Mortgage Advisors – Whose side are they on?

June 22, 2010

Author: William M. Davis

Nick and Judy Splitzgerald are 4 months behind on their house note and doing almost anything to keep their two-bedroom starter home they’ve been in for 16 years. It all started when they refinanced their home 5 years ago. In hindsight maybe they should not have trusted their mortgage advisor.
Cautionary Tale
Even though they wanted a 30-year fixed-rate loan, the mortgage advisor somehow got them into a two-year adjustable-rate mortgage. The mortgage advisor also did not tell them that their payment did not cover escrow. When the new interest rate started 8 months ago, and at about the same time Nick …