# Your Mortgage Payment Jumped Because of Escrow – Fix the Bills, Not Just the Shortage

- Source: Money Crashers
- Published: 2026-10-17T18:45:00+00:00
- Category: Local
- Original: https://www.moneycrashers.com/escrow-shortage-mortgage-payment/
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Your mortgage servicer, the company that collects your payment, holds part of it in escrow for property taxes and homeowners insurance, then pays those bills when they come due. Our guide to the true cost of homeownership warns buyers that... Source

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