A consumer lobby group wants an investigation into the growing ties between mortgage brokers and real estate agents to ensure home buyers are not being ripped off.

A report by Consumer New Zealand suggests some real estate agents are offering clients a mortgage broker who is from within their own company and earning a commission for it without the buyer’s knowledge.

Photo: RNZ / Claire Eastham-Farrelly

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