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The internal valuation techniques used for Alt-A mortgage securities, aswith other mortgage exposures, consider estimated housing price changes,unemployment rates, interest rates and borrower attributes. They alsoconsider prepayment rates as well as other market indicators.Alt-A mortgage securities that are valued using these methods aregenerally classified as Level 2. However, Alt-A mortgage securities backed byAlt-A mortgages of lower quality or more recent vintages are mostly classifiedas Level 3 due to the reduced liquidity that exists for such positions, whichreduces the reliability of prices available from independent sources.Commercial real estate exposure<strong>Citigroup</strong> reports a number of different exposures linked to commercial realestate at fair value with changes in fair value reported in earnings, includingsecurities, loans and investments in entities that hold commercial real estateloans or commercial real estate directly. The Company also reports securitiesbacked by commercial real estate as available-for-sale investments, which arecarried at fair value with changes in fair-value reported in AOCI.Similar to the valuation methodologies used for other trading securitiesand trading loans, the Company generally determines the fair value ofsecurities and loans linked to commercial real estate utilizing internalvaluation techniques. Fair-value estimates from internal valuationtechniques are verified, where possible, to prices obtained from independentvendors. Vendors compile prices from various sources. Where available, theCompany may also make use of quoted prices for recent trading activityin securities or loans with the same or similar characteristics to that beingvalued. Securities and loans linked to commercial real estate valued usingthese methodologies are generally classified as Level 3 as a result of thecurrent reduced liquidity in the market for such exposures.The fair value of investments in entities that hold commercial realestate loans or commercial real estate directly is determined using a similarmethodology to that used for other non-public investments in real estateheld by the S&B business. The Company uses an established process fordetermining the fair value of such securities, using commonly acceptedvaluation techniques, including the use of earnings multiples based oncomparable public securities, industry-specific non-earnings-based multiplesand discounted cash flow models. In determining the fair value of suchinvestments, the Company also considers events, such as a proposed saleof the investee company, initial public offerings, equity issuances, or otherobservable transactions. Such investments are generally classified as Level 3of the fair value hierarchy.263

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