Loan Servicing FAQs
1st National Bank’s routing number is 042208006.
If you believe your payment information is incorrect please contact us at (513) 932-3221. For more information about your billing rights, view your billing rights.
Yes, you can!
Where and How to Pay:
- Visit a local 1st National Bank banking center
- Mail your payments to:
| 1st National Bank
ATTN: Loan Servicing PO Box 119 Lebanon, OH 45036 |
Make sure to include a note specifying how you want the payment applied.
For Electronic Payments:
- If you wish to pay only the principal, escrow, or late fees through electronic methods like Online Banking, Mobile App, or another bank, please contact our Servicing Department at (513) 932-3221 or payments@bankwith1st.com. This ensures we apply your payment correctly.
- Otherwise, electronic payments will be treated as regular payments
- If you have a 1st National Bank Checking or Savings account, you can make Principal-Only payments through Online Banking. We recommend regularly checking your loan on Online Banking to make sure payments are being applied as you want.
Additional Information:
- Consider signing up for Online Banking if you haven’t.
- If you don’t already get a monthly billing eStatement, you can opt in to receive one.
To receive the official payoff quote from 1st National Bank, a request may be emailed to payoffs@bankwith1st.com, preferred, or faxed to (513) 932-7119.
The following information must be contained in the request:
- Borrower Name(s)
- Borrower Account Number(s)
- Property address being sold/paid off
- Borrower’s Signed Authorization with wet signature
- Payoff quote good through Date
- To whom and where the payoff quote needs to be returned
- Indicate whether it is a Sale or Refinance
Yes! If you are currently receiving a paper statement and would like to receive eStatements, you can download our eStatement form here, email payments@bankwith1st.com, or call (513) 932-3221 and request to receive eStatements.
You can also view your statements by logging into your Online Banking, selecting the account you wish to view, and clicking documents. month.
IF YOU MOVE
Either during or after your loan with 1st National Bank is paid-off, WE NEED TO KNOW your current mailing address so we can deliver your mail. Especially, if you sell your property and move because we need to send your paid-off loan letter, paid-off loan escrow analysis (if applicable), and your tax reporting information for the payoff calendar year.
IF YOU GET A NEW PHONE NUMBER OR EMAIL
1st National Bank needs a current phone number and/or email address to get in touch with you. Please, let us know as soon as possible by calling your banking center or call (513) 932-3221.
You need to send a letter and supporting documentation to the following address:
1st National Bank
ATTN: Loan Servicing
1000 E. Main St.
Lebanon, OH 45036
You may also call (513) 932-3221 to speak to a customer service representative or email loanservicing@bankwith1st.com.
You need to send a letter to the following address:
| 1st National Bank
ATTN: Loan Servicing PO Box 119 Lebanon, OH 45036 |
You may also call (513) 932-3221 to speak to a customer service representative or email loanservicing@bankwith1st.com.
Escrow FAQs
Annually, we review your escrow account to make sure there are enough funds to cover paying your taxes and/or insurance premiums during the escrow analysis computation year. We send you a summary statement of this report called an escrow analysis. It includes a review of activity in your escrow account during the past 12 months, with projections for the next 12 months. This helps us determine the amount you need to pay into your escrow account each month, so we can pay your taxes and/or insurance obligations on your behalf for the next 12 months.
Increases or decreases in your real estate taxes or insurance premiums may cause a surplus or shortage in your escrow account. If disbursements from your escrow account were lower than expected, your account may have a surplus. If disbursements from your escrow account were higher than expected, your account may have a shortage.
A cushion is a reserve, held in your escrow account, used to help cover increases in real estate taxes or insurance programs.
Escrow means one monthly payment
When you borrow money to purchase a home, you’ll have several bills:
- Mortgage payment
- Property taxes
- Homeowners insurance
- Private Mortgage Insurance (in some instances)
1st National Bank takes on the responsibility of collecting your escrow payment monthly. This will be included in your full monthly mortgage payment. To determine your monthly amount for escrow, we take each escrow item, such as current tax and insurance amounts, and divide those by 12.
Example of your Escrow Billing
You just purchased your new home. Let’s say your bills look like this:
- Mortgage: $1,000 each month/ $12,000 a year
- Property taxes: $1,200 every six months/ $2,400 a year
- Homeowners insurance: $900 every six months/ $1,800 a year
- Private Mortgage Insurance: $1,800 a year
Together, these add up to $18,000 for the year. With an escrow account, you’ll pay a monthly bill of $1,500 to the bank. Then, the bank will pay each of these bills for you as they come due.
An escrow account can be optional, based on Bank policy. But many new homeowners choose to escrow even if they don’t have to. They like knowing they won’t have to save for tax and insurance bills.
- Whether or not you have an escrow account with us, let us know as soon as possible.
- Make sure your new insurance policy has your 1st National Bank account number and 1st National Bank’s Mortgagee Clause below:
| 1st National Bank
ISAOA/ATIMA PO Box 119 Lebanon, OH 45036 |
- Email your new policy declarations page to loanservicing@bankwith1st.com
- If you receive an insurance premium refund from your insurance company and you have an escrow account, please reach out to our Loan Servicing Department at loanservicing@bankwith1st.com or (513) 932-3221 to discuss if the funds need to be deposited into your escrow account.
Default Servicing FAQs
- There should never be a fee to obtain assistance or information about foreclosure prevention options from 1st National Bank or a qualified housing finance agency.
- Never send a mortgage payment to a company except for the company listed on your monthly mortgage statement
- Beware of scams and/or anyone offering to help you for a fee
Foreclosure is the loss of your home through a legal process where 1st National Bank or a third party acquires the property at a foreclosure sale.
- You must move or you will be evicted
- It may be as long as seven years before you are eligible for another mortgage loan
- You and any additional borrower(s) listed on the mortgage may experience negative credit implications
If you ignore or disregard 1st National Bank’s notices, 1st National Bank may refer your mortgage to foreclosure as authorized by your mortgage documents and applicable law.
- Yes, don’t wait any longer. If you wish to keep your home, contact 1st National Bank now.
- You may also contact a United States Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD)-approved housing counselor and request a call including you, a HUD-approved counselor, and 1st National Bank to discuss your hardship.
- A HUD-approved housing counselor can also provide free advice on debt management.
- Yes, but it is imperative that you reach out to 1st National Bank to discuss your options.
No. Your property will not be sold if you accept a foreclosure avoidance option and comply with requirements of avoidance.
Contact 1st National Bank as soon as possible. 1st National Bank is here to help you navigate these events. Please contact us to receive a list of documentation needed to confirm your identity and ownership interest in the property, where to send mortgage payments, and to discuss your next steps.
Still have questions?
Get in touch with our support team. Email our support team, submit a contact form or call (513) 932-3221 today for personalized assistance. Remember, at 1st National Bank, we’re always here to help you Bank your best™.
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