11/19/2025
PSA - when you deal with a mortgage broker they are working for you to get you the best deal. When you deal directly with the bank, that bank employee doesn’t work for you…they work for the bank, and are trying to get the best deal for the bank which may not necessarily be the best deal for you.
Just want to share an experience with the bank that one of my clients is dealing with.
Long story short…they have a current mortgage with one of the big five banks. They are upsizing and will need to either break their existing mortgage or port the balance of their current mortgage and get a new mortgage for the balance on their new larger home. The bank employee told them there only option was to either pay $20k to break the mortgage or because they have 2 years left on the current mortgage, they would have to get a 2 year fixed on the balance for the larger house so it matched up with their current mortgage at a much higher rate.
That’s just wrong information. I put them in touch with my mortgage broker and found a much better option that will work for them.