Houston, TX, March 1, 2019 - Guidance Residential received warm endorsements from numerous community leaders at an imams' conference focusing on contemporary financial issues March 1-4 in Houston.

Imams and students of Islamic knowledge gathered from across the country to delve into topics including homebuying at the Assembly of Muslim Jurists of America's 16th Annual Imams Conference. The conference explored real estate-related questions such as taking out government loans to buy a home and buying short-sales and bank-owned homes. Guidance Residential was a silver sponsor of the conference.

In October 2014, AMJA declared Guidance's home financing program as being permissible from a Shariah-compliance perspective. Guidance is encouraged by the continuous Imam support. "There were so many imams that gave us testimony," said Southwest Regional Manager Faye Safi, who represented Guidance at the conference. "They thanked us for our services and they want us to grow and help more families own homes."

"I was very proud to represent Guidance Residential and work for this company," she added. "The primary focus is to support our community and their Islamic Home financing needs. Our presence just reinforces our relationship with the community and the imams. It was a pleasure being a part of this great weekend."

ABOUT GUIDANCE RESIDENTIAL

Guidance Residential is the leading provider of Islamic home financing in the United States. Since its inception in 2002, Guidance Residential has funded over $5.0 billion in Islamic home financing contracts.

Guidance Residential is a subsidiary of Guidance Financial Group, an international company dedicated to serving the market for Islamic financial products and services. Guidance Financial Group offers unique investment products to institutional investors and financial intermediaries worldwide, and provides financial services to its retail customer base in the United States. The company's commitment to intensive research and development and solid operational support for its products has allowed it to develop unique financial solutions that address unmet needs of the American Muslim market.

Guidance Residential's proprietary Declining Balance Co-ownership program is trusted as a Shariah-compliant home financing program in the U.S. Islamic finance market. The Declining Balance Co-ownership Program received the highest rating by The Assembly of Muslim Jurists of America (AMJA).

Guidance Residential was awarded the 2018 Vanguard Award by HousingWire.

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