a secure Web-based platform that enables lenders to order, store and manage products and services from multiple vendors at a single point of entry, has been named as one of the nation's top 25 Technology Service Providers in the June 2006 issue of Mortgage Technology Magazine.

We are honored to be named to this year's Top 25 Service Providers list which historically includes 100 companies and reflects the growing recognition of a bundled services platform need among mortgage professionals, said Dave Black, president of SharperLending.

In an effort to better reflect changes in the industry, Mortgage Technology refined its traditional Top 100 Companies list this year to a Top 25 Vendors and Top 25 Technology Service Providers. This year's list was more selective and did not include the usual top 100 companies. Instead, two separate lists were created distinguishing the top 25 vendors and top 25 service providers.

The firms reflected in this year's list have demonstrable market share, proven business benefits and excellent technology. Scott Kersnar, Mortgage Technology editor and Anthony Garritano, managing editor noted that four major criteria for inclusion of eligible vendors on the Mortgage Technology Top 25 Vendor list included: customer satisfaction, functionality, market share and viable revenue model. The June 2006 issue of the publication further states, It is paramount that these companies prove they have provided a high degree of functional value to mortgage lenders.

The SharperLending bundled services platform enables lenders to access and leverage a multiple array of vendors and non-traditional loan products, allowing lenders to tailor the loan to individual borrowers and better serve the customer, creating a strategic advantage over competitors. The bundled service platform offers all the leading products and services from a secure website, with comprehensive data capture and storage, automated workflow management, and technology based on web services and XML. The SharperLending Credit Division includes XpertOnline, a high-speed redundant connection to the three credit bureaus, and LOSActiveX, an LOS package interface.

About SharperLending, LLC

Headquartered in Spokane, Wash., SharperLending, LLC, was founded in 1989 and was the first to offer a complete browser-based mortgage credit reporting system on the Internet. The company's proven technology has processed more than 40 million secure credit-related mortgage transactions with more than 800 million trade lines. SharperLending, LLC, has three divisions under its corporate umbrella: SharperLending Bundled Services Division, the bundled services platform; SharperLending Affiliated Credit Division, technology for the credit reporting industry; and EPN Solutions, the loan origination product packaging division. For more information, visit www.sharperlending.com.