Mail guides
After buying a home
Sort the new-home advertising that arrives around closing.
Stop contractor mail after an estimate you declined
Give the contractor the date of the estimate and ask it to stop mailing sales follow-up. Say that you are ending promotions only, so the request is not mistaken for a change to a job or agreement.
Reduce home-equity advertising while keeping statements
Ask the bank to stop mailing home-equity promotions, and in the same message say that you want your account documents to continue. Putting both points in writing makes clear that your request is about advertising, not your account.
Check a home-warranty expiration letter after closing
First find out whether you hold a home warranty at all. A letter saying your coverage is ending does not prove you have any. Check your purchase paperwork for a provider name, contact that provider through details you already had, and ask what is on file. Until then, treat the phone number and website on the letter as unverified.
Check a mailed offer to file a homestead form
A letter offering to file a homestead form for a fee does not tell you whether you qualify, whether the office charges for filing, or when the form is due. Ask your local tax or assessor's office about its current process and deadline first. Then decide whether the solicitor's help is worth the fee.
Handle repeated offers to buy your house
Write to the buyer or broker named on the postcard and ask it to stop purchase solicitations for your address. Add that you are not selling and are not asking for an appraisal or valuation, so the request stays limited to removal.
Stop buyer postcards for a house you already sold
Ask the advertiser to remove your name and the sold property's address from its marketing list. An advertiser's mailing list is its own record and may not reflect a recorded ownership change. You do not need to send the deed or closing paperwork to make the request.
Sort mortgage-protection insurance advertising
A mailer that mentions your mortgage may not come from your lender, and it does not show that you are required to buy anything. Recorded home-purchase and mortgage information can become public, and advertisers may use it. Before you reply, check the claimed relationship with your lender using contact details you already have.
Check a deed-registration service offer
A letter offering to register or copy your deed may come from a private company rather than the office that keeps the record. Contact your county recorder yourself and ask whether you need to do anything and how to get a copy. Decide about the paid offer after you have the recorder's answer.
Handle home-service offers addressed to a builder
If advertising addressed to the builder keeps arriving at a house someone now lives in, tell the sender that the builder does not receive mail at that address. Ask it to stop mailing under that name. A short statement is enough, and you do not need to send any homeowner documents.
Why does junk mail increase after buying a home?
Buying a home can put your name, address and mortgage details into public records that advertisers use. The CFPB explains why new homeowners receive mail that repeats their lender’s name or loan amount. Those details alone do not prove the lender sent the letter.
Reduce a new-home renovation coupon book
Send one request to the company that publishes the coupon book, not to every contractor inside it. Ask the publisher to stop future editions at your address and to tell you which name and address its record uses.
Reduce security-system advertising after a move
Write to the security company named on the postcard and ask it to stop postal marketing to your address. In the same request, say that notices about any service you already have with that company should continue, so the opt-out cannot be read as a cancellation.
Handle solar-sales postcards after buying a house
Before you write, work out which company on the solar postcard is making the offer. List the advertiser, any installer and any finance brand on separate lines. Then send your postal marketing request to the company presenting the offer, using contact details you looked up yourself.
Verify a water-testing postcard at a new address
Check who issued the water-testing postcard before answering it. Start with your water provider using contact details from a bill or a known official site. If the card names a different agency, verify that agency separately. An unfamiliar logo or a provider’s lack of knowledge does not settle the card’s purpose.
Verify property-tax appeal solicitations
Before acting on the deadline in a mailed property-tax appeal offer, confirm the real appeal dates with your local assessor. Reach the assessor through contact details you find yourself, not ones printed on the mailing. The letter may be ordinary advertising even if it looks like a government notice.
Ask a local agent to stop neighborhood marketing
Write to the agent or brokerage printed on the postcard. Name the series you want stopped, such as a recurring market-update card, and the address where it arrives. Naming one campaign gives the sender a specific record to look for, which a general complaint does not.
Reduce paper follow-up after requesting refinance quotes
Sort the mail by sender first. A quote site and each lender you heard from can be separate contacts, so a request to one may not reach the others. A short worksheet helps here. List which companies you contacted yourself, which ones sent advertising afterward, and where each request went.