{"id":49644,"date":"2017-03-25T14:00:03","date_gmt":"2017-03-25T07:00:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/the-death-of-the-mortgage-salesman-is-unfortunately-premature\/"},"modified":"2017-03-25T14:09:47","modified_gmt":"2017-03-25T07:09:47","slug":"the-death-of-the-mortgage-salesman-is-unfortunately-premature","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/the-death-of-the-mortgage-salesman-is-unfortunately-premature\/","title":{"rendered":"The death of the mortgage salesman is unfortunately premature"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#013;<br \/>\nLenders now pay mortgage brokers \u2018retention\u2019 fees for simply rolling you over from one of their deals to anotherWe thought the \u201ccommission hungry salesman\u201d had been consigned to the museum of financial horrors, next to the exhibits on Equitable Life and endowment mortgages. But are these relics in fact still alive and crawling back into the mainstream?On the quiet the major mortgage lenders have begun making \u201cretention\u201d payouts to brokers, alongside the \u201cprocuration\u201d fees they have long paid. If you have no idea what this means then that\u2019s probably the idea \u2013 to keep you in the dark. Continue reading&#8230;&#013;<br \/>\n&#013;<br \/>\nSource : theguardian.com&#013;<br \/>\nRead more&#8230;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/money\/blog\/2017\/mar\/25\/death-salesman-premature-mortgage-lenders-brokers-retention-fees\" target=\"_blank\">The death of the mortgage salesman is unfortunately premature<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#013; Lenders now pay mortgage brokers \u2018retention\u2019 fees for simply rolling you over from one 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