The acquisition strengthens BMC's push into the Mountain Statesmarket. BMC is currently the nation's top commercial mortgagebroker for the $500,000-to-$10-million sector of commercialproperty financing.

"We're excited because this is such a good fit and our customerswill really benefit from our combined resources," says BrianTanner, president and managing director of Western Financial."There is a great deal of synergy between our firms and I havealways been impressed with BMC's capabilities. BMC's extensiveresources and access to capital will allow Western Financial'scustomers to receive the best rates, terms and execution availablein the marketplace today."

Adds Jonathan Morris, president of BMC: "Western Financial'sstrong reputation and loyal customer base make it the idealplatform for BMC to expand its Mountain States presence. We areexcited to provide our products and services to the underservedsmall loan market."