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Reviewed April 15, 2015
Bank was going to foreclose, sent me reinstatement figure which I paid in full however they are still claiming there is a negative balance due. No explanation of where funds are posting nor doing the modification or explanation why not.
Reviewed April 14, 2015
The property owned as ** (** Addition to Ada, Pontotoc County, Oklahoma). I have called and written a letter they received on March 30, 2015 about the house but can get no one to respond. The Ada Police department drug task force officer ** has called on the house also. There are squatters in the house with no utilities. If we can get the house donated to the city of Ada then we can build a park there. The need of a park is high priority as a sexual offender has moved into the neighborhood and a park will force him to move.
Reviewed April 14, 2015
Applied for simple equity loan to launch a retirement business venture. Funds were to be borrowed against fully-owned real property with a LTV of 60% and a credit score exceeding 750. BOA's historical and financially-crippling practices during the foreclosure crisis has deteriorated any and all quality of services once enjoyed by "preferred" clients. Underwriters and loan processors are seemingly without an ounce of confidence in their respective positions. They've "thrown out the baby with the bathwater". A word of advice to consumers seeking a new bank relationship: RUN FROM BOA and find a competent institution who has the capacity to properly service their clients
Reviewed April 12, 2015
Two years, 139 contacts from BOA. Told to "stop making payments." Had 800 plus credit score. Both seniors, disabled, and both had a 40-year work history, and 40-year banking relationship. SIX applications sent for a modification due to illness and hardship and both on SSDI. Their motto: "WE WILL HELP YOU." Bank of America Will NOT HELP YOU. They do not honor people of disability, or people who cannot be moved from their home due to illness. Have had as many as three points of contact in three days. BOA changes their phone numbers so you cannot reach the person you have been assigned. BOA loses paperwork. One BOA concierge told me 2 years later he did not see a file for us whatsoever. Oh yes concierge, what is that? BOA is not a grand hotel.
They deceive, misquote you, underscore the severity of your case, underestimate your honesty. They do not do appraisals, just drive by. My house could be a total wreck inside (not). BOA lies, cheats and rob you of dignity and hope. And all for the good of the INVESTOR. Have spoken with people from Virginia, Simi Valley, Dallas, Denver, Seattle, North Beach Texas, Arkansas and more... All of these contacts said they would help us. THEY DID NOT HELP US. Shame on BOA, President Moynihan, and all those who serve you. We are intelligent and academic people, we just need to be told the truth. Stop this sacred retention program now. Come out and HELP US. God Bless you.
Reviewed April 9, 2015
As a retired senior on fixed income, I am forced to watch my budget carefully. I have observed this mafia bank gouge my now deceased parents checking accounts with bogus overdraft charges this bank created. When I called that practice to their attention, they admitted it was illegal but just an accounting mistake from the computer software glitch. I am annually requested by BofA to cough up more for 'unexpected tax and insurance increases and other costs'.
I have never missed a mortgage payment and have had to make up a escrow shortage before with a more ethical mortgage company without complaint. This mafia bank so called 'other costs' is my contribution to the bonuses for the gouging brilliants, and I have always felt victimized ever since my mortgage ended up these parasites. I have requested this greedy bank to sell my mortgage to another lender but never got an answer. I have had mortgages held with at least 12 different mortgage companies since April 1974 but never been subjected to tactics of this unscrupulous institution.
Reviewed April 6, 2015
I have been working with Bank of America for over a year, trying to obtain a better interest rate on our home. We are currently paying 6.75%. BofA finally approved us for their "Loan Modification Program" and actually increased our monthly payments. We cannot find out if our interest rate will be adjusted until we have made our 3 trial payments. We were advised to seek help from Keep Your Home California, and were approved right away for the Principal Reduction Program. BofA will not work with KYH because we "do not meet the requirements". No explanation has been given. It is beyond frustrating why BofA would turn down money from the Federal Government. They should be forced to comply. There is no working with this company. They do not use ethical business practices.
Updated 6/29/2015 - For over a year we have trying to work with BofA to lower our interest rate from 6.75% to a reasonable rate. We have submitted every document on time, only to be asked for the same documents over and over, thus delaying the whole process. I finally came across a manager in a local branch who advised me to meet with a live person at a branch in Folsom. After one meeting with this agent, my request was completed and sent off to the review process. Our Trial Period Plan was approved and was to start in June. The trial payments were HIGHER than our regular payment. I was advised by an attorney to make the payments and see what BofA would give us when we completed the trial plan.
After making all trial payments on time, BofA was "pleased" to approve us for a Modification Agreement and a "more affordable monthly payment". The new proposed payment is MORE than the trial payments and MORE than our regular payments and they did not adjust the interest rate. It is to remain 6.75%. Now they are harassing me with phone calls and emails trying to get us to sign this document. Only an idiot would sign this document. Speaking on the phone with BofA makes me so upset that I become physically ill. Why couldn't BofA just do the right thing and lower our interest rate?
Reviewed April 3, 2015
We purchased our home in 2003. I lost a high paying job the following year and immediately contacted BOA. We were told we could get a loan modification. Waited for the paperwork and when it came, the payment was actually several hundred dollars MORE than the original payment. Sent it in anyway. They denied it stating that it didn't arrive in time. I have the FedEx receipt showing date, time and signature which was several days BEFORE the deadline.
Again, they sent another package, with an even higher rate. It too, was sent to them but never heard anything. In 2010, my ex left because he could not handle the stress of all this mess. They returned payments we tried to send it, etc. After ex left, they tried to bully me into leaving the home. The Deed of Trust was signed only by my ex, my name was not on it. I am on the regular Deed which makes me an owner of one half of the home.
When the bullying didn't work, they then forged my name on the Deed of Trust and stated that they had one with my name on it. That was in 2012. Amazing how they waited two years to "find" this Deed and it miraculously showed up. It's now 2015 and they continue to harass me. There is no shame to this organization. They are the biggest crooks in the world. I have suffered so much pain and mental anguish from this. I don't sleep well at night and I am now alone. What does it take to stop these ** from continuing their evil practices? Are there any attorneys out there that have the gumption to take them down? I haven't found one yet although they all agree I have been wronged.
Reviewed April 2, 2015
I was approved for a short sale to avoid foreclosure. I received a contract on the house. Bank of America counter offered the original price. Bank of America let the house foreclose even though there was a contract. This started in Nov. 2014. On April 1, 2015, Bank of America is now not accepting the short sale contract and completing foreclosure. The buyer has been waiting for over 4 months for this house and BofA is not following through with their counter offer (which the buyer accepted). Bank of America does not follow through with what they say and does not care about their process. They believe they will get a better offer by selling themselves. They are only out for what works for them and not their so called customers. They do not have a problem taking your house, they have a management company who will sell for a better offer now that the housing market is increasing.
Update on 4/27/2015 Bank of America responded they wanted to talk to me and left a number. We'll guess what? The ext. number is incorrect so the system tells you to go back to your original message then hangs up. Another way Bank of America avoids dealing with customers. Hopefully Bank of America will respond with a correct number.
Reviewed April 1, 2015
We had 50% down and credit scores above 760, however BofA did everything they could to delay the process. We strongly believe they didn't want to give us the low interest rate we were pre-approved for as there were far too many excuses to delay the loan. We almost lost the house! We got another mortgage with no stress from another broker - so we know it was not us!
UPDATED ON 04/27/2015: A rep from the social media team has left me two messages asking that I call him back. However when you ring and enter his extension the automated system doesn't appear to recognize the action. I called BofA customer and they too could not get through the bogus number. BofA is a huge time waster and I will be closing all my accounts with them as soon as possible. They almost lost us our house and then they were just as flawed when trying to answer my review.
Reviewed March 31, 2015
Bank of America wants to raise the amount of my escrow account. It was just review by SLS before the mortgage was sold back to BoA. If I do not send the escrow shortage amount it will raise my payment $196.07 per month. I already did a modification, just finished year 1 with SLS.
Reviewed March 27, 2015
I have a consumer fraud action against BOA & Greentrap. I was Granted a loan Mod. In 2008. Greetree recently provided the signed Doc from Countrywide @ our request, which really surprised us (My attorney & I). There were conditions; bring Helot current, pay 1st payment & send them $5800. All of which I met. When I called Countryripoff to make next payment, I was told; Loan Mod was denied because I had only sent $800. The $5800.. Of course I sent them copies of Bank certified check. They still haven't returned these monies & are still contending; they're not at fault. But BOA did recognized the monies (as funds held in suspense) in their 1st loan mod application (in writing) after Countrywide.
If I could find either someone who experienced a similar situation, A Countrywide or BOA employee that was involved in these Shenanigans that could prove the banks intentionally encoded checks in order to deny loan mods. If I could prove this, I would most likely be awarded punitive damages. This is the first I've written to anyone about this, except my lawyers of course. They are negotiating w/ the banks & our time for answering their discovery request is at hand.
Reviewed March 25, 2015
It took 3 years from start to finish to get my loan modified. I was never late on one single payment. They kept dragging their feet and got the paperwork wrong many, many times. I was switched from one case manager to another on a monthly basis. I truly believe this only got settled because I filed a complaint with the OCC.
Reviewed March 18, 2015
Due to hardship I fell behind in my mtg payments. I called on 2/6/2015 to set up arrangements b/c I had enough in my 401k to bring my account current, which was about 4500.00 est amt. Speaking with RM ** I was told he was unable to setup any payments b/c the account was locked. It had not been referred but payments are not accepted. The account was referred on 2/9/2015 and the attorney received in on 2/10/2015. In that time my quote increased now to 6500.
BOA charged me 935.00 to complete the referral package and the attorney charged 1100 est amt. This was provided verbally while awaiting the reinstatement quote which due to weather I did not receive until after it expired on 2/25/2015. I opened an escalated case and explained. I have the money but I don't understand why I'm being charged a total of 2000 est amt in fees and if they had accepted my payments I would have not been charged fees in the 1st place.
The lack of knowledge of the employees and concern regarding the timeliness of the situation lead to me requesting a breakdown of the fees which have now increased to 935.00 for referral and 1885 for foreclosure fees (total reinstatement is 8375.83). I opened another escalated case and was provided the attorney bill gt 3/16/2015 of 971. est. I have asked over and over... for a breakdown of the fees... the only amount that is showing outstanding by the attorney is 971 est.
So my next question to BOA was where are the other fees coming from? I was advised from the attorney that just provided the amount of 971. est outstanding on their books. So, BOA is overcharging homeowners with the hope they cannot pay the overstated amounts. In addition, I would not have any fees if they would have accepted the payment on 2/6/2015 of 900.00 then the payment of 4100.00 all made via bill payment.
Reviewed March 17, 2015
We applied for loan modification when I became disabled and lost my job. They told us to hold off on mortgage payments until this application cleared. They took more than three months, denied the application stating we didn't qualify for modification, and therefore foreclosure proceedings started. We had to file bankruptcy to keep from being homeless. We had lived here 15 years!
Also when I was sick the first time I was cut back to part time due to recovery from surgery, and sent them a partial payment, with the promise to send the balance on my next pay (Sent them my entire pay check). They called and said they did not accept partial payment, and assured me they were sending my check back. I held onto the money and sent a check for the entire payment the next two weeks I got paid. They had kept the partial payment check instead of returning it as promised, and cashed it along with the full payment check. It was a pain getting it back! Plus my account was overdrawn and three checks bounced, of which we had to suck up a $25.00 fee for each.
We don't call them ** of America for nothing. They sold our mortgage to Nationstar Mortgage, and I am so glad to be out from under BOA. Nationstar has been a blessing and a pleasure to work with, and are efficient, courteous, and TRUSTWORTHY. However we still are paying off a bankruptcy, which could have been completely avoided had they worked with us.
Reviewed March 17, 2015
We have been trying to get a lower mortgage payment since 2011. We started off going right to BoA, while they didn't immediately say no, they just kept putting us off. In the meantime we tried three different third parties. In which all three told us to Stop payment immediately. Not one of these companies did a thing for us, they all said BoA refused our request. So now we are out about 12000.00. So back to BoA asking for help... Still!! Since 2011 I've mailed the same paperwork over and over and over and they kept telling me something was missing. By this point I could tell them exactly where I put the so-called missing page in the packet. WE just want a mortgage we can pay, we want our home and just want to stop worrying, this is causing a rift in our relationship and my health has really gone downhill! PLEASE HELP!!! Signed, DESPERATE!!!
Reviewed March 15, 2015
Took over 2.5 months to get to the approval of refi. But that was only with some requirements before full approval. Got my info wrong. Asked me to immediately drive to college to get my transcripts. Asked for info on nearly daily basis. Asked to explain paystub. Asked to explain bank statement. Had to pay for appraisal 470 dollars. No refund even though they would not close the loan. Was customer for over 8 yrs. Other banks did not ask for that much info or a prepayment of appraisal. Most did not even request for appraisal I talked to. Junk bank!
Reviewed March 15, 2015
My loan had been modified about 3 years ago with Bank Of America. I am current on all payments and escrow payments. I took the modification 3 years ago after a bankruptcy to get a lower payment and interest rate due to divorce. The process went great. Last month I came home and found a FedEx envelope with papers asking if I would like to be considered for a modification that could include forgiving part of the principal. I sent my forms back with financial documents stating that I would be interested in the program that would lower the principal only. I got multiple requests from BAC within a matter of days asking for more financial documents. I then began reading the horror stories on the internet about dealing with BAC's modification process.
I never sent in the other requested financial documents, instead I called the customer service number on the letters I received and asked that they forget about the modification that I didn't want to go through with it. Again I am completely current on my loan and escrow and have been since the last modification. I received a FedEx letter last week from BAC saying that they understood I wanted to opt out of the modification process and sell my house and that they would start the short sell process. I never checked the box on the loan modification request form that I wanted to sell my house. I also was not aware that by filling out the modification request form to see what options were available to me, that I had entered into a contract to short sell my house.
Every time I call BAC I get someone different and I am told that I am current on the loan and not to worry that it is some kind of clerical error. I need help desperately. I do not want to lose my house.
Reviewed March 14, 2015
Applied for a loan mod with BOA, (after being told we had to be behind in payments for 6 months) in 2008 after the death of our son. After 1 year of sending documents (which they kept losing or saying they didn't receive) we finally got a loan mod, and were to begin payments 3 months later. Contract was signed and certified check sent. When we went to pay our first payment, a recording told us that our loan mod was cancelled, without reason why. I began to pay more, to try to catch up with behind payments only to have BOA send us back checks (anything above mtg payment sent) saying it wasn't enough to cover. I went frantic... I not only had to deal with the death of my child, but also had to deal with incompetent people at BOA, and the fear of losing our home.
I eventually found out why they cancelled my loan mod. They said they never received my certified check. Well guess what, not only did they receive it... it was negotiated (cashed) by BOA... so, obviously they did receive it and it was a screw up on their part. All I wanted was to bring my interest down, and lower my payments. Every time I spoke to a representative, they were clueless. I made payments until 2012, when they stopped accepting payments. I hired an attorney, who basically sat on his bum, until 2014, when we finally went to court, and the court ordered loss mitigation, in which turn... BOA, once again, denied a modification. I am now facing foreclosure, and have a trial date 3/18 of this year.
I was forced to go to Chapter 13, only to save my home... why is BOA allowed to get away with this? Were they not given trillions (along with other banks) to help homeowners keep their homes through the Home Affordable Act? Where is the help? I've read almost everyone’s complaints, which is very similar to my situation. You hire an attorney... for what? I don't want to lose my home. Had I known what was in store, I never would have tried to get help to lower my payments... which would have only saved me less than $100. Was it worth it? Absolutely not. I hope BOA gets what they deserve... I am so angry.
Updated on 05/13/2015: BOA messed up on my loan modification, by saying they had never received my certified check with the signed documents for the loan modification (which were mailed in the same envelope together - however, dates were different on check and documents). Found out that the check had been negotiated by BOA and in the checks department. They cancelled my loan mod without warning and no answers why. The Attorney General sent them my complaint and they responded to me via mail stating they did nothing wrong. That I sent in the check more than 10 days after receiving the signed documents. They stated that it is not their policy to tell consumers that they must be 6 months behind.
I believe that all of the phone calls are recorded (if I'm not mistaken). They should listen closely. In the meantime, they are now offering me a loan mod at $1100 more than what my actual payment was. Why. They need to fix their mistake. They should honor the loan modification granted in 2010. Had I not paid them during the trial, then yes, it would be my fault. I never got the chance because of the mishandling of the documents and the check, and began my payments again. They said they offered me a loan mod many times, and I never responded. Lies. I had an attorney, which they were aware of, and the only time they sent a loan mod application was because of the trial date we had in court.
I have an appointment with Bay News 9, and I will reveal everything BOA has done to me. I reached out to them for help in lowering my interest rate and mtg pymt after my son was killed in a car accident and instead of help, I have just filed Chapter 13 to save my home. They approved me for a loan mod at $1100 more than my original mortgage payment. I am mortified. I am so upset and angry. They didn't do anything to resolve their mistake. In the meantime, they had appointed someone to speak to me via phone. She called 2 times, and I called her 30 times... always went to her voice mail. And we never spoke once and yet, her name was on the letter I received from BOA - how ironic.
Reviewed March 14, 2015
I hated working for Bank of America short sale/deed in lieu department. I worked the 2 years and saw nothing but past due tasks and specialists who suck at doing their jobs. This is because the specialists that you're working with to get out of your loans are nothing but refined countrywide employees that Bank of America absorbed when they absorbed countrywide. In other words, the people that you work with at Bank of America to get you out of your loans are the same people that put you in them. They made the mess and for some damned reason they're still there. As of 3/31/2015 no more short sale or deed in lieu departments. They've finally managed to service release most of their countrywide files so there is no need to maintain the departments.
Reviewed March 13, 2015
Modification - Well it took 2 long years to get it finally done. I don't think they hire the brightest people. No one knows nothing and was always pushing you off to someone else losing a lot of documents. It just ran me completely to the ground. Was already sick with health issues and that's how I got on that situation and that company damn near killed me. I can write a book on that company but not wasting any more of my time. If you wanna get pre-approved for a mortgage hopefully it's not them.
Reviewed March 10, 2015
I wanted a short sale because of medical reasons. Since July of 2014 they did a modification to keep my so nhome. I wanted a short sale then they said I appealed it, I did not. They put me through a trial modification then I will be foreclosed. I need this short sale, I have a buyer.
Reviewed March 4, 2015
BOA listed my premium as partial payment then sent me a refund(?). They didn't like me questioning this and changed it to a late payment. But it was paid on the 15th and according to the bill is not considered late unless received after the 16th. I sent a certified letter and received confirmation of them receiving the letter, but no reply. I have now contacted an attorney to help correct this. Very frustrating and time-consuming.
Reviewed March 2, 2015
Our loan was sold to Bank of America after Countrywide went belly up. We have been with BOA for several years now and have never been late on our payments on our house that we have been in for almost 20 years. My wife and I were both downsized and making half what we used to make and now struggling. We have been trying to get BOA to modify our loan to lower our payments. Friday they declined to help us because we are not delinquent on our mortgage. So in other words they will help us if we stop making our payments and ruin our good credit? Bank of America sucks! I guess that's why they are in the news all the time!
Reviewed Feb. 23, 2015
I started a refinance in September of 2014- to pay off credit card debt. Submitted paperwork, and was ask to submit other paperwork several different times which was fine, but when I was left messages to call person handling loan would not call back sometimes until take 3-5 days bad communication. I was notified to close all credit cards - I did that. But due to lack of communication and not doing their job, loan went past due date - was suppose to close by January 20, 2015. I have left messages with person who started loan, their supervisor and their supervisor - no one will contact me back. I have been really stressed out and not to mention my credit is so bad now from closing all accounts that I can't even go to another bank to apply for loan because of credit. And I have paid for home appraisal and credit reports - need to get my money back. I need someone to contact me from Bank of America. I am so surprised with this service - it's sad.
Reviewed Feb. 22, 2015
Hello. My name is Anisa, and I am writing this through tears and great anguish of heart. It's a very long story, but I will try to be brief. I am a 40-year-old, disabled wife and mother of two children, one of whom has my same medical struggles. Years ago, my husband suffered numerous layoffs and decided that in order to ensure a steady income with proper insurance for our medical needs he should join the Army. After doing so, we were stationed at Ft. Bragg in North Carolina, and we fell on hard times financially trying to pay our expenses back home (which included a mortgage) along with our expenses in North Carolina. When we realized that we could not successfully make ends meet (about a year after moving there), we began contacting all of our creditors to see what our options were. These efforts went very well for the most part, or so we thought.
We managed to get all creditors taken care of quickly but one: Bank of America. What they were telling us seemed way too good to be true, so we kept telling them that we would discuss it and get back with them. We called more times than we could count, spoke with different agents each time, and were told the same amazing deal: "We have a program for our active duty military where they don't have to pay their mortgage during their service. It will continue to accrue interest, and you will have to begin paying it back again once you are no longer active duty. You can make payments if you want, but you will not be penalized for not doing so. It won't be reported negatively on your credit in any way." To good to be true, right?
THAT was exactly what we not only thought but expressed to them. They said they totally understood but that it was 100% legitimate. In fact, they didn't simply promote or recommend it to us, they practically shoved it down our throats. It was only later that we discovered this was a predatory program aimed at our country's military families. It is easy to sit back right now and ask how in the world we fell for it. You had to be there and hear how convincing they were, even saying, "It's Bank of America's way of showing our thanks to our military families." After months of conversations with them and promises of how great this program was, we signed up. Things appeared fine, and in fact my husband even called every-so-often to make sure we understood right and that our account was okay. Each time, he was assured that everything was fine and that yes, we understood correctly.
Some time later, I had to return to Oklahoma with my children. My husband had been stationed in a very problematic unit, and he was suffering threats from others, and someone even tried to break into our home, as he tried to change things. (When it rains it pours, as we were about to find out. ) My husband was now in the beginnings of a breakdown that would later be diagnosed as PTSD by an Army therapist after nearly being shot by a fellow soldier while on base. She told him that being in that unit was like being deployed nonstop in a war-zone for 4 years. The officer who he was working with to combat the illegal activities was shot and killed, just feet from him later. When I returned to Oklahoma, we had to get a second vehicle so that my husband could keep ours there with him in North Carolina. THIS was when things went from bad to worse.
We discovered that Bank of America had broken the agreement and had reported negative information to our previously immaculate credit. We immediately contacted them and were assured that it was all a mistake and were given tons of apologies. In the meantime, we had someone co-sign for us (something we NEVER had to do before). That was roughly 4 or 5 years ago now. (Honestly, it has been such hell that I can't even remember exactly.) Over the course of these past years, it went from, 'Oh, we're so sorry! That should not have happened! Yes, you're right, the agreement did say that this would not happen,' to 'We will get this fixed, and you're credit will be repaired within 30 days,' to 'We sent you a letter,' to 'Well then who WOULD pay your mortgage if you don't? ' to 'We told you we won't fix your credit,' to now suing us and threatening foreclosure.
As for the letter they claimed to have sent us, we NEVER got it, but we have gotten all of their hate mail. We were told to ignore the letters because we were working with them and that foreclosure would not happen. We were even told once that they had to discontinue that program because their auditors, or something along those lines, told them they couldn't continue it. I reported Bank of America to the Better Business Bureau twice, and within a few days each time, they called asking for us to give them another chance to fix things. We aren't vindictive. We agreed to give them another chance each time, and each time they were eager to help for a few weeks, only to then start the same garbage again. We have been assigned multiple different agents to "help" us get this fixed, only to be pawned off to another later. Most of those failed to return calls or claimed to not have received paperwork that we would repeatedly send them.
Then, last November or December, we attempted to contact our agent, only to be told that he no longer worked for the company and to be given the name of someone else who was NOW our point of contact. Then, within a day or two, that so-called former agent called us and said he didn't know why we were told that. During that conversation, we even caught the agent in misinformation, which is also a reoccurring theme with them. We called him on it this time, to which he said, "Well, we just made a mistake." So I reminded him that he told me before they didn't make mistakes and that this was all on us. Seriously?! What the heck is going on with Bank of America, and WHY are they doing this to our military families?! We have never had problems like this with any other creditor, and prior to this we were excellent customers who paid more than the amount due most of the time.
Bank of America is destroying our family. My husband is now suffering from mental illness from everything we've been through and continue to go through that I cannot even tell you how scared I am: for him, for us, for the future... Please help us! We need a lawyer, but we have no money. So, we need to bring attention to Bank of America and it's practices against our military families. I beg of you PLEASE. Help us. You may call me any time, and I will happily provide a copy of previous letters to both Bank of America and the Better Business Bureau. I know how stupid we sound for falling for this predatory program, and we know how stupid we ARE for having done so. But they were SO convincing, and we truly needed to find a solution. We did the right thing by repeatedly calling to make sure we were getting the right information. Please.... Help us. I can't even go into detail about the damage this has caused my family.
We just want this to stop. We just want this fixed and for Bank of America fix the damage they caused with our finances/credit. We don't want anything else. Please. I cannot help my husband heal and my family heal from the effects of his mental illness with Bank of America telling us lie after lie and destroying our life even further because of this predatory program that they themselves admitted numerous times promised what we claimed but now say they can do nothing about. They may have a letter that they sent, but we never got it, and from how reliable we were as customers, they should have seen that there was a problem. Likewise, they had our contact information in the form of phone numbers but never called to discuss our options before just breaking the agreement.
We did everything we could to avoid this, and had they simply told us before breaking the agreement and ruining our life, we WOULD have found a way to work things out, as we always had in the past before this mess. I'm sorry this was so long. There is more, I'm sure, but I'm too distraught and terrified to remember more right now. I'm begging you to help us, please. I am also filing yet another report with the BBB, and I'm sending this to local and national news agencies, our state representatives, the White House, and anyone else I can think of. We just need help, but it seems no one cares enough to help. I pray that someone will. It doesn't take much research to find that Bank of America makes a common practice of misusing loan modification programs in this fashion and that we are nowhere near alone in this problem.
Reviewed Feb. 20, 2015
I have been requesting help to lower my interest rate from Bank of America since 2012. The HARP program & loan Modification I was declined for both. I applied several times for HARP program. My loan was sold to Bank of America. This bank is not helping people keep the property regarding the lawsuit. I have Condo they requesting more insurance coverage. I need help with my loan. Also applied for loan modification twice.
Reviewed Feb. 11, 2015
I have to keep this short so will try to explain in short. They put my loan into foreclosure and added lots of charges on and kept saying they were there to help. They ended up giving me this. Original principal balance: $114,000.00. Current principal balance: $121,081.19. Current interest rate: 3.000%. Remaining term: 38 years, 3 months. Escrow Balance: $159.43.
THEY got government money to help homeowners but really helped themselves adding on to my loan. They were wrong putting it into foreclosure when one payment was in default which I would of gladly made up had I known. I had to take their adding on all they did or lose my home. They also have me behind on my credit report which I asked over and over for them to correct. THEY ARE VERY CORRUPT AND I ADVISE EVERYONE AVOID ANY KIND OF BUSINESS WITH THEM. Year-to-date interest paid: $606.53.
Reviewed Feb. 5, 2015
I'm a disabled veteran who started a loan modification to lower my mortgage payments. Once I became disabled money wasn't the same. BOA gave me the run around for about over 10 months. I sent a tons of documents and budgets over and over again. Every time they assigned someone different to my case, I had to re-explain what I was requesting and I had resend documents. At some point they told they could only offer me a short because my expenses were more than my monthly income of $****. Only problem was that the income they indicated on the letter was twice as much of what I make. I have no idea where they got that number from since I sent may paid stubs and bank statements. They review my case, I resent tons of papers again and 3 months later I got the same result. I DO NOT MAKE ENOUGH FOR A LOAN INTEREST REDUCTION.
Reviewed Feb. 5, 2015
I have been reading complaints about Greentree Servicing and I too experienced their rude tactics but more recently I have had better experiences. I wonder if there is anyone whose mortgage was sold to Greentree who experienced what I have. We were in deep trouble with our mortgage through Bank of America but they kept stringing us along with threats of foreclosure and delaying our HARP refinance with excuses like they need more info etc. I feel like they hung onto us until they got the government money for homeowner bailouts then sold us to Greentree because we were high risk. Before they sold us to Greentree it was moved very quickly they basically said agree to our proposal or lose your home. What I failed to notice was they took all of my past due payments and interest tacked them onto the end of my loan along with 10 more years of mortgage payments.
I thought the homeowner help was to put the balance due on the end of the mortgage but not add 10 years of payments. It was very obscure. I did not notice the principal balance until it was sold to Greentree and received my first statement, by then I already signed the loan in hopes of saving my home. Basically, when they sold my Mortgage they added 23,000 to my principal and it went from a 29 year loan to a 40 year loan and I signed like a dummy. I had no choice it was either sign or foreclose. I had just mailed the paperwork back and they sent me a notice stating Greentree would be servicing my loan and to make my new trial payments to them. Also when these HARP workouts are set up I was told it should reduce my monthly payment and it didn't. I hope someone looks into my case because I'm sure BOA is hiding a lot of money in the sell-offs.
Reviewed Feb. 4, 2015
Bank of America representatives have committed fraud and theft by taking payments from me for nearly ten years. Americans have financed corporate leaders personal lifestyles. If you request proof of lien and they don't provide it, if you have not made payments for the past year or two and they will not foreclose on the property, if the loan is not registered with the county court where the property is located with BOA listed as the lienholder, then you are most likely being robbed. I was outraged when I found out what they were doing. Pay attention people to the agreement with the US Justice Department. I am telling my story and fighting back. GET YOUR ABSTRACT FOR FREE AND FOR GOD'S SAKE AND YOURS, READ THE THING STARTING FROM THE TIME YOU PURCHASED THE HOME. Will be blogging on this soon. Watch for my story.
Reviewed Feb. 2, 2015
Trying to close on selling my house. Bank of America recorded a HUD modification document twice - 2011 and 2012. Need to get the 2011 removed by them recording the document to Stutsman County Recorders office. I have been working on this since Oct - Nov 2014. Every time I call new person, can't find the document - does not know how long. Angry.
Reviewed Jan. 31, 2015
I would like to explain our situation. Last year both of us were disabled due to injuries and since my wife is in a Nursing Home due to a Traumatic Brain Injury. The end of 2014 BoA told us we owed $1100.00 without an explanation. Wow what a shock. Contacted the bank. Still no response. Then last year's payment monthly $1525.00 still manageable. Then a shock beyond all expectations. Mortgage went up to $1770.00 now in 2015. A huge increase. We are both senior citizens living in an active adult community with a small parcel of land.
Reviewed Jan. 30, 2015
So we begin back in 2009 when we had our house built. We used the builder's financial institution so that we could get all of the goodies offered with using the builder's preferred lender. With our original mortgage we were told that we needed to send in an extra check each month for our escrow account to cover taxes as the property showed undeveloped and once shown developed the taxes would go up. We did this the whole first year sending in two checks. One check was for our mortgage with mortgage and our account number written in the memo line. The second check had ESCROW ACCOUNT written in the memo line with the account number.
After a few months of moving in our newly built home, we were notified that Bank of America had bought our loan. No big deal. We continue sending two checks each month as before now made out to BOA. After almost a year with BOA we are notified that we owe five thousand some odd dollars to our escrow account. It turns out the checks with ESCROW ACCOUNT were applied to our principal instead of the escrow. After numerous calls to BOA we now are told our mortgage payment will be raised to over two thousand dollars from the original $1479 plus escrow payment. I explain the situation to numerous BOA points of contact we are assigned along with BOA escrow escalation dept. We get nowhere. We still continue to pay our original amount to BOA during this time.
We are now told we can apply for a modification to assist with our mortgage. We go through several BOA staff trying to complete the modification with repeated "lost paperwork" etc. We finally receive the approved letter for the amount of eighteen hundred some odd dollars and cents. We continue making our original payment amount still arguing the escrow issue. BOA now says we are behind and in danger of foreclosure. Fast forward all of this back and forth to Oct. 2013 when on the third modification we finally get for a payment of $1649.
On top of this we were told by BOA that we never should have had to make the payment to the escrow account with the second check, that it had already be calculated into the original $1479. We make all trial mod payments and reapproved for the modification. We continue making our monthly payments but due to a "computer glitch" in the BOA computer 4 of our payments are held due to the modification not being closed out in their system even though we had received and returned the final mod paperwork. We now get a new letter saying our point of contact with BOA had changed again (4th person).
Now in 2014 we hit a hard time when our child is hospitalized and we miss one payment. We explain the situation to BOA with no help. We now begin receiving default and foreclosure letters. We email who we think is the CEO of BOA explaining the situation to be contacted by a female from the office of the president with BOA. We explain everything to her and she is able to fix our modification in the computer system to close it out. She says she has to speak with her manager about the other 4 payments rejected due to their computer error.
A couple of weeks go by and we now are advised of having a new P.O.C. from the office of the president who demands we make the 4 payments or risk being in default. We explain the situation to him and how the previous female was to speak with her manager about the payments held by the computer glitch. He advises there is nothing to be done about that except pay them all now or risk being in default. We continue to make our payments as best as possible and miss a payment due to an unexpected expense.
Now in 2014 we receive all of the legal notices about foreclosure, auction, etc. It now becomes impossible to reach anyone at BOA. Calls go unanswered and unreturned. We try contacting HUD who directs us back to BOA. Our house is placed up for auction at the county courthouse with no buyers. Our house is then listed online on a third party website for auction that closes every few days until finally listed everyday. We are now being contacted by an investment company stating they have purchased the property and are to close Feb. 11, 2015 and want to discuss an exit strategy. The saga continues as we have now contacted a lawyer to assist us. We will keep everyone updated with the status as it proceeds. We need to stop letting this big bully push around all of the little guys!!!!
Reviewed Jan. 27, 2015
I was handling a deed in lieu for someone with dementia which I have a POA to do so. A Bank of America employee had suggested that I do a deed in lieu versus a foreclosure. I agreed because I always try to do the right thing. I am old fashioned in some ways for sure.
To make a long story shorter, the process took over a year and at the most it should have taken a few months, some sources have said a few weeks? I found out that BOA fired the company that had been handling the process for months and months but why did they wait so long? Of course, I was not told why. Then, BOA parted ways with the lawyers office that was handling the legal part and hired another. In the meantime, the person's dementia that I was handling the process for got worse and he had to go to assisted living. It costs several thousand dollars per month plus all extras I have to pay also. Needless to say, I also had to pay the electric bill at his home because you cannot cut it off. Plus a good amount of money per month for house insurance.
I wrote a personal letter to the BOA CEO, Brian Moynihan, who has only been CEO for a few years. I explained everything that had happened each step and asked him if he could please consider reimbursing us just some of the cost since it had taken an excessively long time. I never asked for any certain amount. I forgot to mention that during the long process I would call fairly often, without being a nuisance, and the majority of the time would not have anything but a voice mail and did not always even get a call back. Of course, some will consider me naive to think that I would get anything back. But I do see the world the way it "used" to be and I probably always will until I pass.
But I can tell you that the very best customer service in our country is Wells Fargo who was Wachovia. If I could write a longer story, I would tell you two incidences that happened to me personally; one involving the Vice President of Wachovia (for the entire country) and another one involving a branch manager of which was Wachovia at the time, but you may not believe me. But it would restore your faith in the human race. Sometimes, some not all, of the CEO'S forget about us "little" people. They make so much money that they can lose their humanity along the way. The bottom line becomes money at all costs. Without the people, there is no bank. One" humble" rich man comes to mind - Mr. Warren Buffett should be a role model.
Reviewed Jan. 24, 2015
This horrendous bank said I was missing a payment. I faxed in receipt of payment. Since then I have been inundated with mailings, fed ex letters, phone calls up to 8 in one day. At first I patiently explained that I had corrected their error and to please stop harassing me. This seemed to encourage them to escalate the torture. On 7 occasions they sent someone out to check if the property was occupied. I have owned the house for 20 years. For this there is a charge added to my account. The sum has amounted to thousands. To further the unbearable lack of professionalism, they make appointments to call me while they research and then do not call during the window of time. This is an atrocious institution which is an embarrassment to use our country's name. Avoid doing business with this horrible excuse of a company.
Reviewed Jan. 20, 2015
I have been attempting to do loan modifications for years with Bank of America to save my home. After several attempts and numerous booklets of paperwork, we were turned down for conflicting reasons such as either not making enough money or making too much money. We received the run around for years. Now Ocwen has taken over the mortgage and they are just as bad. We are now at the point of trying to do a short sale. We have received several offers at a fair market price and the bank has denied all of them. They are moving forward with the foreclosure despite me having a court order to put it on hold. I'm sure this is illegal. They have even changed the locks on the house!! This is the worst experience I have ever been through! Bank of America/Ocwen should be stopped from putting families through such turmoil. I am requesting someone to contact me and offer assistance and intervene.
Reviewed Jan. 13, 2015
Applied for a HELOC loan. Provided all the information in person. Had little or no response. My wife and I are well qualified. We have over $100,000 sitting in the bank. I wanted the line of credit for quick investments to make cash offers for real estate. The application was closed with no real reason. I reapplied again, and the same thing happened. The application closed. Try calling the loan processor 5 times with my contact number, but never got a call back. It appear that BOA is only moving paper and documents around as if they are making HELOC loans. I had that impression initially, but for same to happen a second time. It would be curious to know how many HELOC loans were made in 2014.
Updated on 01/19/2015
So on Sat 17th of Jan. both letter of request for "copy of mortgage note" arrived in the mail. Letter dated 12/30/14 requesting response by Jan 09, 2015. But letters were post marked Jan 12, 2015. Again, the request was never post on the HELOC online status tool. No one from the BOA called requesting the information. The letter requesting mortgage note is not specific as to which mtg note. I might have sent the wrong mtg notes prior.
Reviewed Jan. 11, 2015
Taking 8 months to modify second mortgage - I had hired a professional to help me deal with the bank and she is baffled by them! We have sent the paperwork in twice and that is a big file now. The first time now they sent a letter that they were working on it then without letting me know sold it. Now they said they were working on it and nothing. I want to file a complaint.
Reviewed Jan. 8, 2015
Need Help! In February of 2014 my husband lost his job of 8 years so to stay employed he had to be transferred 1300 miles from our home. So for months we have been trying to run two households and finally decided we had to move the family or face no longer being able to make our mortgage payments. Over the last 7 years we have been in our home, it has lost over $112,000 in value so when I called Bank of America in October 2014 and told them we were going to need to short sale our home because of the loss, they sent me to their Short Sale Department and we were told we were pre-approved for a short sale and to stop making our mortgage payments. Next I contacted a Realtor and put the house on the market in mid October. Bank of America had two separate appraisers come in and appraise the home and came back and dropped the selling price another 26,000 in December. Meanwhile they have had all the required paperwork for the short sale since the beginning of November and have requested nothing additional from us. With the house priced to give away, we had an offer in 5 days of the price drop.
The offer was for above the asking price which was sent to Bank of America on December 18, 2014, they then came back and said that they needed more paycheck statements which we sent them. On January 6, 2014 I get a phone call from Black Knight, a company apparently B of A uses to shuffle paperwork around so they don't have to deal with customers that tells me my loan has been sold to another company. What this means now is that I'm now facing foreclosure because it is January and I'm now 3 months behind on my mortgage because B of A can't process a short sale that was approved, a offer on the property above what they had priced it at, and buyers who are also approved for their loan. This should have been completed in hours not days. Bank of America purposely sat on the paperwork, how can they do something that literally sends a home into foreclosure? I have tried to contact my representative at B of A but of course can't get through because they no longer service my loan, and the customer service agent I spoke to today won't even give me her last name.
We are moving and had no choice but to sell our home, they assured us that they would handle the short sale process. The house will be empty next week and the perspective new buyers could be moving in but apparently B of A would rather see the foreclosure - no wonder they have had so many lawsuits.
Reviewed Jan. 8, 2015
I have been trying to get a home modification for the past 8 months, now BOA come with a capitalization home modification that will have my loan amount more than the original amount. It is crazy. I am so disappointed with BOA; it would be too much to type. I just hope you be wise and seek legal advice because that's where I am at. If I could sue them I would but for now I'm just trying to avoid foreclosure.
Reviewed Jan. 3, 2015
I would like an attorney to take my case and create a class action because I have been dealing with BOA for more than a year trying to modify or refinance my HELOC. I have evidence of them misplacing documents prolonging the process and creating lots of frustration over the past year. Their unprofessional behavior, lack of communication, inconsistent information, and overall runarounds needs to be stopped. In addition, no one will talk to me in person, only phone assistance is available. No one is willing to provide information on settlement that was agreed for people in my situation.
Reviewed Dec. 30, 2014
After six and a half months of what was a constant back and forth of constant document submissions and verbal confirmations, we were denied a modification. We believe our NPV is miscalculated, they did not use the gross income amount we submitted and the raised the value of our property using some convoluted explanation of a model used to evaluate our property which now shows that owe less than what our property is worth. On page three of the evaluation are programs they point out that we did not qualify for ie: Hardest Hit Fund Program of which they used an inflated gross income that would exceed the states hardest hit guidelines for what they call an average median income so therefore we did not qualify.
We continued to make our payments through this process which brings us to the Bank of America Loan Modification Program which states that our loan is no longer delinquent and that we have not demonstrated the required hardship in paying your mortgage. (Really?) This statement puzzled me because had we not paid our mortgage we would be subject to losing our home. I called back to confirm this section at 9:38 PM and asked, "If I were delinquent, it sounds like I would have qualified in this section" and I was told YES. So it's as if I was told that I should have held back on my payments!! BofA'S abstract explanation of qualification is a fine line between what the government offers to help homeowners and Bank of America's world of qualifying the homeowner. The enclosed NPV (Net Present Value) chart is nothing more than Bank of Americas Model to disqualify the homeowner.
Updated on 1/15/2015:
Well here we are again. I received a letter dated January 5th after the denial of my modification from BOA not to mention the frustration we've been through since June 18th of 2014, all of which we tried to originate in January of 2014, they are introducing a new customer relationship manager. Now mind you, we received a letter stating they were closing our case due to information they did not receive (of which we sent only four time prior) only to find out our case was still open two Customer relationship managers earlier. After the letter, I made an attempt to reach out to the relationship manager on 1-12-15 at 1:46 pm to no avail being transferred to his voicemail. On 1-13-15 I received an introductory call from the relationship manager after going through the confirmation details, and we were disconnected. I waited for the callback and after a few minutes thinking they would try me back. I reached out to them at 4:28 pm only to be transferred to voicemail again because the recording said "Your Customer Relationship Manager is not available"!! WHAT?? I just talked to him a few minutes ago!!
Two days later, I receive a call from the Short Sale Department. 1-15-15 at 3:31 pm WHAT?? SHORT SALE? FOR WHAT? Stating the she would be closing our case if they do not hear back from us today all of which she called (our home while were at work) ten minutes before she was scheduled to go home for the day. "WHAT"? Just how are we to respond in such a short notice?? With all of the assistance programs the government have put in place of which BOA appears to have strategically disqualified us for is suggesting that my only option is a SHORT SALE? Are you kidding me? After 14 years of making my payments and living in a home of which was our first home together and have grown to love, BOA says SELL IT?? The stress and mental anguish, not to mention asking us to restart a second modification application, all of which was denied in the end? We have been grossly mishandled and insulted! Home ownership should be a pleasure not a nightmare!!
Reviewed Dec. 24, 2014
I spent the past two months seeking a "Special Forbearance" from BOA. I have an FHA backed loan, have never missed a payment, made a late payment, nor have I ever been short with a payment since I bought my house 4 years ago. Recent medical bills created a situation where I need to seek help deferring my payment for a month or two. I spent two months dealing with a very inept "Customer Service Representative" and at the end of this period, after sending copious amounts of paperwork to them, was informed that because I had an FHA backed mortgage, I did not qualify for an FHA backed loan. Why was I not informed about this at the outset? Horrible service, horrible attitude on the part of BOA employees, and no indication that they are at all interested in working with customers... I finally withdrew my request... horrible experience.
Reviewed Dec. 21, 2014
It all started in Late April 2014 when I was Fired From Aeronet, Inc. After being a dedicated and loyal employee for 27 years. I was worried that I would not be able to pay my mortgage if I couldn't get a job right away and decided to check into a loan modification. My loan like many was Countrywide until they were bought out by Bank of America. I did not have an issue with B of A home Loans until I received a letter at the beginning of the year stating that they may raise my rate, to be sure I had enough money in my escrow account to pay my taxes. I have always had enough in account so didn't worry about it. Well, they raised my payments the following month. I realized that they most likely did all this because I was paying more than the required amount. I don't think they want you to pay off your loan early. Charging me more for my escrow account would keep me from paying more on my monthly mortgage. Of course I wasn't thinking that when it happened. Anyway I called them and demanded that they do not charge me more and put it back the way it was. They did and all was good till I looked into a loan modification with them.
When I spoke to them over the phone for the first time, they asked me a lot of questions and after they finished, they told me I was illegible for a modification. They had me send them all kinds of information like I was applying for a loan, which I suppose I was in a way. By his process took over a month because the kept telling me they didn't receive things that were sent to them several times. Finally they had everything. Then they took another month to tell me I was approved for a modification and sent me their proposal to sign if I wanted to go with the modification. I read it over and they gave me the same interest that I already had and lowered my payment like $30.00.
I declined the modification and told them I would continue to pay my monthly mortgage. I told them on the phone and wrote them a letter stating I have opted not to sign the papers and declined the modification. I thought that was the end of it and didn't think another thought about it till about a month later I received A FedEx envelope from them with the same paperwork in it that they sent the last time. They were telling me I needed to sign it or I could do a short sale or foreclosure. I called them and asked them why I got this after opting out. After being on the phone with them for about an hour they said there was some type of mistake and I needed to resend the letter I wrote them opting out of the modification. The rep told me she would make sure it got taken care of and I believed her. Then a few weeks go by I receive a letter stating that my mortgage payment was put in a holding account because it was the the correct amount of the modification. I called them again and said I opted out of the modification and that was to be applied to my original mortgage. The person I spoke with assured me it would be taken care of and the payment in holding would be applied to my mortgage.
A few weeks later I get another Fedex envelope in the mail from a new customer service rep introducing herself and asking me to please sign the papers so they could complete the modification. I call again and speak to another person and after another hour on the phone they said they would take care of it. I get another letter about a week later stating that I need to get these papers because my account was in danger of becoming delinquent and I may have to do a short sale or be foreclosed on. I call again and get told the same thing they tell me every time that they will take care of it. A few days go by and I get another letter stating that they put my mortgage payment in a holding account because it is not the correct amount that I should be paying for my loan modification. They proceed to tell me that I need to pay the correct amount. At this point I am getting upset and called them again. Go through the same exact thing as the last time and am told that the payment has been posted to my mortgage account and she would make sure it didn't happen again. A month goes by and it seems they took care of it. In the mean time I have to leave town because my father becomes ill and needs me.
I was gone for a month and came home to get the bills and pay them. What is waiting for me, but 3 Fedex envelopes from B of A with the same paperwork as the previous times. I have yet another rep introducing themselves and telling me I need to sign the papers before my account becomes delinquent and also the other letter stating that my account was in danger of becoming delinquent and so forth and so forth. It is now December and it has continued each month since. The same Fedex envelopes with a new rep every month. I have gone through 3 or 4 different mortgage companies trying to get my loan relied but until today each one said that since my loan was not done by Freddie Mac or Fannie Mae they can't help me. Unfortunately they each ran a credit check on me. About 2 weeks ago I got a offer from Chase to refi my mortgage for a very low fixed rate. I applied and today received a letter from them stating that they could not do business with me because Of serious delinquency, length of time an account has been established, credit limits too high and too many credit inquires in the past 12 months.
Bank of America is holding my payment every month til it is past due then applying it to my account which makes it look like I am late, which is giving them justification for sending me their same paperwork month after month. My credit score has gone from the high 700's to 691 and my husbands has gone from 818 to 710. Even though those aren't bad scores either, they will continue to go down as long as B of A continues to play this game with our lives. I have read a lot of stories online of people that have gone through pure hell with B of A after they received Their loan modification. We declined our modification proposal and are going through the same hell. I don't know what to do anymore. I have contacted everyone that I could and have left message after message for supervisors and managers and nothing has helped.
I wrote them a letter and returned it with all the paperwork they sent me this month in the return fedex envelope they send every time they send me paperwork. It is a letter asking them in three different paragraphs in big red letters What Part of I Decline Your offer for a loan Modification Do you not Understand! I have also asked them how much it was costing them to send all these priority Fedex envelopes along with the return Fedex envelope they send their clients each day. I asked how much money they spend on paper and ink. I asked them what it will take to make them stop harassing me. I let them know that I am taking care of my father who is suffering from a brain tumor and I did not have time to deal with all this baloney they are putting me through. Yesterday, I received another Fedex envelope in the mail and a letter. I give up! What else can I do. How long before they completely ruin our credit and how long before they try and foreclose on us? How long before my credit cards start getting canceled like so many others that are going through this? Someone please tell me what to do, Please!
Reviewed Dec. 16, 2014
I have been struggling with Bank of America to no avail to get my flood insurance rating corrected. They have been not helpful AT ALL. After countless phone calls and documents, I am probably going to have to file a lawsuit to get the premiums refunded. Buyer BEWARE.
Reviewed Dec. 15, 2014
Bank of America approved my modification, however, before the 3 month trial was up they sold my mortgage. They sent me papers in October informing me of this with papers to sign, get notarized and send back to them, I did not have a signed sheet from them. Now BSI servicing is telling me the deal was not completed. I need help, I would like to talk to a lawyer about this. BSI is now telling me they will not pay my home owners insurance and my payment may go up. Will I lose my home after all? BOA did not complete the deal.
Reviewed Dec. 14, 2014
I was on disability and due to a death in the family, got behind on a payment. At that time I spoke to BofA and they told me I may be eligible for a modification to make my payments more affordable. So, the process began. After all the paperwork was sent in, I received a "Congratulations, you have been approved for a trial modification. This is the next step toward qualifying for affordable mortgage payments." What was weird is that my payment went up, and the interest rate stayed at 8.125%. I called and asked why my interest rate stayed the same. How was this making my payments more affordable. I was told by my point of contact that I made too much money. What a joke!
I am on disability and barely make ends meet. I was very upset but felt trapped and started making my trial payments. The whole 3 months you are making trial payments, you are falling behind on your mortgage payment and it was going on my credit report. When I questioned this, they said it will be removed when I get done with the trial. Yes, I did sign the paperwork and agreed with the new payment amount. Six months later, I got a letter stating that they were giving me an additional 30 days to appeal the denial of my request for loss mitigation assistance. Very confused, I called the number on that letter, and the nightmare began. There was an enclosure for a Corrected NPV chart. On this chart it changed the interest rate from the 8.125% to 5.375%. The payment from $748.39 to $590.78. Now mind you, I was not turned down for the modification, and now they send me what I thought I deserved in the first place. Why would I want to appeal?
Not one person could help me on the phone. I would explain the situation, they sent me papers to start all over again. It has been crazy. I finally contacted consumer affairs to help me and it got opened again. The final thing was a woman from the office of the CEO, said the 30 days had passed and I cannot appeal. I told them I am one of the many that will be on the next class action suit. They are so crooked there and unhelpful it is beyond words. I would like to see how many people they really helped and how many they screwed over.
Reviewed Dec. 14, 2014
My mortgage payment since 2009 was at $465 a month; I was informed in September 2014 that I was three months behind in payments due to my loan payment jumping to $690 a month. After talking to several 'BOA' employees, I sent several emails to the CEO Brian Moynihan and expressed my unhappiness to him. I received a call from someone with his 'office' and started loan modifications. Now my payment has accelerated to $707 a month. I was to have the $465 payment through the end of my loan but BOA decided to jack my payment. When I offered to pay my property taxes beginning in 2015 (to help lower my payment down) I was told that I was not allowed to start paying my property taxes. This new 'loan modification payment' has me so stressed out that all I want to do is sit and cry. I've made payments on my house for 8 years and I owe more on it than what I bought the house for. Bank of America is not for the customer they are for themselves. Would love to be able to sue for undue stress but don't know if that would hold up in a court of law. I have this one person who I am to only talk to in California regarding my loan.
Reviewed Dec. 12, 2014
I paid my mortgage and got a receipt from BOA--several weeks later I started getting threatening/harassing phone calls that I would lose my house for a late payment. I showed BOA my receipts - they didn't care -- I went to the bank -- they didn't know -- the harassment continued day and night. As usual I paid my next months payment on time and included an additional payment---seems the bank clerk did not like Americans and threw my check away. I complained to BOA that I was being discriminated against and the harassment was deliberate--- NOTHING HAPPENED--except they reported me to the credit bureau ---- receipts and customer service me NOTHING at BOA. I paid off the mortgage and left BOA --The worst Bank in America.
Reviewed Dec. 11, 2014
We had a mortgage loan with the bank for 5 years. We sold the home to get out of it! First, they returned our escrow check in error, then turn around and raised our mortgage payment $800 per month to try and recoup it. We fought it and got it down to $200 per month for like a few years. Yes they wanted interest on this escrow monthly they sent to us as over payment in error. The BIG ta do.... We sold the home and they filed 30-day late notices on our home for 2-3 months after the home was sold and closed. They swear they didn't file those late notices, and refuse to fix. They want a hard copy of my report in order to look at it. They own the credit bureau and penalized us -40 points for paying off the credit card 100% and closing it. They are nothing but rotten. They think are doing a service to society reporting info to the bureau and make a lot of money creating havoc and scarcity. In reality, they are squeezing every last dime out of our economy and making it such that everyone will be so broke from fees and have such crappy credit no one will be able to do business with them!!
Reviewed Dec. 2, 2014
As part of my divorce decree I am to take 100% complete financial responsibility for the HELOC mortgage at Bank of America. I contacted BOA over 6 months ago and had to go through the usual nonsense with this bank of being transferred to 5-10 different departments and people. I eventually was able to talk to a supposed supervisor named Dominic employee ID ** who said all I needed to do was fax a copy of my divorce decree, the quitclaim deed, and a letter requesting to remove my ex-wife from the mortgage. I did this a few weeks ago and shortly after I received a letter saying that my HELOC mortgage did not qualify for a loan assumption.
I called up BOA once again and talked to Marylon in the loan assumption department. She was rude and cutting me off in the middle of me talking. She said the HELOC doesn't qualify. My response was then call it something else. This is two mouse clicks to remove someone's name from a mortgage per the court divorce decree. She said she couldn't give me her employee id and didn't know who this Dominic was. She wouldn't look up his employee ID so that I could talk with him and also said her supervisor was out for the day. I am so fed up with this bank and simply need to remove my ex-wife from the mortgage. Please help!
Reviewed Dec. 1, 2014
BofA absolutely will NOT let me refinance a terrible HELOC loan structure made by Country Wide that they bought from them. It was never an equity line but a 20% down payment for the 80/20 split load that was so popular and destructive in early 2000. For 7 years I've just handed over $26,000 to BofA and every time I ask to refinance, the bottom line is "we cannot accommodate your request at this time as you are current on your payments". They are a horrible institution and I am stuck between ruining my credit or stopping payment in hopes that I can FINALLY get in a reasonable loan. It's 2014 for crying out loud, this is stealing!
Reviewed Dec. 1, 2014
In process of refinance through another bank because of inability to get to a BOA. Verified payments were up to date and not late on Nov 4, 2014. All good. Nov 13 new bank said that I am 2 months behind. BOA fails to post payments properly. Makes them late payments. Sept of 2014 I was charged a late fee which I told them it is not late and showed to process of their system that it was removed from checking on due date but posted 2 days later. They did remove the late fee then. As for Oct and November, they delayed their online transfers once they received the calls for title and pay-off. This is now showing that I have late payments for Oct and November. They will improperly process and cause your credit report to be wrong if you try to move the money that they are stealing from people.
BOA also mentioned to the new bank I was going to use that they have problems with online banking and there are additional fees they charge. This put our refinance with other bank all stop. VA loan has to have clear credit report with no late payments for processing. Granted the one was my fault as I was supposed to have closed prior to the next payment but that did not happen because BOA would not provide required documents in a timely manner. How can you go from Perfect payments to 2 months behind in 4 days time? They began sending refinance paperwork to us knowing that we were already working a refinance. They also are holding payments and gathering their own interest on it before processing to your payment. Finishing up a few loose ends prior to the lawsuit and maybe I can get my house paid for by BOA. This will be a battle. They will think I am small time, but this Veteran will win in the long run!
Reviewed Nov. 29, 2014
I have been working on a loan modification for on our HELOC for over a year now. They would not even start the paperwork process until May 2014. As you can probably guess it has been a total nightmare. We received no phone calls or paperwork on whether or not the loan was approved or denied. We have just received a payment invoice that our loan amount has gone from $350 to $950. How can they do this? They have led me around on a leash like some kind of idiot for seven (7) months now...To be treated like this. Please help.
Reviewed Nov. 27, 2014
After illegally evicting me 9/2/14 from my Texas Homestead at ** Cedar Park, Texas with the help of Fannie Mae's lawyers Bank of America had the audacity to tweet me that I am not high on their food chain. This must be changed because I almost became another of the 22 Veteran suicides per day. This Viet Vet Marine Corps service connected disabled says BA created a home invasion gauntlet for 4 years. I would have gladly offered myself to ISIS than have my family and belongings tossed out on the lawn at age 65.
Reviewed Nov. 26, 2014
For over a year I attempted to get my mortgage modified with Bank of America (BOA). They continually gave me the run around moving my mortgage from one office to another, changing contact names, etc. Not telling me about the available forbearance programs. Then when I was finally back to work and it was time to modify my loan they sold it to a debt collection company - Bayview Loans. Now my underwater mortgage is 40 years - the rate is not fixed, and my missed payments were added to the end of my mortgage. Their idea of a modification was lowering my payments by $200 a month. I clearly met all of the requirements for a "TRUE" modification... But it was either this or foreclosure, and I cannot afford an attorney to fight this.
Reviewed Nov. 25, 2014
I was checking with my new bank on some questions about our escrow account when I found out that my loan was extended for another 40 years by Bank of America before being sold to green tree. I guess my loan modification to lower my interest rate was actually a 40 year add on. I will be 88 years old when my mortgage is paid. I will probably die before ever really owning my home. I can't afford an attorney to fight them and don't really know what to do. If someone reads this and knows what I should do, I would love a response.
Reviewed Nov. 22, 2014
From August 2009 until March 2012, I spent countless hours trying to work with Bank of America Home Loans to re-structure a 5-year ARM loan for our condo in San Francisco. Our experience was frustrating beyond belief, leading us to stop paying the mortgage, in order to force BofA to finally respond and provide an offer to modify the loan. The offer was not acceptable, but BofA refused to listen to our counter-offer, resulting in the eventual and very avoidable short-sell of the property. This incident has caused immense harm to our finances, and we want BofA to compensate us for the negligent mishandling of our case.
Reviewed Nov. 22, 2014
BofA really screwed up my life. In the middle of my litigation against them as I was preparing to finally win a small battle these disgusting degenerates went and sold my mortgage to some small innocent company and now they are off the hook in settling with me. Legal? Yes. Fair? You tell me!!! How do you fight if they hide behind the country?? Help.

Reviewed Nov. 20, 2014
For many years I have attempted to work with Bank of America to get a loan modification or refinance that would work with my financial situation. To compound things, it is backed with VA. Originally it was Countrywide and now Bank of America. My husband had severe health issues, heart attack and lost his job and then I lost mine. Our home lost value, down by about $70,000. My husband left me and we divorced. However, in the meantime I got a good job. I became past due and working to make up payments.
Throughout this time BofA has lost documents, paperwork, quit claim (I have faxed and sent in at least 10 times), calls not returned. I was offered a special forbearance at $4000 a month which I couldn't pay. Ludicrous amount. When I said no to that but offered a different amount, now I receive a letter of intent to accelerate. It is as if the right hand doesn't know what the left hand is doing. Same time I also receive a FEDEX package with forms to fill out to start the process over. But what about the 2 letters of intent to accelerate? I don't know what to do now or what to believe. I want to save my home but it seems like I can't get straight answers. So now in limbo… again.
Reviewed Nov. 14, 2014
In 2002, shortly after 9/11, we closed our business and were forced into Chapter 13 bankruptcy in 2004/2005. Sometime between 2002 and 2004 a "line of credit" we had previous established with Bank of America was sold to another company, without any notification on the part of Bank of America or the new company. Bank of America still held the original mortgage on our house. When filing for bankruptcy, we included the line of credit, which is when we learned that the line of credit had been sold to someone else. Our bankruptcy attorney contacted that company but they did not respond. It was assumed that they had no claim and accepted the loss.
Our bankruptcy was approved in January of 2005, and we cleared our bankruptcy as required and it was discharged in January of 2012. At that time we had to write a letter to Bank of America to get them to clear their lien, and at that time (2012) we discovered that in March of 2005 the new company had filed an additional lien on our property. At no time have they contacted us in any way. We are very angry that we were not notified by either Bank of America or the other company about what was going on. We are also very angry that they sold it as a "mortgage" when it was a line of credit, and that they were allowed to file a lien >after< the bankruptcy was granted. This does not appear to be legal behavior to us. Please help us if you can.
Reviewed Nov. 14, 2014
We have been in our house since 1992 and have 3 yrs 9 mos left on our loan. Re-fied three times without hassle, but it was never with B of A. Our loan was one of those bought out from Countrywide. Never had problems with payments and maintained my credit rating of 820 for most of that time. Like many people in California when the recession hit the hardest almost a third of our neighbors lost their homes and we struggled but made the mortgage a priority. At the beginning of 2014 I got our mortgage paid up two months in advance and continued to pay even though B of A said we did not have to. Then a few weeks ago, my husband gets a call from B of A collections saying that our October mortgage is late. How could it be late if we are paid two months in advance I ask?
My husband runs to the bank to see if there is a problem with our account and they say, 'no'. I send them a copy of all of our statements for the last six months with a letter listing payments paid plus the next months' mortgage (which would be December 2014) payment. I got no response but did receive a letter from B. of A. asking if I would like to sell our home on short sale. Really? I call to verify that they have received the letter or the mortgage payment and get transferred four times then hung up on.
Two days later, my husband gets another collection call. I call customer service who says that even if I sent them copies of their mortgage statements showing that we are current and paying regularly it would not matter unless I could provide copies of all of the cashed checks, as well. So, I am looking for another bank to take our payroll checks, charge cards, checking accounts, savings accounts, debit cards and home loan to as it would appear B of A cannot safely protect my assets or maintain their records.
Reviewed Nov. 13, 2014
For the past 4 months, I have been sending paperwork to Bank of America to get into the HAMP for my home. I am 3 payments overdue but have paid my monthly mortgage payment each month for over a year so I do not fall into the 4 months behind and foreclosure status. I have been asked to send the same documents 3 and 4 times. When I call, I can never get in touch with my "counselor" and talk to a "concierge" who often confirms that I have submitted the paperwork being asked for. I got a letter saying that they were no longer considering me for the HAMP because I did not submit paperwork but I have records of everything being submitted and even verified on the home loan help website. I tried to file a complaint but can never get in touch with their "escalation" department to do so. My "counselor" has never once called me to let me know that there was ever missing paperwork. I have always called to get my status or receive contradictory letters about my status often a day apart from the company.
I was reading online how this repeated request of documents and lack of person to person contact is often a tactic to prolong the process so they can make money and have even given employees bonuses for doing so. I got on the website today to check my status and was pleased to see that I was finally out of "document collection" status and was on "document review". I checked back a few hours later and I was back in "document collection" status. This is so frustrating that I have been given the run around for so long and no one there will help me. How can they mess with people's home and lives so carelessly without any repercussions? I have sent the same bank statements 4 times, taxes 3-4 times, any many other documents multiple times which can be verified on their website. I really just don't know what to do from here except walk away from my home as the stress they are putting me in is just getting to be not worth it.
Reviewed Nov. 11, 2014
I was in the process of refinancing my home loan with BofA and out of the blue BofA cancelled my loan application without providing me any clear reason. They charged me $475 towards appraisal of my home, and I did not even receive the appraisal report. Until Nov 5, 2014, I was exchanging information with the bank and my appraisal was done on Nov 5. I contacted my loan officer on Nov 7 asking him if the appraisal came through. I did not hear back until Nov 10, when I was told that my application was cancelled and so was my appraisal. I told him that my appraisal was already done and I was charged $475. He did not know if and when my appraisal fee would be refunded. I asked him the reason for cancellation and he indicated that my employment could not be verified. I asked him why I was not notified about any problems with my application, prior to cancellation. I told him that my employment could easily be verified and I've been with the same employer for the past 6 years. In fact, my current employer has been depositing my salary into the same BofA checking account for the past 6 years.
My loan officer gave me contact information for the individual who cancelled my loan as well as his supervisor. I left voicemails and never heard back. I'm now stuck with paying $475 and additionally not able to get the interest rate that was originally locked. The most frustrating part was that BofA was not my first choice for my refinancing. I was almost halfway through the process with Discover Home Loans, when BofA contacted me and offered a similar rate and the ease of dealing with a bank where I've had a checking account for the past 14 years. I naively made the switch even though Discover were more tech savvy and accepted digital signatures, unlike BofA forcing me to fax documents as if it was the 20th century.
Reviewed Nov. 11, 2014
Had a bankruptcy two years ago, sent over 10 reaffirmation packets and several certified and got the run around for over a year... was told the packet would be at the discharge in which the packet never arrived... We were in very good standings with BOA yet they never signed our reaffirmation, now we have this 15 year balloon mortgage at 10% which is financially crippling for us and no one in BOA will help us to resolve our issue....
2 years after the bankruptcy we still continue to pay our mortgage with no signed reaffirmation.. We are told we do not qualify for a refi, we do not qualify for the harp, we do not qualify for anything, we are stuck with a large 2nd mortgage payment at 10% with a balloon due in 6 years at 155,000. We are only paying interest not a single cent more.
Loan originated at countrywide, what a scam mortgage this was. In fact loan was attempted to be put in 1st place in which it shouldn't have been because our first mortgage was with Citibank, that was resolved during the discharge. This was clearly a mortgage origination mishap or scam.
There must be an option out there for us. We want to keep our home. We have never been late on either of our mortgage payments with either lender... Why would BOA not sign a reaffirmation with clients in good standings? This doesn't make sense. We both lose out in the end... makes no sense... There are 0 options for us. I cannot believe bank of America cannot help someone in good standings but will help others that are scamming the system not paying their mortgage, stashing money and purchasing homes 4-5 years later with cash.. I’ve watched it for the past 5 years yet I cannot get anyone there to listen to us and resolve our issue, we go from department to department and are communicated different things with no resolution, we sit on hold to be transferred 4-6 times and yet are told completely different stories..
I’m puzzled at the unprofessionalism of BOA.... We have asked BOA to buy out our 1st lender which would even make our payments more affordable by almost 1000 per month, we have asked for a modification and were denied, have asked for a restructure of our loan and were denied..... Clearly there is some solution for people that pay on time and are in good standings... In 6 years we both lose it completely makes no sense to us. I was told by a bank of America employee on the phone that at the end of 6 years they would attempt to take our home in foreclosure.. Why? Why would you take someone's home that is paying on time? Why would you not offer options? It was your choice not to sign the reaffirmation papers. We signed them. This is completely confusing to us..
Why would bank of America put themselves in a position for both parties to lose out? In the position you put us both in, you get nothing monetary since you chose not to sign the reaffirmation and I lose my home a good paying client yet not one soul in BOA has a solution or even cares to try and resolve this issue... completely a lose-lose situation for all parties involved. Why do I continue to pay on a mortgage that BOA intends to take away in 6 years?
It makes complete no sense for BOA to continue helping those in default that scam the system but cannot find a solution for good paying customer. If there is a resolution for this we are open to listening to our options. I have come to realize it does not pay to be in good standings. You can only get help in default which is really very unprofessional and unacceptable. My only option is to seek legal advice. I can’t imagine paying 6 more years on a balloon loan at 10% only to lose our home... option-less.
Reviewed Nov. 11, 2014
I was asked by a Bank of America Representative if I was interested in the Home Modification Program back in the later part of 2009. I was told that I pre-qualified and would be eligible for 3% interest instead of the 6% rate I had on my interest only loan. All I needed to do was in December of 2009 start making a 3% interest payment of $750.00 for 6 months and then I would be approved. No lender will allow you to make payments unless they have approved it.
I began making the 3% payments and the 6 months turned into 25 months of 3% payments and over 7 times of sending in the same paperwork that they asked for. Here is the payment sheet showing that I never was late not one time during the 25 months. I then was asked to go back to the full 6% payment until they completed my modification review. I then began making the full payment and made it without one day late until I refinanced the loan and paid BOA off in March of 2014.
From December 2009 to March 2014 I was never late on my payments one day. Not knowing this, BOA said that I had been behind due to the 3% payments instead of the 6% payments. I did exactly as I was instructed by BOA and made the payment that they gave me during this time. I feel that this late reporting on my bureau has caused entrapment, personal and financial injury for the false reporting of payments made on the exact day or before on the 25 months of payments. After threats of foreclosure, I paid the amount that had incurred due to the payments and have been on time every payment since as the reports states. I am asking that all the late payments from December 2009 to 02/01/2014 be removed from the past due reporting. Thanks for your help. My BOA account number was: **.
Reviewed Nov. 9, 2014
Bank of america incorrectly whether on purpose or user error, entered parents 15 year note as balloon loan. Boa has been sending my mom (father died in 2012) notices of foreclosure if balloon payments of over $40 ,000 are not paid. My mom has received mail from realtors and calls from bank & worried she will lose her home. Family got involved and discovered note was 15 year fixed not balloon as bank entered into their computer which was generating threatening letters. This error I was discovered 10 months ago but bank has dragging their feet in finding resolution and easing my moms anxiety and worry over their mistake. This is more of boa taking advantage of elderly in efforts to take their homes. This loan according to note was paid off sept 2010.
Reviewed Nov. 8, 2014
I have been working and process my heloc for over six weeks. It's so slow everything moving at a snail speed. I have wasted so much time on this and lost quite a lot also. Before I started, B of A told me it's going to be easy but now I just feel like quitting.
Reviewed Nov. 7, 2014
Lender Policies are to NOT COMMUNICATE w/ the Real Estate Agent! In the middle of escrow....I have not ONCE spoke to lender in any form of communication. Processor tells me they're not allowed to discuss any part of the loan whatsoever. How am I supposed to follow up and make sure we're on task, etc. FURIOUS!
Reviewed Nov. 6, 2014
I have a HELOC with B of A. It is in 2nd position. It began as an interest only loan with reasonable payments. In September of 2013 I was notified by mail that in Oct 2014 my payments would more than double, nearly triple because of "maturation". I have been attempting a loan mod for about 5 months with no success. Recently contacted by a law firm which tells me that because B of A got in trouble it can be forced to do a loan mod on my HELOC. Is there any truth to this claim by the law firm?
Reviewed Nov. 5, 2014
They foreclosed on my houses in 2009 while payments were still being made and said it was in modification but it really wasn't. When we got the sale date, we went to a lawyer. He stopped it by doing a bankrupt but it was BOA all the time lying saying it was being modified and it really wasn't. So we had no choice to file bankrupt.
Reviewed Nov. 4, 2014
Taylor ** made mistakes on my acct. but did correct it after a year of sending documentation in August 2009, the same month TBW was shut down by Fed. Govt. for Fraud. Bank of America refused to accept that I was current on my Mtg. disabled/homeless
Reviewed Nov. 1, 2014
Ran into financial issues when I was unemployed for 11 months due to the economic collapse we had about 6-7 years ago. Made all my payments on time except for one missed due to getting scammed by another company promising help but never submitting paperwork to BoA. When I was contacted by BoA,.. okay here's the issue.. explained everything and yes, at that point they were helpful. Was placed into a payment plan that was a whole $200 lower than my regular mortgage and all of which were made on time. When, after about a year, my Re-Fi was finally approved, there was $30,000 tacked onto the principal which they claimed was for missed payments.
When I balked at paying this additional amount, there were little remarks alluding to my house being repossessed. This is something I could not afford to have happen so I signed the paperwork. To this day (5 years later) they cannot-will not tell me what the additional $30k was for and every time I ask they get upset. I even try to do the simple math with them and in the worst-case scenario,.. stating that with the 1 missed payment and $200 a month difference (if they counted that),.. I would still only owe an additional $6000 (with fees and penalties). They rapidly get angry and revert back to "Missed Payments". What a joke they are as a bank, and what a joke they are as a mortgage company. Currently I am looking for another home, which I will pay for and LEAVE this one behind for them to dispose of.
Reviewed Nov. 1, 2014
Applied for mortgage and was told there should be no problem getting approved as I was a longtime Bank of America customer, had excellent credit and have a high level of assets. Knew there would be additional paperwork as I am self employed. Over the course of weeks they kept coming up with new requirements for paperwork. I complied immediately, sometimes having to send the same document 2 or 3 times. They eventually gave me a conditional approval, and collected $455 for the credit check and appraisal. At that point they started coming up with additional requirements. Their people could not even understand a basic real estate contract. As we started getting close to my closing date they came up with more paperwork that would answer questions that had previously been answered.
One week before the closing date I told them they had to give me an answer. They said they would not. At that point I discontinued the process and made other arrangements to close on time. Many of their employees sympathized with how I had been treated and apologized for the behavior of their underwriters. I asked for the $455 back. After going thru a number of their customer service people and managers, this was refused. I explained to them that I received no value with them by paying that money. The only thing they did for me was to cause me to almost not close on time. I feel I should be refunded this money. My only other option would be to close my extensive accounts with Bank of America.
Reviewed Nov. 1, 2014
Refinance was joke. Bank of America sold my house. They made a mistake. Resented, said they made a mistake. My loan started at 44,000. House found to have mold, faulty wiring, many other things. They refused to help. The government inspector declared the home unfit to live in, gave me a grant to rebuild. That's when they (Boac) sold my home. Now they say I owe 4700 dollars. Help please.
Reviewed Oct. 31, 2014
I sought help from Bank of America clear back in November of 2011. This has been an absolute nightmare and after nearly 34 months of continuous pursuit and numerous letters, faxes, and submission of over 1,000 documents duplicated several times at the request of Bank of America, I finally got 4 loans modified with one still pending that was turned down, appealed and now being reviewed again!
Lenders were given over $52 billion dollars to help homeowners keep their homes. It would be really interesting to see how many have been totally screwed by the terrible process utilized by Bank of America, the continual demand for documents, changes in people who are supposed to help you and very poor access for direct communication. The whole process by Bank of America is flawed, corrupt, and dysfunctional.
The Consumer Financial Protection Agency seemed to be really poor at any type of help and follow-up until the last year or so, but it is still very poor, at best. They should be investigating and pursuing all the false claims made by Bank of America, their methods of doing refinancing with excessive costs and fees, when lenders like Chase Bank were and may still be doing refinancing at ZERO COSTS to borrowers in trouble and cutting payment by more than half with many owners!!
One only has to go to the Internet to see how many lawsuits have been filed against nasty old Bank of America to understand how corrupt, inefficient, and inept they are. There has been so much abuse on behalf of Bank of America due to being way too large and it is way over due for the government to step in and cut them down to size and make them fully accountable for ALL the injustice done to innocent homeowners.
The government should have bailed out all the homeowners directly with a stipulation and confirmation that they paid off their mortgage and bought a new car. This would, in my humble opine, resolved the housing crises and the auto crises. Hopefully someone will learn from their mistakes in the future that it does little of any good to further support and help all these large, greedy organizations that got us in this mess to begin with:( This is just not fair and now Brian T. Moynihan (Pres. and CEO of Bank of America) wants to meet privately with Eric Holder and cut yet another deal. Mr. Moynihan is a terrible CEO and unlike Jamie Dimon who had his problems here also but has turned much of it around by actually having his organization, Chase Bank, respond and actually help people with new 30 year loans at very low rates, with NO FEES of any kind, and VERY LIMITED documentation and no income verification or appraisal - that is how you help really distressed homeowners.
After nearly 34 months of continuous demands for help, over 20 supposed people from the supposed "Office of the Pres. and CEO" they finally gave me 4 of the requested modifications but all they did was keep the high interest rates (all were nearly 7%) and they merely extended out the amortization period (due date) to FIFTY (50) years and the CFPA just stood by and let this happen and refused, as far as I know, to fully investigate all the injustice and false claims made on behalf of Bank of America.
I am convinced that all these people making claim of being from the "office of the CEO and President" are a complete office building of inept people with NO actual power to help people other than make the claim and demand countless documents that really have no relevance when a property owner is in trouble, as that is why they sought help in the first place. Someone needs to step in and up here and put all these corrupt and false practices to an end with large fines and money being paid to the damages parties.
Reviewed Oct. 28, 2014
Tried to refinance with quicken after country wide sold my loan to Bank of America. I filed bankruptcy on my new Windows and other bill and was discharged but they wouldn't let quicken to refinance. They put a lien that shouldn't be there. I had trouble shooter to get on my attorney to fix all that but he passed away, so now what?
Reviewed Oct. 28, 2014
Fraud, coercion, intimidation, lies, lack of response, lost paperwork, forgetfulness, unprofessional work ethics. I suppose I could just sum it all up into one or two words - Illegal practices. I expect no response from you. You haven't even the professional courtesy to respond to a legal representative.
Reviewed Oct. 24, 2014
My dad took a home with Countrywide and then they sold to Bank of America and violating our right. And now they are taking more money out my pocket. Buying wrong insurance and their escrow is nothing but a scam. They misplace money and when I call them they give you all sort of excuse and get mad. And now my whole week pay check need to pay my mortgage. They don't give me any explanation why they still charging me for escrow. And when they do they give me all sort of lies. I want to get rid of the escrow but they won't let do that. I don't mind paying insurance and tax by myself. And top of that I'm paying 150 a month PMI FOR 10 YEARS which they force me to take it. I hope people won't mistake by taking home loan from Bank of America.
Reviewed Oct. 23, 2014
Was late on a few payments in the past. Nothing more than 30 days. Was falling behind on my taxes. I paid my taxes and insurance myself. Was contacted about a loan modification and pulling taxes and insurance in to an escrow. Filled out all of the paper work and sent it in. Started making the new higher payment which now included taxes and insurance, plus made an additional escrow shortage payment upfront. April 2014 received offer that was outrageous. Basically, I currently owed about 79,000 and am paying about $860 a month and should have about 15 years left on the note. Keep in mind this payment now includes the taxes and escrow. So their offer is for me to pay around $650 a month for 20 years at 4.875% (currently I'm at 6.25%) then after the 20 years I would have a balloon payment of $60,000.
So in 20 years I only pay $19,000 on my current principal and then still owe $60,000??? How does this help me? Is this legal? Fair?? So I decline the offer and faxed them a letter to the fact. And guess what, it is now November and they are still trying to push the loan modification on me. They will not reinstate my online bill pay. I have to call in my payment every month and the last time I talked to them they said if I want to keep my home then I should take the loan modification. Now I am scared. I have me, my wife, my 2 daughters (1 is disabled) and my disabled mother living with me. I also have a new trailer (2 years old) I have moved my grandmother in to on my property after my grandfather passed away.
Reviewed Oct. 23, 2014
Carolyn ** lied to us through the entire process of securing a new mortgage and ended up costing us around $5000 plus. We weren't able to get the home we wanted. She refused to answer questions and contradicted her supervisors with the things she told us. She made promises to us as well as to the seller of the home we were purchasing that she did not follow through with. I am completely disgusted that she is able to ruin people's lives the way she does with no regard.
Reviewed Oct. 23, 2014
I have been late with my mortgage I will not lie, however it has never gone past thirty days. I received a letter from a third party stating they were coming to my home to speak to me about a loan modification I wanted. (Please note I asked for it over one year ago) I called Bank of America and said they have no right to schedule anyone to come to my home without authorization. The representative then tells me there is a notice of foreclosure because I am three payments behind. I asked to speak to a supervisor and he ignored me and continued to tell me about three missed payment which is not true. I am not behind! I have submitted a complaint last year and now here we go again. I have had it with the threats, lies and stealing. When I can, I will refinance with another bank even if the interest rate is higher than what I have. I don't know what else to do. I am being bullied by a bank.
Reviewed Oct. 17, 2014
Filed Chapter 13 due to BOA and Countrywide scam. Original mortgage with Countrywide. Made all payments on time with them. Then my payments started getting returned. Called to inquire why, and was told I did not have a mortgage with Countrywide anymore. When I asked to who the mortgage is thru, I was told Mellon Bank and it was my responsibility to make arrangements with them. Did my research, called Mellon Bank and was told that was incorrect. There was not a loan was with them.
Several months went by. I still continued good faith and sent Countrywide my mortgage payment. Received a "congratulations letter" (yeah right) from BofA introducing themselves as my new mortgage company and where to send payments. Oh and that I was behind in my payments. Okay, caught them up. Financial collapse, jobs lost. However, I continued to make my payments. But, those payments started getting returned. I called BofA, and was told that I was too far behind on my payments and needed to pay the full amount, but that I was also eligible for a mortgage modification.
Did the paperwork. Called to check on the status and was advised they never received the info. This happened on several occasions. Finally I talked to their modification director. She told me, "we need you to resubmit, but I was wasting my time because it won't do no good." I was furious! Then I received the foreclosure letter. Filed Chapt. 13. Been making my payments. Just received another letter that BofA sold my mortgage while I am still paying the Chapt 13. Can they sell my mortgage while I am in Chapt. 13?
Reviewed Oct. 17, 2014
Bank of America failed to post payments that I made. BOA fraudulently reported 2 years worth of late payments. My account was paid & current. Then I successfully went through the remodification program, & my account was sold to Nationstar.
Reviewed Oct. 16, 2014
Due to an employment opportunity, my family relocated to Pittsburgh from Atlanta. We would like to sell our home. When contacting BOA regarding my options, I was told because we were under bankruptcy our options were limited. A bit confused as to why my bankruptcy is an issue, when no part of my mortgage is in my bankruptcy. I have applied for short sale option, which was approved. However, because I am under Bankruptcy I need a document from the court stating that it’s ok to sell. My attorney states that the document from the court would be pending the details from BOA regarding the approved sale amount and approval to entertain the option to short sale. BOA refused to provide the document and without the document the courts will not approve a short sale option.
I can't sell my home outright because I owe $126K but the home is worth $60K. I have asked BOA to process foreclosure and they stated that I could not request a foreclosure. I have not sent any payments hoping that they will foreclosure. Nothing... I was recently asked if I would lease purchase my home, which sounds like a great idea but will BOA have a problem and request the same document from the courts. It appears that I have no options and is really frustrating. What I can't understand is why BOA is concern and placing stipulations on selling options because I am under bankruptcy when my mortgage is not included in my bankruptcy. What are my options?
Reviewed Oct. 15, 2014
I did the Home Affordable Program 5 years ago in order to decrease my mortgage payment. I owe 2x what my home is worth. Now at the 5 year cap, the mortgage is an adjustable rate and they are increasing my loan $400 and increased my interest but my financial situation has not changed. From what I understand my interest will continue to go up. How would this help me? I reapplied for an adjustment or correction in my mind to this program and was declined because I am not past due on my mortgage. The bank is not willing to negotiate with my situation at all... they told me I could apply for a Short Sale program. How on earth would a short sale help?
There are 3 empty houses on my cul-de-sac. No one is going to apply to buy my house when one of the houses beside me has been empty for over 4 years. Even if I did, where would I live? In an apartment? With my family? I believe this Home Affordable Program is a SHAM and put me in a worse condition than what I was in before I did the program. Bank of America should have never put me in this program and I am shocked that they have not been sued for such a program.

Reviewed Oct. 14, 2014
Due to previous separation/divorce hardship in 2011, I fell behind on my mortgage payments. I provided the documentation requested (several times) but rec'd NO HELP. In order to save my house, I filed Chapter 13. For 2 yrs now, I've paid into the Ch 13 plan that included my mortg pymt to BOA. Now I'm trying to modify the plan yet again since stay has lifted on my Ch 13 plan and been submitting documents since Aug which BOA continues to stall processing. I've been seriously indentured regarding my credit due to the Ch 13 to protect the property in the first place. I am retired military and also have a full-time job. Bank of America has been sending FedEx letters @ $14.85 each almost daily saying they need more documentation. This is ridiculous. Somebody please help me!
Reviewed Oct. 13, 2014
I received a letter from Bank of America's Home Loan Name Change Service in which they provided information on documents (court-approved change document, W-9 and insurance documents) I would need for a name change on my loan. I did not request a name change. I requested that they revise the Name and Signature Affidavit signed at closing to remove the AKA Clevan ** and send me the original document when it had been replaced by corrected document. Clevan ** is not my name. I have never been known as or used this name! There was a mistake on my credit report which is why the name was placed on affidavit. The name had been removed from that report at closing. I requested that name be removed from Name and Signature Affidavit, since the reason it was placed there no longer exits!
How can I provide court documents which changes a name that is not legally mine? BOA's Landsafe agency was faxed requested ID, attention Vanessa ** to remove the AKA information on credit report 8/4/14. To my knowledge this had been taken care of. I checked with Trans Union on the day of closing and was told Clevan ** had been removed from my report. I sent BOA Mail Stop CA6-919-01-13 450 American Street Simi Valley, CA 93065 a letter with these facts 9/26/14. I also emailed the same to: Holly ** Home Services Specialist II, Specialist "**, Sham" and Loan Officer "**, Robert."
I visited the bank 9/15/14 made this request Case ID: #**, called 9/23/14, 866 855 445-6496 and 800 669-6607 for update. I was told correction documents would be sent. I am still waiting. If in fact Federal law requires Bank of America to obtain and verify the identity of their customers I would like for them to send me documents (other than a Name and Signature Affidavit) that verify I am Clevan **. Thank You.
Reviewed Oct. 6, 2014
I have made 3 mortgage payments in a row now that BOA has applied to an old and ZERO balance credit card that was closed back in 2000. Having no idea that BOA maintained old accounts with current ones, I did fail to check the payment receipt for accuracy. Definitely my mistake. When I did check after receiving a collection call that my mortgage was past due, the nightmare was just beginning. The branch that processed the incorrect payment could not correct their error, or give me a valid reason for the 14 year old account even appearing in their system.
Long story short this old CC account is now the default account that is associated with my name and 2 subsequent payments have been applied to this old account. Each time I have had to have them reversed and reapplied (do check the receipts at the window before leaving now). I even highlight and instruct the teller that the correct account # is on the coupon and still get incorrect posting. What a bunch of MORONS and what a horrible bank that should have been able to fail.
Reviewed Oct. 5, 2014
I bought a home in 2007, I seen the home and the flyer. I was supposed to get it at closing but the owner told us she gave the people 2 weeks to move so we had to pay another rent payment where we lived. We had to call the police to get the people out. Then when we moved in our shed was missing, our deck and our pool. We had to paint right off because they put holes in the walls, tore up the kitchen floor - so we had to fix that. We moved in in Feb 2007 and was told and put in writing that the water heater was new. Well we had to go 2 weeks in Feb without water till we got a new water heater. Was told the carpet was new. That was a lie. Much more. Now Bank of America will not lower our payments. We have been trying to mod our loan for 3 years and they gave all our personal info out. We have tried to pay our mortgage but they keep telling us no because they do not know where the money will go. They keep calling us 7 days a week. My husband has been in the hospital over this matter plenty times and he is disable but they do not care.
Reviewed Oct. 3, 2014
My home mortgage had been bought and sold to the point that it has made everyone happy in the end except for the person who actually cares about it and the family inside. I had been current on my payments until the loan was transferred to Bank of America. One day I received my check back in the mail so i called FIRST Franklin and asked what's up with that, they said that my mortgage was going to be with BOFA and that I should call them. This led to a conversation where I was told it would be some time before my loan was in there system, I then asked if I would be made to pay the lag time payments or would it be just like a first payment when I got the Bill and was told I would not have to pay anything but the one and first monthly payment as if it was a new loan starting.
Three month's later I got the Bill that stated I needed to pay three late payments and fees plus the current month. It turned BAD from there. No help, the run around crap I've read that everyone else has gone through plus the toll of stress and desperate measures to stay in my home that I was forced into doing for sake of my house that we were working so hard on was going to be taken away from me and my wife and kids if I couldn't get the money for the past due payments that were not my fault and I couldn't get help anywhere from a banker all day long. Every single day I worried about it and when or what will I have to do to stay in our house.
This bank made me look like an irresponsible person who I am not and ultimately pushed me into the choices I made that cost me my freedom and will follow me for the rest of my life and they still are foreclosing on me after they have been made whole through the government bailout, their insurance the 7 years of payments from me front loaded and the stock market. I have been ruined by This Bank in ways that I will disclose in the coming week as I am going to seek help from a local attorney since I've been scammed twice by Vulture firms that further rode me down the line. I deserve my home for the scars I bear now from the Bank. It's time I'm heard with litigation. Punitive damages, there's nothing that's going to give me my life back like it was before the Greedy took my life home and just destroyed it for a buck and I had no say in it cause if I would have it would have stayed just how it was going not to be parted out and now I have Junk - it's not right, it's unfair and illegal.
Reviewed Sept. 30, 2014
Bank of America has held the mortgage for my town home for the past 4-1/2 years. They purchased it shortly after I closed on it. In those 4-1/2 years I have made my payments in full and on time every month so I have been an excellent customer. After many emails, letters in the mail and a few phone calls from Bank of America persuading me to refinance the mortgage I hold on my town home I decided to see what they had to offer. For the record, I really had no intention of refinancing. I contacted them on about 08/07/14 and spoke with a gentleman and he gave me a bunch of info in regards to possibly refinancing. It sounded pretty good to me...lower my interest rate, lower my payment by about $100/month and low closing costs.
I did have one concern. I rent out my town home and I asked him if that would be a problem (I thought it would be) and he said no, as long as I submitted everything they needed to get approval for the refi. I told him I wanted to think about it and I would get back to him. I called him the next day and said I would move forward with the refi so he sent me an email with everything I needed to provide them with. I immediately sent them everything they asked for. In the few weeks to follow I was dealing back and forth with them. They always seemed to need more and more documents or signed letters explaining things. I always sent them what they needed as soon as I could so I could keep the process going.
Then they come to me needing me to pay $50.00 to my HOA so they could obtain more documents. I fought that a bit because nothing was mentioned about that in the beginning and I already had $660.00 into this refi for an appraisal on the property but in the end I sent the $50.00 check to my HOA. They then sent the documents that BofA was requesting of them. After that, I hadn't heard anything for a couple weeks so yesterday I emailed them trying to get an update on the refi and to tell them I was getting frustrated with the process. I felt like it was never going to end. After all, I now had $710.00 in to this along with a lot of time and effort gathering all the documents they needed, not to mention that almost 2 months has gone by since I first contacted them. So I then receive an email back from them last night saying that I was denied because I rent out the property that I was trying to refinance. I specifically asked about that in the beginning because that was a concern of mine and they said it wouldn't be a problem. All I got was "I'm sorry" and that was it.
So now here I am, out $710.00 and I am getting absolutely NOTHING for it! Needless to say I was absolutely FURIOUS and I emailed them letting them know. I told them to have a supervisor contact me immediately to discuss this. I know it hasn't even been 24 hours since I emailed them back but I have yet to get a reply to the email or a phone call. I have a pretty good feeling I'm not going to either. This is so frustrating! I don't have $710 to just throw away and because they are such a big company I feel helpless. I don't know what to do or where to go from here. I would give anything to be able to pay off this mortgage just to get away from Bank of America. I would NEVER recommend Bank of America for ANY banking needs!
Reviewed Sept. 27, 2014
I purchased my home in 2008 with Quicken Loan. Before I could make the first payment, it was sold to Countrywide home and then to Bank of America. I had a 30yr FHA loan. Something happen so I filed a Chapter 13 which I am still in. Today I receive notice that my loan has been sold to Rushmore Loans, which according to the reviews on the internet is a foreclosure push company. Then I find out that my loan was changed from FHA to a conventional loan. Are they able to do that, I have not signed anything giving them permission to change my loan. Is there anything that I can do?
Reviewed Sept. 26, 2014
Bought my home 9 years ago and financed through Country Wide. Later Bank of America buys Country Wide and takes over our loan. When interest rates went down we contacted B of A to refi at lower rate. They continued to delay process by constantly coming up with new requests for information. No matter how much info we gave them they always had additional requests. At one point they wanted me to explain why I purchased the car I drove to work in. Then they wanted me to write a letter explaining why I purchased my car and they wanted a copy of the purchase contract... after numerous similar type requests for irrelevant information causing excessive and unnecessary delays, we finally canceled our refinance loan application so we could go to a different lender and stop wasting valuable time.
Reviewed Sept. 25, 2014
After the Bank of America forced flood Insurance settlement, I called bank of America on 9-25-2014 and requested a flood insurance opt out form and they refused to send one to me saying they did not force me to take out the flood insurance. I have the letter they mailed to me saying if I did not take out the flood insurance, they would. Clearly stated in the settlement is the homeowner could call Boa and request a flood insurance opt out form and they must send one.
Reviewed Sept. 23, 2014
I had tried for years to get my Countrywide mortgages refied with BOA. I went through the usual lost my documents, change of counselors. After 3 years of trying on my own I used a lender to help and they were not successful taking $4000 from me with no results. I twice went to NACA events spending days in line to still be denied by BOA. Of Course the answer was always the same. Sorry my loan was not owned by GNMA or FNMA. I tried to refinance by subordinating my second but that just cost me another $700 only to be told that the LTV was too far off. Finally BOA sold my loan so they would not be responsible for having to refinance my home or provide a modification. I thought that there would be help with the DOJ settlement with BOA but nope. Crazy thing is BOA still owns my HELOC. Everyone I know who had a loan with BOA was offered a refi just after I was sold off. There must be someone that can find me some relief.
Reviewed Sept. 21, 2014
Numerous problems with them including my mortgage going from $386 to $678 and all amounts in between. Also "force placed insurance" which after Hurricane Katrina they told me that I didn't have insurance. It took almost a year before my claim was paid and by that time, my house had more damage due to their delay in paying the claim. They did not inspect the repairs after they were completed so I do not know that repairs were not done correctly. Now I have a house that is not level, siding that was not put on correctly and is now rotting and severe termite damage. I have had to replace a bathroom toilet 3 times. I suffer with headaches and respiratory problems on a daily basis. I am unable to sell the house in this condition. I have had this loan for over 10 years and have paid over 60k principal/interest - I can't walk away with nothing nor can I continue to live in it either. I don't know what to do. Between BOA and Katrina, I am just mentally and financially exhausted. Sick & tired in Gulfport, MS
Reviewed Sept. 18, 2014
I have been battling with Countrywide and then BofA since 2010. My husband had medical issues that left him disabled. With the loss of his salary we sought a loan modification for an affordable payment. It has taken years and I have finally received my loan modification from BofA using the Hardest Hit Fund. The loan agreement includes affordable payments for the first 5 years, but then interest rate increases over the following 3 years to more than double the original interest rate. Does this seem reasonable considering our limited fixed income?
Reviewed Sept. 18, 2014
We have an existing mortgage with B of A and in May of this year we decided to refinance our home. Everything started off great but then it seemed to go downhill. Once we submitted the necessary docs to get the rate, it became what seemed a game for them. I spent hours submitting and resubmitting documents often with deadlines where I had to leave my job to rush home and search for items or create letters. We were approved and had appointments on 3 occasions with a notary to sign documents and my husband and I both took time off of work but the notary was a no call/no show. Come to find out the underwriters made errors and needed more info but no one at B of A notified us.
Getting a hold of anyone there is almost impossible - they never answer a call but may or may not return your call if they feel like it. You have to stay on top of them if you want any answers but it's likely you won’t get those anyway. In the end we were told that we could not refi with them at this time because I had not been full time with my employer for long enough even though I had 2 part time jobs prior to becoming full time. My husband makes a very good salary and it should have been enough to base the loan on anyway. We received apologies and promises to hold the rate or get possibly a better one, that we could use the appraisal again in the future, and we would receive a gift card for our troubles. None of that came to fruition and no one feels like returning our calls or making good on these promises.
I received a call from a sales person to work on a new rate but he was not given any of our history and made me feel like I was complaining for no reason. I feel that as existing customers we were totally swept under the carpet, and we wasted way too much time and energy working with them. I would not recommend using B of A unless you want to do a lot of work and get nothing in return. I will be going elsewhere for my refinance and I am sure we will get better service and the attention we deserve. My husband will also be closing our bank accounts with them as we don't feel we should have anything to do with them anymore.
Reviewed Sept. 5, 2014
I finished my bankruptcy in March of 2014. I called BOA every two weeks, trying to find out when I was supposed to start paying them, instead of the trustee. They kept telling me that I wasn't authorized to pay. At first they told me I could resume paying in May. When May came they told me July. I paid July, they complained that my paying 3 months in advance (What?) had messed the system up, and that I would be allowed to pay in October, but could ask for permission to pay in September. All the while, I'm getting monthly statements saying that I owe $0.00, monthly payment due $0.00, etc. Then at the end of August, I get a notice telling me that they are accelerating a foreclosure on my property.
Reviewed Sept. 4, 2014
Recently due to my husband's employment issues with his prior company, he was not getting paid much of anything. This caused us to miss a payment - July 2014. I have been trying to get in contact with BOA to set up a payment plan by which I can add money each month to make up that missed payment but am getting nowhere. I cannot even get a call back from my assigned CSR. I have money being held in a partial payment account to apply to my next payment, but I would like a confirmation that BOA will take that payment. I have paid July's payment and fully intend to pay August's payment plus the extra on the amount owed this month when I get paid. As my husband now has a better job and I will be getting a raise, this seems like a legitimate request.
BOA does not seem to have a problem telling you to contact them when you are behind - they just don't seem to be able to do anything once you do contact them. They keep suggesting that I should refinance but I don't want to do that as I am almost halfway thru my loan and the principal is dropping rapidly. This makes me wonder if BOA truly does want to do what they have been ordered to do or are they deliberately stalling and trying to foreclose on houses with the hope they can resell at a better rate -- well good luck with that in my area as the military wants new homes and the other homes on my street have all been sold in short sales or are still on the market at greatly reduced process after years of being up for sale...
Reviewed Sept. 3, 2014
I went to Bank of America for a home loan as I had a good amount of money in this organization and they always provided me good service on the bank side of the house. I got pre-approved for a home mortgage around January 2014. At this time they requested numerous pieces of documentation for my income and assists. This is standard stuff. In June of 2014 we finally found the house we wanted and put a contract on it - there was an approx. 6 week gap between contract signature and the closing date. I notified our Loan Officer of the contract and things started rolling. I was working with the Loan Officer in my State and a Loan Processor in Texas. They requested a lot of documentation and signatures on documentation which is understandable. All this was submitted and that was it - we never heard more from them for about 2 weeks.
Then less than two weeks before closing the loan processor in Texas started sending sternly toned emails saying they needed all these additional docs… I called and left a message advising I did not appreciate the tone of her email as nobody had asked for these documents and the email was accusatory that I was not doing what I needed to do. Remember, I had heard nothing from them for two weeks. I returned all the documentation that night with the exception of a couple things I needed to look into for Letters of Explanation they asked for. I called both my loan processor and loan officer and nobody would return my phone call or emails.
They mandated I do a conference call within 48 hours (I had no idea what this consisted of) on a Friday - keep in mind nobody has still returned any of my numerous calls. Of course, nobody worked over the weekend but I called and left messages each day and nobody returned my calls. When I sent an email back to the loan processor I got an out of office response from her saying she would be gone for the next two weeks. The following Monday I had to dial a 1 800 number on the website and refused to get off the phone until someone would help me and tell me what was going on. It had been about 3 weeks since I had any verbal communication with Bank of America. I called and left messages with my direct contacts and the manager of the loan processor with no responses! So after waiting on the 1 800 number for about 10 minutes, they had a contact for me and he would call me within 5 minutes.
This is Monday and I close at 10:00 am on Friday. I speak to this gentleman and he appears to have everything together and said he sees no reason why we would not be able to close on Friday. He did really well for me on Monday and Tuesday. However, stopped communication with me on Wednesday. I thought no news is good news so I called and left messages and emails and no responses. Thursday he sent an email about 2:00 pm advising we would not be able to close and he would have more details later. Keep in mind this is less than 24 hours within my closing. I called the same 1 800 number as nobody would return my calls and refused to get off the phone. However, they were completely unable to do anything for me. Therefore, I went to a local branch seeking assistance.
After about 45 minutes at the local branch a personal banker finally got a hold of the manager of my loan officer and I spoke with him. He acted like this was out of control and he just found out about it and was doing everything he could and would call me back. He called back within an hour with no information and advised my loan officer would call me back. She did at ~ 5:00 saying they were still processing tax returns and trying to get a hold of previous landlords. Friday the day I was supposed to close my loan officer called me advising I ended up not having enough open credit lines and they requested another 5% down - this was after my scheduled closing.
I advised this is crazy, even questioned if this is legal as I already signed everything and they provided a good faith estimate. I said "so… since I don't have outstanding debt you want me to put more down, the day I am supposed to close." I asked for my appraisal fee to be refunded and my loan officer sent the request to her boss but I never heard anything more. I officially withdrew my application asking them to contact me if they cared at all about how I was treated. I went to a competitor and was approved and through underwriting within a week. I have a good credit score, plenty of money in the bank for the down payment and own the current house I am living in flat out. There is absolutely no reason I should have been treated like this. Stay away!
Reviewed Sept. 1, 2014
I have been dealing with Bank of America for quite some time with issues surrounding my home modifications. This is a mortgage I deem on a scale of 1 to 5 as being in my opinion a 1, which is the lowest there is. I still say this is a company that you cannot trust. My complaints as I have filed with the FTC a while back yet I cannot dismiss mentally this experience. I am been attempting to refinance my home to obtain a better rate. Since the home modification, my credit score has increased and among other financial matters has changed as well for the better.
I received numerous letters about FHA loans saying I am eligible for lower interest rate on my mortgage. Once I provide all the require information, the three companies comes back to inform me that I am not eligible because of a recent home modification. When I informed them that it has been (2) two years ago, I am informed they show March 2013. I then tell them that this is not correct. One gentlemen said the Leon County Public records show that date so I log on to view the document so I could point out that I filed and signed home modification August 2011. On (3) three separate occasion since the year 2011, I have been denied refinancing due to the date Bank of America recorded the home modification document which is March 29, 2013. This is the date all the mortgage companies I have been applying for looks at which is preventing me from getting in a lower rate and refinancing my loan with another mortgage company.
Please help. I signed another set of home modification because Bank of America had to re-record the documents that I signed back in 2011 of which I do not even show where they even recorded the original home modification that I signed in 2011. The strategy Bank of America use to coerce me into signing these documents again in 2013 has done nothing but prevented me from obtaining refinancing which I become eligible until my records are reviewed and they inform me that due to a recent home modification I am not eligible. PLEASE HELP. As outline: Home Modification August 2011, Bank of America recorded home Modification in the Leon County Public records of Florida, March 29, 2013, which was (2) two years later. This is preventing me form obtaining refinancing as well as taking advantage of FHA streamline Refinance/HARP loans. Previous complaints: 5/26/2012, **. 7/2/2013, ** and 9/16/13, **.
I do not wish to have a mortgage with Bank of America of which I feel trapped because of the way they handled my home modification transaction and the stressed they cause communicating with them over the telephone. They are not trustworthy. This is so unfair to me. I don’t know what I can do legally because over the years this has kept me from taking advantage of the FHA streamline refinance programs. Need legal advice and/or help to rid myself of doing business with Bank of America. The attached Leon County Public records home modification document provide support to why I cannot take advantage of streamline mortgage. I have not been 30 days late since 2011 as my credit report shows. Two years to record a home modification. They coerced me into to sign paperwork again as I was told then by reason I had to sign document again would not cause a problem. Well (2) years later it is.
Reviewed Aug. 30, 2014
I have been dealing with Bank of America since Spring of 2011, trying at the time to get approval for a Short Sale on my townhouse. I had contracted a Realtor whom I've known since 1999. She & her staff are very professional and had experience in dealing with Short Sales as well. I contacted Bank of America & explained that I could no longer afford my townhouse. At the time, the customer service rep suggested going thru mediation. I explained at that time that my situation had changed drastically and I didn't see how I could qualify for mediation. I also explained that when after the first showing my place was listed produced a good contract with a solid cash offer.
A copy of the contract & additional paperwork requested by B.of A. was forwarded onto them. After which we waited...&...waited...& waited for some kind of response from Bank of America. After about 2-3 weeks, both my Realtor & myself contacted them & we were told they never received the paperwork... So it was submitted to them again. This game went on from April 2011 until September 2011 when my buyer gave up & backed out of the contract. After my eye surgery & several serious family emergencies, my townhouse was relisted again in early 2012. We had a contract the 2nd day it was listed. Once again, the contract with necessary paperwork was submitted.
And again, we were subject to Bank of America's games. No response...then some of the paperwork was missing...then some of the paperwork was out of date... and this went on til October when that buyer gave up & cancelled their offer. At this point, I was at a loss what to do. So, I made an appointment with Tony ** in the local HUD office. He contacted Bank of America & was told that I needed to go thru mediation. So, he got the figures from B of A and I signed the necessary paperwork which he faxed to B of A.
I was to make a payment December, January, & February which was only $1.37 less than my normal payment. Being on a fixed income of $1801.00, the new payment of $739.00 plus HOA fees of $265.00 a month was a real struggle for me. I managed to make the first two payments on time but was late with the third. I had to borrow money from my brother in Houston to make the payment. I tried for 3-hrs. on February 29th, to get in contact with a live person at Bank of America to take my payment over the phone! I ended up making that payment on March 1st.
Approximately a week later, I received a letter from B of A that my mediation agreement had been cancelled since I didn't make the necessary payments on time. It was decided that we would put my place back on the market while we once again requested approval for a Short Sale. It took numerous phone calls before someone finally sent us paperwork again to be resubmitted requesting approval for a short sale. This time, it took a week before getting a solid offer on my place. And here again...we just started all over with submitting paperwork or resubmitting the same paperwork numerous times.
We would go weeks without any type of response then all of sudden, there was some additional form that just had to be sent to Bank of America. I've lost count of the number of times my Realtor has made the drive across town for me to sign a different form that basically stated the same information we had submitted to them over & over again! We also lost that buyer because of time B of A spent getting anything done.
We listed the house again for the 5th time, earlier this year. The contract was sent again to B of A. After almost 4 months, they notified us that they were turning down the contract & going for a Deed in Lieu of Trust. This was after my Realtor had talked the HOA into accepting a reduced amount for HOA dues...which Bank of America said was necessary for approval of the contract. I called Stewart Title Company in Houston to find out why Bank of America was pursuing a Deed in Lieu of Trust when we had a solid contract on the place. The lady I talked to there was unaware of this & cancelled it and sent the paperwork back to the Short Sale Dept. at the bank. During this time we could not get a call back from Bank of America at all!!!
I contacted Tony ** when all this happened & he suggested filing a written complaint with HUD & with the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau...which we did. Last Friday, my Realtor called me to let me know that my latest buyer had given up & purchased another place. Yesterday, we received a copy of Bank of America's response to the complaint and there is not an ounce of truth in any of their comments!
I am a 68-yr. old widow who is partially handicapped. My late husband & I purchased this townhouse in July 1999. He passed away July 4th, 2008. In March of 2011, I finally came to terms that I simply could no longer afford this place. When I initially contacted B of A to let them know, I was only 4 payments behind on my mortgage & HOA dues. They had 5-months to accept or negotiate an acceptable price with my 1st buyer but did absolutely nothing. And now I have lost my 5th buyer in a row all for the same reason... Bank of America took too long & was totally uncooperative.
I have no savings to even cover my expense of moving. This is in a large part due to the expense of carpet cleaning & house cleaning services to see to it that the property would show well. Along with that, I've had to replace the hot water heater and the dish washer in the last year. At one time, I was told by Bank of America that they would see to it that I received $3000 to cover my moving expenses. Regrettably, I never got that in writing.
My Realtor has a huge file on all the exact dates for everything including paperwork submitted, resubmitted...conversations...numerous times when phone calls were never returned...names of different contacts assigned to the account @ Bank of America. She & her staff have done an outstanding job this whole time to try & get this finalized...even though she'll never be repaid for all her time, hard work, & effort. This bank has done nothing but given us repeated runarounds, different excuses, & false promises for over 3 years!!! And after all this time...I'm still stuck in limbo.
Reviewed Aug. 29, 2014
My name is Paula **. I am in the middle of a short sale on a house that I have owned since 2000. Originally my home loan was with Countrywide then BOFA, no choice here. BOFA took over the loan I was paying $2,072.45 for several years... Christmas of 2011 due to divorce I commenced paperwork for a modification loan with BOFA and got approved for the mod loan (I have the approval letter). I was paying $1,586.83 a month, never missed payment. Then BOFA sent my loan to GreenTree who told me that the BOFA loan was a bad loan and that I owed them money. I was in the hospital because of this so often, once in the ICU, sick due to all of the stress involved here. GreenTree said it was a bad loan and I ended up losing my house, now it's a short sale. All the out of pocket home improvement, all of my blood, sweat and tears lost... I want reimbursed for my pain and suffering. I lost my house, all of that work gone...
Reviewed Aug. 28, 2014
I want to know why the Bank of America modified my mortgage increase my balance significantly. Also gave me a balloon Loan and then sold my loan to Nation Star Mortgages.
Reviewed Aug. 26, 2014
My mortgage was originally with BOA. When I lost my job, I applied for a loan modification. After submitting all required documents to BOA my mortgage was switched to M&T Bank along with my documents. They said they never received any notices or documents to continue working on a loan modification for me. So I had to start the process again. By this time I had no income because my unemployment had stopped. And this is the reason they denied a modification. I feel like I was treated unfairly by BOA and M&T Bank because I had income when I started the process but because of them being slack and intentionally waited for my income to run out to use as a reason to deny me.
Reviewed Aug. 25, 2014
No wonder homeowner kill themselves or others and burn down their homes. They have no recourse. Big money wins all the time and courts get the money for the Feds and the states and they sit back and enforce no laws and no one pays but the little guy. Just like this email it will go no place. Who cares anymore right? I say whatever happened to the rainmakers of years past. No one these days will lift a finger to help the little guy. It's all about the buck and not what is the right thing to do anymore. I for one will not give in or up if I don't win. You will hear about me. All I did was try and make a payment that the banks would not take. They started it and I will finish it. One way or another! 17 billion for what? Pay back the Feds for bailing them out! It's laughable!!! I'm in the wrong business. I need to ** the little guy for trillions and break bread with the Feds and pay back billions. Who wins? Me and only me.
Reviewed Aug. 23, 2014
I applied for refinancing with Bank of America for $180,000 in late June 2014. The local loan officer easily approved over the phone based on my income and longtime relationship with Bank of America. However, 2 months later, its underwriter has not approved it yet. My home is appraised for over $500,000. Being a health care professional, I have a descent income.
I voluntarily cut back work to per-diem from September 2013 to April 2014 to take care of my current husband who developed a serious medical condition. We got married in September 2013. He is a computer engineer and has no choice but working full-time or not working at all. I became his driver and caregiver, and he provided me the health insurance. As soon as he got well enough to drive to work, I got a full-time position and restored my usual income. I did not change my name or the address after the marriage for many reasons. My husband and I have one bank account outside of Bank of America. He transfers funds to our joint account to cover the cost of living since I do most household shopping. I'm applying for refinancing of my own home based on my income and background. I took out some funds from the line of credit to send 2 children to college as a single mother. With today's low interest rate and the fact I will be working next 15-20 years, it was a good idea to refinance.
The underwriter keeps requesting me the signed letters to meet their requirement. I find their inquiries pointless, inappropriate, and offensive. They asked to clarify the reason for “no employment during September 2013”. I was a per-diem employee and it’s an error. They asked me to explain the activity at my husband’s address. It is because we have a joint bank account at his address. They asked the reason for the “inquiry to Bank of America” earlier this year. I contacted the local loan officer for the refinancing information. It should be in their record. They asked me “the source of fund” when I transferred funds between my own Bank of America accounts in May 2014. Why do I have to provide a signed letter to explain the activities within Bank of America? They requested a signed “gift letter” from my husband after he transferred $2,000 from his own account to our joint account in June 2014.
I opened a Delta Airline’s American Express credit card this year. The underwriter requested the proof of the account activities and even had me participate in the conference call including their “credit department” and the America Express to verify my account.
I even received the email from First American Mortgage Service requesting my ex-husband to sign a deed and equity payoff letter. They later waived it, and I did not have to obtain a signature from my ex-husband.
I’ve maintained a decent income after I finished graduate school in 2008. My income dropped only during the 8 month when I cut back to per-diem to take care of my husband. I have a very high credit score. I’ve never paid a credit card interest or missed a payment in my life. I’m refinancing only $180,000 for the home worth over $500,000. Each time they request a letter, I have to spend hours to prepare the documents. I work over 40 hours a week and take care of family members. Two months after the application, the underwriter does not approve it yet. It’s like a terrorist interrogation or harassment. I’m a foreign born and have a foreign name. I feel I’m treated unfairly despite my income, responsibility, and ability to repay.
Reviewed Aug. 23, 2014
In our hot California market, BoA denied mortgage credit of $80,000 (77% down payment) based on my inability to provide a physical address for the past 5 months despite providing all of the verifiable income. My relationship with BoA represents 26 years with Visa (no over limit, defaults or late payments), 24 years with Checking (no returned checks), an excellent 6-figure sum in my savings account and a FICO 806 score. I am a single female senior citizen in my 70s and was put-down, insulted and intimidated. In short, discriminated against.
When I wrote to the President of BoA, I received a response that advised: BoA is required by law to inform you that this communication is from a debt collector, etc., etc. WHY? My Visa balance is 2% of my credit limit. I do not and never have had a loan with BoA nor any debt facility other than my impeccable Visa card. My letter voiced a complaint about the employee who demonstrated discrimination towards me. Not anything else. Subsequent to spending the past 5 months driving around California searching for a home at an affordable price with location and quality in mind, I had finally found a suitable property but the discriminatory and intimidating tactics of BoA has caused undue anxiety, exacerbating the pain in my bad knee and two bad shoulders and the house, of course, sold within days.
Reviewed Aug. 22, 2014
In our hot California market, BoA denied mortgage credit for 77% loan to value based on my inability to provide a physical address for the past 5-months despite providing all of the verifiable income. My relationship with BoA represents 26-years with Visa (no over limit, defaults or late payments), 24-years with Checking (no returned checks), an excellent 6-figure sum in my savings account and a FICO 806-score. I am a single female senior citizen in my 70's and was put-down, insulted and intimidated. In short, discriminated against.
When I wrote to the President of BoA, I received a response that advised: BoA is required by law to inform you that this communication is from a debt collector .. etc. etc. WHY? My Visa balance is 2% of my credit limit. I do not and never have had a loan with BoA nor any debt facility other than my impeccable Visa card. My letter voiced a complaint about the employee who demonstrated discrimination towards me. Not anything else.
Subsequent to spending the past 5-months driving around California searching for a home at an affordable price with location and quality in mind, I had finally found a suitable property but the discriminatory and intimidating tactics of BoA has caused undue anxiety, exacerbating the pain in my bad knee and two bad shoulders and the house, of course, sold within days.
Reviewed Aug. 22, 2014
8/16/14: Today my home was just posted with a Sheriff Sale for September 5, 2014 that I have not been legally notified about, until this post on my door. I had heard from a 3rd party on 8/11/14 who stated they seen my name in the paper about the Sheriff Sale and wanted to know if I knew anything. I contacted Trot and Trot last week to find out what was going on with little help. Why have I never been legally notified by Bank of America of the Foreclosure? Why have I never been legally notified by Trot and Trot, PC of the Foreclosure? What happens now? I get very little information and referred to Bank of America or Bank of America refers me to Trot and Trot, PC.
As it turns out, it appears my ex-husband has been receiving these notifications (who does not live in this home since our divorce in 2009) which I have yet to see. Because Bank of America would not work with me after the divorce, I was forced to file bankruptcy against the home and was told to wait until after the bankruptcy to call them again which I did and they would not talk to me because my ex was in a bankruptcy. So I was told to wait for a letter from BOA (intent to foreclose which mind you I never received) and then I could call BOA and see about if they would rent it to me or modify the loan. Which after being able to talk to someone on Tuesday, 8/12/14, who stated I cannot remodify unless I have a Quit Claim Deed recorded. Well, my divorce which states I was awarded the home is recorded and serves as such. So therefore BOA will do nothing for a Single Mom raising an 11-yr-old on her own.
The really sad thing is I was willing to update this home since everything is original from when the home was built in 1985 but because of BOA who will not work with its customers, I am being forced out of a home that I love. Just off the top of my head the following repairs need to be made: Complete kitchen and bathroom, Windows, Interior/Exterior Doors and door wall, Roof Leak with a bathroom and kitchen, Basement Leak, Plumbing problems, Electrical problems, A/C doesn't work, New furnace needed, All floors and much more.
I predict someone will have to put a good $75K or more into this house to get in decent condition, which I was willing do to but BOA will not allow it. So BOA/Trot and Trot - Good Job for not notifying the customer and for not working with them. Thank you BOA/Trot and Trot for forcing yet another customer out on the street.
Reviewed Aug. 21, 2014
My husband and I purchased this home in 2004 with countrywide mortgage. Bac purchased loan without our knowledge. My husband was in the military mainly in Iraq and we made all our payments to bac. In 2011 bac sent us a paper on this modification to lower our payments which at the time was almost 1400.00. Now bac raised our payments every year for no cause. Our taxes were not raised or insurance there was no just call to raise our payments from 885 to close to 1400. When we spoke to bac, they said they could increase our payments as high as 1600. My husband being in the military 1 of his paychecks went to bac so that didn't leave much. Bac kept at us about the modification and we ended up doing it.
Now we had never missed a payment until we agreed to mod. They said we can miss up to 3 payments and not to pay the next payment and that our paperwork was on its way. Well no paperwork showed up and we made the next payment. Eventually bac sent package and we went thru all the steps and made trial payments and got the letter we were approved. Now we only missed the one payment that they told us to miss which was 1293. The payback was over 5 grand at the end of loan. Well they were suppose to record deed by June 1st and it was never done. We called and they said by June 31st. Well never heard nothing back.
Now within this period of 2010/2011 to 2012 we had many many modification reps. In 2012 we received a letter of denial and all of our modification payments were made and they were showing us 13 payments behind. Well we ended up redoing the paperwork and sending in mega copies in 2012 and 2013. In 2012 they sent us a 1099 stating we only paid 2000 for the year and we made over 13000 in payments. When asked about the money they list they said nothing.
Now it's 2013 and we again redid paperwork that was already approved in 2011 and 2012 so this is the 3rd packet. We repeatedly called bac and they never called us back. When we did have them on the line they stated that our mod rep was changed again and our paperwork has been misplaced again. Now this is the 3rd time. I sent bac a copy of all our payments from 2011 and 2012 which just 2012 added up to almost 14000 dollars. They sent us a new 1099g stating this in December of 2013. Now we still hadn't missed any of their payments. We were making modified payments still at that point. In June of 2013 after being approved twice but bac never finalizing last step and changing payment amounts in computer, bac had us 22 payments behind and owing them 18000 plus dollars.
My husband and I were so upset. He was in Iraq not knowing if he would have a home to come home too. So we decided to take money out of his 401k of 20000.00 and paid bac in June of 2013. So in 2013 we paid bac over 22000.00. It wasn't 30 days after paying that amount they said we were behind that they said we were still 16000.00 behind. Now we started this mod at the beginning of 2011. By June of 2013 we had completed 3 packets and paid a total of 42000.00 since this started. Now our normal payments wouldn't have added up to this amount. Now we have done 2 more packets so we are up to 5 and they state we are first one couple of months ago saying we owed 13 payments and now 60 days later we owe 22 payments. We are at our ends all over them stating to miss one payment and do a modification.
We have never refinanced our loan. Our loan has increased instead of going down. We are almost back to original loan amount after paying for 10 plus years. Bac put this on my husband's credit report which ruined him. We can't refinance with anyone else because of that. Bac holds a possible foreclosure over our heads and all we did was listen and do what they stated. Our home is worth 2 and a half times more than what we owe and we can't refinance or take an equity loan out and we are still doing packet 6 of bac's modification. We need help!!! My husband put 25 years in our military and bac is trying to take our home unjustly and the military you need to keep your bills up or it looks in kindly towards you. Erick from Jersey your story is so much like ours. What can we do? Please help, somebody. We can't lose our home.
Reviewed Aug. 21, 2014
I lost $125,000.00 and my house on **. A Bank of America employee who knew how much money I had persuaded me to buy another house and he put me in questionable loan called the ARM. I bought the home in 2005 and I lost it in 2008. My credit score went down and I had to go into foreclosure and I lost $125,000.00. I put my trust in the Bank of America employee and I lost a lot. I am very cautious now. I learned a valuable lesson.
Reviewed Aug. 21, 2014
Quick summary then explain ... It has went to court at least 4 times. They was told by the court what to do and they did not do it. We was lied to and told to leave the courtroom by some person saying our case was dismissed for the day and they went ahead and had court on it. It still is not a settled case but yet a realtor had our house sold before we even had our last court case. The Judge ruled in favor at present time for them and was not given full details because we was ask to leave the time before. It never was a legal process for the state of Tennessee. I want some answers and some justice over this. Two Judges involved in case and no one ever brought out the facts... I wish someone would please call me!
16 years in that house, raised my children there... Anyway, How it started... They called me. I was current on my payments, might be a couple of weeks slow for awhile here and there but was managing it. This only began after they bought out my previous mortgage company, Countrywide in which I never had a problem. I was not informed that my account was being sold. I was never told that when BOA was to take over my payment would change. But... back to subject, they called me, with this Home Retention/Modification program that they wanted me to do. Said it would lower my payment in half.
Well for the first few months every time they called, I said no... not interested, but they were persistent... So, I told them send me some information on it and let me look it over... AND IT BEGAN! I then was in their process... They told me not to make any more house payments because in order to do this, they had to show us in "distress"... So, this goes on for awhile. They keep asking for paperwork from our business. I would send and wait... Then I would call, never could get the same person and no one ever knew anything... They would request more paperwork... same process and this went on and on. Finally we get a woman on the phone that is suppose to be on top of the process telling us it had call got messed up, our paperwork was shuffled around to the point of they couldn't find it....and so on...again. However she said she was going to fix it and stay on top of it.
Well while we are on the phone with her, her company is having a foreclosure at a courthouse in Memphis, TN, our house in Savannah, TN, like 4 counties over. TN law states... Before a foreclosure can take place, it has to run at least three times in the paper of the county the house or property is located. This woman when confronted, said, "If you don't see it in your paper then you're not being foreclosed on." So why are they having an auction on our house at the Memphis courthouse?
Reviewed Aug. 19, 2014
I recently fell behind, again, on my BoA. I am 4 months behind not counting the current month. Things began to pick up & I called to let them know I had enough for 2 payments & should have a 3rd before the end of the month. At this point I would only be 2 payments behind. I was told that because it is an FHA loan they could not take any "partial" payments. So now I must request a fax with all the amounts due to date, attorney fees, late fees, etc. I was told that this amount is only good for 10 days at which point I must request another amount which would included additional lawyer fee, fines, late fees, etc.
I already refinanced & am not even trying to go through that again... BTW the refi took 3 1/2 years for them to finally do only after they forced me to do the exact thing they are doing now (i.e. pay everything I was behind on, lawyer fees, etc. after doing this 2 years again I received my refi documents from Fedex with in the week. Which I never even told I was "okayed" for.) At this point it is putting me in a bind trying to come up with all the "fees". I have no idea who to call, write, visit or whatever to see if this is even legal. Please advise. Thank you.
Reviewed Aug. 16, 2014
In 2010, I fell behind my mortgage due to job loss and was able to get a modification from Bank of America after I regain employment. Two years later, after receiving my mod, I fell behind again due to Superstorm Sandy and getting laid off again for Superstorm Sandy damage my home and we had to move out so I could not keep up with the mortgage payments. My first mod, I received the 2% and they put the money I was behind then to the back of the loan. Now that I am asking for a second mod. They are telling me no to a second mod because I had a first mod.
I am behind $68,000 in back payments which includes a lot of fees. My loan was not extend to 40 years. I still have a 30-year loan. I'm trying to have it possible extend the loan for 40 years and if possible increase the rate all to catch up with the back payments of $68,000. I can afford the home, I'm working. BOA last year sold my loan to Green Tree Servicing who is refusing to offer me an in-house mod or any programs to help me catch up with my back payments. I am trying to appeal their decline letter for the mod.
I requested a mod two different times in the last three months. I was turned down both times for two different reasons. First they said it was income. Then I provided the income. The last turn down said I already have a mod and have the rate of 2 % - there is nothing they can do for me. Pay the $68,000. I'm in foreclosure but have not been served with any court papers... What, when and how could I ask the servicing company Green Tree and Bank of America to consider me for a special type of mod or reevaluate my situation. Please help me convince them that I want to stay in my home that I have lived in for nineteen years. Sign, what to do next.
Reviewed Aug. 14, 2014
We have been trying to get a modification approved since October 2013. We made the 3 trial payments and were sent the loan doc to have modified in February. We went to a notary on three separate occasions and the paperwork was rejected - BOA then sent a notary to our house and that paperwork was rejected as well. The bank then took the money over $13,000 that was in an "unapplied funds account" and applied towards the back payments which were included in the new mortgage amount. I call every day and my CRM (Customer Representative Manager) is never available. I do not receive any returned calls.
What are my legal rights? Is there an attorney that can assist me?
Reviewed Aug. 14, 2014
Applied to refinance my house to fold in a home equity loan, all total about $65K. Condo appraised out for $208. Shouldn't be a problem since I have a good job and a lot of money in the bank. WRONG. When giving my information over the phone BofA never said anything to me about the fact that they do write loans for owners that live in a condo association that has "co-insurance". I asked about whether the condo association would be a problem. No, no they told me. Paid the $500 fee. Sent them reams of financial documents, they aggravated me by never following up or returning emails or phone calls. Took time off work to meet the appraiser. Then the other fees start.
They had questions for my condo association -- I had to pay $275 for the questionnaire. Then they said that I had to pay $20 for an insurance certificate. Then 6 weeks later, $800 and a daily aggravation -- they call and say my loan is denied because of insurance. I gave them the Fanny Mae guidelines and an email from my association that says the insurance is accepted by all financial institutions. Put out in social media for people to contact me about their loans. Seems everyone's association has co-insurance. Asked and asked for a contact in their insurance department -- denied. Asked for clarification -- none given. So I'm out $800. 6 weeks of my life and now my credit is ruined (was excellent) because I've been denied a loan from BofA. Ruined my credit and my life.
Reviewed Aug. 12, 2014
I stated in 2010 it is now 13 payments into a permanent modification and I’m told I don’t have a modification and they want $16,000… after I was told they could not help me unless I fell behind in 2010. I ended up falling behind and then they told me they need $15,000 which I had to borrow from friends and family and paid them up. Today now I’m told they were only partial payments and I didn’t have a modification but I had sent the paperwork in 24 times and they were lost over and over. Finally I got the modification in April of 2012 and had to make the first payment by money order and I did then. Was told on the forth payment the payment would change and it did. It went down one dollar and that my modification was all finished and was permanent.
Then 13 payments later I’m told in May of 2013 that my modification never went through and that I was only making partial payments and I was like “What”? I have made 13 payments and you tell me I don’t have a modification and that in February 2013 I refused a modification but I made my modification payments and was never late all because you lost my final modification papers 4 times. And the last time a Rep told me she had them in her hand and all was finished then months later BAC tells me I never had one. And in June 2013 they send me a letter like I’m asking to start a modification but in the same letter say I can “continue to make my permanent modification payments,” as I have been doing… DOES THIS MAKE ANY SENSE?
So I stopped and I’m getting a lawyer. I’m done with the games they play and this past March I had surgery and when I was under the knife somehow I got up and made an inquire to my credit. So now I’m also dealing with identity theft due to BAC incompetence. Now I’m being harassed by BAC and I have no other choice but to get an attorney. Why is the Government letting them do this to hardworking people??? I have every fax, person I spoke to, what they said - time they said it, FedEx that was sent who signed for them, and every little word that was said. I have a file must weight at the very least 75lbs… and I’m ready for a court battle. They acted like they were the mortgage holder and only in the last correspondence did they mention that Freddie Mac holds my mortgage and they are only the servicer. I already knew this because Freddie Mac opened up a case with BAC on their own because they never got a penny!!! So if you wonder how BAC is making money, there you have it!!!
Bank of America as I stated before gave me a modification then turns around months into making the modification payments and tells me my modification never finalized because the envelope which they themselves put the preprinted address on had the wrong address not once, but twice. I was told by the person who was handling my modification that I was LOCKED in and all is finished then months later BAC tells me I don't have a modification. I was contacted by a Mr. S. ** from BAC and was told that I would be helped after a Mrs. T. ** had put in my file that she would no longer talk to me because I yelled at her which is a false statement to put on my account. This told to me by Freddie Mac my lender who opened a case and the person Kara stated to me that this was on my account that I yelled at this lady.
FYI if someone is yelling at you on the phone please hang up - I would, but the fact is I never yelled and I asked BAC to listen to the recording. Anyway so I was passed to a Mr. J. ** and he said he would try to reinstate the modification, but all he was doing was bullying me into taking another modification which was $24 less than the first, but I had to do the trial payment again which would be no problem if they didn't have the power to say on the second payment that they are not going to give me the modification. So since I can't trust BAC how am I to know they will not just turn around and say no after the first payment.
I have made to date 15 payments on the modification since 04/02/2012 and on 07/01/2012 my principal balance was $158,076.91. Keep in mind I have been making payments on this modification I was given. Today 08/22/2013 I call to find out my payoff amount to get away from BAC and was told it is $173,557.91. What happened to the payments I have been making? I have paid since 04/02/2012 this amount $16,165.35 and I only see the balance go up. Can anyone make head or tail of this?
When I check on the computer the account states I'm past due $16,998.90. I want to learn their math so I can use it for my check book. In one year making payments I went from $158,076.91 to $173,557.91 and paid $16,165.35. Looks to me like they added the money to the principal instead of subtracting it. When I asked Mr. J. ** why I would be making payments of $1077.57 for over a year if I didn't have a modification and all my paperwork he stated to me, "I DON'T KNOW". I said to him with all due respect that is the dumbest thing I have ever heard. If I were allowed to decide on how much I would pay I would have chosen $1 not the $1077.57 BAC told me to pay per my modification agreement which they messed up and I'm forced to pay for it.
I have all my paperwork. I didn't lose my papers like BAC did mine 24 times then the final paperwork twice I'm told now, but was told by Mrs. A. ** all was final and the modification process is all over and I could go on with my life now and just keep making the payments. Mrs. A. ** has since gone MIA and I cannot speak with her. I hope all is well and those movies where they take people out for knowing too much are not real. The way I am being treated makes me think the movies are not that far off from real life, and it scares me to think of what could have happened to her.
If an Attorney is reading this and can help please contact me. Today I have a modification finally I pay a little under $1000 a month but they took all that money and added money to the cost of house. The house is not worth what I have to pay for the next 30 years because as I feel I was cheated, mislead, legally mugged, and it just seems our representatives in Washington just let it happen. What are they getting $9,000,000,000 for when they did nothing help the American People.
Reviewed Aug. 11, 2014
We have been approved for a loan modification with a new payment of $544.88. The old payment was $1,420 which was the amount of the Trial payments. We complied. Now B of A wants to me to come up with 6K before the loan will be approved.
Reviewed Aug. 8, 2014
I was a BofA customer 1953 to 2012 when I left in frustration. The frustration source was their refusal to tell me why the bank canceled my home equity line of credit in 2010 (approx) which was issued with my now paid off 30 year mortgage in 1974. By personal appearance, by telephone, by email, and by letter to every person or address that I could obtain, including the local branches (2), Mortgage Departments (from BofA's website, both phones and emails), including BofA's President and its CEO. All to no avail. No one has ever told me why, the cancellation.
Reviewed Aug. 7, 2014
I began the loan modification process after a medical situation left me providing support to 2 family members. I followed all of BoA's requests in a timely manner, only to be given a total run-around. I voiced my complaint directly to my assigned representative, who submitted some kind of written notice, but nothing changed. My mortgage is paid up to date and is not behind because I have been struggling to do so. After 6 months of going through this time consuming, flawed and unending process cycle, I may need to get BoA's attention by not sending any more payments.
My first steps started in 2013 by calling to find out information on how to do a short-sale. I was told absolutely not. After a few months, I called back to BoA to inquire about a loan modification to "make my home more affordable." I was told about this "dedicated" department of BoA that assists consumers with this. I received my initial BoA packet in mid-February. It was very involved, took me a couple of months to collect everything, get copies, etc. I sent in everything, signed everything, completed everything. Now for May, June, July and now August I'm going around and around with BoA with the same game I read here from others. The 30 day processing time period passes - no response. BoA sends a letter saying they can't reach me (They never tried).
I contact them - get voice mail, none calls back. More days go by I call again, talk to someone who says I'm missing documents. They need another signed copy of the form to request tax information because it looks like the form was altered. I supply another signed form and I include my copies of my tax documentation. They now want another month of all statements because more than 30 days has gone by. I supply them immediately. A few weeks go by, I get another letter saying they can't reach me. Same story - now they want written explanation about a deposit. I supply this immediately. Now I learn they need another tax form signed, I have now signed 4 tax forms and sent them to BoA.
Another week goes by - another letter saying they can't reach me (Never received a missed call). I call back - talk to someone find out now they need another month of financial statements, because 30 more days has gone by. I immediately supply these. A few weeks go by, I get another letter saying they can't reach me. Same story- now they want written explanation about transfers. I supply this immediately. It is an unending, same scenario over and over again. At this point, in early August I have been assigned a new representative have a voice mail saying "your documents are incomplete, we need another..." This is a terribly flawed process - make your decision BoA with all I have already sent you. You have enough information from me to move forward. I will be busy submitting complaints to FHA and whoever else I need to.
Reviewed Aug. 4, 2014
My husband became gravely ill in November 2013. He was airlifted from our local hospital to a different hospital over an hour away. At that time, I called BOA immediately to let them know that I would be having trouble making my mortgage payments due to the decrease in income as my husband would be receiving disability. I sent in the 1st round of modification papers and receive a ridiculous decision in January 2014 that I was denied and I needed to pay over $1100.00 a month for 4 months to get my mortgage caught back up.
I declined that offer and filled out the 2nd set of modification paperwork in February, as of July 31 there was no resolution. They repeatedly asked for the same documents over and over again, couldn't read a bank statement and if there was a question, no one did anything until I called. I filed a complaint with the CFPB which lit a small fire under them but now my mortgage has been sold to a new provider, and by the looks of what I am reading, no better than the crooks at BOA. So excited...NOT.
Reviewed Aug. 4, 2014
For about the last 6 weeks or so, I have gotten nothing but a runaround from Bank of America in regard to simple information another lender needs in order for me to refinance my home equity loan (switching from BOA to another lender). First, I was told by BOA that the information would be forwarded promptly with no problem. When that did not happen, I checked back with them and was told that my request was denied because my "signature looked funny" on the release form. I submitted a new release form and was told that a specific person would expedite my request immediately. When another week went by and this did not happen, I followed up again, only to be told that the person was on vacation. After asking for someone else to help me with my request, I was told that a Vice President of BOA needed to approve it (mind you, I got the same information online from another bank I dealt with in the past--nothing complicated!).
After several more weeks of calling and being passed from person to person (none of whom would give their last names or extension numbers for follow up) I finally had no choice but to file federal and state regulatory complaints as BOA is the only organization holding up the closing on my refinance. I soon got a voicemail from a BOA "Resolution Advocate" asking me to call him. Well, that was about 10 days ago, and my 6 or more voicemails back to him have gone unanswered; but in the meantime, he sent a letter to me in response to my complaints saying that "communication is the key to resolving my situation". If he bothered to call me back, this could all be settled very simply and quickly. Meanwhile, I have another lender, a real estate attorney, and many other interested parties waiting for a closing that can only happen once BOA fulfills a simple request that they have some aversion to handling in a prompt and professional manner.
Reviewed Aug. 2, 2014
Just wondering if anyone else has noticed on your mortgage statements when sometimes there are 2 PMIs taken out in 1 month? Also, after I contacted Fannie Mae on my issues of getting my PMIs dropped due to both of us being on disability, have had loan 6 years no late payments (but have been charged late fees to upon checking bills through the years). It's very frustrating.
Reviewed Aug. 1, 2014
We had land contracts on 3 properties with VA that were serviced with Countrywide and 1 property that was financed with BOA. When Bank of America took over Countrywide and the servicing of the land contracts, the land contracts all of a sudden became 30-yr conventional loans. And they were reporting them as such to credit agencies, etc. Thus far making it impossible for years, over 15, to obtain any kind of fair interest rates or to obtain financing at all. When we could no longer afford to make the payments on these properties, myself, my husband and our attorney tried for months to contact someone at BOA to try to figure out what to do with these properties. We even submitted a loan modification request on the 1 mortgaged property. We spent thousands of dollars on attorney fees, to get the runaround, never speaking to the same person and countless calls that went unreturned.
Also, they filed an insurance claim against our landlord policy on one of the properties that sustained storm damage. Not knowing when the damage actually occurred and our policy had since been cancelled, they falsified documents to say the storm damaged occurred while the policy was still in effect and received a payout from our insurance company of over $5000.00 made out to Bank of America and my husband. They had to have endorsed my husband's name in order to cash the check. (Which we have currently requested copies of). We had no prior knowledge of this and had only found out because when trying to renew our personal homeowners insurance, the cost was much higher than we had originally been paying due to a claim that had been filed against our old landlord policy by a Bank of America "personal adjuster".
Reviewed July 30, 2014
My issues with BoA began in 2012. I was laid off from my job and got behind in payments. In February 2013, I attempted for several weeks to contact my CRM to inform her I would be making my late payments to get the account current with no return call even after leaving messages. I sent the late payments on february 11 and spoke with a general customer service agent who acknowledged the payment. This was before the home even went into foreclosure review. On February 23 I received a letter from Western union stating the funds had been returned to them. On february 28, I received a letter from BoA stating no payments had been received and they were referring my account for foreclosure review. During these weeks I continued to try and contact my manager with no luck. Once I did speak with someone, I was told modification was my only option to keep my home. I was assigned a new manager who was actually great after I stressed to her the importance of us keeping in contact due to my previous experience.
I did the 1st modification which was denied and was told I needed to increase my income by 30%. I got another full-time job and did a 2nd modification in October of 2013. This time the entire procedure stopped. My manager did a few escalations with no answers. She was as confused as I was but worked hard to help me. This went on well into February of 2014. After a period of time, my manager who worked so hard to help me was no longer my manager and I was told I needed to resubmit another modification with no answer to the 2nd. I had a new manager who had no clue as to what my old manager had been doing, just requiring another modification. This being just a few weeks from the sale date. I was told after that date there was nothing I could do.
Nonetheless I lost my home and to date I still have no answers to what happened to that modification and no one at BoA can seem to find any answers in all my file. I even had one person in the REO department tell me during our conversation that she had been on the phone with me for 20 minutes and she was done with the conversation. I was shocked! This has been the worst experience of my life and I hope BoA trains their employees to better assist those people going through the most difficult time.
Reviewed July 29, 2014
We have spent the last 4 months going through the process to refinance our home. We have been working with two different people and have had to keep sending in multiple copies of our information because one person would say they needed it even after it had been sent already to the other person. We check online to see our progress. We assumed we were closing soon, and now the website says our refi is inactive. Multiple calls and emails to both people as to why, have never been returned. We have no info at this time. Very unprofessional. They cut off all contact.
Reviewed July 26, 2014
Going through this long ordeal with modification... Now they're putting me into foreclosure even before they know if I'm getting a modification, they're just setting me up. Bank of America doesn't help, I can see that now. I am divorced and need help, why can't they help... Thanks.
Reviewed July 26, 2014
First, let me say that I am not writing this for myself, but for my daughter who lives at the address listed. My husband did co-sign for my daughter and at the closing we were told his name would be taken off the loan within a year. It was sold to B of A and he remained on the loan. My daughter had a good job at the time, working at a company that secured loans (not exactly sure what the company did). That was 6 years ago and, with the fall of the housing market, she lost her job. Her loan payments were going up and up but her insurance and taxes didn't go up enough to justify the the large rise in her payments. She applied for a loan modification, I think, 3 times and, every time it came close to being settled, the bank came up with something else they needed before it was complete.
This latest attempt was very close to being complete and they decided they wanted my husband to sign a quitclaim deed. I am not a attorney, but we just didn't understand why he would sign a quitclaim deed. Our understanding was that it was usually used when there was a divorce pending. Well now they have sold this mortgage to Selene Finance and I am scared to death that my husband and I are going to lose everything we have all because B of A gives people the runaround. I guess that's life. Thank You.
Reviewed July 25, 2014
We had been in our home for 12 years. Over those 12 years we deferred our loan twice due to medical bills. My husband lost his job. They foreclosed on our home. I tried to make partial payments, they refused to take any more payments at all. We requested various solutions and they made us fill out and send in our information with ludicrous deadlines and demands, over 50 times. Stating that paperwork wasn't received or it wasn't complete, though we always had proof otherwise. My husband found a new job three months after he lost his job. BOA refused to take payments. We resorted to the court system where BOA dragged and delayed us for four years. We now have a destroyed credit rating and a 50,000$ bubble payment at the end of our loan because BOA refused to take our money.
To prove we could pay, we had to put our money in an account every month, as well as pay for a Lawyer. We are sunk. We would hope to retire after the house is paid but instead we are going to have to come up with an additional 50,000$ bulk payment after paying our mortgage every month or lose our home in 20 years anyway. Consumer screwed, four years of mental torture and an outrageous "settlement". We won our home, almost lost our marriage and will most likely lose our home after paying BOA for 20 years. Disgusting!
Reviewed July 24, 2014
BAC lose every attempt home modification that they offered me, never return calls. Oh! Except once out of retaliation because I repeatedly left a voicemail to her to call me back saying "it's a shame that BAC have personal representative to deal with distress homeowners." And never a call back even from her manager as she gave out as her back up call person to contact. I never forget the only message I got back from BAC personal representative name Babi ** of Atlanta on my voicemail, stating that not to worry, you will no longer be needing a BAC representative anymore. My home was sold. My payment went up twice amount. I had to move.
Reviewed July 24, 2014
Three times I have applied to Bank of America for a loan modification and 3 times I have been denied for "reasons" that make no sense. The first time I was told the denial was because I had not provided documentation requested by the bank BUT I had documented everything. Had to hire an attorney to represent me. Through the attorney I applied again and was denied in March of this year because on February 25, 2014 I had "withdrawn my request for a modification." No way! But my attorney was sick of all the nonsense and didn't want to represent me any longer. So I contacted the bank and in June, 2014, I applied again, on my own.
I received a letter acknowledging receipt of the application and have heard nothing further in the more than 30 days since that time - until today - when I received a letter from their attorney stating that my home is going to public sale in less than 60 days. I have no idea if my latest modification application was even processed.. Why can't they just play by the rules???
Reviewed July 23, 2014
I've had a home loan with Bank of America transferred from another mortgage company and now my mortgage company was transferred from BOA to another bank. BOA continues to offer poor customer service and satisfaction. I had called several times requesting amended forms and they did not mail them out in a timely fashion. When I was a customer of BOA, I tried to change or refinance my current loan which still remains a NEGATIVE amortization loan and going through almost ONE year of submitting documents and phone calls, I was denied. Because I pay my mortgage on time and earn a decent salary, I am denied. Perhaps it was better for me to not pay my mortgage on time and not work and then I would have been approved!!!
Negative amortization loans are no longer offered to any home buyers, yet I am unable to obtain any other loan. BOA representatives did not give me any indication as to the outcome, but constantly asking for verification, such as salary, tax info, etc, etc. Relatives of mine had a lot of issues with BOA home loans as well; they were unable to pay their mortgage and needed to get back on their feet, and BOA had NO concern for their situation, even though they always paid their mortgage on time. The representatives were nasty and inconsiderate. My relatives vowed they will NEVER do business with BOA again; BOA did not want to work with them at all!
Reviewed July 20, 2014
As a FIRST TIME HOME BUYER, I was very caution and nervous. I spoke with my loan officer and did bring to her attention that I've ONLY WORKED 9 months with a temp agency. She assured me that I would meet all guidelines. My loan officer AND loan processor kept stressing me to do an appraisal. And the fee would be 545.00.
They withdrawn the fees a WEEK AFTER I was denied??? How does that happen??! !
I refer NO ONE get a mortgage loan with BoA. ZEROOO STARS!!!!
Reviewed July 18, 2014
We have been looking for a house to buy in Miami for over 6 months. Finally we find a house for which they accept our offer. In Miami this is very difficult as there are many more people trying to buy a house than the houses available to purchase. When we get to the point of choosing our mortgage lender, we had two options. Bank of America reassured us that we were going to be able to close on time. That is was not an issue and that we should choose them. We decided to go with them as we have been customers for over 10 years. The underwriter was never available, but thanks to our loan officer we were getting the information and documents that we needed to provide. We provided all our conditions documents ahead of schedule. I kept asking the underwriter if there was anything else. She only responded, great with no more. She totally disappeared. We were told that everything is on time to close, but actually they had not even looked at our file. We finally asked them 4 days before closing regarding the status. They said everything was ready to close.
3 days before closing, everyone went on vacation. The underwriter in charge of our file just decided 3 days before our closing day to contact our employer for a verification of employment. We escalated the issue and they kept saying that we will still close. Well, again the people they put in charge are again on vacation. We escalated the situation to the president's CEO office and guess what? Nobody is answering us. Bank of America has completely disappeared. They have not contact us anymore. I feel that they are just like those ghost business that take your money and disappear with no trace behind. We explained what they have caused contract ends. Sellers do not have to sell. We have one month to find housing which in Miami is not enough. It has taken us at least 3 months to find a rental in the past experiences. Further, there is a 2 week to 1 month association approval waiting period.
The sellers live abroad now and only flew for the closing. They are 80+ year old. They are now flying back and as we do not know if we are actually closing. They are now not sure that they want to sell to us anymore. So now, we are pretty much homeless as our apartment is already leased out to a new tenant (properties fly in Miami). We told all levels of management at Bank of America regarding this, but they do not care. They keep ignoring and not even informing us. This is deceitful information. There has been gross negligence on their part. I am not sure if it is because we are young and first time buyers, but that should not matter and if it does this is discrimination. The pain that Bank of America has caused me goes beyond the monetary value. I am so stressed. I cannot eat or sleep. When I get a few sleep hours I get nightmares about this process. I really ask that someone helps us if there is anything that can be done. I have proof of their negligence and their constant deceitful information.
Reviewed July 18, 2014
Have been trying to obtain a Making Home Affordable Modification Mortgage Loan with Bank of America for the past five years. I have three binders full of documents that the bank continues to request. They are the same documents that are sent to them repeatedly. BOA either state they never received them or are lost. For the past two years I started to fax all documents from a BOA branch near my home. The manager at the bank cannot seem to understand why this has taken so long. Since documents have been fax from the branch and recorded received they have approved what they call an "in-house modification because we did not qualified for the HAMP program. This in-house modification required higher interest rate and monthly mortgage payment of over $300.00. So from $2538.00 that I was originally paying now I would be paying $2838.00.
I was out of work for over three months two years ago because I suffered a stroke and was in rehabilitation. We have medical bills and two children that we need to put through college in a couple of years. This has been a nightmare and stressful beyond belief. I cannot understand how BOA gets away from all the fraud and scam they commit on a daily basis with homeowners who are struggling to save their home.
Reviewed July 16, 2014
It has taken over 45 days for the closing and they never officially evicted the prior tenant and he has came back and removed a carport, building, and swing and I am forced to absorb losses and damage due to lengthy closing after they have received my money. I have tried with no help from sheriff to stop the thefts and trespassing by former tenant and others. But sheriff insists his hand is tied due to Bank of America not evicting him and securing the property.
Reviewed July 13, 2014
I made the WORST mistake EVER..... I failed to notice I has 2 auto bill pays for my mortgage payment and it sent my B of A account into the negative. I saw this error the same day the 2nd payment came out and called and spoke to auto bill pay department. They told me they could stop pay on 2nd electronic check.... Thought everything would get figured out, then next day I see they charged me an NSF fee....even when I called the day before to get this stopped..... Talked to customer service, talked again to auto bill pay dept and they were unwilling to waive the nsf fee..... The SUPERVISOR kept telling me it was a valid nsf fee, that it was not bank error, as a SUPERVISOR he could have waived this nsf fee, but he was unwilling..... This is causing me to move banks, after being a loyal customer for many many years, they treat me like this.
Reviewed July 12, 2014
Bank of America foreclosed on my property back in 2009. I received a call from a real estate agent from Sanford ME where my house is located. The agent wanted me to sign over the title for the second piece of my property because when they did the title search during the foreclosure they did not realize the property was in fact two pieces with two titles. Therefore Bank of America could not sell the house because I still retained ownership of the second piece of the property. I refused to just sign it over as they had already foreclosed on the property in 2009.
Bank of America kept having different people call our house at all hours of the day trying to get me to sign over the piece of property that I still owned. They tried to offer me money and then kept stalling saying the necessary paperwork was in the mail that I had to fill out and return. They kept jerking me around and kept promising me they had sent out the paperwork and never did. Almost all of the representatives that I talked to had Indian accents. I told them that I was not going to sign anything. After this I just dismissed it and figured it was finished as it was already foreclosed on.
In 2013, we started to work with the Lawyers from Lexington Law to work on our credit and get our credit reports cleaned up. By the advice of Lexington Law, we obtained our credit reports from all three agencies. We looked over our credit reports and let the lawyers know what we wanted to work on first and then listed the other item in the order we wanted to proceed going forward. The lawyers got to Bank of America that shows up on my Experian report number ** dated on May 16, 2013 as Bank of America 4161 Piedmont Pkwy Greensboro NC 27410, 800-451-6362 address identification number: ** Status: Foreclosed. Status details: this account is scheduled to continue on record until Dec 2014. Account History: Foreclosure as of Dec 2009.
I was smart enough that I printed this report out in full. Next thing we knew, Bank of America was calling us telling us that they were going to reverse the foreclosure and were going to be responsible for the entire loan all over again. The calls started again at all hours of the day, sometimes as many as 10-15 times a day. I finally stopped answering the house phone.
The next correspondence from Bank of America was the monthly statement for the house they foreclosed on in 2009. The lawyers at Lexington Law told us that what Bank of America was doing is illegal and that we should get a lawyer. We do not have money for a lawyer as we are below the government poverty income level. We just received a notice from a lawyer's office in Portland ME that Bank of America is going to foreclose on the property in Sanford ME and if we do not respond within 30 days, they are going to start the foreclosure procedures on the property! Please if there is anyone out there that can help us to end this nightmare....Please help us!
Reviewed July 11, 2014
After a nightmare year working on a home modification Loan, BOA suddenly approved the modification. It was one of the most stressful years of constantly filling the same form out over and over only to be told to do one thing then being told to do something else totally different, and denying what we had been originally told to do. It seemed like they finally lived up to all the good we were told they would do. The new payment fair and doable. Five months after all contracts signed, payment paid on time, received letter that after they reviewed escrow account in 30 days house payment would double unless $4,000.00 paid in thirty days, and even then payments would increase almost $300.00 a month making the payments $200.00 a month more than when the loan modification was originally started. How can they do this? It was a fixed mortgage. Do we have any legal rights?
Reviewed July 10, 2014
I kept my payments up. I tried for 3 years to get a modification. They kept losing my paper work or they say it never got there, or what they had on file was too old so send it all over again. This went on for 3 years. They told me they would pay my property taxes. Something called a bucket fund. The only time I got behind on my payments is when they told me to get 2 or 3 payments behind, so I can get the loan faster. So ten days before the taxes are due they said they can't pay them. I did not have time to sell short sale or find the money somewhere else. But they had told me all along that they would pay the taxes and put it on my bill. They don't keep their word. Now I am out of my house.
Reviewed July 9, 2014
My experience with Bank of America has been a complete nightmare. I was interested in buying a 3 season Log cabin in a remote location in Maine. There were a couple difficulties because it was off grid and had a steep driveway. I sent pictures of the property with a description to John ** who later put me in touch with Seth ** of BOA. I was able to get an insurance policy on the property after the insurance company inspected it. I was pre-approved by BOA and signed a P&S. The e-document and fax parade followed with BOA getting all the financial information to the loan underwriter.
The insurance company wanted a second heating source for the property so I purchased a backup electric furnace. They also required an EPA compliant wood stove so I purchased a new stove. Once the BOA underwriter was finished, I was handed over to Loan Officer Latoya ** where the e-document and fax parade started all over again as she needed all the information I had already sent to the underwriter plus several more documents. I spent weeks getting financial records, 401k, and mortgage statements from my primary residence, etc. At one point she was on vacation, and another rep filling in for her asking for some of the same documents I had already sent Latoya. At one point they wanted a signed letter stating I was no longer living at an apartment my wife and I rented from 1980-1983, just after we were married. (WTF)???
Bank of America sent conflicting information about where the titling would take place and who would decide where it would be. Today was the best part as they told me 2 weeks from the expected closing that they can't provide a mortgage because the house is off the grid. They admitted the bank appraiser didn't even look at the property. I told them that the cabin was off grid back in May at the start of this whole process and that I even purchased a new generator for the property since the owner was removing theirs. Well... I'm out some money, had my hopes of a fun retirement trashed, and feel this country has gone completely crazy. I will never, ever, ever, use Bank of America for anything again.
Reviewed June 27, 2014
They keep saying they need more documents then saying it's sent to underwriting... Then days later, they say they have no info on the subject and it's not in underwriting. Then they argue nonstop with you two months into this and they say they have no one looking at your modification process??
Reviewed June 23, 2014
The long and short of it is Bank of America employees get bonuses based on how many denial they can issue. I am losing my home over a $79.16 tax escrow mistake that was caused by BofA's incompetent staff. Payments were returned to me after I paid them. I was told NOT to pay anymore and that the only way to fix it was to apply for a loan mod. (How about you just take my payments BofA?)
After 8 months of them losing the paperwork I sent 18 times - yes EIGHTEEN - all documented by FedEx receipts and Fax receipts, they told me to try for a short sale and they would pay relocation fees. This is also a lie. There are no relocation fees. They just want you out so they file a title insurance claim against the money owed and then turn around and sell your house and get that money too. Anytime the bank tells you they don't want to foreclosure, it's a lie. This is how they make their money. They then hired Safeguard to spy on me. Safeguard entered my home without permission and changed my locks. They stole from me and caused $55,810 worth of damage to my property and guess what? BofA won't agree to a short sale because they say the hardship of damages caused by THEM doesn't count. LOL You are a joke, Bank of America. I await the day all your execs go to jail. Tick tock.
Reviewed June 20, 2014
In 2011, I fell behind in my mortgage with Bank of America. I tried modification but I had 3 different people telling me they were handling it in 2 weeks. My home was sold in Dec 2011 before foreclosure. On my credit report, BOA is reporting foreclosure for Oct-December 2011. The monies that paid the mortgage off were not from foreclosure. I have requested online, by phone and in person to have the information changed to days late in payment. I was told BOA had the right to put this on my credit report. I requested the credit bureaus change the info to late days. However, Experian and BOA still report foreclosure. BOA also told me I should not worry about the credit report because in Jan 2015, the bad report will fall off. BOA also offered to finance a mortgage for me even with the bad credit report. Let me see. I can't get them to change the report to days late and they are blocking other lenders but they will refinance me???
Reviewed June 19, 2014
Bank of America lacks customer service. You can leave numerous emails and they do not return phone calls. They sent me a letter denying my loan due to not responding to a request for additional information. I never received such letter.
Reviewed June 18, 2014
Had a mortgage with Countrywide in 1999 which was paid for when I refinanced the house. They never sent a letter to cancel the deed of trust to the correct county that I live in (Union). I have been calling since January 2014 to get this corrected and had run around after run around. Really 1999? 15 Years ago and they still can't get this correct? All that has to be done is to send a letter saying that it has been paid off!! I would never put my money into Bank of America. I would bury it in the backyard before I ever deal with this Bank again. NOT SUGGESTION to bank with them!
Reviewed June 13, 2014
I had three strokes in 2011, 2012, and 2013. I travel for my company. My doctor said I can no longer travel and so I had to step down from my position. I lost my rate of pay and travel time and overtime. I would sometimes bring home over $2500 by weekly, but now I only bring home $800.00 weekly. I have used my $401k. I need two checks to pay my mortgage and I am juggling my other bills. I sent them everything and they keep asking for the same things. I am in bankruptcy with my credit card. I am 60 yrs.old. My house was a for closure. I lost the equity during the crash and had to fix up the best I can.
Reviewed June 11, 2014
I am a first time home buyer and boa bank of america has made this a horrible experience for me. The communication was not good and I had to contact multiple people within the company to get simple questions answered. Furthermore I did on a HUD property won the bid and boa attempted to process my loan as a conventional loan instead of a HUD FHA 30 year fix rate loan. They also withdrew $490 from my personal account before I authorized it and did an appraisal on the property after I asked them to cancel my loan in efforts to retain the $490. The customer service was piss poor and I'm thankful I had a back up mortgage company to assist me. I would never refer anyone to boa. They are horrible.
Reviewed June 10, 2014
I have tried and tried to save my home. I went through 2 modifications. My original mortgage was $1354.00. I lost my $60,000 annually job and also went through a divorce. The first modification amount was $1176 then the second actually went up $19.00. When I asked my customer service manager why the increase, he said because of the past due amount and I asked him I thought that was put in the back on the loan based on the paper work or a second mortgage was produced. He honestly didn't have an answer for it. He said I would have to speak with the closing department because they rewrote the terms.
Well, the crazy part is I was making less than I was for the first modification so go figure. Then I tried to do the Deed in Lieu which I was told was something new that bank of America was doing. They told me in order to qualify for that, I had to attempt a short sale and get approved for a short sale. My new customer service manager sent a request over to have me accepted to do the short sale because she said an appraiser (from bank of America) has to come to my home and I had to get a realtor. So I did. Then my customer service manager said that the short sale department had to contact me. My account was sent over to them and no one ever contacted me. So I got another new customer relationship manager, and she told me about the Hardest hit program.
At this time, I started receiving foreclosure letters. Well, she told me as long as the hardest hit program noted my account, they could not proceed with the foreclosure. I contacted the Hardest hit program, set up a file on line. There was certain document I could only get from Bank of America. I contacted them so many times - every time my customer service manager sent me to voice mail. She never returned ANY of my calls and they foreclosed on March 2014. I have really shorten this information the best I can. I called to ask Bank of America for relocation money and no one can help me. Everyone says basically they are not doing anything with the property right now. All I'm asking is a request for relocation money for my kids and I. I will leave - the property is tip top condition - and even leave the stove and fridge that I bought myself that didn't come with the home. Please help me and contact me as possible. Thanks in advance and may God bless whoever reads this.
Reviewed June 10, 2014
This story's the same: husband loses job in 2009. Couple applies for modification to save their home. Paperwork is lost and resubmitted and resubmitted and resubmitted. Finally receives notice that application has been approved, the Agreement is coming in the mail to sign and return -- KEEP MAKING YOUR PAYMENTS IN THE MODIFIED AMOUNT OF YOUR TRIAL PERIOD. The Agreement never arrived. In early 2011, after having assured and reassured us that BofA will have everything straightened out and updated to reflect our modified loan, we were advised that no modification for our mortgage existed ... and we had to start over again. Of course, we had been receiving notices that our loan was crazy in arrears because we had been making only partial payments for almost two years - as instructed by BofA. So we started the information, fax frenzy and in March 2012, we actually received a Modification Agreement to sign and return with our first real modified payment.
The date of our signatures on this Agreement is April 16, 2012. We made our payments in full and on time beginning in May 2012, but we were still receiving notices that we were behind in our payments and in serious trouble. The mortgage wasn't being brought current to the conditions and terms of our modification. And we had not received a copy of the Agreement back with BofA's signature applied. Apparently, we didn't really have a contract ... Fast forward to Early 2013 - our February payment was returned because the amount was less than what was due for the 01/01/2011 payment by over $500.00. We had no idea what this meant, we had no luck contacting our CRM - we sent it back, along with the payment for March. It was returned to us, again. But the March payment was cashed.
We received the Notice of Default in April 2013 and things got really ... interesting. The wife is a 20 plus year employee of Bank of America and sought the help of her District Manager. This person commenced a series of e-mails to several other people on April 12 and by April 19th, an amazing discovery was made: our signed documents were found " ... signed uploaded in Urban". A copy of these were e-mailed back to us and sure enough, BofA had not signed them. What next?
Well, on May 8, 2013, we received another one of those now iconic FedEx packages and in it, along with the copy of the very Agreement we had signed and returned over a year earlier, were two pieces of paper. The first, dated May 7, 2013 is addressed to no one and concerns the modification of nothing. For five years, every scrap of paper BofA has sent to our address has had our names and our account number on them. This cover letter didn't. Also included was a signature page, but not the one that was with the original Agreement for the Bank to sign. It's a plain piece of paper that someone seems to have typed up to look like a signature page. And it's signed by an assistant secretary at Urban Settlement Services, LLC as BofA's attorney in fact dated may 06, 2013. WTF? Again, there is absolutely no reference to us - our loan number! And no bar code, either.
We are in Mediation now - still! After not showing up to the first meeting, BofA has continued to request extensive amounts of time to research the matter, only to return with nothing. As of today's date, we are waiting to hear from them about when they will be ready to meet with us again. Our feeling is, we shouldn't be mediating to keep our home. With their signature, BofA is obligated to honor the terms and conditions of the Agreement as of the DATE of the Agreement. All of our payments were current, and delinquent balances cured. We did not default on the modification, but on the original loan being modified.
In the Payment History, BofA has brought the account current for 2012 more than a year AFTER the fact. There are 150 transactions that take place from August 2, 2013 through August 22, 2013, being payment reversals, miscellaneous postings, and regular payments in wildly varying amounts. Something isn't right ... and the nightmare continues. Our attorney has requested more information about the payment history. Our expectation is that we will convene again with the Mediator to discuss a solution to this. My wife and I want to keep our home.
Reviewed June 9, 2014
I have had Bank of America as a mortgage holder for over 10 years and two houses. I had issues with insurance because of my horses and profession. Bank of America picked up our Hazard insurance while we worked with several companies to find a policy for us. We did in May find a policy that was considerably more than the last policy. It went into effect the end of April, I received my bill for May and paid the bill like normal. Half way through the month, I get a collection call telling me I did not pay my bill, which I had.
After talking with several departments I figured out my bill went up but I was never notified. It was found that the bank never sent me a notice and that my late fee would be returned. They did that but then send it to credit agency, and now I get collection calls and have received 3 certified letters in the mail demanding that I pay, so with every letter and phone call, they tell me that I owe money but when they open my account, they tell me I am current till July, and I say no kidding, I paid the bill.
Then they apologize for the calls and letters and tell me they will stop. I got two more in the mail today, called again to get a debt collector who tells me I owe nothing at this time and assures me that they will not call or mail letters anymore. They have also now started sending me paperwork to refinance and letter telling me to borrow money from relatives to pay my bill. I have yet to receive my new monthly billing amount, but have received numerous packets on my "late bill" and how to borrow money to pay my "late bill". I have better things to do with my time than deal with this company.
Reviewed June 9, 2014
I have been trying to get a modification since Dec 2013. I have been submitting a 4506 T form for three months over and over again. I then found out someone has used my SS to work and that's why they aren't able to pull me up online to get 4506 T info. I send them everything they need and still no movement. GOD HELP ME. I’M TIRED OF THIS.
Reviewed June 7, 2014
After getting jerked around by BofA for over 3 years, and then after a threat to sue them, they sold the servicing of our loan to a company called OCWEN, who, in only 5 months, was able to do what BofA couldn't: they processed and completed a successful modification. But at a heavy toll.
The problem was what occurred between the start of trying to get a modification and finally getting one. To be eligible, you had to stop making payments initially. Then there was the "lost paperwork" issues (that they admit was done intentionally) that continued month after month, year after year, and the failed promises of "getting approved," not to mention the threat of selling the house on the courthouse steps each and every month-- was a nightmare that shouldn't have happened. In the end, what happened to BofA? Basically nothing. They committed crimes you and I would go to jail for, but not them.
We are fortunate that we are able to be in our home still, and the modification is allowing for that to happen. But the thought of a balloon payment of $160,000.00 at the end is just a number which should have never been allowed to happen, and by an educated guess, may never happen. Not to mention we will never see any equity and have something when it's all said and done.
And BofA wants my business? No thank you.

Reviewed June 5, 2014
My equity line is coming due in Aug 2014. It's under water. I'm 68 yrs old and disabled, my ex wife is also disabled. We needed an equity line for doctor bills, lots of doctor bills. I started a refi in early March. I took the papers to the bank to start the process, and explained how difficult it was to go inside the bank. I should of never said anything about my mobility. They keep sending fed-ex letters to be faxed to the bank of forms I've already sent, I have copies from the bank and success on fax receipt. I have more forms that say they must be sent by 06/08/2014, but I also have copies and receipts right in front of me. I asked them if they're harassing me, they say no, is this common?
Reviewed May 30, 2014
Back on 2007, my property went in foreclosure. The second loan was with Countrywide Bank. Bank of America bought Countrywide. My credit report was showing charge off date 04082008. I called Bank of America to request a review of the situation. They did not resolve anything and they sent information to the credit bureau with a new charge off date of 03142014. I want to get a loan to buy a condo and they deny it because of the date 03142014. I requested a letter from Bank of America providing me the original charge off date that is 030814. No one was able to respond to my request. This is frustrating. The only thing they gave me is the fax and phone # of Bank of America to place a complaint. Is this correct to be treated this way?
Reviewed May 28, 2014
HAMP: Request repeated paperwork & incorrect income calculation. Was assigned a customer relations manager who was no help at all! Submitted documents repeatedly as they deny paperwork expeditiously. Requested an appeal on denial decision (since it seemed like they did not look at pay stub submitted to see decrease in income) and case was instead automatically closed by appeals specialist due to "change in circumstance". Was told that there is nothing that can be done with the case that is already closed. Bank of America seems to hire incompetent people or they really make it hard to obtain these loan modifications.
Reviewed May 27, 2014
Back in July of 2013 I began the Modification process for my home equity line of credit. I was still able to make the monthly payments that I had been making for the past 10 years, just wasn't able to give them the chunk of change once the loan ballooned. I was told that through this process, BofA would have to report negatively to the credit bureaus, but that after the final modification documents were signed they would go back and fix everything. I signed a third party verification form allowing them to speak to my wife since she handles all of our finances.
My wife was extremely frustrated throughout this process many times. They kept switching our customer relations manager, and even though paperwork was being sent in on time we would get decline letters. Why we got those decline letters was because after we sent in paperwork that had been asked for BofA and their underwriters wanted other documents not listed. So if all of the paperwork wasn't in within 30 days a decline letter would come. In this timeline of paperwork being sent was when our first account manager was on vacation, but no calls were returned, and then when BofA switched our customer relations manager again. You call and leave a message and most of the times you sit and wait for them to call you back.
I had near perfect credit before this process began. Since then I have had creditors that I make payments to and have for years, closing my accounts and lowering my credit because it was made to look like I wasn't paying this one bill when all along I was paying it I just couldn't give them the lump sum they wanted. Now that our modification is complete and has been for over 2 months I am waiting for them to fix all 3 credit reports. When I disputed one of them, I received an outcome letter saying that the negatives on my credit reports would remain! BofA needs to follow through with what we and I'm assuming many others were told and fix the credit reports back to the beginning of our modifications. It's very frustrating when you work hard, pay all of your bills on time and are told "don't worry, we'll go back and fix your credit report" and it doesn't happen. Thanks for tanking my credit BofA!
Reviewed May 25, 2014
Qualified for refinance 7 months of faxing papers back and forth. Assured close in 5 days, received a decline letter because of length of full time employment 21 months. Loan officer Shamethia ** the worst customer service agent has no clue how to communicate in a timely matter.
Reviewed May 15, 2014
We contacted Bank of America to refinance our loan to get lower rate. To begin with everything went well, everyone was so helpful answered all of our questions. We paid them 460.00 to do appraisal and I'm not sure what else was supposed to be in this payment, we just wanted to have lower interest rate. My husband spoke to the loan officer, made appointment for appraiser, he came and did his job. While all this is going on, we received our first set of paper work, filled it out, faxed it back, answered all questions from the first set of papers. We have received what I call a book every week right up until last month. Then we started receiving calls asking us to fax the same documents over and over even telling us our address was not correct.
The house was built in 1977, only one time was the address was a post office box. Sent them fax stating our address is correct. We have talked to Collen at Bank of America. I told her of our frustration, she said this was normal. We have never missed a payment nor have we been late, so this week will be almost 5 months since this nightmare started. We called yesterday, left messages for Collen and her boss. Neither one called so my husband called this morning. She told him the underwriter was not excepting our address being correct. We have 48 hours to get a tax refund, check number from IRS. We gave them our bank records. They want us to explain money that was deposited in our checking account which was direct deposit from IRS. Our closing date was supposed to have been May 20.
Reviewed May 12, 2014
I got stuck with BOA Home Loans after they purchased my loan from Countywide. This has been a total nightmare since that happen. I'm having problems refinancing this mortgage to a lower rate. I've never missed a payment and they have so many obstacles that one must meet to do a refinance. I honestly think they do that to keep the consumer locked in these high interest rates. I would strongly urge anyone against doing business with BOA Home Loans. I guess the old saying is correct, "The rich gets richer, and the poor keeps getting screwed"! There is also a saying that states, "The chances of a rich guy getting into heaven are smaller than trying to thread the eye of a needle with a camel." Good day my people.
Reviewed May 7, 2014
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Reviewed April 29, 2014
I purchased a home in 1994. I refinance the home several years later to reduce the interest rate. My financial situation was healthy at the time. I was strongly urged by the agent to reduce the term of the mortgage from 30 years to 15 or year. I did so. Several years later, my husband suffered a life-threatening heart illness and was unable to work, reducing our income significantly. Consequently, we struggled to make our mortgage payments that were increased as a result of a shorter term. The mortgage was originally owned by Washington Mutual, sold to Countrywide, and finally Bank of America. I filed a bankruptcy to try to recover. I tried loan modification twice, each time was increased by the modification. If I couldn't pay the original payment of $1000, how could I pay $1400 or $1600/month??
I was eligible for a modification again in 2010. At that time we had some damage to the home from a freeze/thaw weather scenario that caused $17000 of insulation and plaster damage within the home. The bank told me that I could apply the first disbursement of $12000 to the principal of the loan and repair the damage myself. That never happened. The bank refused to apply the funds to the loan, forcing us further into default. They also refused to release the funds for us to repair the home, until we repaired it out-of-pocket and provided proof - an impossible situation. We eventually had to leave the home and rent elsewhere. I tried negotiating with the bank for the money, re-modification, and finally short sale. Trying to reach the bank and get a return phone call is ridiculous.
I spoke hundreds of times to people in four states, eight different departments, six different negotiators, and at least two different companies affiliated and working as BOA services. I received three contracted offers from buyers that were initially approved by BOA. One by one, the buyers lost patience and faith and backed out - each one took months for communication to come from someone at BOA/Home Retention Center. They all refused to speak with my professional real estate broker. After exhausting that process, I qualified for a Deed in Lieu of Foreclosure. After nine months of jumping through their hoops, and reaching the final phase, I was informed that I was declined due to damage in the home that needed repairs.
The home has been locked, the money is still in the hands of BOA, I can not get insurance on the house, they dropped the ball on the short sale and declined me on the deed in lieu. I am exhausted and completely disgusted with corporations and the mortgage process. If I had allowed the home to go to foreclosure several years ago, I would have been awarded thousands in the recent BOA suit forced by the FTC for unfair mortgage practices. I need a solution. I deserve a solution and some help with this torpid and tedious process that I have endured of the last four years due to a lack of compassion and respect from these banks. I am prepared to take legal action.
Reviewed April 25, 2014
My husband and I had applied for a mortgage on a condominium with Bank of America on 3/25/2014. We were pre-qualified by BOA for 15-year fixed rate mortgage and received a letter dated 3/28/2014. On Monday, April 14th, I had received a phone call from a BOA Loan Officer that the HOA in Florida submitted documentation stating they have something called co-insurance and because of that, BOA could not fund my loan. I was told that because of the co-insurance the loan would therefore not be a conforming loan (sold in the secondary market) and not in accordance with what BOA can accept. I do not see how co-insurance would automatically exclude a mortgage from being salable in the secondary market and must be a constraint set internally by BOA.
I had never been told that the HOA insurance information would be critical criteria for qualifying for the loan. If that is so, my loan process should have not proceeded as far along as it did. After three attempts to reach BOA, I was called back on Friday by Mr. ** to state BOA does not want to refund the appraisal fee as these types of decisions are in the normal course of doing business. My request was simply to be refunded the $455 charged for the appraisal.
Reviewed April 24, 2014
I got divorced in 2010 after 20 yrs of marriage and in the divorce gave our house to my husband. I had to walk away from everything. He threatened to kill me and our son. I left the state. He violated the court order and never had home put in his name. He is now deceased. Bank of America is all over me. I thought well I will do the right thing and try to sell the place although not my responsibility. And also to save my credit. After 8 grueling months of going through B of A's process, got to the short sale department, got a realtor Oct 2013, he got a buyer 12/4/13. Now my realtor has done these short sales before, so was familiar with process.
He provided everything they requested, and 2 weeks before house was to close, they told him they needed hand written letters from the people that had put liens on the property i.e. HOA, Water, Utilities. So he went to each company and of course was turned down. Each lien had been filed with dollar amount. It seem from February to April every time house was to close they came up with something else.. They let my ex husband live on the property from July 2010 to his death February 2013 without paying a penny. The mortgage is $127,000, buyer was to pay $128,000. There is about 30k in back mortgage they are trying to get from me also.
I am in finance. What creditable financial institution would not want their money? Something is fishy. I finally told them foreclose, I tried to do right thing. So now they are reporting to credit bureau and updating the delinquencies. That house could have been sold. I have nowhere to turn. I have a court order from a judge, the house was given to him and any fiduciary responsibilities. Is the bank getting assistance from the government for every foreclosure? If so why sell? In the meantime, the mortgage payments keep accumulating. What kind of scam are they running?
I am finally free of an abusive husband. I am 55 yrs old starting over like a 20 yr old. My emotional state couldn't take this crap anymore. How long will they take to foreclose, another 2 yrs so they can accumulate another 20k to the pot? Who monitors this crooked bank? I now return all their mail with deceased and returned to sender. Is there anything I can do?
Reviewed April 20, 2014
I have a mortgage loan with Bank Of America and I am trying to do a home loan modification because I had a decrease in income. I faxed them ALL the information they asked for. I called, and faxed more documents starting January and it is now April. The entire time I was assured and reassured that the home loan mod looked really promising. After all that time, they denied me and said they are going to do a short sale... Why? I am NOT behind on any payments and I will NOT get behind on any payments. They told me if I got behind 2 mortgage payments, I might be able to qualify for a home mod. THAT IS NOT GOING TO HAPPEN!! They are NOT going to take my HOME! I will do without anything else but I will NOT stop paying my mortgage!!
Reviewed April 11, 2014
In June 2010, I was unable to work due to my disability. I notified BOA of my situation and that July 2010 would be the last payment I would be able to make. I was informed that since I was not behind in my payments, they could do nothing for me. We tried a short sale and after 3 months of the house being on the market, BOA told us to take the house off market. We then requested deed in lieu. I received a letter from BOA telling us in order for them to proceed with the DIL, we had to vacate the house and leave ALL keys and garage remote in the kitchen drawer. We did.
After 2 months passed we are told that the attorney that had drawn up the papers for DIL no longer worked for them and they would have to retain another attorney to redraw up those papers. Another month passed and we receive a letter in the mail saying the DIL was cancelled saying we were non compliant. They have left us in limbo ever since. Banging our credit every month for non payment now going on 4 years. No one we talk to at BOA will give us any answers as to what their intentions are. We are told that our account is in limbo. Not going to foreclosure as we have begged them to do so we can start over.
Reviewed April 8, 2014
Over the last 6 months I have been calling B.O.A. to see about removing my PMI. The first woman I spoke to was rude and told me I was not "allowed" to speak to anyone in the PMI dept. I had to speak to her and she would contact them and I would get a letter in 10 business days. Okay, 4 phone calls and 4 form letters (months) later.. Now it is April and I am into 4 years and 9 months into my refinance. Today, I spoke to Suzanne (who was respectful and civil) for 45 minutes most of that time on hold. It appeared to me Suzanne was just reading from the form letter.
I am at a less than 74% LTV on my mortgage. BOA form reads,"If your property has lost value and your loan is between 2-5 years you can be eligible to have PMI cancelled." I openly agree the value of my home has dropped! I have never been late on a payment and always pay extra every month.. SO what is the problem BOA? Suzanne says wait at least ANOTHER 30 days so they can send me the same letter? I have 4 copies already. Suzanne also stated that BOA does not have to remove the PMI period. Not according to what my loan papers states... PMI must be dropped automatically at 78%. Suzanne says I should spend another $400.00+ (for an appraisal) to tell BOA what we both already know, my home value has dropped.
My loan papers state I am not a high risk client and I just want a HONEST answer. Suzanne's Supervisor Jose ** (Fort Worth office) doesn't feel the need to have to explain it to me. I don't matter. If BOA's greed is all that matters, then someone be a GROWNUP and tell me! Suzanne, while respectful contradicted herself several times. I have been in the restaurant business for 35+ years and I am very familiar with unhappy guests. I try to satisfy all of them, even when I have to respectfully say no. When a guest needs to speak to my superior, I make sure they talk to them! Perhaps BOA is so big that 1 good customer doesn't matter in the scheme of things. I tell my staff that 1 unhappy guest will tell at least 10 people.. With social media that could mean thousands.
I suggest that Jose "man up" and give me a call. A little honesty goes a long way for me . BOA has an opportunity to really take care of their "Guest"... I would think you would want to keep a Great customer! I would prefer not to refinance with another lender but will if need be. If BOA chooses to lose me as a customer (mortgage, credit cards, etc.), I will gladly and happily repeat my story to whoever wants to hear it for the remaining years of my life. Unsatisfied in Illinois...
Reviewed April 4, 2014
Have been trying to modify our loan and had sent 4001 in; 4 times they get saying they did not receive it. Finally got a hold of someone and they told us that we had not check the one line. Why could they not tell us this in their write correspondence instead of canceling our modification?
Reviewed March 29, 2014
I tried in 2010 to get a modification and paid my 3 months trial payments early. The last one was due 2/2010 and I had paid that plus brought my escrow account to the positive be January 2010. In the modification paperwork I was sent, it had a side note that your escrow account had to be brought current to qualify for the modification. The blurb was small and nondescript in the middle of the big several page letters they sent when they requested my paperwork. It didn't however tell you where to pay to bring your escrow account current.
You would think it would be at the same place you paid your payments for the modification by phone. I spent a week being passed around and finally got a customer service rep to take the escrow payment with my other payments. I have a copy of the electronic check stating it was for escrow. I called Bank of America weekly to get a status on the modification once all my payments were made early and got the run around. I was finally told after 2 months in April they had rejected my case because I reversed one of my payments.
The reversal was BOA reversing my escrow payment and putting that money towards the delinquent principle and interest. After being passed around and around again, I got the payment put back in escrow and they said they would proceed with my modification. By the end of May 2011, after repeatedly begging them to finalize it and getting nowhere, I gave up. I was laid off in June and since I had gotten a letter in December 2010 stating they would foreclose on December 31, 2010 I move out of the home.
I did not hear from BOA until May of 2012 with a package saying, "Congratulations you have made all of your payments on time and your modification has been approved!" I had not made a payment in a year and all of the information on the final modification reflected out dated information from a year ago. Needless to say, I didn't sign the documents. I didn't want to take the chance on signing it and moving back to my home for them to figure out their mistake and take my home anyway. I was defeated and tired.
I started this process because my husband had died. I was to the point I didn't have any fight left. After not signing the paperwork it was another year before they contacted me again. And I told them everything I just said here. Since then I have been contacted about once every month or so and I go through the same story over and over. They send me letters constantly changing my customer relationship manager. Once I filed my first complaint with the consumer financial protection bureau (CFPB) in January 2014 trying to get them to foreclose, they started changing my customer relationship manager every week and sometimes twice a week.
Every time they call me, I went through the same story and tell them I am no longer interested in the modification because I already tried and they dropped the ball. I tell them over and over to foreclose and they keep dragging it out. I made another complaint with the CFPB in March 2014 and they called me the same day wanting me to do a modification. And of course, I went through the same story and told them not to call me again unless it was from the foreclosure department.
Well I just got a letter from them today saying that I was unwilling to work with them and "it is not possible to opt out of home retention assistance to force foreclosure!!!" I really think I went above and beyond trying to get help. How much does a homeowner have to go through because a big bank can do anything they want and get away with it? My only option now is to go to an attorney which if I could afford that I would still have my home!!! !
Reviewed March 26, 2014
Bank of America going through the process of Deed in Lieu and after 4 months without letting us know they take it away without cause. Yes, I have read all paper work and this seems like a scam, seems to happen to a lot of folks. Have more info to share.
Reviewed March 21, 2014
I have a loan from BA and have a cosigner. I was told last year 2013 that I can change my cosigner anytime the other cosigner is ready. So this January 2014, I was called by an employee named Barbara asking for the paperwork for my first cosigner. I told her that she is not willing to do it anymore but I have my other friend who is willing to cosign.
She told me that she would increase my interest to 5% more if she does not have the cosigner's paperwork by March 30th. Moreover, I told her if it is possible to use my other friend as my new cosigner? She told me NO and that would be possible if I apply for a new loan in another bank. How rude! Which is very different from what they told me a year ago? She is very rude to me and my accountant. I don't appreciate this kind of employee.
Reviewed March 19, 2014
I mailed in March 2014 mortgage payment with their payment slip and a note as to how to allocate payment in memo field of check (just in case). Check was processed 2/28 and all credited to principal because of new BOA policies that make it unable for them to accurately process a mortgage payment before the due date. Then I got a late payment voice mail, which is how I found out there was a problem. I called and resolved the situation (so I thought) after speaking with 2 reps. What idiot invented this new system that they foul up your payment on purpose as punishment for early payment? There is NO reason why this has to be the case. They have CHOSEN to program their systems accordingly to screw over responsible customers. I was told that you are supposed to send in your payment during the grace period. Really? What is the purpose of a due date then??? Today I got a phone call from a DEBT COLLECTOR regarding the unpaid March payment. I so, so HATE Bank of America. I am not a willing customer; they bought my existing mortgage.
Reviewed March 18, 2014
2008, the entire economy collapsed due to banking fraud here in the US. Graft and corruption on staggering monumental level. Purchased home for $310000 worth $150000. Talked with Bank of America and they told me to stop making my payments. I qualified for a program which would drop my payments and even reduce my mortgage due to the government programs available. I trusted Bank of America and did as they requested stopped payments.
2 years later after countless analysts reassigned my note, I was foreclosed on. When they sold the house at the courthouse I was not informed. No ad was placed in any paper or magazine. Only individual who showed for the auction was an investment corporation. And to our dismay it was removed from the docket. Called Bank of America’s lawyer firm and they did not have any information because Bank of America would not even talk to their own lawyer firm. Kept tracking the sale why? Because I was informed that my credit was ruined due not only because of the foreclosure but I owed over $500,000 on the note with $3000 per month payments. Absolutely not the truth.
My home was sold for $136000 or there about and no auction was ever held. I was and am part of national law suits and have been awarded to cash settlements for their fraudulent actions. Worst part is my credit scores have fallen and ruined any chance of me getting a loan. Bonding agency canceled my bond, car insurance doubled and my credit card plummeted to a meager amount, and they doubled my interest rate. Absolutely devastated me - ruined me. Question is how do I repair my credit rating? How do I refinance my existing home which then was a rental? I’m at 8% all interest note. Bank of America sold my note on the rental to BAC Homes which they own purchased it back and then sold it to Nationstar mortgage whom now refuses to refinance at a lower existing rate of 3.5 or 4% interest.
8% is killing me and in 2 yrs of negotiating with Nationstar, I am now informed they will not deal with me due to cease and decease. Why does Bank of America come up when I punch in Nationstar Mortgage? Does Bank of America own Nationstar Mortgage as they own BAC Homes and is washing their notes???? Anyone know or have suggestions on how I can improve my credit score with foreclosure on my credit history? Caused solely by Bank of America’s proven fraudulent actions???
Reviewed March 17, 2014
I started a loan modification with BoA back in August of 2012. This loan modification was supposed to save me $50 a month and it took 14 months to close it. BoA had lost my documents so many times and I was bounced back and forth from one department to another. 5 months ago, I sent out an email to BoA executives and senior management from the BoA home retention department and that's when I got their attention and I was assigned an account manager. Since then the loan modification was processed in about 4 months after another year waiting.
As result, my credits were affected big time and BoA couldn't do anything about it. What's worst, when I received my Form 1098 at the end of January, I found out that BoA post modification department that closed my loan modification messed out all the numbers. Basically they put ZERO in box 1 which means no interests were collected in 2013 (keep in mind I NEVER missed a payment during the loan mod process or even before) and they put $31000 in box 3 of the form 1098 which is now considered as income and therefore I have to pay taxes on it, about $10000.
I've been fighting with different departments of BoA to fix this issue and got nowhere, again I was bounced back and forth from one dept to another without any resolution. So the bottom line, my credits are now bad and I have to come up with $10000 to save $50 a month. Does this make sense to anybody? I need to save the $50 for the next 16 years to be able to pay the $10000... Go figure! The loan mod is supposed to help me not break me.
Reviewed March 15, 2014
I have been going through a supposed modification process for 4.5 years and have yet to get a modification form these people who do not intend to modify this loan or give me any kind of assistance to keep my home. They will provide two or three FedEx packages each week asking for information that has either been given to them 10 or 12 times or more or information that is so far-fetched that it is unbelievable. They once asked for my adoption assistance for my two children that were born to me, my military records for which I never served in the military, and some other crazy documents that do not pertain to me at all. They constantly use stall tactics just to prolong the process of denying the modification because they do not intend to help anyway.
This whole modification process is a SCAM with no end in sight. They will foreclose on my property just because they can and that is what this bank does to people who have fallen on hard times and are trying to keep a roof over their children's heads. They are fooling the federal government into acquiring funding to help keep people in their homes but all the while filling their pockets with bonus monies and teaching their employees to lie to the unsuspecting. I gave these people 12.5 years of service as an employee and this is what I get; a bunch of lies.
To everyone who think they will be granted a modification, stop believing it! It will no happen. They deny me over and over for the same reason: You did not send in the paperwork requested, or we never received it, you failed to respond in the proper amount of time, when all the while I respond by Federal Express in the packages they provide for me> WOW!!! A bunch of crooks who will have many properties on their hands to sell at little or nothing costs rather than keep honest people living in homes they have lived in for twenty or more years.
Reviewed March 13, 2014
In Feb 2011, I began my new loan modification and everything seemed to be going fine until August, when I was unable to submit my mortgage payment on their website. I called to inquire about it and the person assigned to my account (Let's call her "G") advised that it was a glitch on their end and it would be fixed. Next month, same thing - I called again and was told the same thing. I kept trying to call "G" but she NEVER returned my calls. Her message said to call her supervisor if she did not return the call, but her supervisor also never returned my calls.
Shortly after that, I noticed that the payments were not being posted to my account. My monthly statements would show that I was past due, but then would show a MISC posting for the same amounts. Again I made several attempts to call "G" and when I finally reached her, she advised that the government was still revamping the process and when they were finished, it would all be corrected. Then one day, I received a huge packet in the mail advising me how to handle the foreclosure process. What the heck???
I called "G" again since her name was at the bottom of the letter and she advised that they knew that I was paying and to ignore it because their system generates it automatically. At this point I was very frustrated and went to my local BOA branch to speak to someone about it. Even though they did not service home loans there, they felt sorry for me and tried to assist. They tried to find out what was going on with my mortgage and got the same run-around that I always got, then was eventually directed back to "G", who was not available. No surprise.
A couple of days after that, I received ANOTHER loan modification document via Fed-Ex. Thinking that this is what I needed to do to get them to start posting my payments, I agreed to it and returned it... even though it had a $4,423.51 forbearance due after my house was paid. I don't know why I got it. I didn't want or need this new modification and I didn't understand why I should have to pay this since I hadn't missed any payments. This still did not solve my problem. I sent them every bank statement showing that I had never missed a payment, and actually paid a little more. They were still not posting my payments.
I finally had to get the State Attorney General involved. Finally, in the Fall of 2013 (yes - 2 years later) they started posting my payments. MY PROBLEMS DID NOT STOP THERE - In 2012 I received my tax form stating that I had paid $10,000+ in interest and I filed my taxes. In Dec of 2013, the IRS sent me a letter stating that they received information that I only paid $4,000+ in interest and now I owe them money. I do not recall receiving a revised form or I would have handled the issue at that time. How could they be off by more than $6,000???
Again, in 2013 I received my tax form for 2012 - this time I paid $8,000+ in interest...or did I? In November of 2013, I received a revised form and a check for $50 to refile my taxes because now I paid $10,000+. Huh? Now I'm anxious to see what they show I paid for 2013. Lo and behold, I get my form in January for 2013 and now I have only paid $1,000. Again, how can it be so far off? Still waiting for the updated form. Back to my mortgage - I am now trying to refinance to get a lower interest rate and am being told that I owe the $4,423.51 forbearance. I have been trying to find out why they think I owe this when I have made all my payments.
I know it has to be because they were not posting my payments and their system showed I was behind. They have been so ridiculously difficult to deal with. No one can answer any of my questions and no department seems to have the ability or authority to research and fix it. I am 3 years into this modification and it is so messed up. Their Customer Service dept will tell me they are escalating the issue, then I never hear back. I call back again and another agent says it was never escalated. They pass me off from department to department and no one can or will help. I have the State Attorney General's office involved again. I will go to my local news stations if necessary. If I can't get it fixed, then maybe I can at least persuade others to use another lender.
Reviewed March 12, 2014
In February 2013 I applied for a loan modification with Bank of America due to reduction in hours and my husband being laid off for a month. Because of a language barrier with Ana ** their representative I was denied this as she submitted for extended unemployment even though I told her he was laid for one month. I was required to submit another one. This too was denied for untimely documents. I then contacted Brian Moynihan President of BofA and was assigned Ms. Deborah ** who told me that their system was not merging my documents. She also told me that what I was trying to do was a preventative measure because I was current on my payments and that I would probably be denied modification.
I then received a phone call from Ms. ** stating that they would not do a loan modification with no explanation as to why. I sent a Qualified Written Request to BoFA and was sent a bunch of documents and a payoff letter. I was then sent a letter stating that they had sold my servicing to Nationstar effective September 1, 2013. Right after this I received another modification packet in the mail from them. Why I don't know, if they had already sold my mortgage why would I get a modification packet from them. I sent several Qualified Written request to Nationstar and they have denied me any information regarding who owns my loan and any hard copies of documents proving this. I now have a letter stating they are going to start foreclosure on me.
Reviewed March 10, 2014
They supposedly modified my loan but refused to lower the interest rate. What would happen if I miss ONE payment but made sure I didn't miss TWO??
Reviewed March 8, 2014
I want to file a formal complaint against my former supervisors at Bank of America. I have been the target of discrimination from Pete ** and Christal ** because of my health condition. My call quality was very high, but I was counseled to the opposite effect for no reason. I was singled out by Christal ** who tried to find insignificant issues to use against me. Also note that Pete ** himself is habitually late or absent. I was subsequently terminated based on fabricated charges against my work.
Reviewed March 4, 2014
I worked for Bank of America in RTNS from April 22nd, 2013 to the date given above. In those eleven months, I never missed a day out of work, wasn't late and did my job with little to no help at all. Granted, due to the fact that the closing of loans is very hard, I am proud that I was finally able to do it and do it efficiently. Not only did I do my job, Callie **, my then manager was crossing training Quintin and I to eventually do escalations and had told me in my first 1-on-1, they'd hoped to hire me and Quintin permanent by March of 2014.
When I originally started my job, as I said, "It was a hard job to learn," but I weathered the storm. We had a lot of work and between training and getting used to the work myself and my other contract worker stayed busy. The work took us through all of last year and kept up steady through most of 2013. However, towards the end of 2013, the work started slowing down and with not as much work to do, overtime vanished which was something I was very accustomed to. If you go back through my employment records you will see, I worked a great deal of overtime. Just a couple of weeks ago when we had the bad weather and missed two days out of work, I made up my time by working twelve hours that Saturday and three hours that Sunday just to make up my hours. I took my job seriously and took pride in my work. As a matter of, Laurence should remember the conversation we had about that subject. I told him, "I treat every loan I work on like it's a family member."
To get back to the subject I am emailing you about, again I was let go not because of job performance but because of sheer discrimination and a personal vendetta by Josh **. If I had been let go for my job performance or the fact, we were so slow "ALL" the temps were let go, I would not have a problem with my being let go but I know that that isn't the case. For example, there are two temps who came in after me, Rebecca ** and Nikki **, both of who work for the same temp company as myself, Rose International. Neither of these females knows how to close FHA HAMP, FHA NON HAMP nor EHUDs, only myself and another co worker, Quintin, another temp and I were the only two closing the loans. By the time I left BofA, I could close all types of loans and do them efficiently.
Getting back to Nikki and Rebecca, who both go to the University of Phoenix, with him, he showed much favoritism starting with their pay. Another associate came in with those two by the name of Lee **, who also came from Rose International, she recently left to start a new job but before leaving, and from another associate on the team, the three freely discussed their pay. They came in making $19.00 an hour to everyone else's $17.00 an hour. When another associate was told this, they eventually came and told me. She could not understand with all the work Quintin and I were doing how these three with less experience and less work could be getting paid $2.00 more than myself and Quintin. Even before the difference in pay was brought to my attention, I had asked my then manager, Callie at my 1-on-1, about a raise. The conversation came at the end of last year and she said, "I should put in for one and to ask Josh," I went and talked to Josh and he said he would check into it. He never got back to me, even though I reached out to him about it twice through emails.
I am 53 years old and have been working since I was 14, and in all of those years of working including in the entertainment industry of radio, I have never worked for a supervisor that was more unprofessional or let unprofessional things go on as Josh **. Recently, Dan ** came into our office for a visit, immediately Josh told everyone to put away our cell phones and not eat at our desk. Under Josh, not only could we use our cell phones at our desk, people watched movies and videos at their desk daily. I never understood how you could watch movies and TV shows when you were suppose to concentrating on your work. Listening to music is one thing, I did that but to watch two hour movies or TV shows, I couldn't comprehend that.
Next, the paper fights were done on a regular basis with or without Josh. This occurred when Callie was my direct manager and it consisted of balling up clean sheets of paper and throwing them over and around the cubicles by team members.and hitting each other. It wasn't done a lot during the time we were really busy and had work to do but at the end of December 2013, to until Callie left on February 7th, 2014, there was a LOT of paper wasted. Speaking of paper wasted, there was the Carolina Panthers "great" paper waste where during the Carolina Panthers' playoff run, hundreds of colored copies were made of Panther players, the stadium and anything Carolina Panthers and posted from one end of our area to the other. It was ridiculous all the paper that was wasted and it was even worst in Josh's office. He was mad but still didn't hold the two team members who stayed after work and ran off the copies. One member was a temp and he's gone. The other one is still there and is a full time permanent associate who on some weekends would come in and, not work OT but get paid for it, and spend her time making copies of personal documents.
During the months of January on into February, well, the week Callie left, board games were brought in and played during working hours. Josh participated in playing these games and if he wasn't playing, he and Callie both knew they were being played. As a matter of fact, on February 6th, 2014, a board game was played the entire afternoon after lunch by a good many associates. Quintin and I had just had about maybe 50 to 60 loans dropped to us in an email ad I was very happy to have some work. Josh was playing the game and when I asked for help on a loan I was working, he got mad he had to stop the game while I needed assistance. I couldn't believe it. I mean the same loans you guys were breathing down our necks asking why they were in the red were the same loans that could have been ignored if I would have been playing board games and throwing paper with co-workers! Those loans weren't important to Josh until you made them important to Josh.
Moving on, a couple of weeks before Callie left, the Escalations team was told by Josh, "We were back to unlimited overtime." Whether we had work or not, we could come in and he stated that exact fact for "Super Saturday" for the first Saturday in February. He told my team, "We could come in and get paid OT for doing nothing." His pretty much exact words were, "You can come in and make money even though we have no work."
Getting back to Nikki, she goes to school with Josh and is also his friend. I guess due to that relationship, she feels or he has made her feel, she is on a different level than the other associates. She takes long breaks and when her team lead Tiffany ** brought it to the attention of Josh, instead of taking her and the others who were taking long breakfast breaks in the morning, he simply told them at school where he shared all the office information. In other words, whatever you went to Josh and told in a professional setting he went back and told in class.
I feel if the public were made aware of what goes on or doesn't go on with their loans, they'd be outraged as well as they should. Under Josh's leadership or lack thereof, work wasn't getting done and at the end of the day, the borrowers were the ones to suffer. I was in the gym one day getting ready to workout and saw a story on a couple suing BofA because they felt they were being strung along. I knew how they felt because I know from not only working on the closing side but on the front end side, how many balls have been dropped. Customers deserve better than the crap they're getting from that department. You had people on my team working that had been there for years that couldn't help you if you had a question. They'd give you wrong answers and when I finally caught on to it, I went to Callie, who gave me the names of people to ask. She said I was to only go to Misty my TL, Simeon or Charee. Mind you, there were more people than those three in my department.
Speaking of Misty **, she was truly the only person that was always a professional, always helpful and never, ever got rattled when you asked her questions. She always helped me and Quintin get through the loans and always made herself available to help us. If she were busy, she would assist us, if we still needed her, always. She truly made working in that environment tolerable. Charee was also another one, who was always helpful and never minded helping you. I was surprised she wasn't a team lead or manager.
I will give you time to look into this matter but if nothing changes, I will go to the media about what I witnessed on a "DAILY basis" in my department and let the public decide. I not only write blogs myself on a variety of subjects but I also have friends who are news anchors and reporter for the Charlotte Observer who would love to get a hold of this, along with the business journal. I believe for standing up for what is right and a matter of fact, I had was planning on emailing Laurence about all of this. When he visited last year, I tried to let him know of the things that were going on. One of the things I said was, "Callie needs to get up and walk around more." Why? Because people in that department came in whenever they felt like it with no repercussions at all. It got so bad, that after the holidays, she told the team, "they could no longer have their mocks in Offline." As soon as they came in they were to be Available. Josh nor Callie ran that department, the associates ran it because most of them did what they wanted. Whether it was long lunches, long smoke breaks, or coming in late, they knew there would be nothing said.
I was thankful to have a job and did my job to the best of my ability. My background isn't in banking but due to being laid off, I had to explore other avenues. I'm proud what I have learned. I have a clear conscience and am telling the truth about the things that went on in my department. I am emailing you first in hopes you'll rectify this situation meaning whether my job is restored that isn't the issue. What is the issue, the Bank of America mortgage borrowers not getting 100% good customer service.
Reviewed Feb. 27, 2014
I contacted NACA for a save a home modification program. Was told to attend in July 2013 for assistance. Provided all documents by August 2013 to a Donald ** from BOA. Mind you, NACA did not reach out to me until Oct 2013 and had me under the wrong account number. Tried to contact both parties, nothing ever came across ms peoples from NACA was under reachable.
Received a phone call in late October from a Kim from NACA. Was told I never sent documents. Dealing with my medical condition at that time, I was distraught and became very ill again. My modification was never ever granted, but I received hundreds of denials. But BOA rep Sam ** states that they are still working on my modification and now they are asking me to submit all the documents over again and again and it's getting very frustrating. I have mental anguish as well with the heart palpitations .
I have not given up. I have been submitting documents over and over I just don't know what to do. I am really not in the rear. I was requesting since my income was reduced due to my disability. Can I seek assistance for a modification? l guess that will never happen if God did not watch over me from those???? I probably would of lost something I treasure and value dear to my heart. I worked very hard for my property.
Reviewed Feb. 24, 2014
I too was AND still am a victim to BOA modification nightmare. My loan used to be with Taylor Bean & Whitaker about 4 years ago, that bank had fraudulent issues (right after they gave me a loan modification). Taylor Bean and Whitaker didn't transfer those documents to BOA, for the next 2 ½ years I had to reapply with BOA for a new loan modification. BOA lost my paperwork 2 times. The 3rd time I got a hold of several email address and CC all of them and finally the office of the president called me. They started to process my modification 2 years later using the same documents sent to them 2 years earlier… I explained to them my husband lost his job, and they said the modification was in process and could not be adjusted? I was given a false modification?
So 2 ½ years Later in FEB 2013, they gave me a modification higher than I WAS ORIGINALLY PAYING THRU Taylor Bean and Whitaker!!! In AUG 2013, they said I owe them an additional 3000.00 to bring my account up to Date because of an error they made the year before applying the payments. So I sent in the 3000.00 they requested. I fell behind 1 payment because of this error… but now the nightmare is worse!! In 2012 they sent me my 1098, we did our taxes. After sending out taxes to the IRS, I receive a corrected 1098. So we go back to the accountant to have our taxes amended! We thought that was the end of that?? OH NO!!!
We just went to the accountant, well this time our 1098 for 2013 says ZERO % interest paid in 2013!! I call BOA they say oh yes it was an error, but we won’t fix it until 2015! So in the meantime, I will owe the IRS about 4000.00 because a mistake BOA can’t fix?? How does a bank that big make such mistakes and can’t fix them? So I will just go into foreclosure then? Because I can’t pay the IRS 4000.00 and keep up with my mortgage? What can I do?
Reviewed Feb. 23, 2014
I am angry with Bank of America for their disrespect for good customers. The automatic withdrawals from my checking account to pay the mortgage occur every month for the last 8 years and there have been no late payments. BofA rewards my good credit with a letter sent 3 days after the auto withdrawal in Feb. 2014 informing me that they have not received the mortgage payment and that I could be subject to a late fee. UofA cannot be contacted over the weekend. There is no excuse for this mistake which costs UofA money for sending out this letter and now I have concerns about their accounting practices.
Reviewed Feb. 21, 2014
I sent the required paperwork to those liars 6 times for a loan modification!!! When I heard nothing from them after weeks of waiting, they would tell me I was missing some part of the paperwork or they didn't receive any of it at all. After the first two times, I sent the paperwork by Fed-Ex AND faxed it to them. Again and again they said something was missing. At one point I had a representative on the phone, got HIS fax number from him, and faxed the paperwork to him and got his verification over the phone that he had received it. Again I got a notice that some of it was missing. All told, I had no less than 13 different contacts assigned to my account, two within one week!!!
They were ALL filthy liars!!! AT one point, I got laid off from my job, was collecting unemployment, and was told I didn't have enough income to qualify. When I returned to work, I then contacted them again and was told I had too much income to qualify!!! I finally contacted my senator with the problem, he contacted BoA, and they assured him everything was on track. The next contact I had with BoA was when they informed me that my mortgage was sold to Nationstar, the ultimate criminal mortgage company!!! Brian Moynihan, the CEO of Bank of America, is a crooked, criminal, JERK and I hope, he ends up in PRISON, FOR LIFE!!! Boycott Bank of America, please, everyone, they are disorganized crime in disguise. ** YOU BoA!!!
Reviewed Feb. 17, 2014
To sum it all up, I applied for a Home Loan Modification, was told I qualified, NEVER received information - just excuses and the run-around from too many Bank of America (BOA) employees who all gave different information ranging from "It was in our old system that is why you haven't heard anything" to "It should be 30-45 days and you should receive a letter with your new mortgage payment amount". I wrote letters. I made countless phone calls and nothing except foreclosure warnings to which I was told by one employee "They are generated automatically... You are in the modification program and cannot be foreclosed on, just disregard the notice."
Well, I lost my home but not before I contacted BOA to advise them I have in my possession three documents - HUD-1 (original), Deed of Trust, and another that have notarized forged signatures. I was told by a BOA investigator that all the signatures match and they have a Power of Attorney. When I explained I never signed a POA and asked if it was the same notary as on my other documents, she stated she could not tell me that information or send a copy as the documents are property of BOA.
I am saddened that after 13+ years of NEVER a late mortgage payment, I lost my home that I was so proud of as a single mother achieving this on her own! Bank of America, the Title company, the Substitute Trustee all were wrong in proceeding with the foreclosure! I was working with counsel who was furious that the forgeries are so obvious and they went forward anyways, but unfortunately he passed away suddenly of a heart-attack. I have had to put this on the back-burner as I had a family emergency arise and that took priority. Everyone please check your documents for forgeries. I will update you as soon as I find counsel and go to Court. Good luck and BEWARE!!
Reviewed Feb. 15, 2014
I had to downsize, due to health issues, and I bought my home in Feb 2005; the FHA mortgage was within my means - even though I was living on private disability income. I managed to consistently pay the mortgage, even as health and other expenses led me to file Chapter 7 in late 2009; nonetheless, I continued to pay the mortgage until June 2011, at which time I only had SSDI as income. I completed the hardship paperwork and Bank of America did a 6 month Forbearance; afterwards, I officially filed the HAMP modification paperwork in Feb 2012. After acknowledging the paperwork was received, little else happened from the bank's end for the rest of 2012.
In March 2013, I received a call from a Bank of America CRM who said the loan was in review with the underwriter and nothing was needed at his time. I was trying to figure out how they could have the loan in review with paperwork from over a year before? Then, I got a denial letter that was bogus. Since March 2013, until now, I have received the runaround on every possible option for a modification (missing paperwork, inaccurate statements on denial letters, escalation to the Office of the CEO and then no response, etc...). Complaints have been filed with the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, the state Attorney General office, the US State Senator and in midst of this bank has confirmed their own denial letters were errors.
Then, late last summer, I started getting brown envelopes (with hand completed inserts) on my door every month saying to call Bank of America; it turns out the Collections Dept has my loan on a cycle with their vendor Safeguard Properties to leave these notices, which violate the Chapter 7 Discharge. When I brought this to the bank's attention and filed a complaint through the CFPB, the CRM called me to state they have the right to enforce the lien and I agreed, but as I was explaining the bank can't attempt to collect on the discharged debt as it violates the court, I was hung up on. I voiced my concern and was immediately reassigned to another CRM.
In the meantime, I hired a Real Estate attorney, after the bank agreed to do an In-House modification or do Cash for Keys with a Short Sale or Deed in Lieu; it has been touch and go with the attorney; I really could have continued to work directly with the bank myself (I seem to know more than the attorney). However, the bank is trying to push me to do a Short Sale on their Jan 31, 2014 Short Sale Approval letter, which in turn; they claimed I do not have qualifying continuous income for any of the FHA programs. I pulled the FHA guidelines and it says that SSDI is qualifying continuous income.
My letter for Reconsideration was sent and the bank asked for updated income information (the modification financials were just updated in late Dec 2013); I presented the SSDI 2014 statement for the attorney to send to the bank and I was told the bank will not approve the modification? I was so confused. I sent the statement to the bank anyway along with the FHA document. The bank is saying on paper I don't qualify, but every time I research I find their denials are flawed. If I truly don't qualify, I would like an honest letter explaining why and I can accept that and move on to the next phase. So far everything has been deception and lies.
Reviewed Feb. 13, 2014
I refi'd in 07/08 with TopDot Mortgage. The first statement came from Countrywide, but I was too naive to question it. I was laid off in 08/08 but made the payments for 2 years before my unemployment benefits expired. In my first conversation with BoA, I was told that I didn't qualify for assistance because the payments were current and I had never made a late payment despite being unemployed. Every time assistance programs were announced, I called for help but was denied every time for various (read: ridiculous) reasons. I allowed the payment to go into default to qualify for help, but they had even more reasons why I my FHA loan didn't qualify. I stopped making payments on 01/11 per my bankruptcy attorney intending for BoA to begin the foreclosure process within 3-6 months before filing a Chapter 13.
BoA waited 24 months to file the foreclosure complaint. My local court denied my motion for extra time to answer the complaint which made me default into foreclosure. In the meantime, I began researching foreclosures and discovered the widespread and blatant use of fraudulently manufactured documents that banks like BoA entered into evidence to steal my home. Since the Chapter 13 has blocked BoA from taking my house for the time being, I am actively pursuing litigation to hold BoA and the law firm that helped manufacture - and ultimately submit the bogus documents to court - accountable for foreclosure fraud, fraud on the court, perjury, mail fraud, and other charges.
The documents that BoA, their legal representatives, and other banks have faked are: the mortgage, the assignment of mortgage, the note, the allonge to the note, and the affidavit of debt. There are also multiple lies in the foreclosure complaint that were easily disputed. If you are having any problems getting a modification or they are in the foreclosure process, please look at your documents and see if BoA has used fraudulent papers to steal your monthly loan payments and your home. The research is simple and inexpensive compared to losing your home. Just Google "foreclosure fraud" or search the same on YouTube.
Reviewed Feb. 13, 2014
My mortgage was also one that was originally with Countrywide and sold to BOA!! Yay me!! I bought my house in 2000 and have never had a problem with mortgage. In 2005 I had an injury at work and was not allowed to go back. I was on disability through work and went to school. I looked for work and was limited to what work I could do because of disability insurance company. I got a letter that disability would stop and I still found no job until about 6 months later making minimum wage... In the meantime I'm using IRA to live. I contacted BOA during this time to let them know I was running out of money and wanted to see about modification. They said I did not qualify as I was NOT late on mortgage?! They tell me I do qualify for HAMP refinance. I felt like that might help and lower payments so I did it. Lowered payments by less than $100 but at end of year they recalculated and added escrow which made my payment about what it was!!!
I then start the process of modification and have been given the run around for years!!! So many case managers I can't even remember. They constantly switch them... So much paperwork (mostly the same over and over again) faxed and mailed! Denial letters then letters to start all over again!! The last time denial was I was not far enough behind! I was 2-3 months behind!!! I am now about 4 behind and was told to redo again based on change in circumstance but now cannot get a hold of ANYONE!! I get some voicemail box and no one returns calls!!!! I am now getting foreclosure letters with numbers to call and no one answers!!! I have really TRIED my best but I am so frustrated and don't believe anything this crooked bank says!! I think they really do want people to give up but I will not!!! I'm gonna go see an attorney and see what can be done! Somebody needs to stop this nonsense!!
Reviewed Feb. 12, 2014
About a year ago we got a couple of weeks behind on our payment and starting making our mortgage payment on the 15th of the month instead of the 1st. We have never been 30 days late. A few months ago BOA starts send us FedEx packages with a letter that states that because we are 10 days late BOA could foreclose on us. The package also includes all the modification materials everyone has previously discussed. BOA also started leaving messages on the answering machine that I needed to urgently call them.
The first time I got the package it did have the affect I'm sure they were looking for - it scared me. But then I got snooping around on the internet, because I'm like can they really foreclose on us for being 15 days past the due date? Luckily I found this site and read all of these modification horror stories, so I did not respond nor did I answer their phone calls.
I am happy to report we were able to turn it around and get our payment made on Feb 1st, so we are not late. The phone calls have stopped and no more FedEx packages! I just wanted to thank the people who posted their BOA issues here. I wanted you to know your warnings have been heard and I heeded those warnings! I would also ask if it is at all possible - don't get behind on your mortgage!! It sounds like a nightmare!!
Reviewed Feb. 7, 2014
Bank of America gave an Identify thief my ATM card and access to all of my accounts and the ID thief used this info to pull a credit report. Once they realized the mistake, they closed down all of my online banking and removed my 1st mortgage from my credit report in 2009. I have not missed a payment, I have had the same job for about 28 years, and I have never filed bankruptcy. My interest rate for my 1st mortgage is 5.875%. My interest rate for my 2nd mortgage is 7.875%. I could be saving a bundle if I had been able to refinance for lower rates like many other people in the country. I have been trying to have my mortgage refinanced since 2010.
However, I cannot refinance something that is not on my credit report not even Bank of America. I have filed a complaint with the consumersfinacials.gov in May 2013 and had multiple contacts from the BOA CEO's office. They stopped making contact and my credit report is still not showing my first mortgage. I am not sure which attorney to contact that might have experience with this type of issue. If anyone has had similar experiences, please let me know if you found a way to resolve it.
Reviewed Feb. 4, 2014
I was laid off in December of 2009. I made arrangements with BOA keys/for cash. They in turn sold my deficient note to some collector of which is now charging me $58k instead of the initial $14k I owed. INSANE. I don't know what my rights are or what I can even do.
Reviewed Jan. 30, 2014
Bank of America is the originator of our loan. We took out a mortgage for 129,000. Prior to our loan being serviced by Seterus (who are wonderful to deal with) the amount of screw ups were pathetic. So bad I never even looked at the PMI issue. We went from a bi-weekly to a monthly and they never changed it in their system, which shows us late 33 times. Which was not true. Radian Guaranty is the PMI people who good luck contacting them. I did however find out Facebook is a wonderful place to get their attention.
Our issue is that we pay $456 a month in PMI while only $80 a month goes to our principal. We have currently paid them 40,000 in six years for PMI. They will accumulate 98,000 before PMI is gone. At that point our mortgage will still be at 100,000. They state they don't want anyone to lose their home and also state there is no contract just a certificate page we receive for PMI. I am unsure how any money can come out of my loan without a contract stating the terms, rate and length. It's ridiculous, we will never ever be able to fully afford to pay this mortgage off with that PMI.
So far, through FB I have gotten in contact with Radian, they think that amount is right. Yet when I state that according to the federal guidelines it's wrong they say it isn't. The issue with this large amount in their hands already means one thing. They hope you foreclose. They have a third of the payoff already. It's pathetic and although it's BOA and Radian, it's a Freddi and Fanny loan. Our government that don't know anything for details. What happen to consumer rights and protection? In order to fight them an attorney wants $4,000 down. Really.
Reviewed Jan. 25, 2014
Do not know their jobs and don't care. My husband purchase land, built a house where we went another mortgage co. Loan was purchased by Bank of America. I was in shock then I said out of the companies why them. Trouble start due to the fact Bank of America did not do homework. I have been short in my escrow account going on 2yrs. The amount will just get higher and higher.
Reviewed Jan. 20, 2014
As a struggling homeowner or sucker of the year 12/2007, I worked my fool head off to pay a mortgage. I was successful, paying the monthly payment on time. No PMI, taxes not included just principal and interest. I saved for property taxes. But, I made a mistake, I paid too much towards the principal, knowing that I had taken on a huge debt, and left no cash reserve for a problem.
The Problem showed up as an unexpected tax bill of 3600 dollars. No problem right? We'll the red tape and the spin job I got from the town, realtors, lawyers and the banks, lead me to the Make Home Affordable Con Job. I filed a CT Dept of Banking complaint against BoA, for mortgage fraud, racketeering and mismanagement of my mortgage account. Hopefully something right & just will come out of it. But I have my doubts, You see it is too late, my life is ruined, so even if I were offered $5,000,000 in damages for duress, it wouldn't amount to anything because everything that mattered to me is no longer here.
So if you’re looking to buy a home, buy something cheap, say 3,000 or maybe 20,000. Don’t borrow. If you do then just buy an ink stamp kit that has a "SUCKER" stencil and stamp your forehead with ink. Maybe even mirror image it, so when you look in the mirror you can’t remind yourself how stupid you are to think, our government, our banks, our lawyers, our realtors, our, home inspectors, our governors, our mayors, are looking out for you. They are not. They look out for themselves, and so should you, for yourself.
They haven’t since 1913. So before you buy kick yourself in the face, and wake up and ask people in your community what they think of owning a home, not the people who are we'll off or making it. Ask the people who lost because they trusted something that is made up of greed, and lies. Save your money, live in your car if you have to, ad save to pay cash for something, because even after that these evil wrongdoers will tax you right out of everything you think you own. God bless, may you never travel on the road that I have for the last 6 years. I have lost my mind, my soul, my heart, and my life. Walk slowly, trust no one, only yourself. Your self-awareness will tell you what is best for you. Don’t be fooled as I have been, and so many other kind, trusting people who were nothing short of taken advantage of.
Reviewed Jan. 17, 2014
February 17, 2012 - paperwork signed and short sale finalized. One week later Bank of America contacted my brother to tell him that there was one portion of the paperwork involving the impound account that they needed a signature on and that they would stop the short sale unless they received this form signed by the end of the day. The paperwork was signed and notarized the previous week on February 17, 2012. I was out of town at the time and had to make a very fast trip from Yuma back to Tempe to get this taken care of.
April 2012 - $1.00 balance showing for mortgage when I accessed my online banking. I attempted to pay this $1.00 but I wasn't able to. I'm assuming that because the account was supposed to be closed therefore it wouldn't allow me to access it.
May 2012 Dennis ** went into the Tempe Branch of Bank of America and made the payment. At that time they took copies of the short sale paperwork in order to forward it with the $1.00. After weeks this $1.00 still did not show paid so Dennis again went in to the branch in Tempe and they sent a copy of his check as well as supporting documentation to inquire as to why the $1.00 was still showing on the loan.
June 2012, finally in frustration for having not seen this $1.00 reflecting that it was paid, I posted a comment on the bank's Facebook page. Within 24 hours I received a phone from the Social Media Department for Bank of America inquiring about the issue. They put me in contact with a Frankie ** who was to research and correct this issue. After a number of conversations Frankie determined that we were correct and that the $1.00 was the bank's error. She informed us that this $1.00 would be credited and that the loan would show the actual payoff date of February 2012.
January 2014 I am attempting to purchase a home in my own name. I had no reason to think that this $1.00 was not correctly applied and that the closing date was not reflecting February 2012. My mortgage company's credit checker called me Friday, February 10, 2012 in order to have me take part in a three way call with Bank of America. From what I was now being told, there was a discrepancy in the timeline for the loan. While I was taking part in this conversation I first learned that the loan shows a payoff date of August 2012 rather than the February 2012 date. I look as though I attempted to deceive my potential creditor because Bank of America apparently did not follow through on their end of this.
At the point that Frankie ** concluded that this was their error and would be corrected. She provided us with the transcripts of the emails between she and us and I am in possession of a copy of the receipt reflecting that this $1.00 was in fact paid in a branch. When I learned that Bank of America had apparently not followed through on their promises I attempted to contact Ms. ** via her email. Apparently, she is no longer working in that department because her e-mail bounced back. I called the bank's short sale department and explained the problem to them and was told that they would open a research file on this and it would be 48 business hours before I would receive a response. I asked if I could speak with a supervisor and was told that the supervisor would do not more than they had done by opening this research file. It would still be a 48 business hour turnaround.
I also offered to go to Office Max and have all of my paperwork scanned and sent to Bank of America to speed things up but I was told that they couldn't do that. On Tuesday I received an email from a Charles ** with Bank of America's short sale department. The email states that I need to send a copy of my merged credit report to him and he would correct the payoff date. I contacted my mortgage company and they provided me with a merged credit report which I promptly e-mailed to Mr. **. I requested Mr. ** advise me when this was received. This was January 14th 2014. I have received no further correspondence from Mr. ** or anyone else at Bank of America as of 10:45 am on January 17, 2014. I contacted Bank of Americas short sale department again today and spoke with Angela. She wouldn't put me in touch with Mr. ** but would contact him internally to verify that he received the merged credit report that he needed.
I am attempting to purchase a home and because of this issue with Bank of America I look as though I deceived my potential mortgage company. Should, after all of this, I get approved for my mortgage it will be another month minimum which means I will be paying another month's rent of $1320.00. In my lifetime I never expected to be in this position but the home that we went through the short sale on was purchased by my brother and myself. He lost his hours and ultimately was laid off and when we contacted Bank of America in an effort to talk about a loan modification to get our interest rate more affordable we were told that we could either apply another $40,00.00 to the loan or just not make our payments for a few months and then they would take another look at assisting us with a short sale. After struggling to make the payments on my income we finally listed the home in November 2011 and made the final payment in October 2011. The short sale was finalized on February 17, 2012. Or so we thought.
Reviewed Jan. 17, 2014
I bought my home using countrywide in September of 2007. First week I am here I get the mail and in it is the deed. With the wrong last name on it. No big deal. I call Countrywide explain what happened and am told no problem. It happens. Well get it fixed. Fast forward to me getting a refi offer from BofA in 2008. They promise to lower payment by $450. The deed on my house is still in the wrong name. I had given up on countrywide and agree to refi with bofa IF they get the deed fixed. They send out Deed of correction papers. I fill it out send it in. They refi my house (from the bank they just bought) and do not fix the deed. 3.5 years I spent from Sept 2007 calling these people trying to get my home into my name. I am a US Army disabled veteran and get homestead exemption on my property. The gas rights are still with the previous owners. 3.5 years in I stop paying them. Fix the deed or I won't pay. 6 months later their lawyer calls from country records. Says they found the problem and it's not their fault. Give me $25,000 (the incorrect amount due based on homestead exemption) or get out. So here I sit. January 2014. The sheriff sale is April 11.
Reviewed Jan. 15, 2014
How about when the mistake of the bank will cost me my home? Yes, that is where I am. Bank of America gave me a modification March 09. Lost my job in March 08. I started paying and six months later they called that Freddie Mac the investor did not approve the modification. To my surprise they came back with another modification in Dec 2010 with an amount 40% more than the first one and I am still out of job. I was unable to meet up. I finally got a job in April 2011. Now, there is arrears on the mortgage which must be paid or they will foreclose.
With mounting arrears, BOA transfer loan to Nationstar Oct 12. To Freddie Mac the investor and Nationstar, I have not been able to meet up on two earlier modification hence my house must be foreclosed. Why would the investor not approve my first modification and why should BOA offer an unemployed person a second mod with higher monthly payment and how do I know something went wrong?
I engaged BOA CEO's office with letters and in a reply to one of my letters in Feb 13, they told me that I did not send the right modification agreement on the first modification and enclosed what they have in their system. Alas, they have scanned legal size documents into their system like a letter size thereby cutting off some paragraphs and send it to investor who, rightly, denied the first mod. How do I know? They send two original mod agreement to be signed, notarized and send it back in a prepaid envelope. I did. But BOA scanned it wrongly.
My house is not under water and my income can support my mortgage and is still not under water after many years. I was unemployed for two years with no unemployment benefits. BOA claimed that they have transferred my file to another servicer and have nothing to do with it. Freddie Mac & Nationstar claimed that I have not performed under two earlier mod so my house must be sold. Is there any help for me? Or better still any idea/suggestion from anyone?
Bank of America Mortgage Company Information
- Company Name:
- Bank of America
- Company Type:
- Public
- Ticker Symbol:
- BAC
- Year Founded:
- 1992
- Address:
- 100 North Tryon St
- City:
- Charlotte
- State/Province:
- NC
- Postal Code:
- 28255
- Country:
- United States
- Website:
- www.bankofamerica.com
