Sunrise, FL - ABN AMRO Mortgage Group, Inc., (AAMG) one of the nation's largest mortgage lenders, recently donated $7,500 to the Miami-Dade Affordable Housing Foundation, Inc., as part of the grand opening celebration of its first Florida retail mortgage lending office, ABN AMRO Mortgage-Sunrise Lending Center. The donation will support the Miami-Dade Affordable Housing Foundation's mission to increase the ability of low- and moderate-income families to attain home ownership.

"ABN AMRO Mortgage-Sunrise Lending Center is committed to supporting the homeownership needs of its local community," said Marc Strampel, AAMG senior vice president, business development. "Supporting the Miami-Dade Affordable Housing Foundation was a natural decision; ABN AMRO Mortgage-Sunrise Lending Center and The Miami-Dade Affordable Housing Foundation's share a common goal to create opportunities to increase homeownership in underserved markets."

"The donation from ABN AMRO Mortgage-Sunrise Lending Center will help defray the administrative costs associated with providing home buyer education and counseling services to first-time home buyers," said Opal A. Jones, executive director, Miami-Dade Affordable Housing Foundation. "This partnership with ABN AMRO Mortgage-Sunrise Lending Center is critical to Miami-Dade Affordable Housing Foundation's goals to generate wealth in low and moderate income communities by ushering buyers through the homeownership process. We are excited about this new venture."

The Miami-Dade Affordable Housing Foundation promotes and supports homeownership through its community and educational outreach activities, and by providing homebuyers with education, counseling, and homebuyer training workshops.

ABN AMRO Mortgage-Sunrise Lending Center is located in Sawgrass Point at 1000 Sawgrass Corporate Parkway, near the intersection of 136th Avenue and I-595. The retail facility offers a variety of mortgage lending products and services to Realtors, homebuilders and consumers. Consumers seeking more information should call 866-844-8400.

In addition to the ABN AMRO Mortgage-Sunrise Lending Center, AAMG's National Lending Center and Sunrise Retail Fulfillment Center are located at 1000 Sawgrass Corporate Parkway. AAMG's mortgage.com and ABN AMRO Capital Markets divisions are also located in south Florida.

Stanley Rhodes, vice chairman of ABN AMRO Mortgage Group; Josephus Eggelletion, Jr., Broward count commissioner; Opal Jones, executive director of the Miami-Dade Affordable Housing Foundation; and Marc Strampel, senior vice president, business development, ABN AMRO Mortgage Group celebrate the grand opening of ABN AMRO Mortgage-Sunrise Lending Center with a donation to the Miami-Dade Affordable Housing Foundation.

About ABN AMRO Mortgage Group, Inc.
ABN AMRO Mortgage Group is one of the largest loan originators and loan servicers in the United States. ABN AMRO Mortgage Group produces mortgage loans and provides related services through its various divisions. ABN AMRO Mortgage Group has approximately 3,000 employees located throughout the United States.

About ABN AMRO N.V.
Netherlands-based ABN AMRO is a leading international bank with total assets of EUR 742.9 bln (as of March 31, 2005). It has over 3,000 branches in more than 60 countries and territories, and has a staff of about 97,000 full-time equivalents worldwide. ABN AMRO is listed on the Euronext and New York stock exchanges.

About Miami-Dade Affordable Housing Foundation, Inc.
The Miami-Dade Affordable Housing Foundation, Inc. is a 501 (c) (3) corporation operating in the State of Florida with the ability to lend money under its FDIC sponsored CDFI charter. The Foundation provides community homebuyer education classes in English and Spanish; Employer Assisted Housing (EAH) programs, gap financing for qualified buyers and prepares first-time home buyers to participate in the Miami Dade County Housing Finance Authority's Bond program.

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