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NZMBA unhappy with Consumer story

The NZ Mortgage Brokers Associotion has taken exception to a Consumers' Institute story about how to save money on your mortgage.

Monday, February 24th 2003

The latest Consumer story providing advice on how to save money on your mortgage displays a distrust of, and prejudice against, mortgage brokers, according to New Zealand Mortgage Brokers Association (NZMBA) chairman Brian Berry.

"The public looks on Consumer magazine as the definitive source of impartial information on products and services, but they seem to be biased against brokers," Berry says.

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