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Exhibit 10.1    
    


PROMISSORY NOTE  



	$120,000	 	As of July 17, 2007





        Prospect
Acquisition Corp. ("Maker") promises to pay to the order of Flat Ridge Investments LLC
("Payee") the principal sum of One Hundred Twenty Thousand Dollars ($120,000.00) in lawful money of the United States of America, on the terms and
conditions described below. 


        1.    Principal.    The principal balance of this Promissory Note (this
"Note") shall be repayable on the earlier of (i) July 10, 2008 or (ii) the date upon which Maker consummates an initial public
offering of its securities. 


        2.    Interest.    No interest shall accrue on the unpaid principal balance of this Note. 


        3.    Application of Payments.    All payments shall be applied first to payment in full of any costs incurred in the
collection of any sum due under this Note, including (without limitation) reasonable attorneys' fees, second to the payment in full of any late charges and finally to the reduction of the unpaid
principal balance of this Note. 


        4.    Events of Default.    The following shall constitute "Events of
Default": 



        (a)    Failure to Make Required Payments.    Failure by Maker to pay the principal of this Note within five
(5) business days following the date when due. 



        (b)    Voluntary Bankruptcy, Etc.    The commencement by Maker of a voluntary case under the Federal Bankruptcy Code,
as now constituted or hereafter amended, or any other applicable federal or state bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, rehabilitation or other similar law, or the consent by it to the appointment
of or taking possession by a receiver, liquidator, assignee, trustee, custodian, sequestrator (or other similar official) of Maker or for any substantial part of its property, or the making by it of
any assignment for the benefit of creditors, or the failure of Maker generally to pay its debts as such debts become due, or the taking of corporate action by Maker in furtherance of any of the
foregoing. 


        (c)    Involuntary Bankruptcy, Etc.    The entry of a decree or order for relief by a court having jurisdiction in the
premises in respect of maker in an involuntary case under the Federal Bankruptcy Code, as now or hereafter constituted, or any other applicable federal or state bankruptcy, insolvency or other similar
law, or appointing a receiver, liquidator, assignee, custodian, trustee, sequestrator (or similar official) of Maker or for any substantial part of its property, or ordering the winding-up
or liquidation of its affairs, and the continuance of any such decree or order unstayed and in effect for a period of sixty (60) consecutive days. 




        5.    Remedies.    



        (a)   Upon
the occurrence of an Event of Default specified in Section 4(a), Payee may, by written notice to Maker,
declare this Note to be due and payable, whereupon the principal amount of this Note, and all other amounts payable thereunder, shall become immediately due and payable without presentment, demand,
protest or other notice of any kind, all of which are hereby expressly waived, anything contained herein or in the documents evidencing the same to the contrary notwithstanding. 



        (b)   Upon
the occurrence of an Event of Default specified in Sections 4(b) and  4(c), the unpaid principal balance of, and all other sums payable with regard to, this
Note shall automatically and immediately become due and payable,
in all cases without any action on the part of Payee. 




        6.    Waivers.    Maker and all endorsers and guarantors of, and sureties for, this Note waive presentment for
payment, demand, notice of dishonor, protest, and notice of protest with regard to the 







 

Note,
all errors, defects and imperfections in any proceedings instituted by Payee under the terms of this Note, and all benefits that might accrue to Maker by virtue of any present or future laws
exempting any property, real or personal, or any part of the proceeds arising from any sale of any such property, from attachment, levy or sale under execution, or providing for any stay of execution,
exemption from civil process, or extension of time for payment; and Maker agrees that any real estate that may be levied upon pursuant to a judgment obtained by virtue hereof, on any writ of execution
issued hereon, may be sold upon any such writ in whole or in part in any order desired by Payee. 



        7.    Unconditional Liability.    Maker hereby waives all notices in connection with the delivery, acceptance,
performance, default, or enforcement of the payment of this Note, and agrees that its liability shall be unconditional, without regard to the liability of any other party, and shall not be affected in
any manner by any indulgence, extension of time, renewal, waiver or modification granted or consented to by Payee, and consents to any and all extensions of time, renewals, waivers, or modifications
that may be granted by Payee with respect to the payment or other provisions of this Note, and agree that additional makers, endorsers, guarantors, or sureties may become parties hereto without notice
to them or affecting their liability hereunder. 


        8.    Notices.    Any notice called for hereunder shall be deemed properly given if (i) sent by certified mail,
return receipt requested, (ii) personally delivered, (iii) dispatched by any form of private or governmental express mail or delivery service providing receipted delivery,
(iv) sent by facsimile, or (v) sent by e-mail, to the following addresses or to such other address as either party may designate by notice in accordance with this Section: 



        If
to Maker: 




Prospect
Acquisition Corp.

814 Hollow Tree Ridge Road

Darien, CT 06820

Facsimile:            





        If
to Payee: 




Flat
Ridge Investments LLC

814 Hollow Tree Ridge Road

Darien, CT 06820

Facsimile:            





Notice
shall be deemed given on the earlier of (i) actual receipt by the receiving party, (ii) the date shown on a facsimile transmission confirmation, (iii) the date on which an
e-mail transmission was received by the receiving party's on-line access provider (iv) the date reflected on a signed delivery receipt, or (vi) two
(2) Business Days following tender of delivery or dispatch by express mail or delivery service. 


        9.    Construction.    This Note shall be construed and enforced in accordance with the laws of the State of New York,
without regard to any conflict of law principles. 


        10.    Severability.    Any provision contained in this Note which is prohibited or unenforceable in any jurisdiction
shall, as to such jurisdiction, be ineffective to the extent of such prohibition or unenforceability without invalidating the remaining provisions hereof, and any such prohibition or unenforceability
in any jurisdiction shall not invalidate or render unenforceable such provision in any other jurisdiction. 


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        IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, Maker, intending to be legally bound hereby, has caused this Note to be duly executed on the day and year first above written. 



	 	 	PROSPECT ACQUISITION CORP.
	

 	
 	

By:	

/s/  DAVID A. MINELLA      

	 	 	Name:	David A. Minella
	 	 	Title:	President




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