I purchased a home from XXXX in 2006, and Universal American Mortgage XXXX handled the mortgage. I recently became aware that the second mortgage principle balance was not being reduced much, and that the mortgage was structured as a " balloon ''. The second mortgage is a 15 year loan, so I thought that after 9 years worth of payments ( 60 % thru the loan period ) that my outstanding balance would be approximately 40 % of the original loan amount XXXX {$72000.00} XXXX. Unfortunately, my balance is $ XXXX XXXX 93 % of original loan amount ). We were able to refinance the primary mortgage under HARP after the loan was foreclosure-bound due to the annual rate escalations. 

My wife and I feel we have been taken advantage of ( robbed XXXX by Universal. I did n't realize that 14 years of payments would total $ XXXX ; only to still owe an additional $ XXXX XXXX $ XXXX total ) on a loan amount of {$72000.00}. Is this fraud? 
