FLAGSTAR BANK, FSB

2015-07-23

San Antonio, TX

Loan modification,collection,foreclosure

Mortgage: Conventional fixed mortgage

Complaint: I have been attempting to apply to get my mortgage loan modified for over a year. Every time they want more and more paperwork and allow existing paperwork to expire. I do not feel that they are attempting to work with me to keep my house. I have become XXXX and I am trying to get my loan to a payment I can afford but it feels like the company is fighting against me putting road blocks up.
Company Response: Company chooses not to provide a public response Closed with explanation

Disputed: No Timely Response

2015-07-23

Oxford, GA

Loan modification,collection,foreclosure

Mortgage: FHA mortgage

Complaint: Unfortunately, I currently have a loan that was modified with Flagstar Bank. According to Consent Order XXXX, I should receive have received information about being added to the list of consumers defrauded by this company. The Order purports that Flagstar made it hard for mortgagees to receive these modifications and once they did receive the modifications, they paid months of trial payments when only 90 days was sufficient by law. I started the modification process XX/XX/XXXX, but did n't receive the finalized paperwork until XX/XX/XXXX. During the process I had to filed bankruptcy in order to keep the modification process going forward, because Flagstar and it 's Georgia lawyers illegally proceeded with the foreclosure process even though I was in the middle of the modification process. After the modification was approved in XX/XX/XXXX, I made trial payments up until XX/XX/XXXX, six months. Three months longer than necessary. I would really like for someone to look at my files and help me understand what really going on. My modification documents show an excess of arrears that makes no sense at all.
Company Response: Closed with explanation

Disputed: Yes Timely Response

2015-07-22

Glendale, CO

Loan servicing, payments, escrow account

Mortgage: FHA mortgage

Complaint: I requested an appraisal from Flagstar Bank, my mortgage company on my primary residence, in order to ( almost certainly ) eliminate the Private Mortgage Insurance of nearly {$200.00} per month from our mortgage. They indicated in a letter dated XXXX XXXX, 2015 that this would cost {$420.00} through their appraisal serviceXXXX. I sent the request and a check for {$420.00} back to Flagstar, which Flagstar cashed on XXXX XXXX, 2015. After no contact from them, or the appraiser for nearly 2 weeks, I called Flagstar only to be told that cost was now {$670.00} They tried to say that perhaps I had a rural property ( I do not XXXX Colorado ) and thus the reason for the inrease. They then tried to say that when I called XXXX PRIOR to their sending a letter saying it would cost {$420.00} ), that I should have been told it could be more. I told them it did n't matter ; they sent a letter with the price, I sent a check that they cashed, all within less than 3 weeks time of the letter 's date. This constitutes a contract in the state of Colorado. They have refused to do the appraisal at the {$420.00} price and said they would refund my check. I told them I do n't want the check ; since I HAVE to use their appraiser, they have me cornered. They have since refused to do the appraisal. Even if I agree to pay the extra amount ( which I will NOT ), they are only delaying the inevitable and I am out {$200.00} every month they delay as I continue to pay PMI in one of the HOTTEST housing markets in the country, XXXX, Colorado. I am 100 % certain that an appraisal at the time I sent the check would have resulted in a PMI reduction starting with our XXXX XXXX, 2015 mortgage payment.
Company Response: Company chooses not to provide a public response Closed with monetary relief

Disputed: No Timely Response

2015-07-17

Saint Paul, MN

Loan modification,collection,foreclosure

Mortgage: FHA mortgage

Complaint: illegal foreclosure
Company Response: Company chooses not to provide a public response Closed with explanation

Disputed: Yes Timely Response

2015-07-15

Harsens Is, MI

Loan modification,collection,foreclosure

Mortgage: Other mortgage

Company Response: Company chooses not to provide a public response Closed with explanation

Disputed: No Timely Response

2015-07-15

TN

Loan modification,collection,foreclosure

Mortgage: Conventional fixed mortgage

Company Response: Closed with explanation

Disputed: No Timely Response

2015-07-14

Newark, NJ

Loan servicing, payments, escrow account

Mortgage: FHA mortgage

Complaint: Flagstar Bank is reporting a 30 day late payment on my credit report that is not accurate. Currently, I am seeing 30 days past due as of XXXX 2013 which can not be true. I have disputed this account several times and see that they are in violation of the Fair Credit Reporting Act by not reporting the account as in dispute which entitles me to {$1000.00} per violation.
Company Response: Closed with explanation

Disputed: No Timely Response

2015-07-13

Asheville, NC

Loan modification,collection,foreclosure

Mortgage: FHA mortgage

Company Response: Closed with explanation

Disputed: No Timely Response

2015-07-10

Milford, NH

Loan modification,collection,foreclosure

Mortgage: Other mortgage

Company Response: Company chooses not to provide a public response Closed with explanation

Disputed: No Timely Response

2015-07-09

Sarasota, FL

Loan modification,collection,foreclosure

Mortgage: FHA mortgage

Company Response: Company chooses not to provide a public response Closed with explanation

Disputed: No Timely Response

2015-07-08

Pensacola, FL

Loan modification,collection,foreclosure

Mortgage: Other mortgage

Company Response: Closed with explanation

Disputed: Yes Timely Response

2015-07-08

PA

Loan servicing, payments, escrow account

Mortgage: Conventional fixed mortgage

Complaint: Early in XX/XX/XXXX, I refinanced my mortgage with Flagstar Bank and agreed to a monthly payment of {$1300.00} with a XXXX-year term. However, Flagstar Bank and its vendor XXXX underestimated my city taxes by approximately {$1100.00}. The actual city tax bill is {$1100.00} and Flagstar estimated them at a yearly rate of {$16.00}. Therefore, I recently received notice that my bill will go up nearly {$200.00} to a new monthly payment of {$1500.00} as of XX/XX/XXXX. So far, I have contacted XXXX XXXX and XXXX XXXX about this problem, but they were not able to offer an agreed-upon solution. Through this process, it was uncovered that XXXX did not pay the XX/XX/XXXX city tax bill, which resulted in a delinquent fee. The interim bill was made available in the XXXX half of XX/XX/XXXX. I received correspondence stating that they did pay it in full and also paid the delinquent fee, since they made a mistake. Please see the attached copy of the bill. Furthermore, when I got my first loan with Flagstar before the refinancing, the company escrowed {$360.00} per month as of XX/XX/XXXX. The new loan shows a monthly escrow of only {$320.00}, even though my taxes have not come down. In my opinion, this is a negligible error that could have been avoided if Flagstar Bank would have researched the loan and taxes correctly. There is no way that school taxes could be well over {$1000.00} while county taxes were assessed at merely {$16.00} for the entire year. Furthermore, this is a new house worth {$380000.00}, so the low county tax should have been questioned during refinance. If this would have been done and if Flagstar would have contacted its third-party vendor XXXX, Flagstar should have been able to uncover the actual, correct tax amount for county taxes. There is no doubt that taxes do increase from time-to-time ; however, a newly built house that is worth {$380000.00} is responsible for more than {$1.00} per month city tax bill. This is an error that was not caught by Flagstar Bank and ( or ) its vendor when the company assessed the city tax bill to be {$16.00} when, in actuality, the bill is {$1100.00}.
Company Response: Closed with explanation

Disputed: No Timely Response

2015-07-08

NC

Application, originator, mortgage broker

Mortgage: Conventional fixed mortgage

Complaint: Solicitation and promises that financing and refinancing supported the amount they gave
Company Response: Closed with explanation

Disputed: No Timely Response

2015-07-07

Patterson, MD

Loan servicing, payments, escrow account

Mortgage: Conventional fixed mortgage

Complaint: My wife and I have an automated payment setup for our mortgage each month. The auto payment is scheduled to deliver the payment XXXX days early each month and that is XXXX days earlier than the due date, not the extended grace period. Apparently, after receiving our early payment, Flagstar realized that we were off by XXXX because they had reassessed our escrow. However, notice of this reassessment was never received. On Sunday, XXXX XXXX at XXXX, we received a phone call from Flagstar requesting a call back. We immediately returned the call and were treated with an aggressive and rude representative telling us that we were late with our payment and had not paid in full. We were accused of having received and ignored the notice of the increase. However, we had never received the letter and at that point were still not late. In fact, we still are not late as the due date on the notice is XXXX XXXX. Despite the rudeness and aggressiveness, we simply asked what choices we had for payment. We were told that we could pay a fee of {$15.00} and pay over the phone, or since we were n't late, we could pay using online banking for no fee. We stated that we would do so immediately and the representative said they would note that in our file. We then went on to our XXXX account and made the payment, while also changing our auth payment setting to reflect the change. XXXX shows the payment was made today. On Monday XXXX XXXX, we came home from work and found the notice that had apparently been sent previously according to the representative, in the mailbox, proving that we had never been given notice of the change. Since that time however, we have received no fewer than XXXX calls per day harassing us and asking us for payment. We have continually told them we made the payment and again, we are not late.
Company Response: Closed with explanation

Disputed: No Timely Response

2015-07-05

Tacoma, WA

Loan modification,collection,foreclosure

Mortgage: Other mortgage

Complaint: I had a loan through Flagstar bank and I tried to do a loan modification XX/XX/XXXX and XX/XX/XXXX. I had a credit score that should have qualified me for loan modifications per government regulations at the time but the Flagstar Rep told me they look at " other things '' too and that I did not qualify. They told me my only avenue for saving my home was to " stop '' making payments on my home and let it fall into foreclosure and I can apply for loan modification that way. I gave them everything they asked for ( bills, bank statements, Profit and Loss statements, tax returns, etc ) It was everything. I was told to fax it to them and I did. Over and over and over again. When I called to check on anything I got a live person XXXX out of every XXXX times I called. I kept getting letters saying we need more information but I would call and they said " no we got everything but send it again with updated versions ''. I must have done this at least 10 times and I never ever got a legitimate answer or resolution. Then the trustee sale happened and I was notified to leave the home immediately. I did everything they asked for over a year sending every last document they asked for several times over and over and never got an answer or resolution from Flagstar. The bank forced me into stop making payments by saying they ca n't do anything until I miss XXXX payments. They did not modify my loan even though at the time my credit score was over the minimum required by the government HARP program. Then they took my home that I had for nearly 20 years. I see they are part of a class action suit how do I become a part of that? What is my best course of action? Appreciate your help.
Company Response: Closed with explanation

Disputed: No Timely Response

2015-07-02

MO

Loan modification,collection,foreclosure

Mortgage: FHA mortgage

Complaint: This letter is to give notice of a violation of the Consent Order issued XXXX XXXX, 2014, File No. XXXX to Flagstar Bank, F.S.B. According to Section C. subsection 89 ( b ) it states as follows : For any Affected Consumer who ( a ) is delinquent or in foreclosure as of XXXX XXXX, 2014 and ( b ) is more than XXXX days before a foreclosure sale as of the Effective Date or no foreclosure sale is scheduled ( " Delinquent Consumer '' ), Respondent must : b. If a foreclosure trial, judgement or sale is scheduled, based upon the circumstances of the foreclosure and the applicable state law, petition the court, or take other reasonable measures to delay the foreclosure trial, judgement or sale. Flagstar Bank F.S.B. is pursuing a foreclosure action which clearly is in violation of the referenced Consent Order. I qualify under the criteria of the Order therefore I am requesting a full investigation and action to terminate Flagstar Banks attempt to foreclose so other remedies may be pursued. The case was filed in XXXX XXXX County Missouri Circuit Court under Flagstar F.S.B. v XXXX XXXX XXXX. This is not a request for legal advice or assistance of legal counsel in this matter. I am available to assist in any way to bring this matter to a conclusion. Your urgent cooperation is greatly appreciated.
Company Response: Closed with explanation

Disputed: Yes Timely Response

2015-07-01

Auburn, CA

Loan servicing, payments, escrow account

Mortgage: Other mortgage

Company Response: Closed with explanation

Disputed: No Timely Response

2015-07-01

Bellaire, TX

Settlement process and costs

Mortgage: Conventional fixed mortgage

Complaint: I have signed a GFE for 3.75 interest rate and now I 'm being told it 's 4.515. I have tried to contact the agent and his manager repeatedly with no success. I was told I would get a refund for the appraisal and termite inspection and that has n't happened yet and It 's been about a month.
Company Response: Closed with monetary relief

Disputed: No Timely Response

2015-06-30

Germantown, TN

Settlement process and costs

Mortgage: FHA mortgage

Company Response: Closed with explanation

Disputed: No Timely Response

2015-06-29

Zebulon, NC

Loan modification,collection,foreclosure

Mortgage: Other mortgage

Company Response: Closed with explanation

Disputed: No Timely Response

2015-06-29

Tampa Palms, FL

Loan servicing, payments, escrow account

Mortgage: FHA mortgage

Company Response: Closed with explanation

Disputed: Yes Timely Response

2015-06-27

Calumet Park, IL

Application, originator, mortgage broker

Mortgage: Conventional fixed mortgage

Company Response: Closed with explanation

Disputed: No Timely Response

2015-06-26

OK

Loan modification,collection,foreclosure

Mortgage: FHA mortgage

Complaint: I have been in default of my mortgage, and since i was not able to keep up with the payments due to some unforeseen circumstances, they offered me to do a loan modification. I finally went ahead and did the modification ( even tho I was skeptical about it ) but in the process they said i would still have to make payments on my home so i would not lose it while being considered for a loan modification. I took a loan out on my XXXX OVER XXXX and flagstar said it had to be a cashiers check, well I followed every instruction that was given to me at the time, but no one ever said it is in underwriting and had then been approved until i applied the cashier check to re-instate the loan. Come to find out, I was not suppose to re-instate the loan while under a modification. my contact person said it would be okay, just keep paying the amount of the loan modification and once the trial period of XXXX months the modified loan will be determined and papers would be sent out with the new modified permanent rate, I would need to sign them once I get them and return them as soon as possible.. I paid it as instructed, this was from XXXX of 2015 until XXXX 2015. When I called loss litigation to make a payment for XXXX 2015, the rep said I have re-instated at my initial mortgage amount that I was never told about via phone or mail, email. this is an amount I am unable to pay due to my financial status, not one time before i made the lump sum payment after taking a loan out, was I told not to do so, that it would reinstate me and cancel my loan modification. now I am not sure what is going to happen. I feel i was miss-informed or better yet not informed on what not to do as oppose to what i should do. i may lose my home and plus have almost depleted my XXXX because of it. on top of that included in the fees I had to pay the late fees, which would have been forgiven if i was instructed not to pay the lump sum, and paid the attorneys fees the went through.
Company Response: Closed with explanation

Disputed: No Timely Response

2015-06-25

Warren, RI

Loan servicing, payments, escrow account

Mortgage: FHA mortgage

Complaint: Became over 30 days past due on my mortgage loan. Wanted to make a payment online through the bank 's internet portal, which does not carry a fee - but was restricted from doing so due to the past due status. Called in to make the missed payment and was assessed a {$15.00} fee for doing so. Blocking delinquent customers from free payment options and forcing a {$15.00} fee on them for essentially the same service with an agent - with no other free electronic payment options - strikes me as the imposition of an additional late charge beyond what the contract allowed for. Additionally, the bank offered a payment plan to allow me to cure the debt over time, which I appreciate. However, each installment under this plan will also be charged a {$15.00} processing fee, which seems again like the imposition of additional fees for customers experiencing hardship. I have agreed to these terms because I want to cure the delinquency.
Company Response: Closed with monetary relief

Disputed: No Timely Response

2015-06-25

Philadelphia, PA

Loan modification,collection,foreclosure

Mortgage: FHA mortgage

Complaint: I am currently working through the process of getting my home out of foreclosure. I am working with a Housing Counselor that is helping me mediate a loan modification with my mortgage company, Flagstar Bank. I was instructed to begin dialogue with XXXX point of contact person at Flagstar Bank. A letter was sent to me XX/XX/XXXX, notifying me whom my contact person would be, XXXX XXXX. Since that time, over three months now, I have been unable to reach XXXX XXXX. I am often directed to an automated message or an associate who is unfamiliar with my loan circumstances. I have been given incorrect information from other agents, and even reprimanded for requesting to speak to XXXX singular point of contact.
Company Response: Closed with explanation

Disputed: No Timely Response