Mortgage brokers are touting a study that claims they give subprime borrowers a better deal than direct-to-consumer lenders do and that claims of misconduct are likely overblown. “We have always believed that the customer who works with mortgage brokers, especially NAMB-affiliated mortgage brokers, receive some of the favorable terms possible for their mortgages,” said the National Association of Mortgage Brokers in a statement supporting research released last week by Georgetown University’s Credit Research Center. …