In XXXX 2013, I purchased my first house. The original mortgage was through XXXX XXXX. My down payment was 10 %, and therefore, it included mortgage insurance. However, I was told that I would be able to lose the mortgage insurance after 5 years or as soon as I had 20 % equity in the house - whether that came from improvements made to the house, actual money paid on the mortgage or the value of the house increasing on its own. Since we moved in, we 've made improvements to the house ( remodeled kitchen and bathroom ) and the value has increased. We know that we have much more than the 20 % equity we were told was required to lose the mortgage insurance. However, at some point, our loan was sold to wells fargo. I 've been in and out of the bank on the phone over and over trying to figure out the steps i need to take to get the mortgage insurance removed. Every time I get a different story. Most recently, I was told that it is true that I can get rid of my mortgage insurance by having 20 % equity, but it has to be a result of structural improvements made to the home and I have to show receipts for all the money I invested to make those structural improvements. They said that remodeling we did does not count because there were not walls added, so it was not structural updates but just cosmetic updates. I am frustrated because none of this is what I was originally told when I signed my mortgage and i had no control over it being sold to Wells Fargo, so they should n't be able to change what I was told. Also, I am frustrated because Wells Fargo has given me at least XXXX different stories and it seems they 're just trying to confuse me, so I 'll give up on trying to get my mortgage insurance dropped. 
