NEW YORK, Dec 31 (Reuters) - U.S. mortgage-backed securities issuance totaled $922.1 billion in 2007, down from $1.052 trillion a year ago, Thomson Financial said on Monday.
Lehman Brothers LEH.N was the top underwriter of U.S. mortgage-backed securities for 2007, maintaining its year-ago status, the financial data firm said.
Lehman Brothers underwrote 111 issues of mortgage-backed bonds, totaling $95.8 billion, a 10.4 percent market share.
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