At the sharp end, mortgage brokers bent the rules to get subprime borrowers to sign "liars' loan" documents, encouraged by the insatiable demand from Wall Street banks for mortgage securities.

最狠的一招是，受华尔街银行对抵押贷款证券无境止的需求的驱动，抵押贷款经纪人篡改规定，让次贷借款者签署“骗子贷款”文件。

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Although they are sometimes associated with poor credit risks and hard-to-sell properties, loan brokers can be a big help to people who simply want to save the time and hassle of scouting out different loan packages.

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And once the banks and the loan brokers start to become more responsible in that area, then the homeowners will have a problem with retaining that American dream.

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Every day that there isn't -- or wasn't a consumer watchdog in that office was a day when Americans weren't protected from abuses by payday lenders, non-bank financial institutions, mortgage brokers, student loan providers.

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