mortgage: Response to The Washington Post Article entitled "Realtor Discourages Use of Outside Lenders" - 11/26/07 05:28 AM
I posted the following comment on The Washington Post's website in response to an article from November 5th's article, "Realtor Discourages Use of Outside Lenders".  You can read the full article here: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/11/04/AR2007110401274.html
As a former Long & Foster top-producing and award-winning agent, I take issue with "affiliated business arrangements".  Agents are not merely "asked" to use these businesses.  There are Prosperity loan officers in many offices to strongly "encourage" agents to refer business to them.  There are quarterly awards given out to agents who refer the most business.  Office memos and e-mails constantly "remind" the agent about using affiliated businesses.  This … (7 comments)

 

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