Mortgage brokers' sleight of hand

Story date: 2007-10-01 09:23:00
Added on: 2007-10-01 22:43:24

Boston Globe - A mortgage broker can offer wise advice to guide a buyer through a dangerous thicket of complex mortgage deals, but you are just as likely to encounter a broker who is working only for himself. There are brokers who take what amounts to a bribe from ...


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