TheSanDiegoChannel.com - Money - Mortgage Companies Offer Minorities Opportunities: "SAN DIEGO -- If you are a minority and want the kind of job that allows you to help people get into a home, then mortgage companies want you.

The Mortgage Bankers Association has set up a program that connects minorities with internships and scholarships at companies such as Bank of America and Chase Manhattan.

By bringing more diversity to mortgage companies, the association hopes to give more minorities families a chance at owning a home.


Dan Thoms, from Mortgage Bankers Association, said, 'What we're trying to do is get people in the communities linked up with lenders and so the lenders are looking for people that really represent what the community is.'

For more information, visit www.campusmba.com.