Prospect Acquisition Corp. Prices Initial Public Offering

Prospect Acquisition Corp. is a newly organized blank check company formed for the purpose of acquiring, or acquiring control of, through a merger, capital stock exchange, asset acquisition, stock purchase, reorganization or similar business combination, one or more businesses or assets, which we refer to as our initial business combination, in the financial services industry, which includes investment management firms.

The offering is being made only by means of a prospectus, copies of which may be obtained from Citi, Brooklyn Army Terminal, 140 58^th Street, 8^th Floor, Brooklyn, NY 11220 (tel: 718-765-6732; fax: 718-765-6734). Citi acted as the sole bookrunning manager and lead underwriter of the IPO and Ladenburg Thalmann & Co. Inc. and I-Bankers Securities, Inc. acted as co-managers.

Registration statements relating to these securities were filed and declared effective by the Securities and Exchange Commission on November 14, 2007.

This press release shall not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy the securities of the Company, nor shall there be any sale of these securities in any state in which such offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful prior to registration or qualification under the securities laws of any such state or jurisdiction.