Mortgage Lenders Miscalculating Interest Rate Reductions From Points Paid
Borrowers who pay points at closing to reduce their mortgage rate sometimes find, years later, that the lender never applied the full rate reduction, leaving them with a higher interest rate than disclosed. Verifying this requires manually cross-checking closing disclosures against loan servicing records, and support channels routinely deflect the question.
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