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Headquartered in Charlotte, North Carolina, Bank of America is one of the largest banks in the U.S. and offers a range of banking products, such as checking and savings accounts and certificates of deposit (CDs). Customers can also use Bank of America for financing through various cash-back credit cards, personal loans and home and auto loans.
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One of the loan officers messed up an email, which led to all my personal info being sent to a random email address. Then, had to push back my originally scheduled closing date after numerous representations that it would close on time despite the fact that I provided everything they asked of me. After pushing it back 10 days, the bank yet again failed to get through reviewing my file and I had to push back closing again. As with the first time it got pushed, after numerous representations by the loan officer that they would be able to close on time. I'm still waiting for the review to finish up, and at this point have no expectations of them. They really seem to spend maybe around 5-10 minutes a day on your file, and remain unresponsive to any calls or emails. Pretty horrible. Use a different bank.
In my experience, I was the Realtor representing the Seller. BoA contacted me at almost 5 pm on the day of the 2nd scheduled closing to let me know "We're working to close" but of course for the 2nd time we weren't closing. The lack of communication and total disregard for other's time and money is totally unacceptable. In the future, I'm going to let my potential clients know of my experience with BoA and if they are using BoA, that they definitely shop around. People think that they should just go to their bank for a mortgage loan. Mortgage lenders are offering the same products but not the same follow through and customer service. Always shop around.
I was 19 when I opened My Bank of America account, 28 yrs later, They had taken my Countrywide 2008 mortgage loan over, with knowing it contained the Documents of Falsified, fraud, Perjury,and Robo-signing as My loan was Toxic. I Think its came to the time of Bank of America sending a loan modification letter, On 9/23/2008 that read "We pleased to advice you that your loan modification has been approved." It's states on top of letter Portfolio Solution CB loan # ----** as now being converted from Pay Option Adjustable rate mortgage Arm/ into a 5/1 Arm with 10 year Interest only mortgage in Accordance with the Modification note.
Countrywide in 3 years raised my principal $40k making it impossible to make my monthly mortgage payments, So Bank of America that comes in to save the WORLD 2008, offer this as Countrywide has included there 14 pages as DEED of TRUST That has these words SECURITY INSTRUMENTS and Planned development rider that shows I initialed, but initials are not from me initialing, or ever seeing these 14 pages in 2005? So B of A continues with moving forward and continue making interest only payments as my only option to keep from foreclosing? With this as making my 23 month marriage become a Divorce and going thru 1 1/2 of court dates I COLLAPSE as a HEART ATTACK, as I'm recovering and ending up paying $80k in my divorce 2010. I'm back to My loan as needing to get verification of all this 14 pages, notes, security Instruments, riders, planned development, etc.
My mom falls, hits her head, in a coma 63 days and passes 11/1/2011. I'm completely assumed in her passing as the sale of being in a business the last 16 yrs, of being a partnership with Thieves that been stealing moneys from the business for the last 5 years of the sale that took 3 yrs that started in 2009 and finalized in 2/01/2012.
I'm back on my loan as B of A Still continues to feel they helped me out with offering this 10 modification they shoved down my throat as I never could get answers to why trying to get a loan modification as my only way out of this TOXIC Countrywide loan, as Now thinking as Predatory lending has taken place as my reasoning of B of A saying 3 times the applications for modification were never received at the modification departments in 2014, 2015, 2016, but here comes a letter saying My loan is going to end in 2018 Nov 1, if I Want to do modification / get loan assistance I need to as B of A SENDS me the application in late 2016 as the first application never made it to me by mail, So they send it Again and fill out another application, but didn't get it back to them before 2/12/2017 as the next letter comes saying "we're not going be able to process your modification" because they haven't received it in time.
So on the 10 yr interest only loan that B of A OFFERED as HELPING TO continue the toxic Countrywide they seemed to blindside me with during all these settlements I missed /or failed to even think at these times of going thru hardships. 3/23/2017 my dad passes fight his fight with dementia the last 6 yrs. As of now I've failed in a marriage, failed in my trying to get my mortgage figured out, lost both of parents, the thieves found it possible to hide everything that was taken as moneys, and in return tried to sue me for saying I didn't hold up to the LLC, agreements as never happened. So back to loan as of November 1st 2018 the day it ended of starting NOVEMBER 1 2008 Bank of America Rapidly sold my loan off by sending me a notice on October 15 2018 to RUSHMORE LOAN SERVICES with Still holding theses toxic countrywide terms as security Instruments etc.
I finally received from B of A after they sold / traded of the security instruments and its greed for resulting profits. NOW you tell me how $3600.00 a month mortgage payments I've been making for the last 9 months and trying to explain To RUSHMORE I can't make these payments much longer as they, answer back as they weren't the ORIGINATOR Of this loan, BANK OF AMERICA/ COUNTRYWIDE WERE??? I have tried everything, but hanging myself to get Bank of AMERICA TO say they did nothing but try and help me in 2008, and furthermore can't get them to respond to say Thank you for the last 38 years of being a VALUE TO MAKING US A PROFIT OF YOUR MONEYS.
Bank of America THE WORST BANK in the World, This bank has taken the last of life I have Today as Soon as Next month My home I've tried to keep from foreclosing for 10 years as feeling I have no other way as BANK OF AMERICA has help me get to this with knowing this day would come by how toxic this loan they refused to give me as the laws of just A FAIR LENDING OPPORTUNITY they refused, because of GREED OF THE LOVE OF MONEY, SAD BUT IT'S THE GODS TRUTH (ECCLESIASTES 5:9) Whoever loves money never has money enough, Whoever has wealth is never satisfied with his income, This to meaningless as BANK OF AMERICA Being helpful as the laws they have refused to be ACCOUNTABLE to withhold as holding me to a debt that I don't owe.
I can only blame myself as the last 10 yrs I've lost everything I've loved the the most even my home of paying over $340 in the last 17 yrs. and have nothing to show for or even to share with. Thank for all your help Bank of America and don't have any idea how many families, homes, people, you have effected with stealing the Americans dream of someday saying they own a home they worked hard for to be free of a mortgage payment and to be proud of it.
As trustee on my mom's living trust, after she died, I faithfully made my automatic mortgage payments to B of A for the beautiful home I inherited on 5 acres in SLO County, CA (central coast). For seven years (4/2012 to 7/2019). Then, B of A took my July 2019 payment, but returned it to me. I paid it again, same thing. Again in August, same thing. They foreclosed on my property.
Now I have to pay the mortgage off in full and they are charging me thousands in late fees, foreclosure fees, recording, inspection, and other fees totaling an extra approx $6000, beyond the principal balance. No warning from them. I pay all of it (loan balance and all the fees they caused by returning my payment) or I lose my mom's property.
I have other personal accounts with them. Once I pay off the mortgage, I will cancel all my B of A accounts, except my primary residence mortgage, which is too large for me to pay off. Previously, I canceled my business accounts with B of A because I was treated worse than just a number despite maintaining a balance averaging over 100k, sometimes twice or more than that.
Back to the property I inherited when my mom passed, where they returned my payments and foreclosed - I'd provided them all the info they'd asked for, and more, and during the seven years of accepting my payments, they never gave me access to my mother's mortgage account despite my spending over 20 hours on the phones with them. Each time, I would go around in a circle, like the dog I am to them, chasing its own tail. I'd finally get to someone who makes me fax the same docs I faxed before, and they do nothing. I faxed cert of trust, death cert, the trust itself, my ID, deed conveying to the trust, and much more. Everything they'd ever asked for.
Do business with them at your peril. Do not ever expect consistent, good customer service. I mean, on a scale of poor, fair, good, above-average, and excellent, you will not get a consistent "good." One hand of the bank never knows what the other hand is doing, and be ready for groundhog day. The same thing always, and it never changes and cannot be changed. I am a busy, above-average attorney and I know my way around getting things done. It would have been less time consuming to sue them.
Now I will pay them off, then close my accounts, then sue them, which I really do not have time for over a mere $6000 fees dispute which they caused without warning or notice, but I documented everything, so maybe one other soul will be treated better after I waste precious time over $6000. My recommendation is to never do business with this bank. There are way too many other options out there from banks who might actually appreciate your business no matter how small your account is to them.
BofA has been the absolute worst experience I have ever had when dealing with purchasing a home. We were pre-approved for a loan amount that we should not have been approved for. The LO only took paycheck stubs and tax returns to come to the affordable amount. We shopped around and finally found the perfect home for my family. Immediately I started to notice red flags with my LO. Delayed calls backs, had no idea what was going on with the entire process. I was running around all over the city trying to track down documents and certs that I was asked to provide.
There was a delay in ordering the appraisal for the home which threw us behind about a week or two. Found out later, that was the LO's fault. He never ordered the appraisal when he said he did. Once my file made it to underwriting is when the nightmare began. I sent in the same documents over and over and over again. I would call my LO and ask what the status was and he could never give me a straight answer. Also found out he never sent certain docs to the underwriters.
After all the run-around, I finally started reaching out to managers. My closing date was rapidly approaching. Then BAM!! We get hit with an issue of a certain deduction that was on my pay stub that needed a court order to be provided for it. WHY wasn't this noticed by the LO the first time I submitted pay stubs? Another oversight that wasn't our fault. Got over that hurdle, then another issue with the rental property I owned. I was told this was not initially disclosed on the loan app. I don't know why as I sent in insurance dec pages that clearly noted there was a private mortgage on the property. 3 days before closing and I had to provide more documentation that I had previously submitted!!
Once that was all figured out, 2 days before closing I was given the run-around all day. I simply wanted to know if I had final approval for the loan. NOT ONE PERSON could tell me a firm yes or no. I was told someone will call you right back and never recv'd a call back. I finally had enough and reached out to the Mortgage Processor and she finally told me that we were DENIED. 2 DAYS BEFORE CLOSING! For our DTI being too high! WHAT!!?? Why let me go THIS far to tell me I'm denied for something that should have been quality-checked during the PRE-APPROVAL process!!! After all the running around I did and providing docs over and over again. Not to mention we already paid for the appraisal and the inspection. I told them I needed my appraisal $ back in my account IMMEDIATELY!!
We were forced to start all over again with a new lender. We just didn't want to go down without a fight. I am completely devastated. I'm glad I didn't sell my current home yet. Otherwise my family and I would be homeless!!! Please take my advice and avoid this bank at ALL costs!!! They're only good for depositing and withdrawing money, not providing mortgages.
Bank of America has been the worst bank I have even encountered. They pre-approved a client of mines for an amount she didn't qualify for, setting up the client for failure, and losing her deposit. The loan officer who was handling the file pre-approved my client for an amount based on her tax returns and pay statements. She put in an offer, got her offer accepted and went through all the process. Paid for a home inspection, they made her order an appraisal and also made her get an insurance binder for the property. Everything was going smooth until it was a couple of weeks before closing. Then the nightmare and games started. They kept delaying everything, my client and myself was trying to call and email the loan officer daily. He started ignoring everyone and would not provide a concrete answer.
My client then reached out to the loan processor who kept giving my client a bunch of excuses. She even said once that the underwriter called out sick and that they won't be able to give my client an answer for a few more days. It's ludicrous that a big bank like BofA has only one underwriter handling all the files. They made my client run around getting paper work that the loan officer never sent to the loan processor. When she sent in the paper work then underwriters would say they can't accept it. My client is an independent contractor and has no employer who could verify her employment and income. I would imagine that a bank would use common sense and look at the tax returns, pay statements to verify a customers employment.
It got to the point that the seller of the house refused to sign any extensions because BofA was always taking forever to reply back and give us a concrete answer. We informed them that the house went back on the market and that we were way behind on the deadlines. They didn't care at all, instead of expediting the file they just kept on adding days, weeks of delays. My client sent them a letter they requested and the loan officer told my client it would take up to 5 days to review the letter. Absolutely ridiculous, why would it take 5 days to review a letter? Knowing that the file was way behind.
It got to the point that my client started requesting something, either a commitment letter of a letter of denial. The loan processor kept ignoring her request and kept on asking for more paperwork which my client had already sent to them. It's almost like they figured they made a mistake and they were trying to stall things and find a way to deny the loan.
After almost 3 weeks they finally decided to deny the loan saying that my client had too much debt which she does not and that they could not verify her income, which was all on paper on her tax returns. My client is so stressed out from this ordeal that she has given up the idea of buying a home and also faces loosing her deposit due to BofA's mistake. I would not wish this type of thing to happen to anyone, thus I would suggest anyone who's thinking about buying a home to stay away from BofA. They will make your life a misery. They are a big corporation which does not care if you end up getting screwed at the end. Try to get pre-approved from lenders which deals with mortgages only, stay away from BofA. They are the worst.
Our BofA broker promised we would not be required to have an escrow account on our new mortgage, but two days before closing we saw escalated closing costs related to an escrow account on the closing statement. They wanted months worth of escrow funds to be included at closing that we hadn't planned for, and almost lost us the house. Now four years later we have sold that house and are still waiting weeks after closing for our over $1,700 escrow refund. When we call they say they need time to verify the payoff check clears. Had to tell them they were paid with a wire! How did they not know that?! Lies, continuous lies. Please save yourself the trouble and go elsewhere for your mortgage needs.
Our experience was so horrible with Bank of America that we are looking to refinance our recently closed loan with a different lender. We mistakenly trusted a loan officer at our local branch when she assured us 6 weeks was more than enough time to process our home loan. Needless to say, we did not close on the required date. Bank of America dragged their feet making it an excruciatingly long process. It took 2 weeks before they opened our file for the initial review. I figured with being BofA customers for nearly 20 years, having excellent credit and putting a substantial amount down, that it should be pretty straightforward. Most definitely not! We had to jump through so many hoops with their endless requirements. Our loan officer was helpful and responsive up until we desperately needed her.
The week prior to our expected closing date (and only having a conditional approval at this time) we noticed our street name was incorrectly submitted by the builder. With most lenders, this correction would have been fairly simple. However, when you're working with a big bank, with entirely too many people involved, it apparently takes numerous emails, phone calls, and a week to resolve. To make matters worse, our loan officer was apparently too busy with other clients to help us during the moments we truly needed her. In an effort to speed up the process, we resorted to contacting the loan processing dept directly, the contracted appraisal company, the 3rd party BofA appraisal co, and also tried to involve our loan officer's manager (who has yet to reply to any of our emails).
With the home being in a different state, we incurred additional costs with hotels and the moving company as a result if BofA not being able to get their act together. What should have been a very exciting time for my husband and I with the purchase of a new home was definitely overshadowed by the unnecessary delays caused by Bank of America. We finally closed on the loan, but are having serious second thoughts about continuing to do business with a bank who does not place enough importance on servicing their customers. We would much rather take our business elsewhere.
B of A’s home equity loan is a total joke in terms of online servicing! I just called them now (at 10:30 PM Pacific Time), they are “closed”. Do they know it’s 2019 and the world is 24/y? I get emails monthly telling me my HE line statements are “available” online. Yet following the link, going into their “app”, all HELOC links are disabled. This is absolute non-sense! On top of your incompetent website which doesn’t offer “online” information on my loan, you have the audacity to email me and tell me you have something useful - when in fact you have nothing! Appalling!
I have recently started processing a mortgage loan with Bank of America hoping that it is a big institution and trustworthy as advertised. I was given the lowest interest rate and I agreed to locked the interest rate. However, BOfA keeps giving different reasons and saying their system is not able to generate the approval so they can't grant the loan at this time. I only have 10 days left for closing but they did not fix their system nor deny the loan. They even suggested to go try with some other institution when they know that the interest rate has gone high and no one can close in 10 days. Please save your precious time by NOT trusting Bank of America.
I have a lot of experience with mortgages, I have rental property and have financed or refinanced 10 different times in the past 12 years. I thought I would try BofA since I do a lot of business with them, BIG MISTAKE. My credit score is 740+ , the Loan to Value was 50%, but none of that matters, they put me through hell. After sending in the required documents, I got a request for something else, then a few days later for something else, then went on and on. I can tell you with a broker they go over everything, tell you what will be needed and normally that it.
The person you work with at BofA is an order taker, (I guess you could call them salesperson), they don't care after they get the process started. They will reply to any emails with a canned response "I am so sorry you are unhappy with the process", etc etc. I said upfront I had 5 weeks to get the loan finalized because of summer travel, no problem. Well no problem until 5 weeks, they they would say "We have your close date as July 23." It should have closed in June, July 23 was only the date for the lock to expire. I would RUN AWAY from Bank of America Mortgage. I am considering closing all of my accounts because of the absolutely horrible way they treat customers.
After working with a loan officer for two years, I attempted to continue the process after he left. Big mistake. Constantly called by different people wasting my time, with misinformation, giving me conflicting stories. Finally called by a very very green “manager” who told me they couldn’t refinance my home because it had a “life estate.” Laughable — I was so embarrassed for him. He clearly did not know what a life estate is, and was unable to provide a definition. When I explained to him that a “life estate” ended when the life tenant died, and that is why it is called a “life estate” he told me that was “immaterial.” Ummm, ok.
So, instead of actually understanding what he was doing, or simply asking for documentation that would clarify, he argued with me, insisting that my property had a vested “life estate interest” making them unable to offer a loan on the property. It was really pretty hilarious, especially since I had recently had my real estate lawyer check the title on my property to be certain there were no clouds on title or problems that needed to be rectified. In the end, I am grateful that he was such a dummy, because I was already having a bad feeling about all the lame calls and incompetence, along with conflicting information. Impersonal, inadequate service. Clearly staff is not trained properly. My advice: go find someone who know what you are doing. If they don’t know what they’re doing in the beginning, it can’t have a happy ending.
BoA is a huge fraudster company. They would lie and deceive to get your money. Watch out! Loan modification is virtually denied for anybody or they would just not process your application. This bank has been sued many times and the best way is to sue them or at least report to State's Attorney office.
I have been a Bank Of America customer for 10+ years and have been very pleased with all its services. However, I would not recommend their mortgage division to anyone. Here are the reasons: I had worked with a loan officer within BOA for nearly a year and gotten all the way to pre approval. After I signed the contract on my property, I tried to contact this loan officer to proceed with my mortgage application.
This is when all went down the drain - The loan officer and his entire chain of command simply just disappeared. Worse, I was not able to get any information on what had happened to my loan and who it was being transitioned to. I have not completed the process yet and the saga still continues. Only reason I am sticking with BOA at this point is so that I don't end up starting my scratch with another place. In the day and age of Rocket Mortgages - I highly recommend that you shop around and pick a reliable and customer oriented place for the biggest financial decision of your life.
Customer service representatives appear to be unfriendly and uneducated about loan questions. Payments were made and on time but payments went into loan 1 and not loan 2. Asked for assistance with refinancing/combining loans into one loan. Combining both loans will eliminate such mistakes from recurring. No assistance has been given by B of A.
I liked the fact that they have pay plans. We paid weekly on our home and they took the payment right out of our account. I didn't care for the fact that we had 3 month left to pay and they sold our mortgage.
They let you get all supporting documents to complete your application and spent all the time with the assumption you will be approve and after a day they will tell you, your application was disapproved. They already know from the beginning that they don't approve your application. They should advise you right there that you are ineligible to apply. Very disgusting and disappointed.
They took over Country Wide and they are terrible. High interest rates, customer service is terrible, you go to one of their locations, that's terrible and you wait in line for a long period. They have access to about 7 teller windows and only use one or 2. Very overrated for what they provide.
Bank of America sucks. Back in 2011 when my son was battling cancer and wife couldn't work. I was trying my best to keep my house but won't let me modify my loan instead told point blank that they could care less if my son lived or died. They wanted my house payment or they will foreclose on my house. So we had to sell it and move in with family and cause lots of more issues to where in time cause me and my wife to divorce and my son is now a long term survivor but is in depression due to our family broke up. Thank you Bank of America. You care nothing about your customers only money and screwing your customers when they are down on their life. I Tell everyone for years now how bad and uncaring you are. Hope in time this awful bank goes under.
The customer service department is impossible to get on the phone, they have no authority. I have tried to increase an automatic payment amount multiple times with no luck. They are prevent me from paying off my mortgage at a faster rate.
They are very responsive. Send useful updates monthly and offer changes that may be helpful. Due to my circumstances I have not taken these suggestions, but had I been younger I would have. They post when our payment was received. They give alerts of an upcoming payment is due. Overall they are helpful.
I just recently bought a house under Bank of America home loan program. My loan officer was Kevin **. I have to say that the service Kevin and his team provided was excellent. They were able to close my loan on time. Communication with anyone on the team was superb. In the end, the closing costs were very close to the estimated ones. There was no surprise at the end. Kevin also gave me very good interest rate. Loan review with Underwriters was a bit annoying and hectic but I guess it is the same across the board. Obviously, Kevin and his team helped me every step of the way. Communication with Kevin and loan processor, Karlee ** was very good. Anytime I would have question for them, I would just email them to give me a call at their earliest convenience. They would give me a call back promptly within an hour or 2 at most. I would recommend any of my friends Bank of America home loan especially Kevin ** and his team.
Bank of America is one of the worst financial institution ever. They showed no interest at all in working with you with through the financing process. Just when it appeared it was certain to obtain the loan, they denied loan at the last minute without any logical explanation. Inconsistent personnel handling the loan. Never the same person you started working with. Then, not avail themselves to discuss the matter further. Bank of America would be the last bank in this country I would ever apply for a loan or do any other type of business matter with them.
I applied for and received a loan modification with BOA in 2009 and was the victim of predatory lending. I NEVER should have gotten that loan. In 2011 I applied for and received a loan modification. I refinanced in 2015. I thought I had sold my home this month, but when title was pulled, the title company found a 69K lien on my house that was placed there by HUD in 2012.
I had NO IDEA that BOA was going to turn over the loan modification amount to HUD and that they were going to place a lien on my property. Now I cannot sell my home because between my current mortgage and the HUD lien, I am upside down. HUD will not take an offer to settle the lien because they are in first lien position. I applied for a loan modification to get myself out of trouble (and haven't missed or been late on a payment since). I didn't realize I was getting myself into a worse situation.
We got our preapproval and locked in the rate and the loan officer assured us several times that our application looks good and we shouldn’t worry about it. However, after taking three weeks and submitting documents over and over that we already had given to them multiple times (upload, fax, and email), they came back to us saying that they can’t do the loan with some ** reason that no other lender would say. The reason was because of “Limited Credit Experience” when we had enough experience longer than 5 years with both EXCELLENT credit scores. They told us to go with longer term and a lot higher interest which was even higher than other lenders we were previously got preapproved with. That loan officer seemed to play a game with us that she couldn’t even figure out whether that reason could’ve denied our application in the beginning when she already checked our credit report and assured us that we are in a good standing.
Our experience is subpar and we are in a very difficult situation now because we rejected two lenders since they promised us to lock in a good rate. We are dubious if their plan was to lock us at a good rate and lead us to have a worse deal at the end. We would not believe this unethical practice would be something that BoA would advise employees to do. At this point, we’re not going with BoA any longer but we wanted others to look out this kind of situation with BoA for mortgage loan.
BOA gave me a loan modification but failed to inform me that 28K was sold to HUD resulting in a lien on my house. I was unaware of this until I sold my house last year. I had to satisfy that lien before escrow closed. How come Pennymac did not have to satisfy that lien when they bought the mortgage? Any help with this will be appreciated.
I have been with Bank Of America mortgage for well over 20 years on more than one house. Their customer service and mortgage loan experience is awesome. I haven’t had any complaints in all the years I been with them. They always friendly service and always came through when needed for mortgage lending. Their customer service and website app is awesome.
For years I dissuaded my clients from using the big banks for home loans, especially Bank of America because of outsourcing underwriting, poor communication and never closing on time. I recently had a client who insisted upon using Bank of America, much to my dread. I was amazingly surprised. Brian ** - major, the loan officer with Bank of America in Rockwall, TX did a fantastic job. It was pain-free and the deal closed EARLY! I was shocked. I cannot say how other branches or loan officers would do, but Brian made it happen and even came to closing.
My second mortgage was sold to BOA several years ago. The original loan was a 30 yr fixed rate loan. I am now receiving notifications from BOA that is a balloon loan, and final huge payment will be due Dec 1st, 2020. I would never, ever agree to a balloon type loan. Those are for house flippers, that don't plan on sticking around. I have all of the ORIGINAL paperwork, and am about to raise Holy Hell with BOA!! Bunch of crooks!!
If you are looking for a bank that values you as an excellent customer... look for another bank immediately. We had our home damaged by Hurricane Michael in Panama City Florida. We are an excellent customer. We have paid our home mortgage on time, ahead of time and NEVER a late payment in 18 years! We have been awarded for our loyalty by having our insurance check proceeds being withheld entirely as of date. The bank has made excuses and unrealistic document demands that we have complied with to the best of our abilities in a natural disaster.
We sent along with our signed insurance check that required joint signatures with the bank, the following documentations: Paid invoice, contracts with 1/2 paid deposits documentations, signed contracts and even photos of the repairs. We have paid out of pocket MORE than we owe on the mortgage so far... And still the bank keeps our money. We have demanded 10% interest on the money that they are holding, which they have not responded to. They are in violation of the good faith agreement.
Bank of American has actually caused more damage to our property by withholding our funds so that we could not get the crucial repairs done. Because we could not access the funds, my husband and I have had to continue to remove wet drywall and insulation. The banks demands that we acquire W-9 information before dangerous material could be removed from our home is a crime. The entire purpose of a bank withholding insurance checks is to protect their investment and OUR investment... They have made a major mistake and we are going to hold them accountable!!! It is indeed sad business when homeowners do more to protect their investment than the bank does.
Since the bank is in possession of our money that is three times the amount that we owe them, that makes us the lender and the bank is currently in default of their loan. Since we have never been late on a payment, we will have to research what penalties we can charge the bank. When we explained our situation to a recent bank employee, we were told to pay off our mortgage if we wanted our insurance money. That one statement sums up why I would advise anyone who is thinking of using ANY service with Bank of American to RUN RUN RUN.
Judge threw out BOA's case against me the first 2 times. I am now on 4th year with round 3 in court with BOA. I specifically need evidence of mishandling of mortgage payments, modification "extortions", lack of communication by BOA. Please email info to **. My loan was originally with Countrywide where I had no issues. Since BOA took over CW I have had nothing but issues. BOA has made my life miserable. I have felt threatened, crazy, robbed of freedom of use and enjoyment of my property. I can't move, rent or repair damages. I have been essentially held hostage in my home for YEARS. If you have valid information to assist please help.
Got a pre-approval letter from Bank of America. Entering into escrow and underwriters refused to fund loan. Bank of America charged my credit card for a house appraisal after telling me no charges would occur until loan was approved. Charged for appraisal and refuse to fund loan. Fighting with Bank of America for over 2 months to reverse charges, I get no return calls from the loan officer or his boss. NOT PROFESSIONAL, BANK OF AMERICA SUCKS.
I bought a house in 2018. Countrywide was the lender. After the bubble burst, the feds forced Bank of America to take control of Countrywide's loans, among others. My first bill from BoA showed a $300.00 a month increase in payment. And I did not receive a new agreement which showed BofA as a lien holder. So like thousands of others I started calling. And it took weeks to work up thru their tiered system of useless personnel. Eventually I got high enough to get a first class ** on the phone with enough pull that after a 20 minute screaming session on speaker phones (he had his on too) I finally told them that, "I would not pay another payment until you can show me you own the loan and how the payment is being distributed". And that this conversation would be the last I would subject myself to. Please mail any further comments or the documents and all future comments would be sent by first class mail.
14 months went by with no bills from bofa. No phone calls. During those 14 months the property values dropped on Zillow in my neighborhood. The house I bought for $221000.00, Dropped to just over $80000. This was a 2 story 3000 sq. ft. home. Its value was lower than the material cost to build it. As time has passed I came to realize this was the real reason that homes like mine were not foreclosed on that we, once I initiated contact they immediately tried to wrap us into the mortgage assistance wheel. I fought it for many months still asking how they came up with the mortgage payment amount and back payments to no avail. Eventually my wife started having stress related issues due to the consistent bombardment of phone calls and literally stacks of mail daily addressed to each of us and at least 1 to both of us and a few occupant letters. Every stinking day.
So in 2011 we started the process. And like the thousands of others we resubmitted papers, letters, questionnaires. It took until early 2012 to finally acknowledge they even received a package. Then they were denied. Wrong address, wrong PO Box, wrong zip code, bofa changed its division title on and on and on. Eventually we just started to fax them to the number they gave us and then we looked up some other numbers and started faxing there also. Hundreds of copies. Then 3-5 weeks later boom. Something expired and we would start again. In late 2012 after the US gov. gave bofa 215 million more to "heal" their own loans, our modification was moving. We were hit for 24000 in back payments in Oct. 2012.
We were told that the amount would be added to the back end of the loan. I took that to mean that the 24000 it would be added to the loan. It was not. As things got better in our area the property values increased and so did the foreclosures. Since the values were rising they cherry picked the best properties with the worst situations. Since I wanted to reduce my principal I made extra payments and in about 5 years knocked my principal down to 186000. And in 2017 the values were up higher than pre bubble. By then our family was broken. I was working out of state from 2013 to 2016 when we moved to the great northwest. We sold the home with all the necessary title searches and a reputable realtor company. I put another $25000.00 into the house for remodel and it sold for $270000.00 9/1/2017.
The title company took control of the funds. Paid off bofa. All things are good. We buy into a small shack up here in the pacific northwest, which took everything I will ever have, to make the down. And in February 2018. We get a demand letter for 47000.00 from our friendly Gov. saying I still owed them for the modification. They now have turned it over to the treasury dept. and they doubled it again to about 85000. So my point is if you made or accepted a modification I would skip house payments and pay off the modification prior to selling your home. Because the bank will allow you to default. The gov. won't. My credit score while not great has dropped over 150 points since the first demand letter. I will never be able to buy another car or home on credit.
Can you imagine paying on a home for 30 years and just when you think you're all done the gov. puts a yellow letter in your box, and says you have a loan out for whatever amount with 30 years accrued interest?? It’s all a game. My self-made plan is to sell the home I’m in now and pay off the latest bill collector. Then get his and her grocery carts to live in. There's a little place right down from the mayors home that has a nice view of the sound. Hell of a way to spend your retirement years. At least it will be spring soon.
I have called several times, since May-June 2018, in the past month I called again several times trying to switch my variable rate to a fixed rate. Today, I must have called a total of 10 times, since 9.00 am Eastern standard time to 1 pm. I give up!! I spoke to several representatives who quoted me several different rates one of them indicated I should talk to the loan officer who quoted me a rate previously (previous call-month of August). Her name is Shelly **, and provided me with her phone number, 1800-781-4104 extension **. Which I spoke to, expressed my desire to want to switch from a variable to a fixed. She quoted me a rate of 6.359% for 30 years and indicated will transfer me to the right department to finalized things. I asked for her not to hang up. She stated will stay on the phone until I get transferred.
10 minutes later, no one picked up and my call dropped. I called her back at the provided phone number, I get a message saying, "this number has been disconnected." I cannot understand how does BOA have non-working numbers for employees. I called the main number again and asked to be transferred to this Loan Officer, after the representative not wanting to transfer me, finally agreed and transferred my called. Left the loan officer a message and did not get a callback. I decided to call back again, and again after speaking to a representative (Phillip) and him stating will transfer my call, after waiting several minutes the call gets disconnected. Worse possible service EVER!!! Unfortunately I have a HELOC with BOA!!!
This bank screwed my life back in 2014. They damaged my credit and all the reputation that I worked hard for it till then. They offered me to sell my house on Short-Sale programs and wait till the house is sold. During that time, not only they refused all the buyers for a different reason or lack of their responsibilities, also, after sometimes they put my house for sale on the local Auction listing. My house had a new owner from the auction sale and I did not know anything about it. As of today, I am still trying to fix my credit. No knowledgeable attorney did help me to fight them back. I do really hate the system like this and people like Bank Of America. I could name them better in my way. I will talk louder one day no matter how old is this case.
In 2017 we fell victim to hurricane Irma and were hit hard here in Naples FL. We incurred a lot of damage to our home which just fell under what insurance would cover as a minimum ($8,000). The burden of fixing all the damage had to be paid out of pocket. We gained hope when we found out Bank of America offered mortgage forgiveness for 3 months in the form of forbearance. I was skeptical at first because I’ve never missed any payments or have even been late. I was worried about the repercussions on my credit score which I’ve worked hard to maintain 800s. I was reassured by BOA associates on several occasions this would not have any effect on my credit.
Going against everything I’ve known I stopped paying my mortgage for three months and used that money to repair my home. I would periodically get phone calls from their “forbearance” loan associates who would start every conversation by mandatorily stated they were a debt collection agent. This was very unsettling but again I was reassured my credit would not be affected. Prior to the end of forbearance agreement I sold my house and settled my loan with BOA with the equity from the sale. Fast forward three months when doing a credit check and I discover my credit score dropped 200 points to 600. Reason for the drop? Wait for it... Failure to make mortgage payment for three months! Thank you Bank of America for destroying my credit! I will NEVER use them again! Lied to me the entire time.
Instead of helping me they sold my mortgage to an inhumane lender. Think twice about Bank of America. I wish I had. It's all about greed and NOT FAMILIES.
They did not clean their fraud in my loan. Robo signing Robo stamping and two programs in the same time... loan modification and refinance. Impossible not to have their accounting wrong and they never verify and correct their errors or mistakes. Complete denial of their responsibility.
The re-fi took forever. Customer service/support has been terrible. No one seems to have the ability to make decisions or answer questions. I want to change banks but not worth the effort, energy or time.
BOA is the WORST mortgage lender. They don't keep customers apprised of PERTINENT information. When applying for Loan Modification, there is NO TRUTH TO THEIR PROCESS. I would NOT recommend BOA!!!
Our mortgage originated with a credit union which sold it to BofA. Everything went smoothly but communication was sometimes a little slow, especially when payoff time came last fall. But overall okay.
We've been with B of A for over 10 years now, as our Countrywide mortgage was sold, and have had numerous issues with them, including not posting payments to our account. When We figure it out, it's just "simple mistakes" on their part, or our fault for some reason or another. One time they put our payment toward a late fee from the previous month, let the remainder of our payment sit unapplied and caused us another late fee, and then saying we didn't pay for that month! They finally found it in an unapplied status, but did nothing about it, only saying they could not accept a partial payment.
We are a medium income family, with 2 kids, and not always able to make our payments on time. So now, we go to make our online payment for August 2018, and the site will not accept the payment. We call the next day and are told our house is in foreclosure status, And has been since December of 2017. We had never received any communication from them! No one could answer our questions as to how this happened. After about a week of trying to get to the bottom of it, and asking them for a detailed report showing our payments for comparison, they said they needed $4,440 in 10 days to cover foreclosure and attorneys fees.
We've sent the money, now waiting for the next set of lies. Since really digging into this with them, they finally sent a foreclosure letter by certified mail, and it states payment issues began in May, not December, and somehow we again have unpaid payments and unapplied funds. Not seen a detailed report yet, when asked for one, they sent a payoff amount. We really want a lawyer, this is ridiculous, and in my opinion, criminal. Everyone we talk to there says something different! Now we wait and see what happens...
My loan was purchased by BoA. In the process 4 of my mortgage payments were “lost”. After a lawyer and bank records, still have not found payments. Had to repay.
Bank of America took over the loan with Countrywide and from the beginning had us behind which I proved multiple times that we were not. They ruined my and my wife's credit, they lied to us. Made promises that were not kept. Biggest fraudulent company with high paid bonuses from ripping people off. Still do!
Original home loan issued by Bank of America, unaware Country Wide Mortgage services were involved on this loan in 2009, after investigation reimbursed fees and false actions during loan process. Loyal Bank of America customer over 40 years. Bank of America quickly sold current Home Mortgage to Carrington Mortgage Services in March 2018, total disregarding my loyalty to Bank of America, without approval, this immediate action caused financial issues delaying payment each month. Carrington Mortgage Services charges late fees and $20.00 process fees. Very disappointed with Bank of America how they have total disregard in Customer Service and commitment. WE NEED MANDATED CONSUMER FINANCIAL SERVICES investigating these unprofessional actions and Behaviors.
Ok, but leaves less questions about the future of the home, improve the terms by making it work for all the customers by being prepared for unexpected changes if needed!
I applied for a modification and they had me wait almost a year to tell me I wasn't eligible so I went into bankruptcy to save my home. Terrible service.
There were frustrating moments when I could not get straight answers regarding the process after pre-approval. This was probably because two or three separate departments were handling my application. Sometimes one had no idea what the other was doing. In the end things worked out.
We had to redo the paperwork more than 4 times. They kept trying to have us sign documents that were incorrect. Then their people got upset that we wanted things like our full names on the forms. To complete the process took over 90 days for a simple refinance on our home. When all of this was finished we get another addendum because they found some other mistakes we didn't catch. This was too expensive and too time consuming to ever do with them again.
In 2007 Bank of America asked to be my mortgage lender at the then going rate (5.5%) offering to waive all fees if I agree to switch from GE Capital. As interest rates subsequently declined, the bank offered refinancing via mail flyers approximately once a month or so wanting 1 point plus the usual fees. I never refinanced with them and also cancelled all my bank and brokerage accounts with this bank for other reasons.
When we got the loan, we were told we would pay mortgage insurance for 11 years. More like life of loan. Refinance to 20 year loan and got rid of mortgage loan. Also they hold 6 months Escrow but by law should be 2 months. Also got rid of it too.
Have been a customer of BOA for more than 20 years, and lived in several places. They have taken care of us, and given options for our current needs. Can tell when you reach trainees, but they have all been polite and will continue to follow up to resolve conflicts. Feel confident with them.
At last moment when closing is few days away and after they have charge for appraisal and everything they refuse the loan without giving good reason. I tried to call the number provided but always answering machine and left several messages but no reply.
We did a reverse mortgage 2011 because it was our primary servicer. They promptly dumped the rev mtg dept after they accrued enough to sell to Champion Mortgage, a lousy company.
They sold my Disabled Senior Widowed Aunt a Predatory Mortgage in 2009! I fought it for 9 years. She just recently died of a Broken Heart, because their last Loan Servicing Company Auctioned her home in Feb. 26, 2018... She passed on March 6th, 2018. It was verified that it was in fact "Predatory Lending".
We tried a refinance and it was terrible. Sent paperwork to different people only for them to lose it. Nobody can make a decision but the underwriters. It was terrible went on for 3 months. I was receiving calls every other day to send more information. They would say didn't receive it or it got lost. And I had my mortgage with B of A for years.
Was not able to refinance house after doing and filing all of the paperwork, going into the bank, phone calls and no response. Had to go with another company to get refinancing.
In trying to sell my house in 2008 with the mortgage mess, they assumed I defaulted and wrapped my mortgage up in their mess. Couldn't unwind it because they would not oblige or cared. Shamefully embarrassed by their mess of foreclosing when I had buyers waiting for their move. Never came. Incompetent business.
They took over my TB&W mtg and said I missed a payment. I show them a yr's worth of statements that proved I paid. They wouldn't accept it. Destroyed my credit! Took a yr for them to accept that I paid. Collection calls 10 x a day!! Horrible!
Phone system is terrible. Can’t reach the same employee again due to Central American call center & foreign 3rd parties. Because of terrible pay scales, BOA can NOT keep qualified Professionals! They quit after being trained on the public guinea pigs! Terrible! Never again!
Loan officer would not respond to me, and his supervisor had to be contacted. Finally, things got done, but not a happy experience at the beginning. Communication between agents and loan officer is so important.
Bank of America gave me misleading information and poor service when I requested that my satisfied line of credit be terminated and the lien released. On June 28, I went to the bank requesting a lien release. They got on the phone and told me that there was an $8.00 fee. I gave the person at the desk $8.00 and was told to come back the following week after the $8.00 in cash had cleared the bank. I returned 2 weeks later since I had been out of town, and was given a "letter of satisfaction". I was told that the lien release would not go through until July 30. When I called in at the end of July I was told it would be another 15 days. 2 weeks later I returned to the bank and was told that the account had been closed July 30 and that it would be yet another 45 days until the lien was released. No one at the bank seems to know what is going on and they deliver truly poor service.
I received my last Mortgage Statement in July, I had made several payments straight toward my principal so I could pay it off early. When I received the statement in June for July balance of Mortgage. The payment is due on the 1st considered late after the 16th, I wrote the check on July 5. The statement came with a different payment address than the payment would normally be sent. So I look at my online account on July 13. No check posted, called Bank of America, spoke with a lady and she said she saw no check waiting to be posted, to check back on the 16th. When I called on the 16th, spoke with a guy who told me, "You can't pay your mortgage balance with a personal check, it must be a certified check on a wired payment", this was after being on hold for 27 minutes by the way.
The July statement made no mention of how the last payment should be made and the guy told me that they were writing up a payment affidavit for the last payment costing an additional $17 than the July Statement quoted. I got the wired information and immediately went to my credit union where they had to call and stay on hold for another 20 minutes because the guy failed to give them an address for the wired payment, and by the way this cost $25 to stop payment on the original check written and $15 to send a wired payment for the balance of my Mortgage.
I had them wire my last payment on July 16, 2018 and have not received my balance of my remaining escrow as of today, August 2. I want to point out that on the back of the July statement Bank of America states you will receive your remaining amount of escrow within 10 days of your last payment. NO MONEY AS OF TODAY. DO NOT DO BUSINESS WITH BANK OF AMERICA (BAD BANK).
Twice today I had to call their 800 number, and twice I was referred to as “Mrs.” Please do not assume I am married! Also, there is a several-hour wait for a call back if you are trying to reach the part of their finance dept that handles CA state disability cards. B of A, please allocate sufficient resources for calls related to EDD-funded cards. After all, I’m sure you are benefiting from your relationship with the EDD!
So I've been a BoA customer since 1993 when they were called Bay Bank, they changed to Fleet Bank, then changed to Bank Boston, and finally Bank of America... So let's just say I've been a preferred customer for 25 years! This Month I decided I wanted to Refinance my house after paying my current mortgage down to $68,000. I wanted to refi with some cash back to consolidate bills, invest, etc... I did the online application and was impressed how easy and quick it was... Well that's where the story gets flushed down the toilet! I am told I need to call a Mortgage Loan Broker, I call, we chat, he gets my applications and proceeds to ask me ALL the same questions I just spent 20 mins filling out.
We continue on and I tell him what I am looking for, he give me some numbers and reads everything out and I am like sweet! Let's do it!!! I get a Mail I need to send in a; 1. Month of Pay Stubs, 2. My W2's, 3. Statements from both bank accounts. Ok that's normal stuff, let me say I also have an 813 Credit rating and a current loan with BoA currently on my house and my truck with ZERO late payments. So I am no slouch. Next I am told I need to provide Explanations on why my girlfriend has a check with a name saying Marcs ** (it was for my son not me). I then had to write a letter on what my deposits from other banks were and why.
I had to write a letter on what the $20 check I deposit monthly was (cell phone check from company). I had to write a letter on why my W2 company name says one thing but my paycheck says another. Finally I am like, "So what's up? We good???" I get an appraisal, $580 I had to pay up front. I wait and wait were supposed to be finally closing.
Days go by, I am told 2 days before closing I have to scrap my ceilings, and repaint them because the age of my house they're scared of potential lead paint!!! I am like I've lived here for 23 years? So I take the day off from work, buy $100 in paint and spend 6 hours scraping, painting and moving furniture. Now I have to have the Appraiser out again to take pictures because they don't trust me??? After 25 years of being a BoA customer and home loan, car loan 100% payment history with no issues. This is what I went through. I would strongly discourage anyone from using BoA for anything ever unless you are being held HOSTAGE! I would rather borrow money from ** than to have to deal with BoA ever again!
Bank of America modified my loan by sending me an OFFER to modify. I did not accept their offer. They modified my mortgage anyway by opening an escrow account, contacting my homeowners insurance company to send them my bill, paying my entire bill - which I pay in affordable installments - and now have sent a letter of intent to accelerate because my escrow account is behind! I DON'T HAVE AN ESCROW ACCOUNT AND I DID NOT MODIFY MY LOAN, NOR DID I ACCEPT THEIR OFFER OF MODIFICATION!!! Bank of America sucks!!! Can you say beyond pissed!!! If they don't fix this - then guess I'll be hiring a lawyer to sue them for breach of contract!!!
I had filed a joint chapter 7 bankruptcy and had a discharge in 2015. It’s been 3 years. Bank of America Home Loans has not release my discharge when my attorney had sent discharge papers to their department. I have been calling them each month to get this problem solved and every time they assured me that they will look into the problem... Nothing has been done and my attorney has done their part. I don’t understand why Bank of America home loans is taking 3 years when my other property mortgage has been discharged a long time ago. I am seeking help in getting this matter resolved. Please help.
Be warned! I advise you to check your mortgage and statements on a daily basis. BOA uses technical errors as an excuse to move money from your accounts without your permission and falsely claim you are behind payments. I am going to put a lawsuit against them. I had to call them to fix these issues almost every week in the past three months, and they keep doing fraud. Terrible bank! Terrible service! Terrible everything! At least Wells Fargo was taking money in orders less than $10 without customer knowledge, Bank of America does fraud in the scale of few thousands. It's embarrassing.
Overnight BoA mortgage added $54,000 to my $200,000 mortgage balance that I have been paying down for 7 years. As a single mother I have little time - have not had a day off work in 6 months trying to provide and survive. I pleaded, wrote, emailed BOA but they claim its [extra interest] WTH! What interest? At 4% it would take 8 years to accumulate such interest! Yet they will NOT remove it! They apparently sneaked it into a 50 page Loan Modification small print that they gave me 2 hours to sign OR home will foreclose! These bankers should rot in HELL - especially after the 4 year Loan Modification NIGHTMARE they put me through that would get any human to suicidal point. If there are ANY GOOD LAWYERS who can litigate a Utah Mortgage on CONTINGENCY - please reach out! My contact is ** on most popular email server founded by 2 Russian Math geniuses - gmail...
Beware of BofA! BofA sent me a demand letter for $62,000 last month. I never had a loan with BofA. What they did is dust off a closed pre-recession Greenpoint/Countrywide SUBPRIME loan and added interest from 2007 to 2018. And Voila, "you owe us money!" on a home I sold 2 years ago. Bank of America are the same crooks who were convicted of Mortgage Fraud over and over and eventually bailed out by taxpayers during the recession. So now they have found a new way to profit. Again, I never had a loan with Bank of America. They have violated Respa, truth in lending, and other laws.
Applied for refinance, was turned down even though had good credit, payment history excellent but my home was a mobile home. I am a disabled veteran with full eligibility to veteran backed loans. I was disappointed.
Bank of America should not be allowed to enter into mortgages any longer! We actually refinanced our mortgage - to get away from having to do business with B.O.A. They are very slow to post payments; or to rectify their own mistakes in posting. Zero customer service.
They suck. BofA tries to cheat you out of every penny and they get it by having little companies give you a loan and three months later BofA has your loan.
Although I have been making payments on my mortgage for over 20 years and have the ability to pay it off at any time, I was told that I was not eligible to refinance at a lower rate as I am now drawing SS. Crazy.
The worst customer service! Policy changes and poor payment handling. Poor or no response to feedback. Internal dept do not communicate to streamline process. Just a lot of negative scripted BS!
We have paid off this loan 4 years ago and still have not received a deed to the property. I have called in the past, and all I get is, "We're working on it." I am about ready to get a lawyer. I want the deed to my property.
I was allowed a loan modification and was told NUMEROUS TIMES that BofA had made the Loan modification permanent (orig 5 yrs). I tried to get in WRITING - all said, "No need, don’t worry. It is taken care of." Well, you guessed it - that wasn’t the TRUE CASE!
We had just moved into our house in Spring Hill, Florida having retired here after 30 years in elementary education. We wanted to find a bank with locations all over the country and Bank of America filled that requirement. We travel a few times a year and need to be able to access our account easily from anywhere in the country or the world. The folks there were very friendly and helpful, answering any and all questions that we had for them. It was a very pleasant experience for us.
BOA makes the mortgage process very difficult and lengthy. They put you through a lot of steps only to decide later that they are not loaning in your area, or they won’t loan to you. We found better, simpler processes through other banks.
Started with Quicken Loans and loaner was bought by Bank of America. When I first check Bank of America their rates were too high. It was not by choice that I ended up with them.
Every time I contact them for any type of direction when it comes to my mortgage all I get is, "We can't help you." Also, when I first bought my home they told me if I opened up a personal bank account (which only takes $200.00) I'd get all these perks. Well I did and they said they send me my card etc. in a few days. Well, never heard from them again and I don't know what happened to my money but chalked it up to experience. Trust no one. We don't get to pick our lenders and no one wanted to buy my loan so I am forever stuck with BofA.
My husband and I had our Mortgage through Bank of America, and they were awesome to deal, helpful, very Professional, easy to our payment with them, either online or by telephone.
BofA assigned a young person with little training, knowledge, or experience to handle the process. She was the only person you could talk to. Every question you asked she had to call someone to get an answer. Basically, she was a blockade. You couldn't get around her or ever talk to a qualified person. Very difficult. Parts of the mortgage process are handled all over the country. It was difficult, ineffective and I think, it cost me more money. I've had BofA for years, but this was a mess.
I was performing a mortgage modification in 1998. The bank kept telling me it was in process. We went on vacation. While gone the bank foreclosed on the house. I lost my house and 200 points off my credit score which I am still trying to improve.
I didn’t find them to be flexible or helpful, but I think the loan I have is decent as long as I don’t need to deal with them. Decent, but definitely not great.
Refinanced with them and it was the worst experience with a finance institution. The person I had to work with kept giving me excuses including that she was sick. Even with all of her delays we would have completed the entire process before the said date but they came back and closed the application and said due to the delays I had to start all over and at a higher new rate. I contacted her several times and also her boss but they would not honor the locked rate I had with them. So, I had no choice but to refinance because the previous mortgage also with them for 10 years had matured. I'm telling everyone I know to stay away from them.
Our advice - NEVER use Bank of America!!! My husband & I have excellent credit scores (both within the 800 range) and needed to apply for a mortgage for a home we hope to retire to in the future. We decided to go with Bank of America since we have all of our accounts, including 2 savings, one checking, and 2 credit cards, with them. We were completely honest with the loan consultant, Rhonda **, about the home being a retirement home for our future. She never told us that this might be a concern when applying for the mortgage and led us through a time consuming paperwork process and gladly took our $535 payment for appraisal and credit check.
Days later we were contacted by an assistant to Ms. ** saying she needed a letter to verify how we were going to commute to work from the new home. We again explained that it was going to be a retirement home in the future. We were then led through an infuriating, frustrating, and utterly ridiculous runaround claiming that we should have applied for a second home mortgage which we were not told at the time of application. This anxiety provoking process ended in a denial of our mortgage due to their inability to include my husband's income because we disclosed that this was going to be a retirement home. My husband has not applied for retirement and no date has been set for retirement.
We disclosed that we were going to be using the home for retirement when we first contacted Ms. **. She claimed to have 30 years in the business and yet was not able to tell us that this may be an issue when we applied??? She gladly took our money for which we are still attempting to have returned. We visited our local bank the very next day in complete stress. We were told our mortgage is a slam dunk and we are model customers for a mortgage. We will be closing ALL accounts with Bank of America as soon as possible!!!
The application process was standard and my credit was good so it was approved. But on the very day we were supposed to close, I was laid off my job! I was shocked and stunned and I called the mortgage rep and told her I no longer had the job on my app. And after discussion with her manager, they approved the loan stating they had faith I would not be jobless for long. Kudos to Bank Of America!
On May 7, 2018 I called to close and get mortgage release on HELOC with no balance owing. Told me loan would close and release sent in two days. Loan off website May 9. Called May 15 to confirm. Said loan won't close until June 3 the end of billing cycle. Then they had 20 days to inform state. No exceptions. Basically two months get a mortgage release on a loan with no balance. That is BofA service for a "Preferred" customer.
I recently applied for a loan and submitted all the documents to them one week before loan closing date. I understand the closing of the loan might be delayed due to that I had to get some company and personal tax returns finalized. However, they just cancel the loan instead of trying to close it for me. I have applied for many loans with different lenders and this is UNHEARD of. They did not even warn you about this. Do yourself a favor and stay away from BOA.
HI, I applied for home mortgage with BOFA. After the initial approval which was quick and easy, my nightmares started. The Underwriters are the worst people and keep asking for information which none other companies ask for. They do not provide a list of documents and keep coming back for more. My closing is less than 20 hrs now and the underwriters are still working on my case and asking for my investment accounts statements, which has been provided 2 months ago.
Apart from that their processing team in Tampa Fl goofed up my entire case and delayed it so much that I may not have the closing tomorrow. I may suffer mentally and physically as my pressure is shooting up and will hold BOFA responsible for the same. GUYS TRUST ME>>>THIS IS THE WORST EVER BANK TO DEAL WITH<, I WOULD RATHER PAY HIGHER INTEREST RATE AND GO WITH ANOTHER BANK THAN BOFA. All the underwriters and the processors should lose jobs. I want to give it a ZERO stars.
My wife and I have been customers of Merrill Lynch since 1998. They manage our 7 figure portfolio. Since Merrill was acquired by BofA, it has been all downhill as far as our level of satisfaction is concerned. The people we work with at ML are great, but they have their hands tied when they have to deal with their parent bank.
ML has a program called Parent Power which allows parents to pledge collateral so that their children can obtain a 100% mortgage. We have taken advantage of this program for three of our five children. Our oldest child obtained a mortgage of approximately $285000 about 8 years ago. We pledged approximately $100,000 of our assets so that our son could get a 100% mortgage and not have to pay P.M.I. Our son has aggressively paid down the principal on the mortgage, paying an extra $1000 per month for the last several years. His principal balance is now $200,000. House sales in our son's neighborhood have appreciated rapidly, and a conservative estimate places the value of his home at $340000.
We have asked BofA to release the hold on our pledged assets. Originally, they refused, claiming that the loan had to be paid down to $178000, because they assume there’s been no appreciation in value. Now they have said that if we pay $485 for an appraisal, and the appraisal comes back at $287009 or higher they will release the hold on our pledged assets.
The bottom line on all of this is clear... BofA doesn’t care that we have a substantial relationship with ML. They don’t care that we have convinced two of our adult children to move hundreds of thousands of dollars of assets to ML. They don’t care that our son has never missed a mortgage payment in eight years, or that his credit score exceeds 800. In essence, BofA is requiring that our son proves that he has at least a 30% equity position in his home, when they are making mortgage loans with 20% down payments every day to complete strangers. It makes no sense.
The initial process ran smoothly but as time went by, the problems began. Just to summarize, I did everything on my part to get to closing in a reasonable time despite a few bumps in the road. Despite turning in all documentation and proactively doing more than I should to assist in the process, I could never understand why the title loan coordinator kept asking me for more and more bank statements and credit card statements. Even when the title company gave them the green light to accept my closing, this bank just waited and chose to twiddle their thumbs, asking for documents that no other title company ever heard of, just to lead to more delays and just enough so that my closing would miss the deadline of 4/25 which was critical in order for my refinanced loan to be funded by 4/30, instead of 5/1, resulting another month's interest.
Now I had to be out of $787 in closing costs instead of $233 as the loan officer informed me. Wow! Definitely a big jump. No matter how I reasoned with them that I should not be penalized in paying interest for May, they would not reason or compromise. Now it made perfect sense why they kept asking for seemingly minor statements over and over and why they chose not to respond to the title company in a reasonable; all for the deliberate purpose of getting an extra $533 out of me in interest.
I don't see no difference in a someone coming behind me to rob me of my purse with $533; only difference is Bank of America can legally get away with it. In essence, I was robbed. After I made it clear that I was happy about it, the loan officer kept trying to pacify me by telling me I would get an interest credit. After drilling him on it, I realized he was just making up a false story. There was no such thing as interest credit, not in my case. Then he wanted to reassure me I was getting back $451 out of my escrow. I reminded him that I was going to get that back whether I brought $1 into closing or $1000. What difference did that make and how was I supposed to feel better? Lastly, I was told there are no guarantees. Uh duh, nothing in life is guaranteed, yet, the obvious timing of when B of A finally got their act together for me to proceed to closing was more than obvious of what they intended to do all along.
I really thought about changing to another lender at the last min; only reason why I didn't because interest rates went up since and I would have to pay for another appraisal. I had to accept the lesser of the evils. Given another chance to refinance, I will never go through Bank of America even if another lender is not the model lender. Never again!
I just paid off a mortgage loan with Bank Of America on April 13, 2018. They owe me 1983.51 in escrow balance. I tried to log in to my account on April 14. They cancelled my account. It was open when I owed them mortgage payments. Now that they owe me I can't communicate with them online. I called them and they said it would be 20 days. I asked why and was told they had to make sure the figure they gave me was right. I told them that that was a lie because the ran all the numbers to get the correct payoff. I asked them what law gave them the right to draw interest on my money instead of me, no answer. Don't do business with them.
I have been a long-term customer of Bank of America. I am a senior, with a disability, and on a fixed income. I own a home with a remaining mortgage of only $88,359 in an area that is experiencing skyrocketing home values. (My home is currently worth around $160,000.) The home was previously an investment property for me, although I have lived in it from time to time. Two years ago, I petitioned BOA to drop the PMI (Private Mortgage Insurance) on the home. They indicated that I had to submit a new appraisal (a cost of $500). I did so, but unfortunately, the appraisal at that time came in below BOA's 70/30 LTV (loan-to-value) ratio... mainly because my renters had caused significant damage to the property, which has since been repaired and updated. According to the response letter, I needed to pay $2900 on the principle of the mortgage to bring the loan down to $88,200 in order to have the PMI dropped.
Due to some serious health issues (cancer), the recent sudden death of my husband, and a very uncertain future, I did not pay it at that time. It just wasn't a priority. Flash forward two years. The property is now my permanent home. I reviewed my finances and noted that I was only $159 from being at BOA's "required" 70/30 ratio! Woo! Hoo! So I again reached out to BOA to have the PMI dropped, thinking that I could just pay an additional couple of hundred dollars to satisfy the requirement that my remaining mortgage fall below their $88,200 threshold. I figured it was a no-brainer, as I have been a customer for many years and have NEVER BEEN LATE ON A SINGLE PAYMENT for any of my accounts. Boy, was I ever wrong! BOA came back with a response telling me that I must get a NEW appraisal that shows that the home meets the 70/30 ratio.
I called the PMI department at 1-800-669-9092 and challenged the response, indicating that I should not have to pay $500+ for a new appraisal since home values have increased so much. I also pointed out that I have never been late on a payment. I offered to send pics of the home, which has been repaired and has been refurbished with many new upgrades since the prior appraisal so that they could compare the pics to the prior appraisal. I asked that they look at me a HUMAN, A GOOD, LONG-TERM, FINANCIALLY RESPONSIBLE person, and not as a "ratio." (Unfortunately, the representative had a Hispanic accent so thick that I could barely understand them. Their understanding of me appeared even less adequate, but I thought that I finally managed to get my points across to them.) I called back three business days later (as instructed) for the new decision.
After going through a lengthy hold-time, I finally spoke to a different representative. This time I was told that since the property was an investment, my LTV needed to be at 50/50!!! I nearly had a stroke! I explained that the home is my permanent residence, and has been since July 2017. I referenced the 2016 letter, and the 30/70 ratio I was quoted that the time, even though it was "investment property" then! I offered to send insurance records to prove my residency... records that show that the insured value on the home is $160,000, which was based on a visual inspection and market comparison done by my hometown insurer in 2017... an insurer who knows this town and its exponential growth well. I was told to call back in five business days for a new decision. Today, I called back. The NEW decision is that I must meet the 70/30 ratio OF THE ORIGINAL LOAN AMOUNT!!! WHAT???
Not the 2016 appraised amount, but ORIGINAL 2014 mortgage amount??? I asked to speak to someone a little further up the food chain, and was told that I would only get the same response as they were all powerless to make actual decisions. (That wasn't comforting, to say the least!) It was indicated to me that the representatives could only read the decisions handed down to them from the Gods above. I am LIVID. Recently, as this situation has progressed (or regressed, depending on how you look at it), I have read several accounts of mortgage lenders being sued in class-actions over this very matter. I have also found several credible articles (I was a legal professional prior to my disability, and have access to legal databases) that indicate that BOA and other lenders use smoke and mirrors to skirt the law and keep PMI in place as long as possible in order to maximize profits for its investors.
One such article by an alleged former BOA employee indicated that he was instructed in the tactics of PMI removal denial, with his yearly bonuses calculated according to the amount of additional PMI he was responsible for retaining! I intend to pursue this matter on a legal level (It is a matter of principle to me now.) I certainly won't have any problems finding an attorney who will be willing to back a class-action suit once they see the dollar signs. (Unfortunately, the only way to win against greed and corruption is to find an equally greedy attorney. Thank God I know a few of those personally from my professional days!) Meanwhile, I am simply refinancing my loan through a reputable lender who sees me as a PERSON, and not as a consumer that they can victimize and exploit. I am DONE with BOA forever, and will tell my story to everyone I can! No one should ever be treated like I have.
We had a mortgage with BoA and refinanced. The refinanced obviously closed the mortgage account. We had online account access and all statements were electronic. The day after closing, I went in to access the account and to pull off any remaining account statements that I had not downloaded. The online access had been immediately terminated and all access to statements revoked. The sites tells you to call a phone number. I did. BoA said they would send statements but they would charge me $5 per statement. Really!
Perhaps I was foolish to expect to still be able to log in after the account was closed but all other financial institutions I have dealt with before have allowed me to access the account and see a zero account balance (at least for a period of time) after accounts have been closed. Generally, I had a reasonable experience with the mortgage but this final dealing soured the final experience.
Worst experience ever and this was not our first rodeo. My husband and I have purchased several homes in our lifetime and nothing comes close to the unprofessional and unorganized service we received. In addition to our mortgage broker being uninformed, unresponsive, habitually late getting back to us, going
on vacation in the middle of our loan process without telling us and offering all sorts of excuses as to why our loan wasn't being processed in a timely fashion we were told the underwriting team was done when in fact they were not... We sent the bank all the paperwork that was requested of us and had it for weeks yet were unable to provide us with accurate statuses or positions. Will never use them again and do not recommend.
I've been a BofA customer since 1982. My wife and I will be looking shortly for another bank to conduct our business with, and you can thank the very rude Ms. Jennifer **, Home Services Specialist III, Home Loans Fulfillment - Sacramento Office. During the loan process her phone skills, tone and curtness was so evident that it has caused me to write this... and I never fill out complaint notices, until now. If she worked at my company she would have been reprimanded and/or released from employment for such behavior. Take a look at our account balances over the years and our BofA credit card use. All of that will be leaving soon. Way to go Jenn!
I am a customer who applied for $200.000 Mtg: Loan at 3.875 as advertised, from Bank of America on my property which is paid off & no mortgage. My credit score was 755 & the BA qualified my loan application & ask me to pay $517.00 for property appraisal fee & to process the loan to check my property value. The Appraisal report came. The value of $390.000 for my property. When they email me the documents to sign I found the Closing Disclosure Rate was different than what they advertise & agreed locked. More the loan amount reduced more the closing cost go higher and higher.
We were shock how those people are mishandling the mortgage loan, DO THEY THINK CUSTOMERS ARE FOOLS? DON’T KNOW HOW TO READ? They were pushing me to sign & send the documents same day. But when I try to question them, they did not answer the phone. I left the message & my call was return by a different loan officer handling my file. They reduced my loan amount for $165.000 with different figures & the calculations were wrong & send me the documents to sign but I did not sign again.
When I called them again, they did not answer & I left the message. Then they called me by the 3rd loan officer name??? Appeared to handle my files & wants to reduce the loan amount to $150.000 by holding my property, which is appraised value of $390.000. I realized that this a “Scam” is going on after charging me $517.60 for loan processing fee to send the appraisal. Then reducing the loan amount to $150.000 & holding my property!!! Now the processing fee they change the figure to $ 640.00. I immediately called the credit card co & request to “stop payment” of $517.60 issued by the “City Bank”. And called back Bank of America & spoke to Mr. John ** who is the supervisor of the this 3 ladies who handled my loan & reported that I will report to Dept. of Consumer Affairs this matter. He sounds more respective & calm gentlemen to understand my matter & agree to help me again.
Few days later he called me back with different figures wants to offer the loan again & he wants me to pay back the “Appraisal Fee” to Bank of America. I wasn’t too sure to do it after I read the consumer reports against BANK OF AMERICA MTG: LOANS. After I read www.consumeraffairs.com/finance/ba.htm I was shock to realize that this Bank is corrupted. There are so many customer complaints written against Bank of America has “No Name”. 1,071,314 reviews on Consumer Affairs are verified.
I have paid in full The City Bank credit card & closed their account & this is none of their business to involve with me. There is nothing I owe to them. (City Bank) Yesterday, I got a call from a “law firm” filing a class action lawsuit against Bank of America who wants me to submit my complaint to join them. If you have any complaint please write me at my email to **. This will stop the crookedness of “Bank of America’s” Mortgage Department. BE AWARE BEFORE YOU STEP IN. THEY ALWAYS FIND A WAY TO RIP OFF THE CUSTOMERS. NEVER RECOMMEND TO ANYBODY.
I bank with BOA, and I thought getting a mortgage with them would be easy for me believing that a big company that BOA would know what they were doing. I was wrong. The loan officer seemed to know nothing about the process. I kept asking them if I had all my documents lined up, and provided everything they asked for, but as the closing date came closer and closer, they were not able to get "approval" from their internal department on the loan because they did not get the land documents in time. They freaking could not even reach out to my previous landlords to get my rental history. I am now set to postpone my closing day. I regret using Bank of America.
Unbelievable, how unprofessional and inexperienced my loan officer was, and when I finally could not take her incompetence anymore, I asked her manager take over the account. I did not want the process to slow down because of a complaint - a dilemma! First, the Loan Office meet me with an extremely low cut blouse, to the point it was uncomfortable having a face to face conversation. Does B of A not have a professional dress code? She would lose information, I had sent her (wow, that makes one feel that their personal data is protected). She called me one afternoon, with her screaming child in the background. The manager has been more interested in covering his butt than offering good customer service. I just can't wait for this to close and not have to deal with either one of these people again.
I have been banking with Bank of America for many years. I had previous mortgages with BOA before and after the mortgage crisis. It is quite natural to select your primary bank to handle your mortgage as you believe they have a great deal of information about your financial situation and access to documents, ie. bank statements, credit card history, credit rating, etc... I believed the process would be easy. I could not have been more incorrect. I had the displeasure of dealing with a duo who can only be considered dumb and dumber. I was asked to provide documents over and over again including a bank statement.
The salesperson and the mortgage "specialist" (in quotes because if that is the person's specialty - please get a new job) were never on the same page. I was told that my rate would not change if I chose to pay my real estate taxes on March 23 and March 29, I received an email that if property taxes were not escrowed, my rate would change. I sent a copy of the email to the mortgage rep who replied that her boss allowed a pricing error and we ate the fee!!! Seriously, what else would you do when you clearly misspoke... so that was a favor? My credit rating is above average but they did not negotiate the Lender Origination Fee. I have been waiting for an approval of POA for over 10 days. I escalated to the mortgage specialist's supervisor who must have done something because my POA is in the process of final approval BUT the supervisor told me she would call me and I never heard anything.
I now received a request for adding a clause to the POA and told it would take an additional 48-72 hours for the final review. My closing is scheduled for April 9. In February, I was approved for a different purchase pretty quickly but the deal fell through. Considering the work that was done for the first approval (purchase price between the two properties within $10k), this should have been easier and quicker. The process began on March 5. Bank of America should be ashamed of employing such incompetent and lazy individuals. I read reviews on the branch that my mortgage contact resides and they were awful. If you have a choice, DO NOT USE BANK OF AMERICA FOR MORTGAGES... high fees, low customer service, inaccurate information, slow to unresponsive and lacking in professionalism.
When we bought our home, we were still selling our current one, so only put 5% down and were told by our loan officer that once we sold our other home, we could recast the loan so that we would not have to pay PMI and get a lower payment based on a higher down payment. To be clear, we bought the new home in August and sold the current one in September - a month apart. Since October 2017, we have been attempting to get this promised (in writing) recast, with no luck as of 3/24/18 and I have spoken with FOUR very inept people so far. First, finding who I should talk with about the recast took over a month, then the four bozos began. Each bozo promised they would “take care of things” and nothing has happened yet.
On March 12, bozo #4 was overnighting documents for us to sign. Nothing. And I’m fairly certain that “overnight” with FedEx doesn’t mean 12 days later. If I could have given negative stars here, I would have. I’m not sure how all this will pan out. I DO know that this is the very last time BOA will receive any of my business, money, or recommendations.
I applied mortgage application online and also called to follow up my application. After 2 weeks, no one had been assigned. This is a big bank but very poor service. Not recommend to do business with.
There are hidden fees and explanations are not clear. We were doing a HARP at which time we were never late, always paid in full and always paid ahead of time. They put some of our payments in a suspense account to make it appear as if we were delinquent. Representatives assured us they would call us back and be the main point of contact. They did not keep their word. We became very ill at the torture they put us through in this process. We would NEVER recommend this bank to our worst enemy.
I purchased a home 2009 and was financed with BOA. After 4-5 years with perfect credit with them I lost my job. I applied for a loan modification. They never reviewed anything. Just sold my account to another mortgage company.
I had two loans with BOA- I've had to complain about them putting my MORTGAGE PAYMENTS in the PRINCIPAL or Escrow section - and then turning around and attempt to FORECLOSE on my house when I'm ahead in mortgage payments by 2 or 3 Months. (I have no prepayment penalty - and I did notify them 2013, 2014, 2015 and 2016 that I was doing that!) Well in June 2016 I received a FORECLOSURE NOTICE ANYWAY- that I was AFTER I sent them a letter proof of mailing and a confirmation they received the letter which included each payment they cashed a copy of the check clearly noting the mortgage PAYMENT and back that BOA cashed it 3 months in advance mortgage payments.
I sent the amount they wanted to stop the bogus foreclosure while I argued - but they didn't cash the first check sent immediately Aug. 1- so I sent another check for $25 more because I forgot the exact amount they asked for - they put that money in another person's account named Robert something living in Armaro, TX -and didn't apply it to my account! Then finally on August 18 - they cashed BOTH my checks (only one was suppose to be cashed!) and stopped the bogus foreclosure yet transferred my loan to Seterus and RUINED MY CREDIT - so now the remaining house I have with them had my insurance INCREASED because of the bogus adverse credit BOA applied making my mortgage payments increase by $100 a month. I have filed complaints with the CFCF OCC - but they don't do anything - and the OCC doesn't do anything either. They are all government scams that appear FOR THE PEOPLE- but they AREN'T!
I also filed a complaint to Ron Johnson's Senate office E-Mail: **... But guess what? That was in February 1, 2018 and as of Feb 28th BOA is now attempting to foreclosure on my remaining house again putting my MORTGAGE payments in PRINCIPAL instead of mortgage payments in advance and doing a bogus foreclosure all over again. I attempt to CALL -BOA as I did yesterday. But wait time is always 30 to 2 hour wait time. I called yesterday and got a supervisor I asked for after an hour. I told him my issues and Randy ** of North Carolina first words after waiting all that time... And blowing a gasket having to complain about the company EVERY SINGLE MONTH... FIRST WORDS OUT OF HIS MOUTH WERE... "I can't". I didn't even wait any longer for the rest!
This is outrageous that there is NO GOVERNMENT AGENCY made to help citizens actually HELP CITIZENS and only are for big business. I contacted the OCC, Help with my bank, Justice Dept, Senator office E-Mail: **. Scott Walker doesn't even respond to emails sent way in Dec. (12/28 and again 02/14/2018). NOT A WORD - no help at all. I'll be having illegal foreclosures letters sent soon I'm sure (since I'm paid up a month in advance). My insurance goes up - my payments go up because of adverse bogus foreclosures - they already took one house from me. Chase was ordered to reverse my foreclosure and found guilty of illegally taking my house by false documents and adding on their own insurance for $2200 which they billed twice in one months so I'd lose my house. Guess what - for my $165,000 I had listed with Multi listing during the foreclosure - I was sent a check for $8.95! NO JUSTICE!
Our local bank sold our mortgage to Bank of America several years ago. We have had no problems with them concerning auto payment of our loan. However, we have sold the house; and the process of getting thru to a representative to obtain closing statements (we had to get 3 because the date kept changing), is a nightmare. First, let me say that the representatives are trained well--both in helpfulness and accurate information (with one exception). Today, I had to get an updated closing statement, and was on hold 90% of the time between 9:30 am and 2:15 pm CST.
Next, If I ever hear a recording stating that says "my call is important to us," I will go crazy. It took me all this time (mostly on hold) to get what I needed to move the closing statement forward two days! That cost me dearly in terms of performing my "paying job." If a bank sells our mortgage loan to BOA in the future, I will figure out how to refinance it with another, smaller bank. I have wasted another few minutes with this review, but it was well worth it.
In 2004 I took out a equity loan with Countrywide and Bank of America. I was having difficulty making payments but I always paid sometimes late. Bank of America was not understanding and customer service was terrible. Bank of America sold my loan 2 times with Greentree and Direct. They also filed a fraudulent bankruptcy on my home. They charged all kinds of fees. But I always was able to pay. Now that the loan is almost paid they took the loan back from Direct. And are adding they say unpaid interest on the loan. Something called amortization. If I am one day late they charge interest and at the end of the year they add the interest. Making it longer for me to pay the loan off. Bank of America and Countrywide ripped a lot of people off. And still ripping me off.
We have had this horrid bank for 20 years. In the beginning, they were top notch with customer service, and our mortgage. Fast forward to 19 years later, mortgage was, sold. We are being completely ripped off and robbed by a home equity line that increased by 2 1/2 times the original payment. When trying to get assistance, (because they claim they are "here to help"?) Calling them is worse than a ROOT CANAL!! You are transferred 15 times, and assured that your situation is being handled... only to find out that they really could care less!! Nothing that I have contacted customer service about has Ever been resolved with 1 phone call... can't wait to get EVERY dime I have OUT of there!! I have even complained to Consumer Finance protection. To no avail... because Bank of America has their OWN representative that handles complaints!!! What a JOKE!!
Always friendly, helpful and seem like they know what they are doing! They are accurate and provide answers to any questions I ask. They are very helpful. They can answer all questions I have about their banking business. They are always cheerful, and it's a pleasant place to bank.And they are helpful with answering questions I may have.
Had locked rate that was not honored by BOA. Frustrating process with poor customer service. Felt cheated and taken advantage of. Over 12 years of doing business with them did nothing for us. Joshua ** from NC sucked and you could never reach him, he never responded to email or calls, never returned call, worst underwriter. We been self-employed for 6 years and Joshua claimed there was a risk in loaning money to us. The sellers were so nice, they kept extending our contract in hopes we get to closing. A week before closing Joshua wants us to give 150,000 as down payment which is half of the home value and he claims that there is still no guarantee we will get the mortgage.
What a joke. If we had $150,000 in cash we wouldn't ask for help. We will close our personal and business checking accounts after 12 years, they basically told us we don't care about you. He gave a word if we paid our car loans he will approve the mortgage. We spent almost 20,000 in cash paying off the cars, we lost three months in hopes we will get this loan, lost the house, lost the money that I could have used elsewhere instead of paying off cars. Keep in mind we make 200,000 gross income, and we were willing to pay 70,000 as down payment with a 760 credit score and they basically said they can't trust us. Well screw you Bank of America, because another bank not only pre-approved everything but already did all the paperwork in one day for another house. DO NOT waste your time with this bank. Go elsewhere please, stay away from this bank.
We have had a mortgage with BOA for the last 15 years. There website is very easy to navigate for all purposes. Whether you need to make a payment, or find any historical data pertaining to the mortgage, it is very easy find and print the information. Nice bank to deal with.
The company violated Reg Z and the grace period and had to back it out pretty regularly on our mortgage. Then they started nickel and dime charges so after 30 years I closed all of our accounts with them. I am a retired CPA, BSA and programmer. They went downhill fast.
I had a credit score of 892, a paid house worth 1 million and other assets, like stocks, bonds, worth also well over 1 million. I applied to BofA for a loan of 500K to buy a second house, planning to move over there and sell my actual house after the purchase. Initially, BofA said there is no problem, and after about one month of documents supplied, my application was rejected with no good reason mentioned. All attempts to find out why this happened were futile. Since I am a Bank of America preferred customer and I used this bank for all my businesses and personal needs, it was somehow surprising I could not qualify for this loan.
Update: Sent a few emails to their corporate offices in Texas and have a team of individuals working on a resolution of this issue. These individuals are completely focused on solving the issues I identified to them and I am hopeful that a resolution will be forthcoming soon!!!
We spent six weeks negotiating with Bank of America a loan for a resort property in our state. We jumped through every hoop, providing all paperwork, etc., negotiated an interest rate and for six weeks all was good. One week before our Friday settlement, we get a phone call that we may have a problem with the flood insurance on the property but that it will all be worked out by providing us with an exemption and that settlement should not be held up for this minor issue, oh, and, "Have a great weekend." This was 4:30 in the evening on a Friday.
After repeatedly contacting Bank of America on the following Monday and Tuesday with ABSOLUTELY NO RESPONSE FROM BANK OF AMERICA, we were contacted on Wednesday (48 hours before settlement) saying that Bank of America does not offer loans for waterfront property!!! We have lost almost $50,000.00 in penalties for removing monies from our 401K, expenses for the loan documents, appraisals, etc. During this process, all online updates took quite a while to make by the bank and I was reassured that everything was okay and that online updates just took a little longer. It has been a few hours since the phone call this morning and already, my online account has been wiped clean of the loan account information!!!
I have been with Bank of America since high school when I first opened my accounts with them. Their fees were always fine by me and I had no issues... Until I used them for a mortgage. This past fall I went in to ask how I could safely put cash (declared) into an account I would eventually use for a mortgage down payment. I was told, "Oh yes sir. You want a business account and you can use this for your mortgage needs." Fast forward months later (business savings account all stalked up with basically my 20% down payment) I found a condo, offer accepted and was already pre approved way back when.
A day after I signed all my disclosures, Chad **... My loan department guy calls me and says: "Sorry you can't touch the 20% down payment you just put in your business savings account because there's a law we didn't know about." Yet I opened my business account based on lies saying I could safely use that account for a mortgage. Better yet they tell me that money is now frozen and I could only use 3% of it for my mortgage... Yet my condo offer was based on a conventional loan which I was well prepared to pay my 20% on... But they blocked me and lied to me. And it ruined my first home buying experience/attempt. I will soon be leaving Bank of America because of Chad ** and the loan dep. They are one of the worst and most crooked banks out there and they lied to me, face to face and in writing.
Also fun fact my realtor couldn't believe they also asked for my 2017 taxes by 2 days after I signed disclosures. (Realtor explained most banks would give you longer or not need more than the 2 years they already had from me!) In closing all I can say is stay away from Bank of America especially in regards to loans. I will be buying a house in full instead this year thanks to Chad ** and Bank of America bittering my experience as a first time home buyer and being lied to and screwed over and losing a condo I did want.
Also in my denial letter they actually had the nerve to put... Lack of funds as a reason for denial. They literally have my 20%+ amount for down payment right there but blocked me and didn't let me touch that money. Do yourself a favor and stay away and make sure to especially avoid Chad ** of BOA North Beverly MA. or any of the Mass branches!! Bottom line... A bank who lies while staring at your down payment in the face... Should be avoided!!
I contacted BOA in writing and via phone to request that my PMI be cancelled based on PMI flyer included in my mortgage payment received letter. The LTV on my property is below 80% based on their flyer. I was told someone would contact me within 7 business days to let me know if I qualified. I exceeded all items listed their flyer. BOA never called and I had to file a complaint with Consumer Financial Protection Bureau to get a call from their compliance division. I received a letter saying that they would not accept my tax office appraisal value for my property, they said I had to pay $500 Core Logic to do an appraisal.
They also said that my LTV had to be 75% which contradicts the information sent out by them in the flyer. I asked if I could qualify by just paying down the loan to get it under the LTV requirement and they said (no) that I would still have to pay for an appraisal. They will milk you for every dime they can get. They are hoping that I will not pay for the appraisal and drop my request so they can continue with the PMI. Don't ever use BOA for your mortgage. Loan Depot, Quicken Loans, Rocket Mortgage, and etc. would be better. They want and would appreciate your business.
I had a bad experience with Bank of America. I applied for a mortgage of 150,000 with 20,000 down having no debt except a federal student loan with a payment of $279 + lease car payment $112 and a stable $72,000 salary from the City of New York. I was turned down because the mortgage broker could not figure out my salary. He was given all the paperwork from the City of NY, but could not comprehend 2 sentences in plain English.
My friend and I purchased our homes in 2009. I have NEVER been late with a payment. I went through a loan modification to get a lower interest rate and 6 months later, BOA informed the credit bureaus that I was late with three payments. I contacted BOA President in North Carolina and sent all the necessary documentation to prove that I had never been late with a payment and that I was informed while going through the modification period that if I was late or missed a payment that the modification would not be approved. I was assigned a loan officer who investigated and said that I was in fact late with 3 payments and I tried to tell her she was incorrect. I re-sent all my documentation and they still would not retract the fact that I was NEVER late paying them.
Well today I received notification from BOA that another company would be taking over my mortgage because these greedy, rotten ** sold my mortgage. I will NEVER deal with BOA again. I can't wait until these ** go under and all the top people go to JAIL where they need to be. My friend informed two months ago that they did her the same thing, sold her mortgage to another financial institution. I hate these **. I am going to refinance my mortgage through my credit union, ** ALL THESE BANKS!!! I hope somebody starts a CLASS ACTION LAWSUIT against them, I will definitely join in!!!
I had two loans with BOA - the one ending in ** was THREE MORTGAGE PAYMENTS AHEAD - when the computer sent me notice it was behind on or around June 20, 2016 - I don't have prepayment penalty. On June 29th I sent a complete list of all the payments (certified mail) - and even the canceled checks to BOA. - On Aug 2, 2016 CHRISTOHER ** acknowledged receipt of the detailed letter but I received a FORECLOSURE NOTICE ANYWAY on July 18, 2016 - even that my payments were 3 months Paid in ADVANCE! Asking for $12783.03 to stop the bogus foreclosure. I sent a check immediately that day for $1273.03 certified mail to stop the computer from foreclosing my house with a bogus foreclosure.
That check however was NOT acknowledge or cashed - so on Aug 11, 2016 I sent an additional check for $1300 to again stop the foreclosure and found that my check was actually deposited into someone else (Robert something in Amarilla, Tx) - so my foreclosure was sent to Seterus for foreclosure now 3 monthly payments ahead and two checks totaling $2600. to stop the bogus foreclosure to boot placed in someone else’s account! I made several complaints to the CFPB (one of several complaints) an alleged financial protection agency - but they don't do a thing other than push papers - same for the Office of Comptroller of Currency.
I'm still out the $2600. For the bogus stop of foreclosure - didn't get credit for all those payments BOA put in escrow or principal that started the attempted foreclosure and never was even investigated for putting my money in the account of some guy in Amarita, Tx (as you can see was crossed out on my second check to BOA and re-deposited in the Seterus account. BOA still has another loan of mine at a outrageous 8.25% interest and still is losing my payments and now recently they added about $100 to my monthly payments because of incorrect bookkeeping. I'd refinance but my ID was stolen and I keep getting bills for credit cards I don't have. They are really taking advantage of me.
I already told them months ago that I couldn't afford over $512.00 per month in payments which they negotiated years ago. - Now they are screwing me over again. I attempted to call them today but "Paris" in Tx couldn't even find my account by the account number and after on hold 30 minutes supervisor Naomi ** couldn't correct my account and couldn't give me anyone that could - as I have to complain or call every single month to straighten out my account! I need to have this Bank investigated for FRAUD - (I'd like my ID theft investigated as well - so I can get a better interest rate.) I need to have my account sent to a different loan company (NOT Seterus as they are in cahoots I believe!) Thank you - enclosed is the copies of the bogus foreclosure and of my two checks made out to BOA and cashed by Seterus after being deposited into someone else’s account.
My wife wanted to refinance her mortgage loan and take advantage of lower payments. After someone came to the house and did an appraisal l (not free) and after other charges they denied the loan because of low income. At the beginning of the process I told the agent that I was willing to sign the deal since I do have much better income. He stated, "Don't worry, you don't need to sign"... I seem the whole deal as a payday for a friend. The loan was denied, hate WBOA (Worst Bank Of America).
Horrible experience with OUR preferred bank for past 40 years. No customer service, arrogant loan processors, underwriters, inexperience staff. Avoid them at all cost!!! Got to other financial institutions who treat you with dignity and respect especially when you are their PREFERRED CUSTOMER for past 30+ years. They should have Senior Executive review their process review these staff and how they treat their PREFERRED CUSTOMERS. We have our entire household bank with BofA for past 35+ years and are COMPLETELY DISSATISFIED with BofA. I wish there was a survey form where I can provide reviews to Senior Executives at BofA.
I'm refinancing my mortgage. The title company needs the payoff information. They have requested it to be faxed twice. I've requested it twice. We've received nothing after two weeks. Every other company and loan I've ever dealt with allows the loan owner to print the payoff document from their website with a log on. BOA does not have that option and they don't respond to requests timely. This is extremely frustrating and quite frankly, ridiculous. I will never use them again.
First of all a little background. I'm a 53 year old eye doctor with a credit rating of 794. I own about $1,200,000 worth of real estate and about $300,000 other assets and absolutely no debt. Instead of selling one of my rental properties I decided to try a home equity loan. I was looking for maybe $100,000 to start up a business. They took 4 months of tediously asking for information every 2 weeks until after that much time they told me no. What a waste of time.
Bank of America is the worst bank in history. The customer service people are always rude. I have had Bank of America for a while now, and I wish I could have a better bank. Trying to lower my interest rate, tried to modify my mortgage, tried getting approved for HARP. And this Bank of America won't work with no one. I hate this Bank. BANK OF AMERICA IS THE WORST BANK. They overcharge, don't work with the clients. THEY JUST DON'T CARE CAUSE THEY ARE SO BIG. My name is Harry **. If a class action lawsuit comes up about this bank I would join. If they went out of business I would celebrate for 3 years. I never hated a place of business like this. DON'T USE BANK OF AMERICA FOR NOTHING. Don't give them more power. They need to be under investigation.
Not only worst ever bank, but worst ever anything I've ever dealt within 25 years of business. Pre approved for mortgaged, charged $600 for appraisal. Got email that said, “Sorry good luck with another lender”. -5 stars if I could vote that.
This was a great experience. Bank of America's staff was absolutely amazing. The process was smooth. Excellent follow up. The loan officer called to ensure I had everything covered.
Our Mortgage company went out of business and BOA took over our Mtg. They were the worst! Customer service was bad - communication was terrible and the whole take over was horrible. I would never use them again for anything.
This is my second mortgage with Bank of America. They have always been very helpful and it is also where I do my banking. I recommend them to anyone that needs a good thing.
Lost my home behind BOA! In beginning was paying extra principal payments. Years later my husband lost his job, tried unsuccessfully to qualify for a modification loan. After several reps, reprocessing, appeals, we were denied because our account wasn't in arrears (?!?) Placed house on market… 1.5 yrs on market during housing recession. We ended up having to perform a short sale.
I really liked BofA a lot but they sold my mortgage after about 5 yrs. Which I did not like and was without any talking to me about why this was happening. The company they sold it to is a Rinky Dink Company, which is only out to make a dime any way they can. I'm not happy about it at all!!!
BofA discriminates if you are **. I attempted a loan and noticed Oriental Cultures were greeted and given loans before **. So don't bother.
I have been a customer with Bank of America for 20+ years. At first I considered them to be very friendly. However, as time passes and business become mega, the sense of being personal has faded. The product list also has changed. You have to be very careful about what type of product you purchase and if it is what you need and can afford.
Our mortgage was bought by Bank of America on our old house that we moved from 2 years ago. Bank of America made us lose our house, we had to do a short sale. We had done a loan modification and was approved for it and had the paperwork in black and white. They never updated their files and our old mortgage was supposed to be added to the back of the loan and the modification was taking over. We were making our payments and they were applying it to our old loan and we ended up getting so far behind that we had no choice but to get out of the house to avoid a foreclosure. I lost count how many phone calls I had made to talk with our "account manager". A single call was never returned to us. If you want to keep your sanity and your credit in decent shape and keep your home, run away as fast as you can from Bank of America and NEVER look back or talk with them again.
This company is very professional and fully trying for all customers to fully absorb their recommended plans. They are also acting like your family member, to reassure that you know about all of their plans.
Tried to refi my land and mobile home into 1 loan. Person taking the info was aware I'd had the home converted to real estate from mobile home a few years before. Said it would be no issue. Never got anyone to the appraisal or contact me. I had to make several calls over the next 60 days with no response. It wasn't until I threatened to report them to every federal and state agency available that I got a supervisor to call saying I should have received a letter. They wouldn't refi because the appraiser told them - nearly 2 months previously - that it was a mobile home. She insisted I had received notice but nothing by mail or email or call was received by me. Amazingly 3 days later I got the letter saying they couldn't do the refi. Post mark date was the day after I talked to the supervisor. I immediately pulled my accounts from them (5+ years old) and opened an account with a credit union.
We have a refinance through BOA and we have had absolutely no issues with them. Their website is very user-friendly and easy to navigate. They hold our insurance and taxes in escrow and make the necessary payments promptly. Kind of nice not having to worry about any of it.
They're very easy to work with, organized, professional and friendly employees at Bank of America. Annual review went smoothly. They adjusted everything I asked for and did what they said they were going to do.
The first Mortgage we got was a 30 year loan (Fannie May) and we put 5% down. They said we would have PMI insurance for 11 years because we did not put 20% down. I called back and was told it would be the life of the loan. I waited 1 year, no late payments. I got a 20 year loan (Conventional). I got rid of PMI. I had a escrow account. They were taking out 6 months but under law, they are only suppose to take 2 months. I called to say I wanted to cancel this and it took a long time (6 months) to get a refund.
This company is of no help. They did not return calls and refused to provide viable options to keep my home. The home sold for 210k at auction when there was a buyer for 268k. This was devastating and I would never deal with B of A again.
I didn't have a choice, it was sold to Bank of America and I believe still sold again, however payments are to BoA. You are unable to reach a person by phone, request a payment to go to principal and they don't. Difficult to get an invoice on all principal and payments. Have to go to bank and request it and it takes 2 weeks to get the printout. Personnel usually not even friendly or helpful.
BoA has NO interest in anything but extracting every dime. Quick to impose on its customers but slow to do their own jobs. The worst, most arrogant company I've dealt with in decades. Never again.
When we applied for our loan, Bank of America lost our paperwork four times. I hand delivered it the fifth time so they couldn't say they did not receive it. No one from Bank of America was at closing. Before we made our first payment on the loan, they had sold it to another bank and did not notify us. When we tried to contact them, they would not return our calls. I would NOT recommend them to anyone for a mortgage loan.
This bank needs close watching and only cares for themselves. They don't care to help in unexpected disaster. They do not negotiate nor do they follow federal laws. They will skip over previous original mortgage agreement for what they want for their better profit.
I had been approved for a home equity loan, with a closing date. I called to go over the closing and was told that they had decided to pay off my student loans. Mind you, I was not in default on said loans. Yet they decided to pay off my student loans without ever discussing it with me. I said no emphatically. It is my decision. Well, they sent me a letter stating that I had been denied because I didn't make enough money. I was angry at first, but glad not to refi with them, cause at that point, they were very untrustworthy.
B of A took over my Country Wide Mortgage. I was unable to resolve the refinance issues and was in limbo until they passed mortgages off to Nation Star.
They are one of the worst banks in America. The government should have let them go under. I was with Countrywide and they bought the loan. Came after me, and I didn't do anything wrong. Payments on time, and you have to watch them, because they have a habit of losing payments when made in the bank. They will report you late when you are not, and you can't get it off your credit report. You mean the ** and ** of America.
Bank of America has been a great bank to handle my mortgage with. I had some challenges in the beginning, but they have now been resolved. Thanks to the loan modification that was granted to me and my wife. We are now able to remain in our home.
All they care is their profit line. Fees wherever possible for whatever possible and no freebies whatsoever. All they approach you about is about more business for them.
The interest rate increased without my knowledge and Bank of America would not refinance or explain the move. Then they sold the mortgage to a Loan serving company that will not assist me in any way. I feel as if I am held hostage.
A bunch of thieves, lied to several times, tried to do a refi with them, they input the financial information sent to them incorrectly, and denied the refi based on the incorrect information. When I pointed out the error they said they would correct it, but didn't tell me I would need to start the process over. I will never do business in any way with Bank of America.
My mortgage balance is currently 1,900 but they have me scheduled for payments amounting to 16,000. I have contacted them before with no cooperation.
We were having some financial difficulties, and I asked BOA if I could change the date of my payment to a later date in the month, and they said no. I don't know what difference it would have made. I also asked for a loan modification, and after submitting every document you could think of to verify the fact that we were having financial difficulties, we were informed that they were no longer considering our loan modification because we failed to comply with their requests. It was like jumping through hoops that were on fire.
They are the worst. First off they give me a modification after much ado, but they only lowered my mortgage by $44. I had a number of hardships and fell behind and they simply refuse to help. I have been attempting a short sale and have had an offer for nearly a year. They keep making ** up to close the offer. Meanwhile they send out a new appraiser, theirs of course and now they have upped the amount. They also declined the short sale and are starting the runaround game. Just Give Me the Cash for the Keys and I'm good. I been here over 10 years, it started out with Countrywide.
Bank of America is so unorganized, I fell late in my payments... Wanted to catch up so I had to send them 9500.00 cashier check, they lost it. I canceled it and a year later received the check back from them. I finally got everything straightened out through the Justice Dept. In my state who were wonderful. Wow and they are not a bank and was treated better and they knew all the answers. Nobody seemed to give me answers at Bank of America which delayed a lot of steps I needed to take. Meanwhile my payments were stacking up with late fees and also costing me lawyers fees because it delayed so much not getting the answers I needed. Just terrible having to deal with them.
I have to write about the most wonderful person in the world that helped me... Her name is Isluhwanna **. I believe she was my angel. I have been trying to get a problem with my mortgage fixed for weeks... Getting the runaround... On hold for 45 min. time after time. On this past Friday I got Isuhwanna. She went beyond. Hooked me up with who I needed to talk to while she stayed on the phone with me. I am sooo grateful for her. You have to know how awesome she is!!!
My mortgage modification was approved, I completed the 3 month trial payment plan, signed the new mod agreement at my attorney's office, he notarized & we sent them to BoA & their attorneys. BoA told us that the notary stamp was slightly outside the allotted space, I had to do it again. So I signed & notarized at a BoA branch. I made my 1st mortgage payment but BoA applied it to my "unapplied funds" instead. When I called to make my 2nd payment, they say it's still in litigation and they CANNOT ACCEPT MY MORTGAGE PAYMENT. OMG someone stop this hideous institution, it's poorly managed and is, quite frankly, a health hazard. I'm sending another complaint to my state attorney general. Everything about this bank is bad.
We have been in the same home for about twenty years. About 7-8 years ago, we refinanced with BOA. A few years ago we started receiving notices, around the same time as this that our payment amount would increase to cover anticipated shortages of escrow. You can opt out of these, which I did. I told them that if a shortage came up we would pay it. The man I talked to said that was fine. Last year we received another notice for the same reason. I called once again to tell them that we wanted to opt out. This time however, I was told that I would have to put it in writing and mail it to a particular address addressed to a certain person, which I did. I never received a response. So we paid the additional escrow which originally was about an additional 70.00 per month. I told them that it was an outrageous amount. So we quibbled back and forth until we agreed on an extra 40.00 per month.
Now we're in 2017. We just received another notice to up our mortgage payment by almost 40.00 by Dec. 1. I called the company to say that there is no way we are going to do that. A woman with the company answered my call. I explained the situation to her. I also mentioned that last year when we wanted to opt out, we were told to write a request letter that we never received a response to. She told me that she was going to transfer me to someone who could help me. I was on hold for approximately 40-45 minutes listening to crappy music, and every few minutes a recorded message would interrupt telling me how important my call was, and that someone would be with me shortly. I tried calling two more times after that, only to get the same thing. I left them a message in the contact section that ignoring me was not going to make me go away. According to the escrow info we received, we owed an extra 11.00 for the past year.
If you read the small print, it will say that they only have to send you the unused escrow if you pay 50.00 or more dollars per month. Nice way to keep your money huh? They should use it in anticipation of anything that might go up like insurance, taxes, etc. I will not play this game with them. I specifically told them that if there was any kind of shortage that we would pay the difference rather than have our payment go up. Now they want more, and we won't get it back if it's not used because it would be under the 50.00 range. So my question is, where is the money going? I smell a rotten red herring.
I've been requesting a mortgage payoff amount for near 2 weeks now. Initially called in and requested. Was told could not provide info at that time because of the loan type and someone had to put "hands on" to give correct numbers. I was assured I'd have a payoff within 24 hours. I had two options - via fax or snail mail. (Email not available). So I acquire a 24 hour fax number through an app. 24 hours later, no payoff.
I then logged into my account online and messages BOA through their internal messaging system requesting a payoff. Received response saying they could only provide the payoff to the owner. I AM the owner! Blew someone's mind that I bought a house prior to being married, then changed my name, I suppose. I messaged them again. They say they'll fax it to me. I requested and provided another 24 hour fax number (along with my email address). Two days later, no fax.
I emailed again and told them to just mail me the statement. Response said they were requesting it that day and would do such and should receive it within 10 days. They don't provide payoffs via email. (What a crazy thought.) So I received the payoff yesterday, 7 days later. Talk about inadequate?! Statement does show principal balance amount and shows interest accumulated per day. Great! But it does not state any fees associated with payoff (filing with the county, lien release, etc.).
Second, it doesn't show how they intend to pay the taxes on the residence (which were due 10/1, but they religiously have paid on 10/25ish). So there's no accounting for the funds in escrow. Next, there's a disclaimer on the statement saying the payoff is subject to change for "various reasons." Um. Isn't the reason for requesting a payoff so that you know exactly what to pay? And wasn't that the reason someone at BOA had to put their hands on it? But beyond all, what really gets my goat, is the statement on the bottom of the payoff that says "this communication is from a debt collector." WHAT?! My mortgage isn't late! What an inadequate and infuriating system to have to go through to merely payoff a mortgage!
Only thing I can figure is that because this isn't due to a real estate transaction or I didn't come into a wad of cash to pay a huge final amount, but rather the instance of a customer paying to the agreed terms of a loan for the entire term of the loan, they haven't the slightest idea how to properly provide a "true payoff." Unbelievable! To add to this mess, we are an active duty military family. We became reluctant landlords many years ago when Uncle Sam called upon us to move so this is now a rental property.
BOA suddenly decided to declare the property was not worth its value of the 1st and 2nd mortgage (BOA held both loans) combined and shut down the HELOC/2nd mortgage. Naturally, this was THE month prior to moving and we had planned to use a small portion of the funds as moving expenses (we had not quite saved enough cash to cover expenses). Home's value was minimum 50/50 loan to value at that time. I tried calling them. Didn't matter. I would need to go through a time consuming process to prove the value. (We were moving! Didn't have time!)
We aren't down for "handouts," but when assistance is needed for a temporary setback (moving again, so loss of spouse income for a couple months), one would THINK BOA might have a reasonable request process to qualify for such. NOPE. Would have to go through a full refi to do such. But the kicker of it all was BOA wasn't doing loans/refis for 2nd properties at that time! So, Bank of America, I fully understand you don't "owe us" any favors. But what you DO owe us is competent customer service employees and the reasonable ability to properly payoff our mortgage when we want to. So BOA, thanks for nothing!
I paid off a senior's Bank of America home loan. Bank of America kept the payoff for itself. This woman in her 70s has to keep paying or Bank of America would take her home. I reported this injustice to every bank regulator who did nothing so I took Bank of America to court myself. The Bank of America lawyer moved the case to another court that I can't easily get to then lied about Bank of America not receiving the loan payoff then filed to have the case dismissed.
I have filed proof the loan payoff was received and copy of the certified mailing receipt. Bank of America is willing to take every penny from a senior. Let that sink in. Bank of America is okay with threatening to take a senior's home if monthly payments don't continue after a loan payoff. I'm posting this story all over the internet in the hopes people will remove their bank accounts and loans elsewhere. Nothing you entrust with this bank will be safe.
My husband and I greatly regret starting the loan process with Bank of America and will be going to another company that will welcome our money without intense and nonsense interrogations. It has been a very frustrating experience for us. I would like to note specifically that after the same official documents had been requested and having been supplied multiple times to support our capability to pay a loan we continued to get the runaround.
Considering the discriminatory treatment we received we no longer want to do any type of business with this bank regardless. We don't recommend this bank for a loan or any other type of transaction. I was told by others even before I started to work with them that their customer service was awful. More than one person had told me that BOA would not allow them to withdraw their own money on several occasions but after this experience I'll believe just about anything. Complaining to the manager at the bank about the loan officer and the speed at which everything was moving along was just plain useless. He did however mention that we were the "type" of customer that BOA was targeting. Very unprofessional and terrible customer service.
I'm so disgusted with Bank of America. Here in Florida customers need every help that is possible. I spoke with a rep. concerning the program that is offered with the mortgage companies of deferring payment for 3 months and then resume normal payments after the 3 months. Every employee my husband speaks within the United States Marshal's office confirmed that their mortgage company offers this program without having to repay these 3 months back after resuming normal payment.
Bank of America's rep. advised me that they are aware of this program, but they dont offer to resume the normal payment after the 3 months, all 3 months must be paid up after resuming normal payments. A large entity such as Bank of America should be ashamed of itself. All banks can help their customers in this crisis, but the largest bank hold its fist tight. What a shame. I've been a loyal customer for over 40 years with all my banking accounts at this company. I was even an employee for 20 years with this company. Maybe another bank would begin to look a lot better than good old BofA.
Once again Bank of America disgusts me. As I stand in line for 20 minutes, as usual, to cash a check from my disabled 79 year old mother. She gave me a 100 dollar check to buy groceries. B of A bangs her and me for 8 dollars to cash it since I do not choose to bank with them. Every single time I go in to that bank they beg you to come bank with them. I got sick of going in there and being bothered with their hard sell. It's annoying. I'm on my lunch break, I don't have time now. It's just annoying. THEN they turn around and PENALIZE you for NOT choosing to come bank with them? So, B of A nabs 8 dollars out of my poor mother's mouth, and feeds themselves! Nice!
They must make a million a day stealing/penalizing folks who decide not to bank with them. I am so disgusted. Several years ago they only had to pay out a million to Mortgage customers that they screwed over. Then they stopped charging 8 bucks to cash a check as well. Now I see they are up to their old tricks again. We are going to my parents' branch this week to remove all of their money from Bank Of America, and go somewhere where we are CARED FOR. My parents have banked with B of A for over 30 years and this is whatcha get. HORRIBLE.
Please don't use Bank of America. After painstakingly providing documents and more documents and more. (Because they lost my initial documents)... And also going through what seemed like an IRS audit, I withdrew my application... 3 days later, they sent a "denial letter". What??? What a lie! It was a voluntary withdrawal based on their poor service and dishonest representations. I called them on that and they said, the only way to delete the application from their system was to issue a loan denial. Really? What about, "loan application was withdrawn by customer"?! The application was incomplete and not even completely underwritten yet, they were still asking for documents that I had already given with fax receipt (but they couldn't find them again). Just too annoying, I simply withdrew... And they issued a loan denial? Ridiculously unprofessional.
I live in Missouri City Texas and was I was impacted by Hurricane Harvey. I called and asked Bank of America Mortgage Dept. what kind of program they have for customers who are impacted by the Hurricane Harvey. I was informed that you can choose to have 1 or 2 or 3 months relief from paying the Mortgage but instead of putting the payments on the end of the loan with accruing just the interest like previously done during a catastrophe, Bank of America Mortgage Company decided to give you up to 3 months relief but on the 4th month you not only have to pay the 4th Month but you also have to pay previous 3 months payment as well.
The reason for that I was told by the customer service representative was because that gives FEMA a chance to cut you a check and you can therefore catch up with your Mortgage. I told the mortgage representative Fema checks are to repair your home and not to pay mortgage. I have been a Bank of America Mortgage customer for 12 years and never missed a payment. Hurricane Harvey is one of the worst storm ever and Bank of America Mortgage Dept. has no compassion for what happen to their customers. Instead of rebuilding your house, contents inside your house, car and most importantly your emotional situation, Bank of America Mortgage Dept. wants you to take your Fema check and pay them. I will look into refinancing my Mortgage with another Company very soon.