Through an MSA, on the other hand, a
mortgage company may pay a real estate broker a reasonable fee
for actual advertising services performed on its behalf to brand who it is and what it does among homebuyers, agents and salespeople, so it can effectively
compete for the
business.
Investors in loans on commercial real estate — insurance
companies, pension funds and Wall Street firms — continued
competing for business in January, squeezing spreads between interest rates on commercial
mortgages...