FBA is an independent, research-oriented risk advisory and valuation firm, based in Bethesda, Maryland, that combines lengthy capital markets experience with extensive proprietary analytics on the U.S. residential mortgage and housing markets. We maintain one of the largest repositories of U.S. residential mortgage loan, security and transaction data in existence. Our database holds more than 555 million remittance records covering more than 27.5 million mortgage loans from origination date through last payment date. All mortgage loans in our database are mapped to CUSIP, census tract, zip code area, core-based statistical area (CBSA), congressional district, state, and census region. FBA is a small business as defined by the U.S. Small Business Administration. We are registered in the Central Contractor Registration database: DUNS number 830068529; CAGE 5DVX7; TPIN number 263465733.