Advice: Check the mortgage yourself – don’t trust brokers

It is not uncommon for mortgages to be incorrect. But it is rare for the loans themselves to remain unresolved. When SvD tells about Anna who could face a million-sek claim for a mortgage that was never hers, it turns out that the system has flaws.

The case of Anna, who is being sued for 1.6 million kronor for someone else’s mortgage after a broker missed a previous mortgage, raises questions about how consumers can best protect themselves.

The system today assumes that brokers, associations and banks do the right thing when handling collateral.