Bankrate.com is forcing the small wholesale mortgage brokers off their platform by imposing a large minumum monthly spending limits, $3K -$5K.
Recently I have shopped Bankrate for the mortgage rates to refinance. The broker I worked with previously was not on listed, so I inquired with the broker. First the the broker tells me that their rates are lower than Bankrate's advertisers, and when I asked why they don't advertise on Bankrate, they said Bankrate removed the broker advertising for failing to adhere to the minimum spending requirement.
So the large banks and lenders, i.e. Quicken, win, and the consumer is the looses because the lowest rate