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▲ AnimalMuppet 4 hours ago

When your mortgage is sold, you should get a "goodbye letter" from whoever sold it, and a "hello letter" from whoever bought it. This is so you don't keep sending checks to the old place, and have the new people decide that you aren't paying your mortgage.

▲moritzwarhier 4 hours ago | parent | next [-]

Composition vs inheritance maybe makes a difference here? :thinking_grimace:

What I mean is parent companies and contracts that might obfuscate who's owed the debt.

However, I don't know anything about debt markets let alone homeownership.

▲dnautics 2 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

in principle you should be able to reject the mortgage sale, too. purely hypothetical but: suppose some bank was responsible for killing a family member, you shouldn't be forced to owe that bank money.

This means that any mortgage transfer would come with a 'sweetener deal'. If you don't object to the transfer you get a small reduction in your monthlies, e.g.

▲jongjong an hour ago | parent [-]

I assume the right to sell the mortgage to anyone they want is part of the original mortgage contract.

▲cyclopeanutopia 2 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

Checks? ;)