NEWSLETTER | DECEMBER 2006

Point's new tutorial is now available for viewing from our home page. The tutorial shows you how to manage your workflow, including prequalifying a borrower, ordering credit, filling in the Good Faith Estimate and Loan Application, using Cardex to manage your contacts, printing and e-mailing files, using the Task Manager, and creating custom forms. To view the tutorial, please click here.

On November 19, Freddie Mac updated Loan Prospector® (LP) to enhance its current construction-to-permanent mortgage offerings and to expand LP's assessment capabilities. The new version of LP also reflects recent changes to Freddie Mac's Home Possible® Mortgages and to Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) ARMs. To take advantage of the new features in Loan Prospector, Point users will need to upgrade to Point 5.4 after it is released in January.
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Introducing WebCaster 2.4
Calyx Software is pleased to announce that, effective December 20, 2006, WebCaster® — the web site solution for mortgage professionals — will sport the following new features, including new site designs, more storage, optional e-mail accounts, and economical domain name registration.

More Site Designs
With the introduction of six new site designs, WebCaster offers eighteen design templates from which to choose — all tailored to meet the business needs of mortgage professionals.

Increased Disk Space
Effective December 20, 2006, every WebCaster site will include 10MB of disk space for storing documents, animation files, and graphics. Additional storage space can be purchased in 10MB increments for $10.00 per month per increment.

Support for More File Types
WebCaster has doubled the limit — from 500KB to 1MB — for the size of files you may upload to your site. WebCaster 2.4 adds support for these additional file types:
• MPEG-1 Audio Layer 3 (MP3)
• Windows Media Audio (WMA)
• Windows Media Video (WMV)
• RealAudio Player (RAM)
• Moving Pictures Expert Group (MPEG, MPG)

Reduced Domain Name Fee
Calyx has reduced the fee to $10.00 for WebCaster subscribers who purchase their domain name from register.com through our partnership website.

e-mail Accounts Offered
Calyx will now provide 10 e-mail accounts per site for $25.00 per year through register.com.

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Introducing Point 5.4
In January 2007, Calyx Software will release the latest version of Point®. Full of enhanced features, Point 5.4 makes loan marketing, origination, processing, and reporting more streamlined than ever before. If your subscription is up-to-date, you will receive this upgrade free of charge. Details of the new program will be listed in the January newsletter.

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To receive Point 5.4 promptly, please make sure that Calyx has your latest contact information on file. If your subscription is up-to-date, you will receive this upgrade free of charge. To update your company information, please open Point and follow these simple steps:

· Go to the Utilities menu
· Click Company Defaults
· Select Company Information
· Enter your information
· Click the link entitled,
  "Have you moved recently?"
· Your updated information
  will be sent to Calyx

If you have questions or prefer to update your information by fax, please call (800) 362-2599.




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