Mar 09 2009
Mortage and Mortgage. Potato, Potatoe?
What is a Mortage? Every single day I read something that says the following:
“I need a mortage”
“Can I get a Mortage?
“How much can I get a mortage for?”
Or something similar. Since I am a Mort g age Originator I assume that the person wants a home loan. Since most people only apply for a “Mortage” a few time in their life I let the misspelling slide.
This becomes a little pet peave of mine when it is written by people that are supposed to be real estate or mortgage professionals. Realtors, lenders and attorneys should know better. I know I am just a little anal but if you are sending correspondence to other people in the industry you should at least make sure that industry specific words are spelled correctly.
Am I right or am I write?
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Update: Not an hour after I wrote this I received an email from a Realtor asking how much a monthly “morgage” payment will be…
