Brokers prefer to get paid full commission on every deal, but it doesn't always work that way. Sometimes, even those who’d rather wrestle an alligator than offer a buydown end up shaving their pay or kissing a deal goodbye.
That brings us to a recent case where a broker lost a deal after being undercut by a TD rep. It was publicized in a private industry forum, with some swearing it proved TD’s got a vendetta against brokers.
Now, we're not trying to choose sides, but here's what that “banks have it in for brokers” line of thinking totally misses.