Homebuyers feel pressured to use mortgage brokers recommended by estate agents

Homebuyers feel pressured to use mortgage brokers recommended by estate agents

Almost half (44%) of homeowners who have used a mortgage broker used one recommended to them by or linked to an estate agent, research from independent mortgage broker Boon Brokers found. (Please click or tap the picture to find out more)

Meanwhile over a third of those (37%) said they felt pressured by the estate agent to do so.
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Source: Property Wire



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