What You Need to Know About Your Annual Escrow Account Disclosure Statement
Annual Escrow Account Disclosure Statement – History: This section contains the disbursement history for your account. Transactions listed reflect actual amounts paid into your escrow account and actual amounts disbursed from your escrow account for items such as real property tax and insurance premiums.
Annual Escrow Account Disclosure Statement – Projection: This section details the calculation of your monthly escrow payment. Refer to "New Total Payment" in the “Anticipated Escrow Payments” section for your adjusted monthly mortgage payment beginning November 1,
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Increases in your monthly mortgage payment are most commonly due to increases in property taxes and/or homeowners insurance premiums.
- If you have questions about an increase in your property taxes, please contact your local taxing authority; they are the best source for information to explain any changes to your tax bill. Keep in mind, the individual Counties in the State of Hawaii reassess property values every year. Hawaii State property tax for the new tax year are sent in August and if there is an increase, it will be reflected in the Annual Escrow Analysis statement.
- If you have questions about an increase in your homeowner’s insurance premiums, please contact your insurance company or their local agent, they are the best source for information to explain any changes in your annual premium amount.
Be assured: there was NO change to your interest rate or how the principal and interest from your monthly mortgage payments are applied to your loan. Any changes to your payment are related to escrow costs.
Will my automatic loan payments be adjusted to the new payment amount?
If ASB setup the automatic payments for your mortgage loan, the payments will be adjusted. If you setup the automatic payments yourself from a third party bill payer or an online banking provider, you will need to manually update the payment amount for the new payment in November.