I came across an interesting article...

http://money.cnn.com/2009/02/12/real_estate/lenders_drop_mortgage_brokers/index.htm?postversion=2009021206



The link is to a CNN article with this heading:

Lenders drop mortgage brokers Some big banks are cutting out mortgage brokers and having lending generated by their own people. That could be bad for consumers.

F.Y.I. Vantage is celebrating it's 20 year anniversary.