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Jeff Merkley: “What they did not know is that their broker was being paid a separate fee off the books to steer them into a subprime.”

On the recordOctober 7, 2009
What they did not know is that their broker was being paid a separate fee off the books to steer them into a subprime.
Said by
Jeff Merkley
Democratic · Oregon

Editor's note · Context

Merkley explains undisclosed conflicts of interest in mortgage brokering.

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