Mortgage lenders disclose true refinance costs only after pulling credit
Borrowers report loan officers verbally quoting minimal refinance fees, then pulling credit and increasing the loan balance by thousands of dollars without providing a written Loan Estimate beforehand. The lack of upfront itemized disclosure leaves borrowers unable to compare true costs before their credit is affected.
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