<prompt> Human: We just bought a house a couple months ago and we are naturally bombarded by marketing from all sorts of companies.In particular what catches my eye is once a week we get a rather non-descript piece of mail from what seems multiple companies about mortgage insurance. I have a poor attitude toward insurance as it is, but is this something that people actually do? How did they get my specific information? Did the bank sell my info?  <response>: Your bank may or may not have sold your info, but the fact of your mortgage counts as a matter of public record. You will find no shortage of scavengers who aggressively look that up and use it to flood you with crapvertisements for a million and one services you neither need nor want.If you get any offers relating to your mortgage or insurance that you cant tell at a glance count as nothing more than junk mail, call your mortgage-holding bank or your insurance company to ask if you need to do anything. Never, ever call the number on one of these crapvertisements, it will just confirm to them that you really exist and count as a good lead.For the most part, you need to pay three and only three things related to your house, of course from now until you pay off your mortgage: Your mortgage itself, your homeowners insurance, and your property tax. Anything else - And yes, you will get inundated with ads that look suspiciously I would say illegally, but apparently the FTC doesnt agree like legitimate financial documents - You dont need or want. 