Date Received: 2018-12-18
Issue: Trouble during payment process
Subissue:
Consumer Complaint: On or about the yearXX/XX/XXXX my mortgage company was XXXX XXXX XXXX. I was put on a program of weekly mortgage payments, applied weekly, to save on interest. I was told by the XXXX representative that by implementing this program with applied weekly payments, my 30 year mortgage would become a 17 year mortgage. In XX/XX/XXXX my mortgage was sold to Ocwen Loan Serviving LLC. Upon looking at my online statement, I noticed that my weekly payments were being held in suspense and not applied to save interest as originally intended through XXXX. I spoke to a customer service representative today. I was told that Ocwen doesn't have this type of program. I responded that I didn't ask for Ocwen to take over my loan and was never told that weekly applied payments was no longer available to me.I asked what my recourse was and was told there really isn't anything they can do. I feel that that both XXXX and Ocwen are at fault here. XXXX shouldn't be selling a loan to a company that can't replicate applying funds on a weekly basis. Ocwen shouldn't be buying a loan for the same reason.
Company Response:
State: NJ
Zip: 08012
Submitted Via: Web
Date Sent: 2018-12-18
Company Response to Consumer: Closed with explanation
Timely Response: Yes
Consumer Disputed: N/A
Date Received: 2018-12-18
Issue: Trouble during payment process
Subissue:
Consumer Complaint: In XX/XX/XXXX I took out a loan for a very small 1 bedroom home the loan was with XXXX XXXX. Everything was going great my loan was going down I paid on time every month. In this loan the insurance was already included as well as the taxes. In XXXX XXXX went bankrupt my loan was sold to XXXX and that when the nightmare began they was charges constantly added my account and the starting charging for flood insurance I repeated told them to remove these extra charges there also late fees extra and my payments were on time. There payments I made not applied extra. We called and called nothing was removed and no one spoke clear English. XXXX the loan was sold off to Ocwen the problem got worse they now said I owned {$13000.00} on 15 year loan I been paying on since XXXX. Property preservation charges they never came out there Did anything. Then XXXX they said my loan was done which should been and sent modification papers. I asked see all my documents that they had reguardinf payments. Attached to this was payment schedule OCWEN now had my home loan for XXXX draw out into 30 years in showed from day one in XXXX - XXXX. With homecoming my loan was going down in XXXX. But with this that they made up it had I been paying 15 years and I still owed XXXX as of XX/XX/XXXX. I tried everything get them to clear the problem. Then this summer they sent a court hearing to for close from a company named XXXX XXXX they now had my loan and attorney named XXXX XXXX XXXX. The papers were sent to my old address of XXXX XXXX XXXX I never got them to go to the hearing then in XX/XX/XXXX. A sheriff found my home by talking to my old neighbors and serviced them to me. There was two hearings that I never attended because I didnt know about them. I called the court house they told me call the attorney and company. I tried and tried and u call and they both say they are debt collectors. The amount now that they have there seeking including false charges of mowing the grass and taking care of them. Came too {$19000.00}. Yesterday we received yet another paper saying the foreclose date and another {$6000.00} added on for even more charges. I cant afford an attorney but clearing fraud and I have had these people and there getting away with. They have written in this foreclosure I never made any attempts to ever pay my mortgage. Are u kidding my total with taxes and insurance I have paid {$40000.00} in 15 years. This fraud what they done to me and ruined my credit ... please help me .Also if look at the documents I am going to upload on the paper that is not my signature its the person filling out the paper. Also and of course there is no name of XXXX, XXXX, Ocwen it looks as though I never made any payments ever. If that case they should foreclosure a long time ago. This isnt right that they are able do this to people. They send papers too that said your payment now {$230.00} and then go up again ... I dont know but I do know this there something that clearly happen to me that should have. If you look at documents I attached you will see how late fees on me when I paid on time sometimes two payments a month ... I included to show a print out I sent them at the time this was from XX/XX/XXXX through XX/XX/XXXX. Please help me if you need anymore papers please contact me. Also have what they charge us and send by certified mail things try and make me modify my mortgage with them ...
Company Response:
State: PA
Zip: 156XX
Submitted Via: Web
Date Sent: 2018-12-18
Company Response to Consumer: Closed with explanation
Timely Response: Yes
Consumer Disputed: N/A
Date Received: 2018-12-18
Issue: Lost or stolen check
Subissue:
Consumer Complaint: In XXXX I received a check for a settlement with Ocwen ( a mortage company ) It was made out to myself and my ex-husband. Since I was unable to cash it I called the company and they recommened that I send it back voided, which I did. I waited approx 1 month and then called Ocwen. I spoke to someone in the call center who told me that the check was being reissued and mailed to me in Nevada. I again waited a month, which was their recomendation. I then called again. This time they said the check had been mailed to Utah in error. I told the call center to stop payment and was told why? I said someone will cash it, they told me no one would do that they would get in trouble, I told him someone will try and probably suceed. He told me to continue to wait they would fix it. I waited approx 2 weeks then I recieved a call saying the checks had been cashed. I was told that they would do a fraud investigation. They told me to call back in 2 weeks. I have called and called and they continue to give me the runaround. I left a call back number and received a call back number after about 2 weeks and I was told they were sending the canceled checks which never showed up. I again called and was again told be patient fraud investations take time. I'm still waiting. I think the fraud investation should start with this company.
Company Response: Company has responded to the consumer and the CFPB and chooses not to provide a public response
State: NV
Zip: 89074
Submitted Via: Web
Date Sent: 2018-12-18
Company Response to Consumer: Closed with explanation
Timely Response: Yes
Consumer Disputed: N/A
Date Received: 2018-12-18
Issue: Problem with a credit reporting company's investigation into an existing problem
Subissue: Their investigation did not fix an error on your report
Consumer Complaint: Over the past few years, Ocwen began reporting that my loan was charged off when I actually paid it off. They reported to XXXX. Ocwen corrected the issue on 2 or 3 occasions with oversight from Texas XXXX. I was denied credit today as XXXX is reporting an Ocwem foreclosure and negative in city from XXXX. I have never heard of XXXX. I need this matter corrected immediately. Kind regards XXXX XXXX
Company Response:
State: TX
Zip: XXXXX
Submitted Via: Web
Date Sent: 2018-12-18
Company Response to Consumer: Closed with explanation
Timely Response: Yes
Consumer Disputed: N/A
Date Received: 2018-12-17
Issue: Trouble during payment process
Subissue:
Consumer Complaint: I was contacted today by my mortgage company advising I have not paid my XXXX Mortgage. I was told I had a returned check from the bank and was charged a returned check fee. The escalation rep, XXXX, XXXX, advised my account number was " changed '' in XXXX and would not credit me the return check fee. I have been paying Ocwen with the same checking account for approx. 12 years and I have NOT changed it. I also have made my payments on time. I want the XXXX return check fee credited. My bank also has no returned payment fee on my account.
Company Response:
State: AZ
Zip: 85304
Submitted Via: Web
Date Sent: 2018-12-17
Company Response to Consumer: Closed with explanation
Timely Response: Yes
Consumer Disputed: N/A
Date Received: 2018-12-15
Issue: Struggling to pay mortgage
Subissue:
Consumer Complaint: I applied for a loan modification in XX/XX/XXXX through the help of XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX. I was granted the mod based on the trial period to start payments of {$1400.00} starting XX/XX/. I paid my payments of {$1400.00} XX/XX/XXXX, XX/XX/XXXX, and XX/XX/XXXX as instructed.XX/XX/XXXX i was sent my " congratulations on your approved loan modification letter ''. As instructed a sent back the docs that were to be signed and notarized. This was done by myself one of the borrowers on the initial loan. As done in the past my documents ie., pay stubs, hardship letter, tax docs, application, etc. was the only docs and signatures submitted due to a divorce in XX/XX/XXXXwhich started all the mod processes. I was asked by Ocwen, the mortgage company prior to this mod to send in docs ie. divorce decree, quit claim deed , county clerk recordation, etc to substantiate my divorce and the fact that the other initial borrower ... my ex husband was no longer living in the residence or owner of the property or part of the process. Having done this in the past solidified his name never being required as a signator. As in a previous mod i followed suit and sent in the required docs that stated starting XX/XX/ i was to start my modified monthly payment of now {$1400.00} ( modified interest rate of 3.25 % and will be fixed for the remaining term of the mortgage account as follows {$1000.00} principal and interest, {$300.00} escrow, {$1400.00} total modified monthly payment, maturity date of XX/XX/XXXX ). I continued to make the previous trial agreement amount of {$1400.00} for the month of XX/XX/ and then per mod agreement amount of {$1400.00} for the month of XX/XX/. When trying to make the XX/XX/ payment, i was halted due to a " null and void '' account per the representative i spoke with. Per his notes it claimed my account was null and void due to the lack of my ex husbands signature. I explained to the agent that per previous mods and submission of all the docs pertaining to my divorce, quit claim deed, etc that Ocwen required from me and the county, that his signature was never required. I have in the past had problems/issues with Ocwen due to their unscrupulous and unethical practices of changing up terms and conditions and changing payment amounts hey claimed due to their error in the middle of my contracts again null and voiding my accounts even though i was making payments for which i have NEVER missed a payment in my paying history when having an " active '' account, all this always forcing me to apply for loan modifications where they always then went up in payment amount. This i feel was another ploy because they didnt like the payment amount to force me out of contract AGAIN and have to reapply for another loan modification only to go up in payment amount again or deny me which is consequently what happened. After months of fighting and trying to understand why my account would be closed due to a lack of signature that was never required before, i finally requested mediation. This mediation took place at my local courthouse on XX/XX/. Here i met with the mediator XXXX XXXX and the attorney for Ocwen XXXX XXXX. During this mediation it was confirmed that the account was null and voided due to the lack of signature from my ex husband supposedly due to some new rule where Ocwen no longer respects the documents that had previously requested of me. The attorney for Ocwen per questioning from the legal mediator stated that i simply needed to apply for another loan modification where this time my ex husband would be required to sign if was granted the mod. I explained that i had already sent per the law firms request of me another loan mod app already by certified mail on XX/XX/. As of our court date onXX/XX/XXXX, they claimed to had not received it. The attorney then took the copy of the loan modification application that thankfully had with me that i sent off in XX/XX/. The attorney stated firmly that the modification would be cleared due to the fact that it had already been granted and was initially accepted without my ex husbands signature and that he this time around would need to sign.This was stated both in front of me and the mediator due to the mediators question prompting the response. I stated that i wasnt sure if he would be comfortable in doing that but would try to reach out to him. I have then since been in compliance with all that Ocwen has requested of me ie. additional info, etc. Oddly enough when following up per phone calls to get status updates, etc. an agent asked me if my ex husband would be willing to sign. I stated he would. However i then receive a letter dated XX/XX/ stating that my modification was denied and that i would be facing foreclosure if i didnt apply for an appeal by 14 days of the letters date. Again oddly enough, despite the XX/XX/2018 date that the letter states, i didnt receive until XX/XX/XXXX which due to a death in my family i wasnt home and wasnt able to open letter until XX/XX/. I immediately called and was told to submit the appeal request by email which i did on XX/XX/. I am null and void of the understanding of how my loan mod request was approved initially and i did everything correctly to then unfairly due to " a new rule '' have my account inactivated. And then to have been told by Ocwens attorney during mediation to simply to reapply for another mod which would approved and just have ex husband to sign to being denied. How does this happen to good and decent people who just want to stay in their homes and give literally all of their money/paychecks to make this happen. I could see if this all happened because i was non compliant .... Unfair and unethical!!!
Company Response:
State: MD
Zip: 20601
Submitted Via: Web
Date Sent: 2018-12-15
Company Response to Consumer: Closed with explanation
Timely Response: Yes
Consumer Disputed: N/A
Date Received: 2018-12-14
Issue: Trouble during payment process
Subissue:
Consumer Complaint: Ocwen loan Servicing LLC has started to charge a service fee to pay the mortgage payment online. They can not just decide all of the sudden that they require us to go paperless to pay online. There is nothing in my note that says they can change the terms of how I make my payment and charge a service fee. They told me I had no option but to pay the fee in the future. This is one more fee that they have decided to get in bed with XXXX XXXX and make money and it's not necessary. They either need to offer the service to all clients regardless of statement option or not at all, but to change it in the middle of the loan is ridiculous!
Company Response:
State: UT
Zip: 84790
Submitted Via: Web
Date Sent: 2018-12-14
Company Response to Consumer: Closed with explanation
Timely Response: Yes
Consumer Disputed: N/A
Date Received: 2018-12-13
Issue: Struggling to pay mortgage
Subissue:
Consumer Complaint: Ocwen has failed to deliver any solution to my financial hardship and I would add Failed miserably to deliver minimum standard to Help homeowner is what we do according to their motto 1. It took Ocwen over 4 months to complete my loan modification package by demanding income info, only to reject the modification and add salt to the wound by telling me that gross income is N/A not applicable???? 2. Loan repayment, I requested a repayment plan as my income is increasing from current monthly {$4500.00} to be {$6000.00} in 2019 due to my efforts to complete renovations and upgrades against all odds and rent the rentable portion of the property despite ZERO help from Ocwen The total amount Ocwen is demanding on a 5 month Hamp approved modification mortgage payment of {$1300.00} is 12,000..!! {$1300.00} x 5 = {$6800.00} the rest is misc, fees, and escrow which is 50 % of the total amount demanded and of the {$12000.00} only {$2000.00} is towards the principle payment. The remainder is pocketed by Ocwen with the exception of tax and insurance 3. I spent 4 months with auditing the account and after receiving no valid response, I was forced to file an official complaint with the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, then I started to receive responses I have proven that Ocwen has a consistent pattern of questionable transactions and discrepancies
Company Response:
State: CA
Zip: 91911
Submitted Via: Web
Date Sent: 2018-12-13
Company Response to Consumer: Closed with explanation
Timely Response: Yes
Consumer Disputed: N/A
Date Received: 2018-12-11
Issue: Struggling to pay mortgage
Subissue:
Consumer Complaint: I sent a cashier 's check for {$21000.00} as per the request of the Escalation Department Manager XXXX ID XXXX to reinstate my mortgage loan. I called Ocwen this evening and was told the Cashier 's check was returned and there is an Active Foreclosure on my home. Ocwen stated the reinstatement is {$23000.00}. I don't understand why Ocwen could not give me a 12 month reinstatement plan for the difference. I have a copy of my reinstatement amount and it's actually {$22000.00} which is actually {$1800.00} difference. I have done everything to resolve this matter and it seems apparent that I need to file a Chapter XXXX Bankruptcy to save my home from Foreclosure.
Company Response: Company has responded to the consumer and the CFPB and chooses not to provide a public response
State: GA
Zip: 30252
Submitted Via: Web
Date Sent: 2018-12-11
Company Response to Consumer: Closed with explanation
Timely Response: Yes
Consumer Disputed: N/A
Date Received: 2018-12-11
Issue: Trouble during payment process
Subissue:
Consumer Complaint: On XX/XX/2013, I filed for Bankruptcy Chapter XXXX to avoid foreclosure on my home. I had fallen behind on my mortgage payments due to a serious illness which had prevented me from working. I have been making monthly payments to my mortgage company for the last 5 years as well as monthly payments to the court appointed trustee, and according to my records, I have completed all payments to the trustee. As my bankruptcy attorney was completing " Final Cure Payment '' paperwork, my mortgage company claims that my postpetition payments are not current and I owe them an amount of {$10000.00}. I feel that my rights are being violated in accordance with the bankruptcy laws. I feel my mortgage company is in error. I have " Mortgage Account Statements '' from them that I have used to make my monthly payments to them on a timely basis. Their error causes a problem with my bankruptcy discharge and my home is in jeopardy.
Company Response:
State: VA
Zip: 22193
Submitted Via: Web
Date Sent: 2018-12-11
Company Response to Consumer: Closed with explanation
Timely Response: Yes
Consumer Disputed: N/A