I'll freely admit that I don't often scan the Forum; guilty as charged; but I am genuinely astounded to read about the dismal fees that seem to be de rigueur throughout the industry since I last checked, especially for a nat'l outfit such as Amrock that has just landed a co-op with Primerica, the largest financial services industry in North America, to market Quicken and Rocket products thru their vast network of now licensed mortgage professionals to add 'a personal touch' to the process with a non pareil program that is sure to break records in FY 2020, if not sooner. This is not speculation on my part; I am personally privy to this information. I have been paying $75 minimal fees to my agents nationwide for more than 12 years now for any kind of closing, and -frankly- can't remember the last time we paid any less than $100 for even a seller's signing in any part of the country. Maybe it's because we still close personally on a regular basis; maybe it's because we've held our clients in high regard and treated them well for many years and provided stellar service without fail so that they pay our rates so that we can pay you; but, whatever the reason, it IS possible to earn that FAIR rate for professional, top rate service, and we prove it every day. Sounds to me like an industry wide reform of some sort starting in the rank and file is in order, unless it's already too late to demand the respect that is due to at least 90% of the professionals that we are aware of still working today. OK, I'll climb down from my little soap box here now. Thanks to all of you who work with us and have done so for years - you know we couldn't do it without you, and - heck - we wouldn't want to :-) |