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           June 9, 2008       Santa  Clara County Stats        
              Apr'08     Apr'08
                          2008...….    Jan   Feb   Mar   Apr   vs. Apr'07   vs. Oct'02
Residents Employed (Ku)  839.0  838.5  841.3  843.4      1.5%     -4.4%
Unemployed (Ku)    47.0    45.7    48.7    46.2    20.6%    -44.5%
Total Workforce (Ku)  886.0  884.2  890.0  889.6      2.3%     -7.9%
Unemployment Rate   5.30%   5.17%   5.47%   5.19%    17.9%    -39.8%
Total Jobs  908.3  910.7  916.6  919.2      0.5%      1.7%
MN150 Stock Index ($T)   1.26   1.22   1.23   1.36   -33.8%       --?
Med Home Sale (K$)  692.0  716.0  684.5  699.5   -12.9%     39.9%
…………….y-o-y $   -2.5%   -4.4%   -9.3% -12.9%        
..…..……..y-o-2y$   -1.8%   -0.8%   -6.9%  -3.5%        
…..…..…..y-o-3y$  13.4%  13.3%    2.9%   2.6%        
…..…..…..y-o-4y$  46.3%  36.4%  21.4%  21.7%        
Homes Sold    546    621    708    924   -27.2%   -21.6%
….y-o-y volume  -44.5%  -39.2%  -42.9%  -27.2%        
….y-o-2y volume  -41.4%  -38.0%  -55.5%  -36.9%        
….y-o-3y volume  -56.4%  -49.6%  -62.0%  -52.0%        
….y-o-4y volume  -67.5%  -51.3%  -63.0%  -58.9%        
...New permits last 12 mo.s  4,338  4,284  4,188  4,604    -22.5%    
…..Equivalent Mo.s' Supply     7.9     6.9     5.9     5.0      6.6%    
...New permits since Sep'02 30,080 30,269 30,453 30,589    12.5%    
…..Equivalent Mo.s' Supply    55.1    48.7    43.0    33.1    54.7%    
Bankruptcies filed    412    581    607    614    67.3%    -7.9%
New Business App.s  1,236    679    847    --?      --?      --?
Air Passengers (Ku)    741   741   857   813   -10.3%     -3.3%
Air Freight Tonnage  (M)    7.19    6.67    6.83    7.53     6.3%   -37.6%
Total hotel rooms sold (Ku)    61.6    90.8    84.6    84.3     4.1%    17.6%
Avg room rate ($)   153   153   151   147     4.5%    15.4%
Avg hotel occupancy   60.1%   70.8%   61.7%   63.6%     4.1%    22.6%
Hotel room revenue (K$) 12,603 13,728 12,427 12,742    11.9%    39.6%
Ofc/R&D space for lease(Ku)    38.9    38.5    38.6    38.4     3.8%    -18.2%
% office space for lease  18.0%   17.8%   17.7%   17.7%     2.9%    -19.3%
App'vd construction ($M)    241    268    255    170    -35.6%     -9.0%
-------------Appvd y-o-y   -1.5%    8.5%  -21.1%  -35.6%        
Non-residential ($M)   156   202   184    99    -11.9%     -0.7%
-------------Appvd y-o-y   -3.7%  36.3% -18.6% -11.9%        
Residential ($M)     85     66     71     71   -53.3%   -20.4%