Mortgage Loan Office in New York Set to Serve Mexican Market - 2004-03-05
Seeking to get into the billions of dollars that Mexicans working in the United States send home each year, a Mexican mortgage finance company is establishing a New York branch on Thursday to offer loans to Mexicans who want to purchase a house in their country.

Last year, Mexicans sent home $13.27 billion, more than the country earned from foreign tourism. The money lifts many families out of poverty and in some regions is the only source of income.
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Mortgage Choice in ASIC inquiry - 2004-03-05
One of the country's biggest home-loan brokers, Mortgage Choice, which last year had a loan book worth $13.5 billion, is under investigation into whether it practiced "unconscionable conduct" and accepted secret commissions to recommend and sell particular loans.

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission is inquiring into whether Mortgage Choice broke the law by demanding lenders pay an annual "sponsorship fee" of up to $200,000 each to have their loans offered to the broker's clients.
Read the full story at Melbourne Age