Can a mortgage company make you keep an escrow account?
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Can a mortgage company make you keep an escrow account?
We were this company’s guinea pigs. We were their 1st mortgage loan. They told us what our payment was going to be but didn’t bother telling us about the escrow or that we even had to have one. We were told we only had to keep it for a year. It’s been a year and now they say we can’t do away with it. It’s been nothing but a headache. What can we do, if anything?
Asked on July 21, 2011 Mississippi
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FreeAdvice Contributing Attorney / FreeAdvice Contributing Attorney
Answered 12 years ago | Contributor
When you apply for a loan to buy real estate and the loan is preliminarily approved, the lender sends loan documents for the borrower such as you to sign. The loan application sets forth the terms and conditions for the loand such as interest rate, amount, term and whether there is an impound account for future monies to be paid where an escrow is to be set up.
Read your loan application and all other documents associated with the terms and conditions for getting your loan. If an impound account for future monies to be paid and held in escrow for eventual payment is not stated, then holding back monies in the escrow account post close would not seem to be allowed under the terms of your loan.
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