CARRINGTON MORTGAGE SERVICES, LLC

2015-10-30

Ancho, NM

Loan servicing, payments, escrow account

Mortgage: Conventional fixed mortgage

Complaint: To Whom It May Concern, I am writing to several agencies because I am not exactly sure which one is the most appropriate for this complaint. My mortgage loan was recently ( XXXX/XXXX/15 ) sold by XXXX to a collection agency called Carrington. I never missed a payment nor was late with a payment. I do understand that, under the terms of the loan, XXXX may sell my loan servicing to other entities. I also expect however, that whichever entity they sell it to would be able to service it adequately and legally, and follow the terms of the loan. Carrington appears to be unable to do so. I attempted to make an additional principal payment during my first online session and was informed that I could not do so. I was informed that the maximum payment I was allowed to make was the minimum payment I had to make ( see attachment ). I do not believe this is legal, ethical, nor within the terms of the loan agreement. When I complained to XXXX with the following message, '' Date : XXXX XXXXXXXXTo : XXXX XXXX XXXXSubject : XXXX You sold my mortgage loan to Carrington vultures. I tried making an online payment, adding an additional principal payment. Even though it is an option on their online form, they would not allow it. What kind of cheap, XXXX XXXX are you selling citizens loans to? I have never missed a payment nor been late with a payment and you sold my mortgage to an unscrupulous collection agency. I will be reporting them and you to the appropriate regulatory agencies. " XXXX responded that I should call Carrington and make the extra principal payment over the phone. Yes, I could call Carrington. In fact, just a short while ago today Carrington called me ( I refused to talk with them ), probably in response to a message I left them informing them I was making this complaint. And yes, I could probably call and make the extra principal payment over the phone, as XXXX suggested. But what about all the other people who will have to deal with this collection agency and not know their rights or maybe do not understand the terms of their loan? What if they believe the message that their minimum payment is their maximum allowable payment? I believe that the Carrington collection agency should be investigated and persuaded to change their website online access to give accurate and legal information to the people unlucky enough to have them collecting their loans. I understand why XXXX has to sell the loans ; competent financial managers are hard to find and XXXX is probably in need of fast cash to shore up some bad investment choices, but they should still take the time to vet the collection agencies to whom they sell their loans to ensure a consistent quality of service for their previous customers. Would n't you agree? Thank you for your attention to this matter.
Company Response: Closed with explanation

Disputed: No Timely Response

2015-10-30

Allenwood, NJ

Loan servicing, payments, escrow account

Mortgage: FHA mortgage

Complaint: My mortgage lender, Carrington Mortgage Services ( CMS ), has improperly reported to credit reporting agencies that my account is in forbearance, which is absolutely false. I have made every payment in full, and on time, and I have never requested a forbearance. The forbearance prevents me from refinancing my mortgage with another lender. When I informed CMS, they stated that this was an error, and they would correct it, but they refused to provide me with any documentation stating this was reported in error to the credit bureaus. They stated it would take at least 30 days for something in writing to be provided to me, thus preventing me from refinancing my home and saving approx $ 300-400/month. Additionally, CMS customer service informed me that there were many other customers with the same problem. It then occurs to me that this is a financial tactic by CMS to prevent customers from refinancing their homes. In my case, I purchased a very underpriced home, with CMS as my lender, with a no closing cost product. Now 6 months later, Federal lending guidelines permit me to refinance, and it is very advantageous for me to do so. I would eliminate PMI, and interest rates are easily 1.5 % lower now, than my initial rate. CMS would lose money on this deal, and it is my assertion, that they are deliberately reporting false information to the credit agencies in order to prevent me from refinancing, so they will not lose money.
Company Response: Closed with explanation

Disputed: Yes Timely Response

2015-10-30

Loan servicing, payments, escrow account

Mortgage: Other mortgage

Complaint: Sir or Ma'am, I have problem of the Mortgage Company CARRINTON MORTGAGE SERVICES, LLC. I want to make a complaint. I am asking about the reinstatement letter loan that it IS NOT showing in details or itemized about what month that I owe, and what month will be paid but the company is not cooperating. Please help me if you can to let this company send me a bill with details or itemized what month I owed them. Thank you. Point of Contact : : " XXXX ; XXXXXXXXVery Respectfully, XXXX AP XXXX
Company Response: Closed with explanation

Disputed: No Timely Response

2015-10-30

Harvard, NE

Loan servicing, payments, escrow account

Mortgage: Conventional fixed mortgage

Complaint: My mortgage was sold from XXXX XXXX XXXX to Carrington Mortgage services in XXXX of 2015. I continued my monthly payments to Carrington starting XXXX 2015. Carrington states they raised my escrow payment beginning XXXX 2015. I never received any notice of this increase. They started not applying my payments in XXXX 2015 because it was not enough for the payment they had raised. They started charging me late fees and eventually reported late payments to credit bureaus. They did not call or send any correspondance regarding my payments ever. I found out after shopping for new hazard insurance and finding derogatory reports on my credit. They claim their actions are legit because they claim they sent me increase notice.
Company Response: Company believes it acted appropriately as authorized by contract or law Closed with explanation

Disputed: Yes Timely Response

2015-10-29

SC

Loan servicing, payments, escrow account

Mortgage: Other mortgage

Company Response: Closed with explanation

Disputed: No Timely Response

2015-10-29

Bethlehem, GA

Loan modification,collection,foreclosure

Mortgage: FHA mortgage

Company Response: Closed with explanation

Disputed: No Timely Response

2015-10-29

Apopka, FL

Loan servicing, payments, escrow account

Mortgage: FHA mortgage

Company Response: Closed with explanation

Disputed: No Timely Response

2015-10-29

N Monmouth, ME

Loan servicing, payments, escrow account

Mortgage: Conventional fixed mortgage

Complaint: I was not aware that XXXX sold my mortgage to Carrington Mortgage Services in the month of XXXX 2015, until I logged in and found that nothing was working, and none of my loan information was available. I ended up sending an email to XXXX to see what was going on, and they informed me of the mortgage being sold. This was fine, until I went onto Carrington 's online banking site for my Mortgage and found that they had increased my interest rate by one percent. When I called to try and get it resolved, they told me it was my responsibility to fax them the original paperwork for my mortgage with the correct interest rate. I do not feel it is my responsibility to correct this issue, since I never agreed to a higher interest rate and they had made the mistake. I feel like they probably do this to a lot of consumers in hopes that they are not paying attention and will steal more of our hard earned money.
Company Response: Closed with explanation

Disputed: No Timely Response

2015-10-29

KS

Loan servicing, payments, escrow account

Mortgage: Conventional fixed mortgage

Complaint: Carrington Mortgage bought my mortgage earlier this year. They increased my payment due to an increase in the escrow payment - I have no problem with that. However, I did not get notified of the increase. I always pay my mortgage electronically, and always have included more than the amount due. In XXXX, I got a notification from Carrington that they had not received my mortgage payment. I checked my bank records, and they indeed had cashed the electronic payment. When I called to enquire about why they thought they had not received it, they told me that they had increased my payment, that the amount I had paid was insufficient, and that they did not accept partial payments, so it was the same as if I had paid nothing. I made a payment at that time to bring the account up to date but told them I was disputing the {$82.00} late fee - which the Customer Service person said was kept in a separate account anyway. When I tried to change my electronic payment to the new amount, my bank said the payment was already being processed and could n't be changed, so I sent an additional {$100.00} to Carrington to cover the increased mortgage payment. I then changed all subsequent payments to the new amount. I received another letter from Carrington in XXXX saying that they had not received my payment for XXXX. Again, my bank records show that they cashed the original payment and the additional {$100.00} payment. It should be apparent that they now owe me money, as the {$100.00} more than covered the additional escrow increase. I have received numerous additional notifications of non-payment - every month - despite my bank showing that they have cashed the electronic payments for the exact amount required. I have tried to talk to their Customer Service, but it is apparent that the only thing they can do is take a payment over the phone. The first time I called in XXXX, they acknowledged that they had mis-credited my XXXX payments, but I still get notifications of non-payment EVERY month. I have bank statements to prove all of the payments. I have made approximately XXXX calls to their customer service, and they repeatedly put me on hold for XXXX minutes at a time. I 've even had XXXX of them ask me if I can just call back Monday - which I assume is when she would n't be working. When I ask to speak to a supervisor, they dump me into voice mail. I finally tried calling their corporate offices - good luck with finding anyone who has an idea how to resolve this without just calling Customer Service, which is useless.
Company Response: Closed with explanation

Disputed: No Timely Response

2015-10-28

Loan modification,collection,foreclosure

Mortgage: FHA mortgage

Complaint: In XX/XX/XXXX our mortgage lien was discharged in bankruptcy. Our original lien holder was XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XX/XX/XXXX. It was transferred to XXXX XXXX XXXX just before filing and discharge in XX/XX/XXXX XXXX. Despite the lien being discharged, possession remained in our names. We initially wanted to try and keep the property. As such, we tried to refinance through XXXX XXXX XXXX by submitting ALL required paperwork over 8 times during the next 2 years. In XX/XX/XXXX we experienced a house fire, and our insurance company declared the home a complete loss and paid {$130000.00} to rebuild. We signed the check over to XXXX XXXX XXXX, who then instructed us on processing the claim and beginning the rebuild. We complied with everything they requested and despite many attempts and well documented communication with them, they would never issue any funds to begin the process. Due to the time it has taken to resolve the matter, we now want the property out of our names so that we can move on with our lives and buy a new house. In XX/XX/XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX sold the mortgage to Carrington Mortgage Services. The insurance funds were wired to Carrington as well. I contacted Carrington and was instructed to submit a request to their Research Dept. so they could look into the matter. The only option to do this was by regular mail, according to Carrington. To help us through this process, we obtained legal counsel and authorized the law firm to represent us in resolving the issue. An authorization was sent to them by the Attorney as well as a request to either allow us to transfer the property to them by way of a Deed-in-Lieu of foreclosure, or to have the lien deemed satisfied and released by applying the insurance funds to the account. The initial contact with Carrington was made XX/XX/XXXX. On XX/XX/XXXX -XX/XX/XXXX, all documentation they requested was submitted to them by the attorney. Each time he contacts them, they initially deny he has authorization to represent me. After 3 attempts each time, they then have told him to call back next week to check the status of the deed-in-lieu application. They have had possession of the account since XX/XX/XXXX, as well as the insurance funds. Neither Carrington nor XXXX XXXX XXXX has handled our account appropriately, and Carrington is continuing to further delay resolution by not cooperating. We were not able to purchase a home this year due to the title of this property still being in our names. It has been 6 years since our bankruptcy.
Company Response: Closed with explanation

Disputed: No Timely Response

2015-10-27

Jacksonville, FL

Loan modification,collection,foreclosure

Mortgage: FHA mortgage

Company Response: Closed with explanation

Disputed: No Timely Response

2015-10-27

Bremen, GA

Loan modification,collection,foreclosure

Mortgage: VA mortgage

Complaint: We are currently in the process of a short sale. Unfortunately the lender 's inspector is making regular visits to our home and has stolen XXXX items from the home and continue to damage the property. Initially the locks were destroyed and now the garage door has been destroyed. It appears this individual is deliberately trying to further destroy our property every time we file a complaint about the damage to the property. The new buyer should not have to be responsible for repairing these damages because they were not there when she viewed the home and made an offer on the home. Every week we find some damage done inside of the home and the inspector is the only one with a key, besides my husband. This needs to stop!!!!
Company Response: Closed with explanation

Disputed: No Timely Response

2015-10-27

Detroit, MI

Loan modification,collection,foreclosure

Mortgage: Conventional adjustable mortgage (ARM)

Company Response: Closed with explanation

Disputed: No Timely Response

2015-10-27

Lemon Grove, CA

Loan servicing, payments, escrow account

Mortgage: Conventional fixed mortgage

Company Response: Closed with explanation

Disputed: No Timely Response

2015-10-26

Reynolds, IN

Loan modification,collection,foreclosure

Mortgage: FHA mortgage

Company Response: Closed with explanation

Disputed: No Timely Response

2015-10-26

Seneca, SC

Loan servicing, payments, escrow account

Mortgage: Conventional fixed mortgage

Complaint: My mortgage was sold by XXXX to Carrington Mortgage. Upon notification I stopped the auto- draft from my checking that paid XXXX , so that I could pay Carrington XXXX Payment was made on the XXXX of XXXX by me. The auto- draft followed my mortgage to Carrington anyway and another payment was drafted in the XXXX of XXXX. When I realized this occurred I contacted Carrington who gave me a list of fax numbers to send my checking account summary to demonstrating the double draft. I did so. On the following Monday, three days after my first call, I called back and was told that all had been received and that my check for reimbursement would be here on Wednesday of the same week. Wednesday came and went. I gave it Thursday and nothing showed up by XXXX so I called Friday. I spoke with several different people- again they say they see where I was told that but do not know why I have n't received it. I was transferred to a supervisor whose name was XXXX, who promised to make my case his mission and call me back. He did not. All calls to him have gone to voicemail, and I have spent most of today listening to a system down recording. Finally I get through and after XXXX minutes in their VRU I am told to call back during normal business hours, which are XXXX to XXXX est M-Sat. It was XXXX on Monday afternoon. I have other accounts that have not been paid because of their inability or unwillingness to return my money to me. I am starting to wonder if they have just closed up shop.
Company Response: Company believes it acted appropriately as authorized by contract or law Closed with explanation

Disputed: No Timely Response

2015-10-26

Air Base, AR

Loan servicing, payments, escrow account

Mortgage: Conventional fixed mortgage

Company Response: Closed with explanation

Disputed: No Timely Response

2015-10-26

NY

Loan modification,collection,foreclosure

Mortgage: FHA mortgage

Complaint: I represent the homeowners in pending foreclosure litigation. On XXXX XXXX, 2015 I received a short sale denial letter from Carrington Mortgage Services , LLC, dated XXXX XXXX, 2015, stating the reason for denial was " Eligibility Requirements for Short Sale Are Not Met. '' Any appeal was due XXXX XXXX, 2015, two days prior to my receipt of the denial. On XXXX XXXX, 2015, I received a deed in lieu denial letter from Carrington dated XXXX XXXX, 2015, stating the reason for denial was " Eligibility Requirement for Deed in Lieu Are Not Met. '' Any appeal was due XXXX XXXX, 2015, two days prior to my receipt of the denial. The reason given for denial for both short sale and deed in lieu is wholly inadequate in that it lacks any detail and does not provide any basis for correcting any inadequacy or challenging the denial. The time given to appeal is wholly inadequate in that I received the denial letters two days after the appeal deadline. On XXXX XXXX, 2015, I wrote to Carrington 's attorney stating the above and to date I have received no response -- including no reason for the denial and obviously no way to remedy any legitimate deficiency in my clients ' application.
Company Response: Closed with explanation

Disputed: Yes Timely Response

2015-10-23

Wilm, NC

Loan servicing, payments, escrow account

Mortgage: Conventional fixed mortgage

Company Response: Closed with explanation

Disputed: No Timely Response

2015-10-22

MI

Loan servicing, payments, escrow account

Mortgage: FHA mortgage

Complaint: After messing up my escrow XXXX sold my mortgage to Carrington Mortgage Services as of XXXX/XXXX/2015. I made my XXXX payment to XXXX and the check was cashed as of XX/XX/XXXX. Carrington has been harassing me over the payment since XX/XX/XXXX, and has been notified several times that the payment was made to XXXX in XX/XX/XXXX.
Company Response: Closed with explanation

Disputed: Yes Timely Response

2015-10-20

Point Arena Air Force Statio, CA

Loan modification,collection,foreclosure

Mortgage: Conventional adjustable mortgage (ARM)

Company Response: Closed with explanation

Disputed: No Timely Response

2015-10-20

La Place, LA

Loan modification,collection,foreclosure

Mortgage: Conventional fixed mortgage

Company Response: Closed with explanation

Disputed: No Timely Response

2015-10-20

Kenneth City, FL

Loan servicing, payments, escrow account

Mortgage: Other mortgage

Company Response: Closed with explanation

Disputed: No Timely Response

2015-10-20

Saint Charles, MD

Loan modification,collection,foreclosure

Mortgage: FHA mortgage

Company Response: Closed with explanation

Disputed: No Timely Response

2015-10-20

Raymond, NH

Credit decision / Underwriting

Mortgage: FHA mortgage

Complaint: I am in the process of refinancing my mortgage and when the newcompany pulled my credit report they found that my currentmortgage company listed me as being in forbearance. That isnot true, I am current and have never been late or missed a payment. I contacted the my mortgage company and explained what wasgoing on and asked for a letter to show the error. They told me thatall of their customers were incorrectly listed that way and that I hadto wait XXXX weeks to get some kind of letter. I was directed to writeto their research department and they have not even acknowledgedmy letter. I need to have the refinance done by the end XX/XX/XXXXdue to a court order and I can not move forward without the letterfrom the mortgage company.
Company Response: Closed with explanation

Disputed: No Timely Response