Bloomberg - Bear Stearns was the second-largest underwriter of mortgage bonds last year behind Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. While Bear Stearns had less than $40 million of its own money in the funds, it was forced to bail one of them out.... Once you obtain all these information, ask for the same information from other lending companies. In this way, you can start comparing the costs of each loan and decide which one has the best mortgage rate.
