ARCHIVED  November 1, 1995

Mortgage lenders descend on Northern Colorado

As more and more people move to Fort Collins, so do more and more mortgage companies.

But just because the number of mortgage lenders in the local directories more than doubled since 1992 doesn’t mean home buyers can necessarily count on getting a better deal, said Dick Rule, president of the Northern Colorado Mortgage Lenders Association.

“I think we have healthy competition simply because of the number of players,” Rule said. “But I think it can also be confusing to the consumers. With such an active market, you open yourself up to people coming in and promising things that they never can…

Christopher Wood
Christopher Wood is editor and publisher of BizWest, a regional business journal covering Boulder, Broomfield, Larimer and Weld counties. Wood co-founded the Northern Colorado Business Report in 1995 and served as publisher of the Boulder County Business Report until the two publications were merged to form BizWest in 2014. From 1990 to 1995, Wood served as reporter and managing editor of the Denver Business Journal. He is a Marine Corps veteran and a graduate of the University of Colorado Boulder. He has won numerous awards from the Colorado Press Association, Society of Professional Journalists and the Alliance of Area Business Publishers.
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