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FORM 3
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UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
INITIAL STATEMENT OF BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES
Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Section
17(a) of the Public Utility Holding
Company Act of 1935 or Section 30(f) of
the Investment Company Act of 1940
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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person*
STRAUSS MICHAEL
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(Last) (First) (Middle)
C/O AMERICAN HOME MORTGAGE CORP. 12 E. 49TH STREET
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(Street)
NEW YORK, NEW YORK 10017
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(City) (State) (Zip)
2. Date of Event Requiring Statement (Month/Day/Year)
SEPTEMBER 30, 1999
3. IRS or Social Security Number of Reporting Person
(Voluntary)
4. Issuer name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
AMERICAN HOME MORTGAGE HOLDINGS, INC.; AHMH
5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)
/X/ Director
/X/ 10% Owner
/X/ Officer (give title below)
-- Other (specify below)
PRESIDENT AND CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER
6. If Amendment, Date of Original (Month/Day/Year)
7. Individual or Joint/Group Filing
(Check applicable Line)
/X/ Form Filed by One Reporting Person
Form Filed by More than One Reporting Person
Table I Non-Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned
1. Title of Security 2. Amount of 3. Ownership 4. Nature of Indirect
(Instr. 4) Securities Form: Direct Beneficial
Beneficially (D) or Indirect Ownership
Owned (I) (Instr. 5) (Instr. 5)
(Instr. 4)
COMMON STOCK 5,089,606 D
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Table II-- Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned
(e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
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1. Title of 2. Date Exer- 3. Title and Amount of 4. Conver- 5. Owner- 6. Nature of
Derivative cisable and Securities Underlying sion or ship Form Indirect
Security Expiration Derivative Security Exercise of Deriv- Beneficial
(Instr. 4) Date (Instr. 4) Price of ative Ownership
(Month/Day/Year) Deri- Security: (Instr. 5)
vative Direct (D) or
Security Indirect (I)
(Instr. 5)
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Date Expira- Title Amount or
Exer- tion Number of
cisable Date Shares
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**Intentional mistatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal
Violations. See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).
Note: File three copies of this Form, one of which must be manually signed. If
space is insufficient, see Instruction 6 for procedure
/s/ Michael Strauss
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**Signature of Reporting Person
10/7/99
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