Now, you can see through mortgages

Story date: 2007-10-07 05:27:00
Added on: 2007-10-08 00:06:28

St. Petersburg Times - A centerpiece of the law requires mortgage brokers to disclose commissions banks pay them. Generally, the higher the interest rate, the more the broker stands to make. Brokers call it "being paid in the back." No doubt it encourages unscrupulous ...


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