The Obama administration wants to stir the pot on a highly contentious issue involving homebuilders and their customers: the legality of the discounts, rebates, closing costs, upgrades and other lures that builders often dangle in front of buyers — but only if they agree to use the builder’s affiliated mortgage lender. In the real estate business, the issue is known as “required use.”
HUD stepping up investigation into ‘required use’
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