Archive for the ‘Credit and Mortgages’ Category

Protecting Yourself From Becoming A “Trigger Lead”

Tuesday, July 10th, 2007

From the CBS News Video Web site, an interesting story for anyone who’s recently applied for mortgage credit. The three major credit bureaus — Experian, Equifax, and TransUnion — sell the contact information of new mortgage loan applicants to other mortgage lenders that want to compete for the same business. It works like this: You call your loan officer for a rate quote Your loan officer submits a credit report to the credit bureaus The credit bureaus recognize that you…

Original post by Dan Green

CBS News Story On “Trigger Leads” Evokes Strong Emotions

Tuesday, July 10th, 2007

From the CBS News Video Web site, an interesting story for anyone who’s recently applied for mortgage credit. The three major credit bureaus — Experian, Equifax, and TransUnion — sell the contact information of new mortgage loan applicants to other mortgage lenders that want to compete for the same business. It works like this: You call your loan officer for a rate quote Your loan officer submits a credit report to the credit bureaus The credit bureaus recognize that you…

Original post by Dan Green