According to this author, mortgage brokers abuse borrowers when they collect a rebate from the lender for delivering a high-interest-rate loan without the knowledge of the borrower. I developed the Upfront Mortgage Broker program largely to deal with this problem.

Upfront Mortgage Brokers (UMBs) agree in writing with borrowers to a specified total fee, which includes any payment received by the broker from the lender. The borrower elects how to pay the fee, either in cash at closing or in a rate high enough that the lender will pay a rebate to the broker.

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