Article: Brothers' Mortgage Businesses Become One with Acquisition.

By Mike Pramik, The Columbus Dispatch, Ohio Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News

Jun. 4--Twelve years ago, two brothers started separate mortgage businesses in separate cities.

Those businesses became one yesterday.

St. Louis-based American Equity Mortgage, founded by Ray Vinson, has acquired Integrity Mortgage Corp., a Columbus-based operation founded by Vinson's brother, Mike.

The combined entity will have $2.5 billion in loan volume, 39 offices in 20 states and 620 employees.

"Basically it boiled down to growth opportunities,'' Mike Vinson said. "It made for a much bigger company. His company is in a ...

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