We applied for a mortgage through a mortgage broker. When it came time to accept and lock in the rate, the mortgage broker informed us that as a condition on getting the interest rate and terms that we wanted, we were REQUIRED to open an account with the bank offering these terms. This bank is Wells Fargo Bank , NA. 

Normally, in our 30 years of owning a home, we have had our payments automatically deducted from our primary checking account with a bank ( a competitor of WF ) that we already have a relationship. But for Wells Fargo, this set up is not enough. They essentially are coercing us into opening an account and to become a customer in order to get a mortgage. If we do not open the account, we CAN NOT get the mortgage. We can not have the terms that they offered. We can not buy the house. 

We have no intention of opening an account. We can make payments as we have always done it : through our primary account with a competitor. 

WHY is WF forcing us to open an account with them when we do not want to? They are not convenient to us ; they are not near to us. We do not like their banking products, except for the mortgage. Why, as consumers in a free market, should we be forced to open an account. 

This requirement amounts to coercion and tortious interference with business relations. 

This requirement is EXACTLY why the big banks should be broken up. This requirement should be investigate and WF should be estopped from requiring this action as part of offering a mortgage product. 
