Date Received: 2017-11-09
Issue: False statements or representation
Subissue: Attempted to collect wrong amount
Consumer Complaint: I do n't know if I completed the correct box but I truly need help with XXXX XXXX XXXX and do n't know where else to turn. I have disputed with the company and with the bureaus and nothing has been resolved. XXXX XXXX received an account from Specialized Loan Servicing and even the results I received directly from the bureaus indicate the loan was transferred not sold but actually transferred. They charged off a balance as per the response in the amount of {$49000.00} back in XX/XX/XXXX. XXXX XXXX then starts to report the account starting at 180 days past due. Not a collection account but an open account with a balance of {$63000.00}. Also a past due balance being different than the current balance. How is that even possible? If the first company charged it off then why is the second company showing late over 180 days. By the looks of my credit report they just charged it off last month. How can they hold a charged off account from one company for over 5 years then charge it off again? Then to make matters worse Specialized Loan Servicing shows in the payment history as having a balance of {$49000.00} as of XX/XX/XXXX. This seems to be a huge scam! It appears as though 2 mortgages were charged off.
Company Response: Company has responded to the consumer and the CFPB and chooses not to provide a public response
State: NV
Zip: 89178
Submitted Via: Web
Date Sent: 2017-11-09
Company Response to Consumer: Closed with explanation
Timely Response: Yes
Consumer Disputed: N/A
Date Received: 2017-11-09
Issue: Struggling to pay mortgage
Subissue:
Consumer Complaint: Our hardship started in XXXX. We contacted the servicing company at that time was XXXX. We were told that since we were not behind on the mortgage we had to wait before we could get any help. After being very fearful of losing their home, they talked to some friends and acquaintances and they recommended a law firm located in XXXX XXXX, NY and promised a solution of a modification and they would get us back on track with XXXX XXXX very quickly. They requested {$6000.00}. XX/XX/XXXXXXXX immediately and they borrowed the money from the husband 's boss and paid feeling very secure that the promises were true. For whatever reason the law firm was closed by The District Attorney. We were not able to get our money back or any of our documents. After going through that huge disappointment, there was a cease and desist on our account that took over a year to get removed from the account so that someone would even speak to us. While we were with the law firm we had to pay {$500.00}. pr month for the promised help they were supposed to do for us. After being able to talk to the servicer on our loan in XX/XX/XXXX. We notified XXXX that we were back to work and ready to start making mortgage payments. We have had at least 15 different representatives working on the account. After working with XXXX for so long the account was transferred to a new Servicer SLS XX/XX/XXXX. All of the work that was put in in XXXX was not considered at ll and we had to start over and they rushed us into foreclosure.
Company Response: Company has responded to the consumer and the CFPB and chooses not to provide a public response
State: NY
Zip: 11746
Submitted Via: Web
Date Sent: 2017-11-09
Company Response to Consumer: Closed with explanation
Timely Response: Yes
Consumer Disputed: N/A
Date Received: 2017-11-09
Issue: Trouble during payment process
Subissue:
Consumer Complaint: Specialized Loan Servicing is clearly manipulating what goes to principle and what goes to interest. This is show in their monthly statements. Anybody running a amortization schedule for XXXX fixed rate loan at XXXX term of 180 months amortized over 360 months can not have a payment of XXXX that the entire amount goes to interest. That is mathematically impossible. Yet, my payments does exact that as shown in statement for XXXX XXXX. I am around the XXXX to tenth year of loan. What is prevent this company from saying one cent goes to principle and rest goes to interest. This practice must stop before more consumers are harm by possible illegal practice, which force people into balloon payment when their settle statement might say else wise. This has been going for months
Company Response: Company has responded to the consumer and the CFPB and chooses not to provide a public response
State: IL
Zip: 60614
Submitted Via: Web
Date Sent: 2017-11-09
Company Response to Consumer: Closed with explanation
Timely Response: Yes
Consumer Disputed: N/A
Date Received: 2017-11-08
Issue: Struggling to pay mortgage
Subissue:
Consumer Complaint: I had a mortgage with XXXX. After Hurricane Irma, I contacted XXXX who offered a forbearance. They offered 3 options. One of the options offered was to have three months payments moved to the end of my loan without penalty. this is the option I chose. This was all done on the telephone. I did not make my next payment thinking that it would be moved to the end of my loan. Within a couple of weeks, XXXX sold my mortgage to SLS ( Specialized Loan Servicing LLC ). When I contacted SLS, they advised that at the end of the forbearance a balloon payment for any payments missed would be due. They advised that moving the payments to the end of the loan was not an option. I asked if SLS was going to honor the offer from XXXX. they advised that they did not have anything from XXXX saying that they were allowing payments to be moved to the end of the loan. I contacted XXXX ( XXXX @ XXXX, XXXX XXXX ). XXXX advised that moving the payments to the end of the loan was, in fact an option they offered and SLS would be required to honor the offer. I have now missed a second mortgage payment and SLS is saying that they are waiting on XXXX to advise if they were going to honor that option. I was told by SLS that they have received several complaints from customers that were with XXXX and are now with SLS over this same issue.
Company Response: Company has responded to the consumer and the CFPB and chooses not to provide a public response
State: FL
Zip: 33436
Submitted Via: Web
Date Sent: 2017-11-08
Company Response to Consumer: Closed with explanation
Timely Response: Yes
Consumer Disputed: N/A
Date Received: 2017-11-07
Issue: Trouble during payment process
Subissue:
Consumer Complaint: The website to access accounts serviced by SLS has not been working properly. When customers try to log-in, it 's nearly impossible to access one 's account. This is dangerous, especially for customers who have opted to receive periodic statements and other documentation electronically. This has been a persistent problem for months now. Their website does not work even if you tried using XXXX XXXX, XXXX or XXXX.
Company Response: Company has responded to the consumer and the CFPB and chooses not to provide a public response
State: NJ
Zip: 08096
Submitted Via: Web
Date Sent: 2017-11-07
Company Response to Consumer: Closed with explanation
Timely Response: Yes
Consumer Disputed: N/A
Date Received: 2017-11-05
Issue: Struggling to pay mortgage
Subissue:
Consumer Complaint: During this default period where I had been out of work and hospitalized I fell behind on my payments. I corresponded with the mortgage company informing them of my hardship. Most recently my employer put in an application for me to medically retire. My intention was to begin making payments until this happened but I couldnt because I was waiting for additional income to go through which is a process and I have been making Home repairs. I explained to my mortgage company this sudden decision forcing me out of work. They have since referred me to an attorney who filed a motion with the court for foreclosure and now Im currently in a modification process. Im in an Underwater Loan for my house. Ive asked that they lower the amount owed on this house and they havent. The house next to me just sold for {$20000.00} and my mortgage company has a balance of {$160000.00} which is owed.XXXX XXXX XXXX also has a lawsuit that was filed against them last year for putting customers into foreclosure and denying them modifications. Ive lived in my house for 39 years, have had setbacks and even sent in my medical documentation in hopes of a foreberance to take my Home out of foreclosure. The law firm that they are using has improperly submitted paperwork listing this lady as a Lein holder when that child support debt to her has been paid XXXX years ago.
Company Response: Company has responded to the consumer and the CFPB and chooses not to provide a public response
State: NJ
Zip: 08618
Submitted Via: Web
Date Sent: 2017-11-05
Company Response to Consumer: Closed with explanation
Timely Response: Yes
Consumer Disputed: N/A
Date Received: 2017-11-03
Issue: Struggling to pay mortgage
Subissue:
Consumer Complaint: I received a Notice of Default and Notice of Intent to Foreclose via USPS from ( SLS ) on Thursday, XX/XX/XXXX. I have questions and concerns about the actions that are being taken concerning my mortgage. I was not aware that a Servicer ( SLS ) can foreclose on your home if you have applied for a modification, and I havent heard or received anything in the mail on the status of the modification. Can you please clarify this matter for me? Let it be noted that on XX/XX/XXXX I applied for another loan modification due to me not getting the other papers notarized in a timely manner which was a result of me being out of town at the hospital ( XXXX ) with my daughter. In your letter that was sent to me, it stated that if missed the deadline to reapply, and thats exactly what I did. So, I sent in another complete application with a letter attached explaining why I was reapplying, and I listed that I included two recent bank statements, a recent pay stub, and the XXXX in the packet all of which had the loan number on each of the documents and these were the same exact items that I had to submit before.
Company Response: Company has responded to the consumer and the CFPB and chooses not to provide a public response
State: AL
Zip: 36301
Submitted Via: Web
Date Sent: 2017-11-03
Company Response to Consumer: Closed with explanation
Timely Response: Yes
Consumer Disputed: N/A
Date Received: 2017-11-02
Issue: Trouble during payment process
Subissue:
Consumer Complaint: When I originated this loan I requested that the escrow account be established out of convenience and it was not required. Since that time the loan was sold to SLS. At this point I would like the escrow account to be removed and for me to be able to pay my own insurance and taxes. I have had several conversations with SLS through this process and you can see through their response, requesting for the escrow account to be removed. At first I was told that the escrow account would not be removed because my debt ration of the house was at XXXX XXXX. After being hung up on by the agent, transferred to different departments, asking for a re- appraisal to be done and submitting a request for a re-appraisal using the guidelines that I was given by their representative. I was given incorrect information and was told that the re-appraisal had to be submitted a different way. I then submitted another request for a second re- appraisal to be done on the house and followed the guidelines given and told that the re-appraisal would be done. I then requested for the escrow account to be cancelled again and was told that the escrow account would be cancelled. To ensure that the escrow account would be cancelled I hung up and called back an hour later and was told by the representative that the escrow account would be cancelled. I also called a third time just to make sure and was told a third time that the escrow account would be cancelled. At that point I contacted, my local County tax authority and Insurance Company to have me billed directly for insurance and taxes. Only to receive a letter from SLS three days later that my cancellation request was denied. I then contacted SLS to ask them why it was not cancelled and no answer was given. I again requested a re- appraisal and was told by the representative that I would receive information via mail to have the re-appraisal done. I have yet to receive that via mail and I have received SLS response that they can not remove the escrow because the debt ratio is at XXXX XXXX and they are refusing to do a re-appraisal on my house. Lastly. I would like to state that my local tax authority has re-appraised my house and has it listed at XXXX more than when originally purchased, Yet SLS refused to do a re-appraisal in the feedback. Can you please work with this company to have my house re-appraised and have the escrow account cancelled so that I may pay my taxes and my insurance myself? I have a credit score of XXXX and pay my things on time and it shows in my credit history. This company has not received one late payment from me, in fact it has all been paid in advance.
Company Response: Company has responded to the consumer and the CFPB and chooses not to provide a public response
State: OH
Zip: XXXXX
Submitted Via: Web
Date Sent: 2017-11-02
Company Response to Consumer: Closed with explanation
Timely Response: Yes
Consumer Disputed: N/A
Date Received: 2017-11-02
Issue: Trouble during payment process
Subissue:
Consumer Complaint: I make a double payment to my HELOC loan each month ; one to cover the payment due plus extra for principal and one that is just put towards principal. On XXXX XXXX, I was notified by my bank that my payment had been refunded to my bank for the reason that my account was closed. I immediately called XXXX XXXX, the holder of the loan to inquire the reasoning behind this. They informed me that their loans were now being serviced by XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX. I then called SLS, Inc. and retrieved all of my account information, set it up in auto-pay with my bank bill pay service and thought everything was taken care of. In XXXX, I was informed by SLS that outstanding payments were due from XXXX ( of which I have documentation that they were credited to our XXXX account ). In addition, they were not receiving payments from my bank. Although my bank had been sending them, and monies had been taken out of them. Sometime in XXXX as well, I was notified by my bank that SLS had refunded monies sent to them because they did n't know who I was or what account to be crediting the payments to. SLS has accepted several payments and I believe credited those payments to our loan, however, last week I received a notice of default. After many calls to them, this issue remains unresolved. I am incredibly frustrated with them and fear that their incompetence will impact my credit.
Company Response:
State: CA
Zip: 90046
Submitted Via: Web
Date Sent: 2017-11-02
Company Response to Consumer: Closed with explanation
Timely Response: Yes
Consumer Disputed: N/A
Date Received: 2017-11-02
Issue: Applying for a mortgage or refinancing an existing mortgage
Subissue:
Consumer Complaint: I have written to Specialized Loan Services, LLC to obtain documents associated with my refi loan. As I understand it, when loans are transferred from one lender to the next, all of the documentation goes to the 'new ' lender. As such, I would like to obtain copies of the following documents : 1. all of the originating loan docs from my refi with XXXX 2. the payoff disclosure statement from XXXX, stating the exact payoff amount remaining from the previous loan - this money was folding into my refi 3. a copy of the cancelled check and or electronic payment showing payoff of the remaining balance for the XXXX loan Please provide me with this information. Thanks.
Company Response: Company has responded to the consumer and the CFPB and chooses not to provide a public response
State: MD
Zip: 20748
Submitted Via: Web
Date Sent: 2017-11-02
Company Response to Consumer: Closed with explanation
Timely Response: Yes
Consumer Disputed: N/A