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Chase (NMLS #399798), the U.S. consumer and commercial banking business of JPMorgan Chase & Co., offers home purchase and refinancing loans, in addition to its other financial services. The company provides home loans in every state and Washington, D.C., and its services are available online, through its mobile app, by phone and in person at more than 5,000 branches.

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    Reviewed Feb. 9, 2011

    I have made many attempts to submit mortgage loan modification paper work that Chase says they have never received. They are now about to foreclose on my home and refuse to accept payment on my mortgage. I contact them almost every day to try and track the progress of the modification and it never seems to progress. I am at a standstill and about to lose my home because they refuse to help me or take my monthly payments. My calls are never return when I am told I will be contacted and the customer services team is often rude and unwilling to help as soon as they see the past due account.

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    Reviewed Feb. 2, 2011

    We are 2 months behind on our mortgage payments. We have received regular mail, certified letters and personal mail delivery all asking us to please contact them because "we want your home to stay your home" and to ask about their Home Buyers Assistance program. We called, told them our situation and that we would be able to be fully caught up in about 2 weeks when we receive our income tax return. We even offered to give them $500 right then. The first person we talked to was very sympathetic and said that would be fine but he had to check with his supervisor.

    Then the man came back and said they had to have $1300 today or we have to proceed with foreclosure. They offered absolutely no assistance whatsoever. All of the mail we had received indicated that there was a program that could help us if we would just call and make an effort. The only reason we did not make an effort sooner was because 2 years ago, we were in the same situation because our business had gone under and again we only needed a couple of weeks to get caught back up. The exact same scenario that I just described happened 2 years ago as well. I was told the same thing then, too.

    Basically they offer you help but never come through with it. I realize we have defaulted twice now on our loan, but we ARE trying our best (working extra jobs, cutting out ALL extra expenses) and if they really wanted to help us keep our home they would bend a little bit. Bottom line is they don't care. Don't do business with them if you don't have to.

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    Reviewed Feb. 1, 2011

    Chase forced me into foreclosure proceedings. Chase would not permit me to make a mortgage payment to stay out of foreclosure. I was making December payment which would put me two payments behind in January 2011. I spoke with a representative named Carissa, who informed me that the system would not permit single payment but expects the full amount of $3,000 instead of $1,039.00. She indicated that if the payment was mailed in, it may be returned if not for the full amount. She said that the only way to ensure the single payment was processed was to do a phone payment.

    I called Collections and spoke with many representatives, specifically with supervisor Naroika **. She confirmed what the representative indicated--that I would have to make November and December payments; otherwise, they would reject any amount less than two payments. I advised everyone that I spoke with at Chase that I can only make one payment because other resources were not available at the time. A few weeks prior, I spoke with another Chase representative named Carissa informed me that I could and she even gave me other options to avoid foreclosure.

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    Reviewed Jan. 27, 2011

    July 2007 was my last mortgage payment to Chase. I paid on time (never being over a month late) for 2 years prior to July 2007. At that time, Chase increased my payments to almost double what I was paying, because according to them, they have created an escrow account for me since I didn't pay my property taxes and insurance. They said they couldn't tell me how long I would be paying this, because of some crazy response I can't even repeat.

    Let me backup. Chase kept on me almost every other month about homeowners insurance. I had to show homeowners insurance proof constantly to them. I showed them proof over and over, and it seemed to me I was harassed constantly. They would send papers asking for proof of insurance, and I would constantly have to show proof back. So at the time, I did have AIG homeowners insurance.

    Just recently, I have found out that the homeowner Insurance Chase is using for force placement insurance here in Kentucky is being sued for unfair business practices. The name of this business is American Security Insurance. Of course, I knew this was coming. My regular homeowners insurance from another company was anywhere under $500 a year, for a 90,000 home. But American Security Insurance under Chase was charging me around $1600, and they would not even cover any personal property, just the property itself.

    Actually, the attorney Chase uses also underwrites for American Security Insurance, talk about a conflict of interest. I excused myself from the settlement with that suit, because I hope to sue them individually. Moving on, as far as the taxes go, Chase may have paid some taxes now, because of this dispute; but at the time, I know I paid my taxes. Just like the Mortgage company I had prior to Chase, EMC Mortgage, Chase somehow paid double taxes or a bogus tax. I have 3 taxes a year, all 3 amount to less than $1000. Their escrow was really off.

    Chase has tried taking me to court at least twice to take my home, but the court wouldn't allow it, because Chase can't even show proof how they obtained interest in the note and mortgage on my home, not to mention also escrow errors. The thing is, although I'm still in my house, I can't make any improvements or anything till this is settled. Right now, were at a stalemate. Why? I don't know, because after all this, I think I should be able to have my house.

    I had talked to Chase several times prior to this mess, before completely cutting off communication to them due to personnel who were very unprofessional. Now, I can only speak to them through an attorney. Right now, they have finally agreed to a modification, if I can start paying double and more of what I used to pay. They added like $30,000 more for all the years we were in dispute, and they seemed to be blaming me and adding charges to me, for the court denied summary judgment to foreclose to them.

    There is no way I can pay double what I did pay. I'm a single mother. I got so fed up at one time that I wrote a letter and tried giving the house back. But they wouldn't take it back. They just seem to want to go through foreclosure! Could anybody help out there! Clark Howard, Oprah, somebody from CNN. Please, please, I need a way out of this mess!

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    Reviewed Jan. 25, 2011

    Chase agreed to a short sale contract for a house we have been trying to purchase. When the appraisal came in $3K lower than the contract, Chase threw out the contract stating, "If you want the house, pay the extra $3K." They are holding the property hostage and refuse to negotiate or have the house revalued. When we counter offered, they raised the price again for another $111.00 and stated, this was added to make Chase "whole" on the net sales price of the home.

    We are actively fighting them for unfair business practices and will be contacting everyone from Obama to the local BBB to ensure that as many people as we can influence will know that Chase is less than reputable and needs to be put in check. They received millions in tax payer bailout money and then screw the same taxpayers attempting to invest and grow in a depression.

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    Reviewed Jan. 13, 2011

    I have been undeniably cheated by the loan modification process from J.P. Morgan Chase. I intend to collect enough evidence to initiate a federal investigation. If you, or someone you know, had a loan modification process mishandled, please go to my blog: **. Families become homeless; I will soon be one of them.

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    Reviewed Jan. 12, 2011

    In December 2008, and before Chase forced our mortgage delinquency and nightmares, we tried to make efforts and attempts to pay towards our required monthly payment with accordance under the contracted agreement, which specifies any payment less then the regular required payment will be submitted and the balance due forwarded under an escrow account until paid in full. Our lender breached that contract agreement and refused to process any payments less than the required monthly payment, (not once, not twice, but three times). This neglected breached contract action caused us to seek help with a possible modification eligibility, and to prevent foreclosure being filed against us at the end of January 2009.

    We hired and paid $2,500 to a company (The Realty Factor) to represent us for a modification and legal foreclosure prevention. We were served foreclosure papers in April 2009. After so many frantic phone calls to both our lender and the company we hired, we finally got approved for a modification. Our monthly payments during the modification trial only reflected a payment deduction of $200 from our normal mortgage payment. We paid those trail payments as required and submitted all paperwork they requested from us, which started the beginning of June 2009. August was our 90th day month, but Chase stated, (through emailed statements), the modification was almost complete and they needed to extend the trail for the month of September, we complied and sent the payment without any default.

    Just a few days after the extended payment was cleared and the modification was complete and being processed, Chase then contradicted themselves by claiming they never received all the required documents to complete the modification. They lied! Being concerned of losing our home and we felt misrepresented and our modification contract was breached by both our lender and The Realty Factor, we hired a real lawyer through KEL Attorneys. Our modification efforts failed and was never closed, but was breached by our lender! Our attorney found default in the foreclosure complaint and filed motions against it. That case is still in limbo through the backed up courts. In the meantime, our lender has abused the account, which the unmodified modification was assigned to and have used it against us by interfering with our homeowners insurance payments and paying off our contracted property tax payment plans for which was never defaulted or behind on, and our lender is paying from a fraudulent escrow account. We have been paying our own homeowners insurance and property taxes since 1999 without disruption, delinquency, or defaults and continued to do so even after foreclosure procedures were filed and during the modification trail period! Now, Chase is building a new debt against us simply by interfering with our homeowners coverage and property taxes! We are so sick of these demeaning and fraudulent actions that it is no wonder people are committing suicide!

    Our credibility, our credit record, our payment plan contract agreements with homeowners insurance company and quarterly payment plan and agreement with our property taxes, our mental and marital stressed lives have been totally disrupted, twisted, and compromised! Our long-time built up credit and credibility has been altered and dissolved like trash in a dump yard! I worry about if we will finally reach that mentally suicidal breaking point. I fear we are closer then what I'm willing to admit too!

    Banks need to be held accountable, but all justice is showing us is banks are beyond the laws and consumer protection acts!

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    Reviewed Jan. 12, 2011

    I have been trying to get a loan modification from Chase Bank for the last 2 years. In October, I went to their foreclosure prevention with my complete package, believe me "complete" for I have been at this for 2 years. They assigned me a personal adviser who dropped the ball and stalled my package because he was too busy. He eventually handed it over to someone else and by that time, I was served with a NOD, notice of default on November 10th, 2010.

    I have made numerous phone calls to find out the status of the modification, but no one ever calls me back. I took off work yesterday to go into the office physically to speak to someone personally. No one has paid attention to my file and soon I will get an NOS, notice of sale. I have done everything right to try to save my home and my dignity, they just don't care. I have a lease car that is due up in March and I can't get another one because of this default on my credit. I am 34 to 1, meaning I have 34 accounts in "A" standing and one (the house) in the dumps. I am a single woman just trying do the right thing.

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    Reviewed Jan. 11, 2011

    We applied for loan modifications for our first and second mortgages (Indy Mac on the 1st and Chase on the 2nd) back in October of 2009. By December or January, our first mortgage was modified. As of today (1/11/2011) however, our 2nd is still in limbo. Chase has been dragging their feet and using every excuse in the book to stall, saying they lost our paperwork or assigning someone new every few months. We are not looking to shirk our obligation but being harassed the way we have doesn't help when things are already bad enough being unemployed.

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    Reviewed Dec. 30, 2010

    Despite extenuating circumstances (costs associated with an international parental kidnapping), Chase mortgage has refused to offer us any refinancing, has been obtrusive and non-responsive in the short-sale process and appears to be going forward with foreclosure on our home.

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    Reviewed Dec. 28, 2010

    We began modification of our home loan in about November 2009. We had missed several payments due to a failing business. We contacted them and had everything in place including trial payments. In February or March, we were asked to resend our income. I specifically asked if they wanted our "old" paystubs already sent in, or new ones. They said the old ones were what they wanted.

    They have said that all faxes were sent to them and have been received. The next month I was asked to resend the same information. The loan was said to be approved on April 28th. We received documents for step two of the modification process. I signed it POA for my husband. I hadn't heard anything further, so I phoned them again in mid-June. The representative said that everything was fine, no paperwork was needed, and go ahead with the modified payments. I told him I would be out of town, and would send the payments.

    When we returned, end of August, everything was still fine. At the beginning of September we received another "making homes affordable" door hanger notice, and I immediately called Chase. They told me at that point that the loan had been denied (two months after the modification was to start!). I called Rita ** at pueblo works (hud) representative and she called Chase with both my husband and me present. She was told that the loan had been denied, but was being reworked, and nothing further needed to be done. I expressly asked her if I'd done anything wrong in the process. She told me no, that Fannie Mae didn't like the low interest rates quoted, and that most likely caused the denial of the loan.

    Around that time, Sam ** took over the loan process. He told me we would have to resubmit new paperwork again. We did that. My husband was on vacation and due to that we showed a lower month’s income. We missed seeing the question about Gary’s birthday, due to everything else being prefilled out. Chase "supposedly" called us, and we didn't respond. Neither Gary nor I got a call. They sent out a new packet to fill out, but not knowing why they resent the packet, we copied what we'd previously done, and sent it in.

    We found out afterwards that they were missing the birthday, and tax information form. We refaxed it directly to them the same day. This was in November 2010. Since Nov. 1, we haven't received any calls from Sam **. We have tried repeatedly calling him the entire month. We got no response! Usually with phone calls he would answer. We were told that his number changed, and no call back. To date we have made every payment on time or early to Chase, first the trial payment, then the modified payment that began in July. We have made every effort to work with Chase. We have called, yet we only get automated phone calls from them, or "no calls" that they claim to have made.

    Yesterday, without notice from anyone, we received notice from Denver Lawyers that Chase is beginning foreclosure! We have always stated that we want to keep the house. We have made payments in accordance to their requests, and maintained them. Now, we are in the rears of about $17000. This isn't fair! Please help us! Get these crooks off the streets! How many families are they playing games with?! We are honest, and have truly done everything to make it right. The banks get bailed out but we get forgotten.

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    Reviewed Dec. 22, 2010

    I currently have my mortgage with Chase bank. I have been trying for over a year to get a modification. Every person I have spoken to has instructed me to do something else. I have tried to make payments and have sent them everything except my blood. The process has taken so long that the last time I spoke with someone last week they said you can't send any money because you’re in foreclosure. No one knows what is going on but as a result they now want $31,000.00. If I had that kind of money, a mortgage payment would be no problem. My father bought this house new in 1962. My family, children and grands are with me and I do not want to lose my house. I am again in modification through lost litigation.

    I feel like all I have done is run in a circle and nothing is being resolved. I have a good job and work full time. My children who reside with me (they’re 30) have also provided financial information. Please, I don't want to loose the house that has been home for 49 years. This house was paid off and when my father passed away. I inherited his home, sold mine and in the mean time and I refinanced to pay a contractor to make modifications to enlarge the home and was going to pay mortgage with money from home sale. However, since 2006, I have been trying to complete the work and have an attorney to recoup some of the $119,000 I spent to do this work. I have no savings, no retirement, no credit and the only life insurance I have will cover me as long as I die on the job. I have no where to go and don't know what to do to begin to repair this matter.

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    Reviewed Dec. 21, 2010

    I have my home loan currently with Chase. I checked them and another group for refinancing and chose the other group to move ahead with. My settlement date was for 12/22.

    Chase had been escrowing my Collin County tax - approx $5000. I saw that Chase deducted the $4800 from my account on 11/22. I learned on 12/17 that the County never received a payment. Somehow, Chase had the money in its possession and did not pay the County. In talking with the County on 12/17, I learned that the large lump sum of tax dollars were not due from Chase until 12/30 which would mean they would have my money in their possession from 11/22 through 12/30.

    Then I called Chase Bank on 12/17 and they said it was 'in process' and they could send a letter of disbursement that my title company might use. 12/20, I learned that the title company would not accept the letter of disbursement and needed to show the taxes paid. I called Chase Bank back 12/20 and told them I was refinancing and I needed them to pay the taxes by tomorrow Tuesday. Chase Bank told me I should come up with the $4800 some other way or reschedule my refinancing because they could not really move any faster.

    I am furious that the bank appears to be using my money and I believe a lot of other consumers' money to earn interest before they honor the tax obligation -- basically they are using my money to earn money and delaying a County tax payment in a way that causes me to come up with another $4800 or delay my financing. I believe that the bank is supposed to be entrusted to handle the escrow funds appropriately and should not be able to earn massive amounts of dollars off of consumers. I believe they are likely earning millions of dollars off of consumers doing this -- doesn't seem right.

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    Reviewed Dec. 20, 2010

    My husband got laid off in March of this year. Before that, he was working in Afghanistan and making a good living (approximately 160,000 to 170,000). I haven't worked since 2008. As soon as he got home and filed for unemployment, we called Chase, who has financed our home. We told them of our situation and asked what our options were to keep our home. They told us we should apply for a home modification loan.

    I went online and filled out the paperwork, got all the information and documents they required and then I went and faxed them in order to get them there quicker. After I did that, I also sent them in an overnight shipping. A few days later, I called and they said that they had not received our paperwork. The overnight package had been signed for by an employee, yet it is still nowhere to be found.

    This was the middle of April. I have been calling and faxing documents ever since. I was told to fax the paperwork from a Chase branch, so that it was guaranteed to get there. I don't understand that. Where do faxes go? We have been told that we have to keep our payments current in order to get a modification, and then we're told that if we aren't late then it looks like we don't need help. We have been given different phone numbers and fax numbers to send our documents to. The people that we talk to are rude, and insensitive and tell us we can either send in what they need or get foreclosed on. We have complied and we call in often and are constantly told that they need more information. I had talked to a HUD counselor, and we called Chase Bank together, but the lady from Chase told us that she did not have all of our documents. These documents have been faxed several times in the last 6 weeks prior. I faxed the documents again that day, and two days later we got together to call since they had everything that they needed, but the employee refused to talk to us without written consent for the counselor to be on the line with me.

    The mail that they send out takes an enormous amount of time. I asked them why a letter was written to me, but not sent out for another 5 days. They don't know, that is the mailing department. When they don't receive my faxes, they say they don't know,that it is done in a different department as well. On August 16, 2010, we got a phone call from Debbie ******, who was our relationship expert and she said that since she hasn't received our bank statements, she is going to have to deny our modification. I had faxed those statements on June 3, and called on June 6, and the Chase employee told me that they had all of our information. I faxed them again on June 4, June 15, June 16, July 2. On July 6, I called and Tanisha ***, a Chase employee told me that all information is there and it has been sent for review.

    I called again the next day and was told that they needed more information. I again faxed what they needed on July 6, July 15, July 21, July 27. I called and was told again that they had all of my information, and I would be contacted soon. When Debbie ****** called me, I explained all of the dates and how I had been treated and she still said that the documents were not complete. She said I didn't send in my complete bank statement. I explained that this was my statement and she said that there is a number in parenthesis and the number of pages did not match. I then explained to her that the number in parenthesis is the number of checks that had been written that month. She looked it over and then said "yeah, you're right".

    She then said she would look it over again and get back with us. On August 18, 2010, we got a letter that says "your housing expense must be greater than 31% of your gross monthly income to be eligible for a home modification loan. I called them back and they said that we applied for the wrong loan, since my husband was unemployed, we should have done a different one. They sent us to another department and we applied over the phone and the employee said she would mail the papers. It should be 7 to 10 business days.

    After 2 weeks, I called back and was told "oops, they haven't been mailed out". This new employee said she would mail them out this same day. I waited for 2 weeks and did not receive any papers again. I called back and I was very upset that a month had gone by and I had not received the paperwork to fill out. The male employee this time was very rude and told me they had been sent out 2 days prior. He sent them overnight mail. I reapplied, but then my husband had gotten a job. So now we have income. On September 16, I faxed the modification application in.

    On Sept 22, I got a letter stating that they need more information. I called Chase again to find out that nothing that I had faxed in on Sept 16 had gotten there. So, on October 4, 2010, I sent in another whole completed package. On November 18, I sent in another completed package, after I was told they didn't get the last package. On November 24, I was told that they had all the information and it had been sent up for review. On December 3, I was required to fax more information.

    On December 6, I was told that they needed me to fax in my bank statement again. The man that we talked to said that it looked like I had printed my statement off the internet and that it may get thrown out because of that. I told him that my statement is front and back and the only way to send the back is to copy it and I wrote "this is a copy of the back of page 1" and so forth. He said okay, everything looks good; it will be sent for review.

    On December 13, I called and everything had been received and we had a new "relationship expert" named Nancy ***. The employee said she will leave her a message to call us in the next few days. We haven't heard from her. We were given her phone number but we are unable to use it because her extension is 6 numbers and you need 7. Nobody at Chase can help us, they don't have any way of finding her 7 digit number.

    On December 14, I called and talked to Terri. She said it had been sent for review but was now on hold because of my husband's VA disability. We had to prove that he gets it, besides seeing it every month directly deposited in our account, and the letter I gave them from the VA Disablility Dept was from back in 2008.

    They are not sure if he still gets it. My husband's disabilities will not be going away, and unless they change something drastically, he will be getting paid for the rest of his life. Terri said she will have our "relationship expert" contact us. We have not received a call yet. So, we are almost 4 months behind and this is the treatment we are getting.

    We have not heard from our relationship expert ever. We are now told that every paycheck and every bank statement needs to be faxed to them asap. The fact of the matter is, my husband is going to be making $42,000 a year, instead of $160,000 a year. We cannot pay a $1150.00 a month house not on 2888.00 a month. We need some help! Today, I called in to try and find out the status of our modification loan and the first lady that I talked to, Yvonne, told me that we needed documentation for Charlie's disability.

    As she read more she said that the loan had been declined because we did not make enough money. I asked her to explain that to me. How much would we need to make? She had no idea what to tell me and could not answer any of my questions. She transferred me to Ginger in the Fulfillment Department.

    I asked her what the status of our loan was and she said that it had been declined because we refused to send in the needed information. I asked what that is that they didn't receive and she said it was the 1st page of the modification loan (this page only tells us how to fill out the papers) and there was a blank page from my bank statement. I explained to her that my statements are front and back and in order to fax them or send a copy I have to copy the back also. I always write on the copied one "this is a copy of the back of page__" whichever one it is.

    I put my loan number and names and address on every piece of paper I send them. I also told Ginger that I have never gotten to talk to Nancy ***r. She said, "oh, so sorry". I asked her if I could talk to her now and she said, "No, she is not your counselor anymore". I told her that I had been trying for the last 10 days to talk to her and that she won't call me back. She told me all I could do was reapply. When I asked her again about what documentation I need for Charlie's disability, she doesn't know either.

    I have been documenting, calling, faxing, sending, and I am getting nowhere fast. I am about to be 4 months behind. My husband broke his leg at work and had to have surgery to fix it and put in a screw and in January will have to have another surgery to take it out. It is his left leg and he is unable to drive. I have been home sick for the last 4 weeks with pneumonia, bronchitis and asthma. I will go back to work tomorrow, but I only work a few hours a week. I don't think they should treat us this way. We are coming to Chase to help instead of trying to avoid the problem.

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    Reviewed Dec. 20, 2010

    Between August 2010 and October 2010, I had contacted Chase about a loan modification (type of refinance). I explained it was getting difficult to make my monthly mortgage and contacted them for help before it got to that point. After 30 to 60 days, I was told over the phone that I was denied and did not qualify for any loan modification programs.

    We have never escrowed our taxes and insurance. Both of these I would put on credit cards and pay or pay the lump sum when due. Thus leaving my monthly mortgage payment as low as it could be. It was easier to pay lump sums because I was self employed when I purchased the house. Because of the economy and my husband's medical school schedule, we sold our business and would still use credit cards to pay the annual payments on the taxes and insurance (never delinquent).

    After the modification decline, Chase put everything into escrow. I did find out through our insurance that they escrowed and I was able to change it. I called Chase and they said they automatically will escrow when you apply for a modification. No paperwork of any kind disclosed this. It is December and taxes are due. Half will go on credit card, other half will be paid (our city allows to pay second half by March) by income tax money back.

    Chase has not contacted me and has continued with the escrow. I went to them needing help lowering my monthly mortgage payment I now owe more, $251 more a month. They will not stop the escrow. My credit card payments were less. No paper work ever explained they would automatically put it into escrow and from what a supervisor explained to me over the phone, if I had been approved I would have received the paperwork telling me about this escrow change.

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    Reviewed Dec. 19, 2010

    We represent thousands of Colorado residents who have hope in The Affordable Homes Program. In theory, when President Obama explained the program, it sounded really hopeful in this economy. But we are not sure if these were just words or someone who is supposed to be implementing this program is not fulfilling their duties. Our case is one of many we hear about in which the program did not work.

    In July of 2009, we sent all of the required paperwork to the Program Making Home Affordable Chase Bank in order to take advantage of the program. Nothing was said to us as far as the timeline of when we would hear back with some sort of results. Since then, we have been on the phone with Chase Bank representatives (they call them specialists) with zero results. We get a different story each time. Last November (2009), finally someone told us that they have not received any of our documentation and there was no record in the bank. Right then and there she has arranged for a quick interview and said we qualified for the program. She has said that we were ready to enter a trial period of three months (we make 8 payments on time of trial November through June #1). But we had to resubmit all of the paperwork that has already been previously submitted by us.

    On December of 2009, we received a letter that said our trial payment has not been received. We did pay by phone on December 10th. We kept receiving this type of letter. If you see, we did pay on time all the trial period (copies attached #2). We have kept calling every week or two to check on the status of the process with no resolution. In the meantime, they kept asking us for copies of our 2009 tax returns, even though they had a signed authorization to check with IRS. We have faxed those taxes at least 10 times to the bank. Each time we called to check with the bank and got confirmations of receipt from the people on the phone (copies attached #3). The time has passed by. We kept calling every week.

    On May 26, 2010, we received a letter that we didn't get in the program Home Affordable Modification because we didn't provide them with the documents that they requested in the time frame (copies attached #4). Mr. Senator, you have no idea what the level of my family's frustration is. We called again and spoke with another specialist – Mike. He said that he doesn't understand why the denial letter was received by us because he saw in his system we are in the program. That was very exciting. Mike made my day.

    Several days later, at the end of June, we finally got the contract. They were going to reduce our payment from $1064 to $818.82. The contract explained that for seven years, the payments were going to be fixed at $818.82 and subsequently would go up but not to the original level of payment (no copies of the contract, we sent all the package sign and we never received our copies back). We were telling our friends that the program works, and that it was worth keeping up communication with the bank no matter how frustrating the process was. Each time I called, it took me up to an hour to get through to someone.

    On July 15th, the bank cashed the check of $818.82 that we sent with the contract, they call a quick payment (copies attached #5). They advised us that our first payment was to be August 5th. We signed the direct deposit for the new contract ($ 818.82). It was established in the contract. We kept calling the entire time to check on the contract status as we never received a copy of the new contract from the bank. Each time we called, we were told, we were approved: “Please do not worry about this. You are in the program now. Your first payment is going to be September 5th.”

    The problem arose when our funds were not taken out of our account for the mortgage payment ($ 818.82). On October 1st, no money was taken out either. We called and checked - once again we’re told: “No worries.” On September 7th, there was an envelope received by us. It turned out, Mr. Senator, there was a same contract with different numbers (copies attached #6). Now our payments were going to go up from $1068.66 (original payment) to $1071. We called once again; they told us that there was a mistake in their system. We called Chase and asked whether we had a choice. They said no. What a joke! (our economic situation was and still the same). We didn't sign the second contract. Chase kept sending us bills for $1067.99 (the trial amount). Each time, we paid on time, November and December (copies attached #7).

    On December 9th of 2010, the day of our 32nd wedding anniversary, we got 8 certified letters and other 8 letters in the regular mail (copies attached #8). They said that we were in default because we failed to pay the required monthly payment since 03/01/2010. And if we don’t pay within 32 days of this notice, Chase will accelerate the maturity of the loan.

    We are attaching copies of all the payments in 2010 (copies attached # 9). Only 3 payments are missing: August, September, and October. These are the payments that Chase was supposed to take from our account. But they took July's payment (direct deposit $818.82) as per their initial instructions. Mr. Senator, this is our last hope to have justice. We are not the only people in this boat. But we feel that it is our duty to inform you what American families are going through on a daily basis.

    As you know the banks are hiring people with no experience and they give no training at all. And we the people are paying all the consequences. We are so tired of all this game that Chase has been playing with us for almost 2 years. Please help us! All this process has been a torture. The stress is killing us. We don't know if tomorrow we’re going to have our house. We don't want to give up! All this time we did everything Chase told us to do. We send all the papers every time they ask for it. We didn't miss any payments in this long period of the trial. We don't know what else to do? Since this is a really long story, we can send you a power of attorney for our Chase account so you can see the entire detail.

    We know that they have all the records, as each time we called we asked to confirm the notes from the previous conversation. And you will also find all of the documents and the two contracts that they sent us. The American dream Mr. Senator became an American nightmare. PD. On December 11th, we got another 4 certified letters and others 4 letters in the regular mail (copies attached #10).

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    Reviewed Dec. 15, 2010

    I requested a loan modification from Chase in August 2010 but was denied. However, Chase took it upon themselves to pay my homeowners insurance without notifying me. I found out when I noticed the insurance company did not deduct the next month's payment from my account. Upon contacting Chase, I was informed they also paid my property taxes because that was one of the conditions of modifying my loan.

    I informed Chase that I paid my own property taxes and that I wanted them to correct this error. Chase requested my proof, I sent it by fax from a Chase bank branch. They said they did not receive it. I emailed them 11 times. Each time I was told to contact Chase via telephone. I did that no fewer than 12-15 times. Chase sent me a letter on 12/13 supposedly as proof they paid my taxes. I went to the Tax Commissioner's office in my county. I was given a printout that they refunded Chase's payment on 10/12/10 via Courier. However, Chase continues to claim they have not received a refund. I am feeling harassed and drained trying to resolve this issue. At this point, I don't know what else to do short of giving Chase my property back. No customer should have to be beaten mentally and physically over any matter that should not even exist, especially after proof has been provided.

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    Reviewed Dec. 14, 2010

    My name is Hector ****. My wife and I are retired we have been living in ***** ******* Ave, Norwalk, CA 90650 for 16 years. Furthermore, I have tried to obtain assistance from Chase JP Morgan since 2009 due to my wife's poor declining health and going in and out of the hospital which has caused an economic hardship. After pleading with Chase JP Morgan, they finally placed me on a trial payment plan. I have been in compliance on a trial payment program for several months and faxing document to the modification department. I was devastated. Without notice we were removed from the trial payment program. In addition,they denied me for a modification with Making Homes Affordable program after I was assured I would be placed on the Making Home Affordable program. Now Chase is demanding all the arrears of the mortgage payment. I am emotionally distressed with the way Chase is treating my home loan. I feel they don't value the customer.

    I want to file a complaint against Chase for their practices and procedure. In addition, I want Chase to be investigated for not being in compliance with the guide lines of the Making Home Affordable program they signed in order to assist homeowners in this economic crisis we are facing. I have been patiently waiting for over a year to get a modification they had assured I would be getting, and now they continue to give me the runaround with no hope. My family and I want to keep our property and not suffer the devastation of foreclosure and be left homeless especially with my wife's declining health. Thank you for your time and attention to this matter.

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    Reviewed Dec. 14, 2010

    Early in 2008, my hours began to slowly get cut back where I was employed. As the year continued, I had my free gas taken away, plus my hours were cut back even more. Then in July, the company shut down their Sawmill Division and moved me to their Logging Division at which I had no experience, but was fortunate to keep my job. However, it came with another pay cut. I was then offered a job with a man who attempted to purchase the sawmill that I previously worked at. It was supposed to come with a pay increase and guaranteed hours. It turned out to be a complete failure. The man lied his way into getting companies to supply us with lumber and parts.

    At this time, my girlfriend was working there as well and we made the announcement on a Friday that we were going to have a baby. The owner was made aware of this over the weekend, and come Monday my girlfriend was being laid off. I confronted him as to why he laid her off, when another employee, which he was advised by my supervisor as well, was less needed and made more money an hour than my girlfriend. Next thing I know, I got fired for "insubordination". I was denied to receive unemployment benefits and went through all the appeals process each time the man is changing his reason for firing me.

    Well, I went 3 months without a job and before I knew it, I was severely struggling to pay my bills. I was 2 months behind on my mortgage and had outstanding late fees. I couldn't say for certain how much the total was, but it wasn't more than $2000.00. When the home modification program was issued and initiated, I immediately applied. I received the packet and got all the required paperwork together and faxed it in. I then made my reduced payments for the three months as I was supposed to and kept waiting for my finalization documents. Towards the end of the month when my next payment was due, I still had not heard anything so I called and was told to continue making the payments. It was probably 8 or 9 months later when I received a notice that I had been declined.

    About the time this happened I was made aware of a chance to go to the World Congress Center in Atlanta and there would be people there that could assist me in reapplying. I took the day off of work, drove up there, paid $20.00 to park, only to find out that my mortgage company was holding their own assistance gathering at the Hyatt Regency in downtown. I said, "Heck, yeah, I can deal directly with my mortgage company, this should make going through this process a lot easier.”

    Well, I met with a "Personal Advisor" who helped me fill out all the paper work and made sure all my documents were correct and good to go. We sent the packet in from there and I left with a big sigh of relief. I continued on with my life, making my payments as I was supposed to when I received a call from my "Personal Advisor" that I had been denied again, and that they were going to be at the Hyatt Regency again on a certain date, and for me to come back up there with my updated documents and we would refile.

    I showed up, went through, and filled out all the paper work again, and was told that the reason I had been denied was because I didn't make enough money, even though I had been making these payments for over a year at the time. Well, here I am again, still receiving letters that I need to send in updated paperwork, and no word on where my modification stands. I recently sent an email to my "Personal Advisor" asking where my modification stood at the present time. After a week of no response, I called his personal line and left a voicemail stating that I had not heard anything in response to my email and thought maybe he didn't receive it. I then left my email address, cell phone number, and I think my home phone number and asked if he would let me know something. It's been two weeks now, and I have yet to get a response.

    I am now a little over $11,000 behind. I honestly believe that they purposely drag this process out just so they can eliminate the ones that get frustrated with the process and it saves them from having to take the loss that they supposedly incur from this. I don't know how they could incur a major loss with me when I've been paying 9.6% interest since the year 2000. Well, I can't afford to give up; I have two children that I have to provide for and I will work myself to death before I let them want for a roof over their head and food on the table.

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    Reviewed Dec. 10, 2010

    In January 10 I had called Chase to ask for a home modification or to see what they could do to help me since my payments were behind 2 months. I was told I didn't qualify. I called again, and was told they would send me a modification package, fill it out and send it back. I did and never heard anything back. I sent it in via US mail. Then I asked for help through a local government agency who tried to get info from Chase but kept hitting dead ends. They said it had been sent to an attorney. When the attorney was contacted it took them 6 weeks to send any documentation to the county.

    By then it was 2 weeks before the sheriff’s sale, and Chase bought it back. I have filed a complaint with the O.C.C. and with the Minnesota Attorney General, but not much has been done as of yet. I was injured in ‘08 and can't find steady work that is within the restrictions I have.

    Knowing this, Chase has, I believe, purposely dodged the responsibilities of making anything affordable to those who have been injured through "Making Home Affordable Act". Once my house was sold in May of '10, I was not able to find anyone who would finance me for a mortgage because of the bad credit mark on my report. Since then, Chase has denied any wrong doing, saying it was my fault and that they didn't receive any modification application that it was supposed to be faxed and not sent by mail, so I’m told now there was a mailing address and fax number on the application. I called them after the O.C.C. notified them of an investigation. They basically said that I need to prove it, and until then, they did nothing wrong.

    My credit has been severally damaged. I and my family have to find somewhere to live, which in most cases they go by your credit score anyway. Leaving us in low income/poverty accommodations, which for a family of 5 is very hard to find. This is very physiologically stressful not only to moms and dads but especially to children.

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    Reviewed Dec. 9, 2010

    Two years ago, I started the process of requesting a Deed In Lieu of Foreclosure with Chase Home Finance. I was contacted by the agent assigned to this request in February 2009. At that time, the agent advised me that I would most likely need to vacate the residence within 6-8 weeks. I found an apartment and had moved out of the residence within 4 weeks. I had not heard anything by June 2009 and immediately began calling the agent.

    My calls were never returned. I did finally manage to speak with a service representative who advised me that Chase was waiting for approval from the VA, but could not give me the name or phone number to contact. It took several phone calls to the VA, but I did find someone who could help me. Chase, however, was wrong. The VA had nothing to approve in this request. The VA rep however, was able to contact the Chase agent and get the process moving again. In August of 2009, I received all the necessary paperwork from Chase's attorney. That paperwork was completed, returned to the attorney, recorded, and returned to Chase by November 2009.

    For some unknown reason, Chase did nothing with this paperwork and the property was turned over to the Foreclosure department in August 2010.

    Again, I called Chase several times to find out what the problem was. In September 2010, I was asked to fax the documents that had been notarized to Chase. I faxed these documents, and in early October 2010, once again called Chase. I was told that Chase was finally acknowledging the Deed In Lieu of Foreclosure and that everything would be finalized within a week. I just found out this week that my account is still with the Foreclosure department, and that the Deed in Lieu has still not been processed. What do I need to do, or who can I contact for assistance with this situation?

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    Reviewed Dec. 8, 2010

    We bought our home in September 2008. We were told we had to have mortgage insurance and the premiums were $64.95 a month and we put down somewhere around $2400.00. Six months after we bought our home, my husband was laid off from his job so we applied for a loan modification. We received a letter in the mail stating we did not need mortgage insurance and the money we put down at closing would be refunded to his, which it was.

    We were told our payments would drop when the premiums were dropped and the money we had paid out monthly would be refunded to us, which never was and they kept making us make the full payment with he premiums added for months before they finally took it off. After waiting months and making 3 trial modification payments, we were told we could not get a modification because my husband did not have a job. Two of these payments were short $266.00 each. So in February 2009, I made a full payment plus the $532.00 to make up for the two payments that were short. Before that, we were only one payment behind.

    They harass us by phone and mail saying we are three and four payments behind, which we are not. I have figured up every payment that has been due on this mortgage and every payment they have taken out of our bank account, and it is only $754.00 difference, which is not even one payment. Our payments are $1226.91. The two payments we were short on, they put in suspense and never applied to our loan. We are one payment behind and if you count the 2 trial payments, that would be 3 payments which they are saying we are behind. We made those 2 payments and they are not being applied to our loan.

    Also we found on our doorstep today, a plain envelope with the number 17 in the corner. My son brought it in to me and I opened it and on a plain index card it said. “Please call” and it had an 800 number. So I called and it was Chase. This was very unprofessional! Nobody knocked on the door or anything, just dropped it on the porch. If there is ever a class action lawsuit against this company for stealing money, I would like to get in on it, because that's all this company is doing-- stealing money.

    Also last year, we had $339.00 surplus in escrow and surplus this year and we have never seen the money and then it disappears from escrow. This modification thing is a joke, it's a way for these mortgage companies to get you behind on your payments so they had foreclosure on your house. These companies should be put out of business the way they are treating people that have lost their jobs and are trying to keep their homes.

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    Reviewed Dec. 7, 2010

    I have reason to believe that Chase bank is embezzling money from my escrow account. I get my escrow analysis report at the end of the year and it says I have a surplus amount of so much and when it restarts itself the following month its missing $1200 and no one knows where it goes. I over paid my escrow $2300 dollars and never saw a dime of it and now its just gone. They are supposed to be sending me a check for $1400 and they say they have sent it but I have never received it. Meanwhile, they still owe me $1100 at least on top of that. I had to file for bankruptcy because of the fact that they are holding thousands of dollars of mine and bogus late fees that they keep charging me.

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    Reviewed Dec. 7, 2010

    I had inquired about the mortgage modification program and decided that the program was not for me although Chase did approve me. When I realized that they were only going to reduce my payments by $40 a month, I decided the repercussions were not worth the savings. I contacted numerous individuals by phone and wrote three letters requesting to be "opted out" of the program. Chase has now stopped taking my monthly mortgage payment out of my bank account even after I sent a payment FedEx and have proof that they signed for it. I have never missed a payment in my life or even been late, however, I can't seem to convince Chase Mortgage to take my mortgage payment.

    They are rude. They put you on hold forever or just plain cut you off. I have never dealt with a more inept company in my life. I just want my life to go back to the way it was, me making my monthly mortgage payment from my bank account on the first of every month. Is that too much to ask? No one seems to have a clue. They now tell me they can't put me back on auto pay until February. I have kept documentation of everything. It is almost like they want me to default on the mortgage payments. I have paperwork that says nothing would go into effect unless I sent the new payment with the payment coupon starting Dec. 1st. I never sent it. I don't want to be in this program. I just want to make my mortgage payment and be a good, law abiding citizen!

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    Reviewed Nov. 30, 2010

    My name is Gregorio **. My family and I currently live at **. We have been living here for 15 years. In 2009, with the economic crisis we are facing, my wife and I had a reduction in work hour causing a hardship and we became delinquent on the mortgage payment. I proceeded to call Chase for assistance on my mortgage, following several months of faxing documents I was placed on a trial payment on 11/01/2009. I continue to make my payments on time. Furthermore, I have been constantly faxing documents to the underwriter and I have not received any response on my modification. Consequently, my property will be auctioned on 12/08/2010. Relentlessly, I have maintained my trial payment. I would like to file a complaint against Chase for the manner they process the modification.

    I feel they are prolonging the modification in order for the homeowner to be foreclosed. I also want Chase to be investigated for misleading and misrepresentation of the modification by constantly advising us we are in review for a modification and requesting documents that are not in compliance with the guidelines of a modification under the Making Home Affordable. They are creating their own guidelines. In addition, the underwriters are not being trained appropriately on the modification. They continue to request documents not pertaining to a modification. My family and I are extremely anxious with this situation. We request Chase to finalize our modification and give us the Making Home Affordable program they had assure us we would get. We need your assistance in this matter.

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    Reviewed Nov. 28, 2010

    I contacted Chase about reduced income in 2009 and tried to refinance for lower interest rate. I was turned down, but offered loan modification. It started in May 2009 and the program was supposed to be for 3 months. Then our loan would be updated. It took Chase 18 months to get this loan modification done. We paid every payment agreed upon by cashiers check and express mailed into them by the 1st of the month. I called several times each month (documented on both sides). I have names and dates and discussions.

    The letter we received saying our loan would be done in August of 2009 is said to have been sent in error. There was an explanation by Chase for every delay. When the loan modification was finally done in in November 2010, Chase had docked us on our credit report with 5 late payments. The loan was the same interest rate as before (6.87%) and our monthly mortgage payment was the same.

    However, they charged us all the late payments and interest, so our loan principal is higher now than when we took it out in 2006. I tried to work with them on removing the late payments from our credit report, but they will not do this. Therefore, we cannot even try to refinance with another lender because of the damage to our credit. I talked to an attorney and was told there are many with the same stories and to wait for someone to file a class action lawsuit. The economic damage is the damage done to our credit, so we are unable to get another mortgage or even an automobile loan. We had good credit before Chase ruined it.

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    Reviewed Nov. 25, 2010

    In April, my wife lost her job and although things were tight, we managed to keep up with our bills. On July 2nd, I lost my job. On the 3rd of July, I notified Chase that we were in trouble and needed some kind of help. They told me they would send a loan modification packet to our home! We ended up going online to get the packet they never sent. We started the paperwork and called, only to be told they needed other documentation which we sent them. (Time and time again, we were told to stop paying our mortgage as that would show more of a distress situation and would help in the modification process, making the process go through faster.

    I have called every week and never get the same person twice. I was told time and time again it was still in review. Then I get a letter saying I needed to send more documents as listed below and nothing was listed so I called again and that person couldn't tell me what it was about. After being transferred to numerous people, I was told they needed proof of my military retirement pay, which had been sent 4 times before! We faxed it to them right away again! Two days later, we get a notice in the mail saying we have a month to pay the past due amount or our home will be foreclosed on! Our payments would never have been behind if it weren't for them telling us not to pay them, and now my credit score is so low I can't get anyone to consider a refinance to get away from Chase! My wife went to our bank yesterday and took out her 401(k) plan which of course cost her penalties so we can catch up the payments.

    After reading all of the complaints on your website, we are really worried that they will not accept the payment as we will find out when we pay it on Saturday as we have to drive 70 miles to the closest branch bank to pay it. They have blocked us from being able to make any payments online. Why is there no one investigating this company? What are people to do? I can't believe that this is such a big company and no one will go up against to protect those that are not asking for a free ride, but a little bit of help in tough times! I have already sent a letter to my governor and state representative. Who else do I need to talk to? I need assistance and/or advice very, very soon.

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    Reviewed Nov. 24, 2010

    Chase Home Finance is charging unethical fees against my account, i.e. Corporate Adv, Prop Preservation Disb, Misc Expense Disb, in order to increase the amounts owed in order to take the property during which time mortgage payments are being made. Charges are exceeding $200.00.

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    Reviewed Nov. 21, 2010

    My name is Carlos ** I live at **. In 2009 due to the economic crisis we are facing my business had a decline in revenue causing a tremendous hardship I got behind on my mortgage payment. I have been trying to work with Chase since 2009. I have been faxing documents when requested by Chase, I have not gotten anywhere with them, I continue to call to follow up and all they advice me is my modification is in review just continue to wait.

    When I first apply for a modification with Chase I was behind on my mortgage a couple of month. On 11/15/2010 I call to follow up and the representative advice me that I was behind $ 115,316 I was astonished, I have complied with Chase and since they are prolonging the modification without regards to the homeowner desperation, in the mean time the arrears amount keeps adding up to a point that Chase will deny the modification because of the amount over due.

    The bank will not take any partial payments or place us on a trail payment. I don’t know what games the banks are playing this are why we have so many homeowners losing their property because they delay the process of the modification. I want to file a complaint and investigation for the practices and procedure in which Chase is conducting their modification and the under writer for prolonging the process and not having any regards toward the homeowners.

    Chase continues to prolong my modification by continuously requesting the same documents I submit all they request. My family and I are suffering the ordeal of chase unwillingness to help the homeowners. We need your assistance to over look how Chase is operating.

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    Reviewed Nov. 21, 2010

    My name is Zacarias ***** I have been living with my family for 11 years at *** ave. Simi Valley CA 93065. Due to the economic crisis in 2009, my business suffered a reduction in revenue causing a hardship. I proceeded to call Chase Mortgage loan services on :

    11/18/09 11/19/09 11/23/09 12/4/09 12/17/09 12/22/09 1/20/10 2/1/10 2/17/10 2/18/10 2/26/10 3/15/10 3/25/10 4/6/10 4/23/10 5/6/10 5/17/10 6/1/10 6/8/10 6/23/10 6/30/10 7/12/10 7/15/10 7/21/10 7/26/10 8/6/10 8/18/10 8/26/10 9/1/10 9/8/10 9/10/10 9/17/10 9/27/10 10/4/10 10/19/10 10/27/10 11/1/10 11/18/10 (faxing documents and following up)

    After several calls, Chase placed me on a trial payment program. I continued to make my payments on 11/18/09. I was advised by the modification department I would have to submit new documents and would be placed on another pay plan starting on 2/22/10. I complied; I was I faxing documents, I maintained my trial payments. In addition, when we followed up with Chase, I was constantly told I was in review. I would be getting my final modification Hamp .

    When I first went to Chase for assistance my amount overdue was $13,579. Because of Chase's unwillingness to assist the homeowners, I am now past due $38.490. I am infuriated by the manner they are delaying the process of the modification. They have lied by falsely advising me I would be getting my final Hamp package. I feel humiliated by Chase. At this moment, they have denied my modification and are refusing to provide me any assistance.

    I want to place a complaint and have Chase investigated for the dishonest way they are handling the modification. I may add they don't have any regards for the families that are in despair and anguish with the economical crisis we are all experiencing. My family and I requested Chase to bring to an end the misleading way they have kept us for so long and provide our Hamp modification just like we were advised and stop accumulating arrears to their advantage. We need your aid on this matter.

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    Reviewed Nov. 21, 2010

    We had perfect credit, never missed a payment. When my husbands chronic disease became worse, we knew it would be a problem in the future to continue making the mortgage payment at the current amount. I applied for a modification and was accepted and was told for 6 months to make trial payments. We did, never late. After 6 months we were told they (Chase) could not work out a permanent solution and we would have to come up with thousands we were now behind due to making "trial" payments!

    I wrote our congressman and then received a letter from Chase saying I could request a reconsideration. I filled out the paperwork again and that time was told that I did not qualify due to not enough income! Duh! In the meantime, I received a promotion at work and my husband was accepted for disability. I have reapplied and we are waiting an outcome. Chase is ruining peoples credit and quite frankly I wonder how many permanent modifications they have done for people. It's almost like they want you to lose your home!

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    Reviewed Nov. 17, 2010

    I have contacted Chase Bank since October 21, 2010 to have my taxes reviewed since my home is now an NEZ tax abatement zone. I am now being told that my taxes have gone down but my house note is increasing. On top of this, they are receiving a refund for an overpayment from the city of Hamtramck but my payments continue to increase. Each time that I call, I get the same information that no one can assist with that and it will take seven to ten days. I just hung up with them again and as a financial institution, they cannot calculate the simplest function to state what my payments are.

    They continue to state that my payments are going up when they advise that my taxes have gone down. I asked each person, how can payments go up when taxes have gone down? No one can explain this to me. Can someone please investigate Chase mortgage practices? In today's economy, when people are struggling to pay their mortgage, it is really hard when the mortgage companies continue to raise the rates and cannot explain why they continue to do so.

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    Reviewed Nov. 15, 2010

    As all of you good folks out there already, my wife, our four daughters and I also are in the same predicament regarding Chase bank's so-called "loan modification" program but with some unsettling results everyone should be aware of! I will not bore everyone with the exact details that our family has endured for over 1 1/2years with Chase Bank in the attempt to get approved for a "loan modification" but will however, in short, give everyone an idea how far Chase bank is willing to go and how deceitful they really are.

    Over a 1 1/2 year period while trying to get a "loan modification" with Chase bank, I was forced to close my business after 12 years, was unemployed for 8 months afterwards, and finally after fighting a loosing battle and upon strong recommendation from a lawyer, filed for personal bankruptcy. All through these extremely difficult times and only because of my wife's job (Thank you, God!), we never missed a mortgage payment! Sadly, not for fear of loosing our home, but for fear. it would look bad on our "loan modification" application and ultimately result in a denial of modification acceptance.

    All said and done, after 1 1/2years, we finally met all the criteria, and we were assigned a loan modification representative, a real person! And three weeks later, after all our efforts, we were informed from this Chase Bank "loan modification" representative that our request for modification was "denied!" His exact words, and he could not elaborate on this but only say on Chase's Banks behalf, "You'll be receiving a letter in a few weeks detailing the decision and alternatives that might be available to you a bit further."

    But I can tell you, they say, "We do not take into consideration your net income, but your gross income!" So because my wife is paid too much for a career she has been employed in for 23+ years, a career which enabled us to fight every month to pay our mortgage to Chase Bank for these 1 1/2years, a career that put food on the table for our whole family, a career that put clothes on our children's backs, a career that provided a small amount of money to pay for gas, automobile insurance, unforseen expenses (like lawyers fees), a career that our whole family depended on and lived by. It was all for nothing!

    Chase Banks "loan modification" is the biggest scam that is going on, right now, in American history! Class action suit, absolutely! Count me and my whole family in!

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    Reviewed Nov. 11, 2010

    I paid off my mortgage in full in July of 2010. I had the mortgage for 6 years and never had a late payment. Starting in August of 2010, Chase reported to all credit bureaus that my account was delinquent. I called in September and "Diane" claimed they had sent out an apology letter, which I never received. In October, they again reported me delinquent. I just called again and spoke to a Michael ** who claims it never happened even though the credit bureaus are still reporting it delinquent. I asked for him to send me a fax stating that I was not delinquent nor have been. 8 hours later, they have still not faxed the letter. I called and spoke with an Elana ***** who now says they need to investigate and "see where it goes."

    They have no intention of correcting their mistake. This has been 3 months of me calling and speaking with different people and getting different answers. Almost all claim that it would be "taken care of" and it never is. I asked for a complaint department and was given a Fax number: *** but all refuse to give an address where I can write to.

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    Reviewed Nov. 10, 2010

    During a divorce, I filed bankruptcy on the recommendation of my lawyer. I did not put my house in my bankruptcy. My bankruptcy lawyer advised me that I did not have to file a reaffirmation on my mortgage because mortgages are under different laws. However, Chase said I did have to file one. Because of Chase's stance, my lawyer asked for a reaffirmation statement on my house in the middle of the case. Chase refused to send a reaffirmation.

    Now, Chase says on my credit report that I discharged my mortgage. I have faithfully paid my mortgage for over five years. It's never been a day late. Chase will do nothing to resolve the matter. Now, I can't sell my house. My credit report doesn't show that I am paying. They refused to report that I am paying. Even in the court proceedings, I told the judge that my house was not included in the bankruptcy!

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    Reviewed Nov. 9, 2010

    This is an update to the following that was submitted yesterday. I applied for a refinancing loan from Chase Bank in August. I went to speak with Brenndon ***** in the Frisco branch who's the loan officer for my area. He had me sign a disclosure and said that my closing costs would not be over $1000.

    Throughout the weeks after that, I was repeatedly contacted by Frederick ***** for various pieces of information that I did have readily available. At times, the requests were a bit ridiculous (i.e. having me contact my job to verify that my Amex is a card I use for my job when I sent them a copy of the card with my organization's name on it along with mine and I sent statements that had corporate on the top) It seems like they didn't believe me because they asked for the same thing again a month later. Anyway, I received my good faith estimate in the mail and it seemed to be correct from my novice point of view. I was called by Frederick ***** around October 8th to set up a closing date.

    I verified the amount of money needed to bring to closing and it had changed to approx. $8,000. Obviously, there's a disconnect somewhere from the loan officer, to the main loan office. Brenndon **** had put in the wrong number for my property taxes.

    His exact words were that it was an issue with timing, not that fact that he put in the wrong number. I was a little hesitant about moving forward. But, he said that he would try to work the loan and get most of the costs absorbed int the loan amount. He said that he couldn't go higher than 5,000 above the loan amount. He also said that he'd find out if any other documentation was needed, so we can finally get the loan closed. I never heard back from him. I did receive a second good faith estimate showing that higher amount needed for closing in late October.

    After checking the mail today, I received a notice of denial for my loan. It's unbelievable.There was nothing in my past that would have kept me from getting my loan refinanced. I have acredit score that would have allowed me to get a good rate. (750, 772 range)

    My home is worth $30,000 more than the loan amount I requested. My yearly salary is $93,500/Year. I've never ever been late on my mortgage with Bank of America. I've had several loans with Chase and have paid them all back and was never late.

    Here's the update: I called Frederick ****** and he mentioned that Brenndon was supposed to call me to let me know why my loan was denied. Apparently, there is debt-to-income ratio issue all of a sudden which I find very funny because I was called on October 8 to close. I was hesitant about moving forward because of the numbers mix-up. After thinking over things thoroughly, I agreed to move forward. Brenndon told me that he'd check on some final information so we could get the loan closed.

    So, how can they tell me about closing the loan on more than 2 occasions and then suddenly there's a debt to income issue? Maybe Brenndon used the debt-to-income ratio issue to cover up his mistake. Shouldn't the underwriters have determined this early on instead of worrying about my company Amex which is for my job? Chase is full of it!

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    Reviewed Nov. 9, 2010

    I applied for a refinancing loan from Chase Bank in August. I went to speak with "BL" in the Frisco branch who's the loan officer for my area. He had me sign a disclosure and said that my closing costs would not be over $1000. Throughout the weeks after that, I was repeatedly contacted by "FS" for various pieces of information that I did have readily available. At times, the requests were a bit ridiculous (i.e. having me contact my job to verify that my AmEx is a card I use for my job when I sent them a copy of the card with my organization's name on it along with mine and I sent statements that had Corporate on the top).

    Seems like they didn't believe me because they asked for the same thing again a month later. Anyway, I received my good faith estimate in the mail and it seemed to be correct from my novice point of view. I was called by "FS" around October 8th to set up a closing date. I verified the amount of money needed to bring to closing and it had changed to approximately $8,000. Obviously, there's a disconnect somewhere from the loan officer, to the main loan office. "BL" had put in the wrong number for my property taxes.

    His exact words were that it was an issue with timing, not the fact that he put in the wrong number. I was a little hesitant about moving forward. But BL said that he would try to work the loan and get most of the costs absorbed in the loan amount. He said that he couldn't go higher than $5,000 above the loan amount. He also said that he'd find out if any other documentation was needed, so we can finally get the loan closed. I never heard back from him. I did receive a second good faith estimate showing that higher amount needed for closing in October.

    After checking my mail today, I received a notice of denial for my loan. Unbelievable. There was nothing in my past that would have kept me from getting my loan refinanced; a credit score that would have allowed me to get a good rate (750, 772 range), my home is worth $30,000 more than the loan amount I requested, my yearly salary is $93500 per year, and I've never ever been late on my mortgage with Bank of America.

    I've had several loans with Chase and have paid them all back and was never late. I've sent "BL" and "FS" an email today regarding the denial and we'll see if they respond.

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    Reviewed Nov. 8, 2010

    On Oct.2,2010, Gary ** took a check into Chase in the amount of $36,000.00 and asked the payment to be applied directly to our principal and asked for a receipt, which we received, showing the full payment applied to the principal. When we got our statement, the payment was applied incorrectly. They had paid two payments from that $36,000.00 and only applied the remainder to our principal.

    They agreed to straighten it out, but we are still trying to get this taken cared of today. I feel that they are playing games with our money and I am considering going to our attorney, if necessary, to get this straightened out so that the payment of $36,000.00 will be credited to our account correctly retroactive to the date when we made the actual payment.

    We have never been late in our payment in all the years of this mortgage and our credit score is 800. We are probably one of the better customers they have with loan, and yet, we feel violated by Chase bank. They have not given us an apology letter confirming their mistake and what they were going to do to correct it. It has now been a month. I guess they think we are too stupid to have caught this, and they could make more money applying the payment the way they did.

    I am willing to take this to the media or an attorney to get this resolved and make sure this does not happen to others like us. In addition to this problem, I also tried to refinance with Chase but could never even get a call back . They told me that they did try to contact me, but it is not true. After over a month, we just decided not to deal with them. I want this matter taken cared of immediately and also I want a letter for my records showing what the original mistake was and how it has been corrected. Is there anyone out there who can help us?

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    Reviewed Nov. 8, 2010

    On October 2, 2010, Gary ** took a check into Chase in the amount of $36,000.00 and asked the payment to be applied directly to our principal and asked for a receipt showing this ,which we received showing applied full amount to principal. Then when we got our statement, the payment was applied incorrectly. They had paid two payments from that $36,000.00 and only applied the remainder to our principal. They agreed to straighten it out, but we are still trying to get this taken care of as of today.

    I feel that they are playing games with "our" money and I am considering going to our attorney if necessary to get this straightened out and the payment of $36,000.00 to be credited to our account correctly retroactive to the date that we made the actual payment. We have never been late on our payment in all the years of this mortgage and our credit score is 800.

    We are probably one of the better customers they have loan with and yet we feel violated by Chase Bank. They have given us an apology letter confirming the mistake and what they were going to do to correct it. It has now been a month. I guess they think we are too stupid to have caught this and they could make more money applying the payment the way they did.

    I am willing to take this to the media or an attorney to get this resolved and make sure this does not happen to others like us. In addition to this problem, I also tried to refinance with Chase but could never even get a call back. They told me they show they did try to contact me, but it is not true. After over a month, we just decided not to deal with them. I want this matter taken care of immediately and also a letter for my records showing what the original mistake was and how it has been corrected. Is there anyone out there that can help us? Applying the money incorrectly cost us about $2000 and Chase was the one to benefit. I don't trust them anymore and wish my mortgage would have never been taken over by them.

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    Reviewed Nov. 8, 2010

    On October 2, 2010, Gary ** took a check into Chase in the amount of $36,000.00 and asked the payment to be applied directly to our principal and asked for a receipt showing this which we received showing applied full amount to principal. Then when we got our statement, the payment was applied incorrectly. They had paid two payments from that $36,000.00 and only applied the remainder to our principal. They agreed to straighten it out, but we are still trying to get this taken care of as of today. I feel that they are playing games with "our" money and I am considering going to our attorney if necessary to get this straightened out and the payment of $36,000.00 to be credited to our account correctly retroactive to the date that we made the actual payment. We have never been late on our payment in all the years of this mortgage and our credit score is 800. We are probably one of the better customers they have loan with and yet we feel violated by Chase bank.

    They have given us an apology letter confirming the mistake and what they were going to do to correct it. It has now been a month. I guess they think we are too stupid to have caught this and they could make more money applying the payment the way they did. I am willing to take this to the media or an attorney to get this resolved and make sure this does not happen to others like us. In addition to this problem, I also tried to refinance with Chase, but could never even get a call back. They told me they show they did try to contact me, but it is not true. After over a month, we just decided not to deal with them. I want this matter taken care of immediately and also a letter for my records showing what the original mistake was and how it has been corrected. Is there anyone out there that can help us?

    Applying the money incorrectly cost us about $2000 and Chase was the one to benefit. I don't trust them anymore and wish my mortgage would have never been taken over by them.

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    Reviewed Nov. 8, 2010

    I applied for a loan modification. I was specifically told by Shaunte ** to stop making payments because I was going thru the modification and it would "mess up the process". I have submitted paperwork over and over. Now I am in the 3rd try and have a three-payment trial period coming up. I'm afraid I still won't get the mod after that. There is no one who will give the same story twice, or even the same criteria and requirements twice the same way. Credit rating is destroyed, which means when my security clearance comes up for renewal, I have a good chance of losing it and, thus, losing job. Without that clearance I cannot work in my field. I will lose my house. I have to take anti-anxiety drugs almost daily. The stress is killing me.

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    Reviewed Nov. 5, 2010

    Nov 1 and Nov 2008 payment (due Dec 1 ). Mailed in one payment in December by mail (bank never received/ck was never sent back to me). Tried to make another payment by phone in January and they would not accept it. They asked me some questions and said I qualify for a modification. Took the information needed over the phone, said It would take about 1 month before I hear anything. About a week or so later, papers were sent to me for a trial modification which I at that time was not sure what to do.

    I called Chase and was told I was assigned to a particular person and that I would have to deal with her. I tried and tried for about a couple of weeks, kept leaving voice mails and when she did not return my calls, I called Chase back and told the people that I could not get a hold of her. After awhile, I decided to let Chase contact me. Their attorneys did (Trott & Trott ) in June of 2009.

    In July of 2009, I faxed paperwork to for a modification. I was put on a trial modification in Aug of 2009. My 4 trial payments were $942.03. I had to send these payments Western Union or pay with a cashiers check, they would not take them out of my account. After the second payment, I receive letters in the mail that I had to move because my house had been sold at the Sherriff's sale back to Freddie **. I was devastated.

    I called Chase so many times over this because I was on a trial modification. After call, after call, I finally reached someone that told me it was an error on their part and they would fix it, it was due to a system upgrade, just be patient. They told me to keep calling to make sure. I made so many calls and each time talked to a different person. Finally, I reached a gentleman that again said it was Chase's fault. He called Freddy ** while I was on the phone and told them Chase had made an error.

    He then called Trott & Trott and told them it was Chase's error and do a rescind on the sale and they would pay the charges. After the sixth payment of the trial modification, I still had not heard from Chase. So, for the 7th payment, I called Chase and was told to keep making the payment's until I heard from them. The 8th payment was sent and it was returned to me. Chase had not accepted the modification terms and would be willing to see what they could come up with.

    They couldn't do anything and I was told to send in another application for modification. No trial payments were set up this time. It was turned down. Loss and Mitigation told me it was because I was short like about $150.00 month. In the meantime, I received a letter from **, taxes had not been paid. Kept calling Chase and they assured me they had paid them. Received another letter, my house again was due up for sale for unpaid taxes from spring of 2008 which Chase had not paid. After half dozen calls Chase would investigate and put a work order in and if indeed they where owed, would pay them and the late fees (which I was not to be charged for). Then had someone (Ted ) move back into the house to help with the income I was short.

    Called Chase and told them Ted was just starting a new job and did not have any pay stubs. They said a letter from his employer would be okay and to apply for the modification. Faxed all that. Kept calling because they would not contact me. Finally, one Chase person told me it had been turned down but that they had not had the application long enough to do what Chase had to have done. He told me to fax modification papers again, so I did. Heard nothing. I quite calling Chase because I was talking to them hours of my work time and I just kept getting runarounds.

    Every time they told me I didn't make enough, I had told them I make now a little more then when I acquired the loan (2007-$26658. /2008-$26496. /2009-$28263). My payment on the house we originally is $1100 and then after the trial payment period was over. They told me the payments were around $1349. Due to fees and higher taxes. When I bought the property the taxes were $800.00 per year. After I bought the property, apparently there had been a cap on the taxes. I have tried to work with Chase. The sheriffs sale is set for 11/18/2010. Back in August of 2009, my property was accidentally sold back to Freddie **.

    A rescind to the sale was made. I am trying to work it out with Chase but the sale is set for the 18th of this month and I have just been assigned a new person at Chase. I have paperwork to backup that instead of the 3 or 4 trial modification payments I made, 8 trial modification payments and was never late . The 8th one was returned. No one at Chase can provide me paperwork as to where my payments of 942.00 went, other than not on the loan. Chase is responsible for a lot of charges. I was not supposed to be responsible for. Chase loan #** Freddie ** (DC)#**.

    Please, I am living in my home and I want to continue. I have worked at the same place for 22 years and even in 2001 when I had breast cancer and only worked 4 months out of the year, I caught up on all my bills. This was due to circumstance mostly out of my control. Please help!

    Chase is out of control and apparently has no legal guidelines to follow. Chase created a totally unnecessary situation. And Chase turned every thing into a fiasco. They should be stopped. Don't anybody read the tragic situations caused by Chase. All you have to do is Google Chase and thousands of complaints come about the same thing with Chase, "Can't nothing be done!" I have asked and asked for a breakdown of where my 7 trial modification payments went of $942.03 and can't get anything by anyone at Chase. The government is just going to let Chase continually rip off every person they can?

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    Reviewed Nov. 5, 2010

    I have a mortgage in foreclosure and have run around by Chase for 18 months now. I tried to work out a modification only to have them refuse the payments and return to the foreclosure, adding even more attorneys and late fees. I found a credit union that was willing to pay off the loan and start fresh, but Chase has added $37,000 to my loan and now the credit union is not so interested in loaning this extra money.

    My loan officer said it’s unheard of to charge anyone this kind of fee and refused the payments. I’m tired of dealing with the number of people at Chase that hand off my phone calls. You never get the same person and no one can give you an answer. They just pass you on to the next number and it can go on for hours till you give up. The Attorney General’s office is tired of hearing the calls come in and you would think someone would help the general public. What’s their job? But this bank has figured out how to strip its customers of the little cash they have in their home or pocket and have no fear of anyone telling them what they are doing is wrong.

    I’m losing my home and equity of $250,000. I had 50% of my home paid for. My health is starting to fail. I can’t deal with this anymore and I’m tired. Even when I found someone to take over the loan, Chase refused to give a payoff and resorted to add fees to kill any chance of getting out from the under the foreclosure.

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    Reviewed Nov. 4, 2010

    In the loan modification process, I sent in documents and the relationship manager told me that what I sent in was not sufficient enough. However, she did not tell me what the requirements were. I even sent in more information than what was asked for. However, she stated that the underwriter would not accept it and I would need to take it off my loan modification. I told her I needed to understand, she said it would not be accepted and that she was going to disconnect the call now. So she hung up on me and told me to either provide the information or be disconnected. That is additional money that will not count towards my modification. Being a single mother of 3 kids is not an easy feat. This takes money away from them on a monthly basis.

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    Reviewed Nov. 4, 2010

    I started a loan modification in May 2009 due to me becoming unemployed. One year later, I was offered a loan modification paying more than the original loan payment. Another modification was started in July. All documents were provided to Chase. During the time frame of July to September, I called regularly to check the status of my loan modification and was told everything was on track.

    On October 24, 2010, I received a call from Chase that I had been dropped from the loan modification because 60 days had expired from the paper work sent in July due to my file never being assigned to a loan modification representative. I was told that I had to make a $6388.59 payment to avoid foreclosure or start new paperwork again before the payment due date of November 1, 2010. Chase had no intention of performing a loan modification and thus caused my credit report to reflect a five-month late payment which has affected my credit score. I have learned that Chase Mortgage has no integrity to their clients. I am now working on a means to rid myself of Chase Mortgage. Truly, President Obama does not realize how these mortgage companies are abusing the loan modification program to save peoples' homes.

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    Reviewed Nov. 2, 2010

    I received several calls from ACI. They stated they collected my 2nd mortgage from Chase. I never received a call from Chase after attempting to refinance and modify the current amount. I had not heard from them at all, and then ACI called with several harassing phone calls. I decided to believe them and sent them $3000 to lower my payments. After sending the money, I have not heard from them, but another company with same amount they told me I owed originally when ACI called. I think this is fraudulent. I need help!

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    Reviewed Oct. 31, 2010

    Long story short, I was one of millions that lost my job in 2009. I was able to get a new job but at the a cost of a 52% pay cut. So of course, I could no longer afford to pay my mortgage (a home that I had no problem affording when I was employed in an industry that I worked in for over six years. I had a very stable income/job history and didn't over purchase). I decided to do the responsible thing and try and short sale my home. I wasn't irresponsible when I purchased and I was heartbroken to lose my home of five years but short sale seemed like the thing to do. I had my house in contract four times. My first mortgage holder approved each sale but my second mortgage holder happened to be Chase and they rejected the purchase contracts every time. I should note that my first mortgage offered Chase thousands more than a second mortgage holder usually sees in a short sale (first holders are under no obligation to pay the second, they do it to help solidify the sale). Each and every time, Chase rejected the offer.

    After about a year of this, my first mortgage holder finally foreclosed on my house. Fast forward 11 months after my foreclosure and Chase is suing me for my $42k second. I'm not protected in California so now I'll likely have to file for bankruptcy. I've done everything I could to keep up on as many of my debts as possible (I'm not irresponsible, I just lost my *** job!), but now I'll have a BK to deal with. I had to move hundred of miles away to find a job that paid more than pennies. So I finally found a decent paying job (still much less than before) so I can start to get back on track. So now that Chase waited months and months to file against me, I likely won't qualify for a discharge because I make a few thousand dollars more than I should to qualify.

    If only I hadn't been responsible and tried to short sale my home, it would have foreclosed while I was still making pennies a year and I could have let discharged the Chase debt. Thank you Chase for trying to ruin the already difficult lives of your customers. I just got engaged and can't even think about enjoying that or ever planning a wedding because I have to figure out how to deal with their $42k lawsuit. Thanks, Chase. I sure hope that my federal tax dollars continue to bail you out so your CEOs can continue to get $20 million bonuses each year. It's nice to see our banks protected but consumers not. I'll continue to look for retribution but I highly doubt that I'll ever find it. Thank you Chase for ruining what should be the happiest time in my life. Do you steal candy from babies too?

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    Reviewed Oct. 30, 2010

    After informing us of upcoming changes to their policies, Chase Bank encouraged us to opt out or accept new regulations, which by the way were deceitfully communicated. My husband was informed that if he didn't opt out, our interest rate of 11% would not surpass 18%; however, after missing our due date by one day, our interest rate rose to 29%!

    When we called Chase Bank, they told us we agreed to these terms. We did not because what maniac would agree to pay 29% interest rate? After making several attempts to lower our rates, we were given the run-around and told after 6 months that our rates would be reduced. 6 months later and never missing a payment and sometimes paying double the amount or more, there’s still no reduction. It's been almost one year now and we've paid Chase these abhorrently high interest rates while Chase refuses to lower our rates. Chase is the devil! I mean, how long is someone going to be penalized?! Are there no regulations or laws to protect the consumer from these dishonest business practices?

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    Reviewed Oct. 29, 2010

    I am writing on behalf of myself and my father. I live in the home that my father has obtained financing from Chase Home Finance (his name is on the loan and both of our names is on the title). We have been trying to obtain a loan modification for over a year and a half now and have still gotten nowhere.

    At first, we tried on our own and got the run-around from everyone that we spoke to at Chase Home Finance, so a few months ago I retained a real estate attorney. The attorney was just about 100% confident that he could assist us with this matter, for his firm deals with Chase Home Finance all of the time.

    Since he was so confident, we decided to go with this firm. In the beginning I felt like we were making progress but as time goes by it ends up that Chase Home Finance is still doing the same thing. We have submitted the same documents numerous times and in a timely manner, but they do not act on it or do anything with them and then they want the same documents over again so they are updated.

    Well, if they aren't ready to do anything with them, why do they keep asking for them to be updated especially when nothing has changed? We are getting tired of this because it has been over a year and a half since we have been requested a loan modification in order to save our home. I was making the mortgage payments but became career challenged and lost my job. At one point, we were given the opportunity to make "temporary payments" while the modification was under review. So I made the temporary payments but when I went to make the payment several months ago, they would not accept the payment from me. So that is when I sought an attorney for help with this matter.

    Shortly after that we received a foreclosure notice. Fortunately, we retained the attorney to help stop the foreclosure proceedings, but, no, Chase Home Finance is still dragging their feet and asking us for the same documents over and over again. All we want is for the loan modification to be approved so we save our home and get back to making regular (but modified) payments on the home. We continue to stay at risk of losing our home and all we want it a loan modification so we can save it.

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    Reviewed Oct. 29, 2010

    In a nut shell, we were improperly denied for the "Making Homes Affordable" program by Chase. We met the qualification on the initial application (reduced income, child born, house value upside down, etc.). The process stretched out for 14 months. Every time we called, which was almost weekly during the last 6 months, we were given the runaround. We constantly had to re-send paperwork because what they had on file was outdated. Our application was with the underwriting department for 9 plus months.

    They kept saying they had to re-review because of changes being made to the program. During the process, we were told that we had to stay current on our mortgage payments or we would be automatically disqualified. We were denied because we were current on our payments and because they deemed our current financial situation as not permanent. Then, when I complained, they sold my mortgage to another company - a company that does not participate in the program. Chase mortgage is a bunch of crooked **.

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    Reviewed Oct. 29, 2010

    I had a mortgage with Chase; it was for a home mortgage. The loan was for $85,000; in 1996, my home started to flood. It was no fault of my own. There was a storm pipe put in along side the house that caused water to back up in my basement. This happened 6 times from 1996 till 2009. The water was 3 to 4 foot deep. It caused so much mold that I had to move out. That was in 2009.

    My complaint is that I paid my mortgage from 1996 to 2009. The last years it was to Chase Bank. The payment was for $610/mo. I wanted Chase to for close on the house but they would not do so. In 2009, I stopped payment on the house. I talked to several people,loan officers, bill collectors for Chase. I told them if we all work together the Borough that the house was in would some day have to buy it.

    That is what happened in 2010. Some of the representatives for Chase was Matt **** and Eranesto******. I told them the deal that was agreed to about the payments. I made this with some one that worked for Chase Mortgage Co. It was that when I get my settlement, I would pay off the loan. I was of the understanding that they would not charge interest on the loan from 2009 to until I was paid off. I owed a little over $75,000. You have to remember that I paid the mortgage the whole time it was in litigation. The Borough filed eminent domain in court. That was in 2008, I could not live in the house.

    Well, I settled in 2010 with the Borough but my problem is with Chase. They did not hold up on their end of the bargain. They charged me $99,000 on the loan that was only $85,000 to start with. They charged $24,000 in interest and late fees. You have to remember I paid on this loan for 5-6 years at $610 a month, $510.00 went to interest. If you do the math, they made $510.00 X 72 mo and also $24,000 on top of that yet. I think this is highway robbery. They did not help with legal fees or any of the expenses. In Aug of this year, I asked for $10,000 back toward my legal fees. I have heard nothing back from them, meaning *** and ***. They were to have gone to the Board. I try to call but none of them return my calls. This was a nightmare. I had no help for a long time. Bur for the grace of God, Department of Environmental Protection stepped in and said the Borough had to fix the problem or buy my house.

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    Reviewed Oct. 28, 2010

    During a home modification review period, Chase Bank simultaneously:

    1) Offered an adjusted ARM payment schedule to begin on 11/1/10 (offer dated 8/23/10);

    2) Offered and accepted lower monthly payents during a modification period up to 10/1/10 (all documented); and

    3) Quietly foreclosed on our home on 8/25/10 (two days after the new ARM rate adjustment was printed and mailed to us).

    We discovered through Chase's Lakewood, CO lawyer's office (Michael **) that a Chase employee in the Phillipines named Maria had stamped the foreclosure document and listed "missing documents" as the foreclosure reason. Meanwhile, we have gone above and beyond to provide documents to Chase, time and time again. Chase will only speak to us on the phone, but will not email or put anything in writing now.

    All we knew is that we had made all revised payments as promised and had provided documents and duplicate documents through the last year while they mulled over a home modification program. We got married 9/4/10, happy that Chase had offered us an ARM adustment plan to begin 11/1/10 and my three new incomes into the marriage would make that doable. We had no knowledge that Chase had simultaneously foreclosed on the home until eight weeks later when a local realtor posted a note asking us to leave within two weeks.

    So, one branch of Chase is secretly foreclosing on our home while the other branch is offering an ARM adjustment and continuing to accept our payments--even after the sale was completed! That has to be illegal! Chase's attorney, who signed the foreclosure documents, agrees that there are serious discrepancies. The Larimer County Trustee who documented the sale (Debby **) now agrees that there are serious discrepancies. The local real estate office tasked with moving us, now agrees that there are serious discrepancies. Yet no one can tell us how to get this reversed.

    How can we get this foreclosure reversed without living in court for years? And how can we stay in the home until the decision is reversed? Another American family is facing eviction and the loss of 18 years worth of equity because Chase Bank hasn't been held accountable for its practices. We are trying to get a recision of the foreclosure sale, but Chase has to file that with the courts. If they choose not to, they could outspend us on lawyers a million to one, but that doesn't make this travesty right.

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    Reviewed Oct. 28, 2010

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    Reviewed Oct. 28, 2010

    Due to circumstance beyond my control (son is very ill), I was unable to make 2 mortgage payments. Once I was able, I sent in the payment and brought my mortgage current. I called Chase to advise them that the payment was made. The representative I spoke with demanded that I make the payment over the phone since it had been 5 days and the payment had not cleared my bank. I explained that I could not pay another payment and I was calling to advise them that. She then threatened that my home would be taken from me. I again tried to explain that the payment was made and she again insisted that I make a payment over the phone. She again threatened to foreclose.

    Why can't these banks work with their customers? I have never been late on my mortgage prior to this very serious turn of events with my son.

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    Reviewed Oct. 27, 2010

    I made my mortgage payment online on October 15th. On October 19th, they double charged my checking account causing my checking account to be overdrawn. When I contacted them I was told to fax them over a request for the refund of the money that they took from my account unauthorized. I did that and then called back. I was told that they didn't look at faxes for 48 business hours and this was a Friday and they didn't work Saturday.

    I patiently waited until Wednesday of the next week. When I called them, they told me that since their error put my account into an overdrawn status, they now needed something from the bank stating that it was paid out. They confirmed that they received the money when I spoke to them last week. In the meantime, they are aware that I have no money and no way to purchase food for my family, but they do not care.

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    Reviewed Oct. 26, 2010

    On a refinance, Chase just couldn't seem to be responsive and reciprocate good service to their borrowers, who did get them. Everything they asked for, has a deadline of 24 or 48 hours, and they took between 3 days and 3 weeks to respond to me. In the final days of my tolerating this behavior, they arbitrarily decided they needed another credit report, a day before the closing was set.

    Now they knew I was a victim of identity theft and that it would be a huge hassle to get the reports open again. It was the last in a long list of additional information requests, I believe now, because they couldn't close in a timely manner, with a clunky loan process that took over 13 weeks and counting, when I quit dealing with them, and endless incompetence they were burdening me with.

    I moved on to a responsive local bank lender who was superb to deal with. I closed within 7 weeks, enjoyed responsive people I could always get in touch with in 24 hours or less. The rate was almost 3/8 lower than Chase, with lower fees. I can think of no reason anyone would use Chase for a mortgage. In a word, they are simply awful.

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    Reviewed Oct. 24, 2010

    In July 2009, me and my husband inquired with Chase to apply for a loan modification (Making Home Affordable Plan). They advised us to go to the web site, print and fill out form completely and send all pertinent information along. They also advised us that once they received it, we should not make a payment on our loan until a decision was made about our loan modification.

    They also said the process could take approximately 90 days. Well, we were informed in October 2009 that we were denied due to "unemployment not being used as a steady source of income." With no other options other than to pay approximately $9,000.00 to them (because of the three months we were asked not to pay by Chase, we proceeded to pay our original mortgage payment of $2170.00 and that started up in 11/09. So we continued to pay every month with no notice from Chase. No phone calls, no nothing. Friday, 10/22/10, we received a letter from Chase with a returned check of $2170.00 (which was electronically sent to them on 10/7/10) stating it was being returned due to "funds insufficient to cure account."

    Now Chase returned a check of which I have, but the money was still showing in my account as paid out to Chase. They returned a check but did not refund my account with the money. When I called the number provided (1-800-981-3792), I spoke to three different people (Candice, Fernando, and Garrett) and all three gave me a different option.

    Candice told me to try to go thru a loan modification on just my income. Fernando told me I had to pay 50% of what was owed, which was $5550.32. Garret told me to call 614 422-2501 and find out about the $2170.00 that was returned to us. He advised us to find out why this happened. I told all three that I had every intention to pay another $2170.00 on 11/1/10 but I was advised not to as it would be returned. So on 10/23/10 I called the number Garrett gave me, which was the customer care number and they told me I needed call 1-800-848-9136. So I did.

    I spoke to Linda and she advised me to make a copy of my bank statement showing that the $2170.00 was not returned to our account. I send a letter of explanation to the payment Research Center, the fax number is 614-422-7575. I asked what do I do after I fax and she stated, “Call customer care approximately 48 hours later and find out where your money is.” I have asked on numerous occasions if we could just put the three months that were owed on the back end of the mortgage. I never received an answer. It was never an option. I have been with Chase for over 8 years and we never missed a payment.

    We fell into a legitimate hardship and we are being told that Chase is starting foreclosure proceedings. After 20 years of being employed by DHL, my husband was laid off in March 2009. We stayed current with most everything until we applied for the loan modification and then it all went down hill from there. My husband is actively looking for a full time job. He went thru the Plymouth Police Academy and received his Sheriff's Badge. He currently works on a per-diem basis by a pager system. So there are weeks where he doesn't work to possibly working 5 days per week. There is just no steady income.

    With him losing his job we also lost his benefits (i.e. health insurance), so I had to pick that up with my employer which is approximately $500.00 per month. All we want is someone to work with us from Chase. Not one department knows what the other is doing. It is very frustrating. The news/commercials continue to tell the consumer to call their lender and they would be happy to work with you. I do not see it that way. They work with you on what is good for them. They do not meet the consumer half way and the consumer is treated like a number.

    With all the pain and suffering of irrational phone calls with staff at Chase, we have yet resolved our 3-month shortfall with Chase. The phone calls that I make put a great amount of stress on me before I head out to work and then I proceed to follow up when I return home again with no resolution. We have fallen victim of this whole unemployment status. We have always done things by the book and feel we have no where to turn to for help because god knows we can't afford an attorney and I believe Chase knows that. We need help and someone to guide us. We would be happy to use our incident if needed to file a class action suite against Chase Home Finance.

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    Reviewed Oct. 23, 2010

    I feel on hard times after becoming disabled. My husband and I divorced and he just left me with the house. I wanted to try for a loan modification. I don't get much on SSD but with the economy thought I could make a decent payment, since my home was becoming worth less and less.

    I can't tell you everything I went through. I only wish I had recorded my conversations with the inept reps. that do this. They lied, when I told one woman that another employee had told me my paperwork had been received and she was saying it hadn't she said, you can't believe what everyone here tells you. Huh? **? They jerked me around for 8 months and then denied me but did not tell me until 2 weeks after denying me, even though I had called. And never sent me a denial letter which they stated they had. Well I guess if they say it, it makes it the gospel truth.

    Would you be interested to know they were involved in the illegal activities w/ Enron? I wish I had recorded all my conversations, although I'm not sure that would help. With all the complaints on here, you'd think someone would stop them. I want to join a class action law suite against JP Morgan Chase.

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    Reviewed Oct. 21, 2010

    Chase is leading in consumer complaints. Chase's response is that most of these people are disgruntled customers who (in so many words) were deadbeats, angry that the bank didn't "understand" their lack of payment. I am not in that category. I have always worked hard to maintain excellent credit. Chase completely botched my record of payments.

    In mid-August 2010, I mailed Chase my Oct. 1 mortgage payment, along with a second check to pay down the principal (mailed six weeks before the due date. I usually pay early). I wrote two separate checks, clearly marked. I filled out the payment stub accurately. I noted on the stub: "Two checks enclosed".

    In mid-October (eight weeks after my August mailing), I realized I hadn't received my Nov. mortgage statement! I called Chase. Their automated system informed me that I was late on my Oct. mortgage payment. No option to speak to a real person; finally, the "0" key got one. I spoke to a less experienced representative and requested follow-up with a supervisory rep. I documented names and demanded timely follow-up. I had to initiate a "work order" and wait three "business" days (5 days) for Chase to update their information to indicate that I really did pay my Oct. 1 mortgage. The supervisor did call me the next week to tell me the problem had been fixed. I am still waiting for written confirmation.

    However, I'll wait to see if Chase Bank really fixes the mess it caused. The company line: Oops! Computer problems! (This is the standard answer when you catch any bank doing bad things.) I was told Chase received my payments 8/26/10, but "nobody looks at them". It's all computerized. (Great, so the computers should be able to handle routine transactions, right?) Well, back then, there was a "computer problem," and, in error, the computers applied both payments to my principal, and nothing to my mortgage. So, due to Chase's bad computers, for the first time ever, I am reported as not paying my mortgage! I never received a late notice; I never received a call. (They told me Chase "calls you the day after the due date if we don't receive your payment. People get mad at us and say we are harassing them. Somebody should have called you on Oct. 2.") But two weeks went by and nobody called. Nor did I ever receive a "late" notice in the mail. Nor did I receive my Nov. statement.

    If I hadn't noticed the lack of my Nov. mortgage statement, my house might be going into default pretty soon. Does this sound familiar to anybody? I can't be the only one affected if this was really due to a "computer problem" back in August. The computers read the stubs and the checks, and they read them wrong. If this was a one-time problem, you'd think Chase would have gone back and re-examined the accounts affected by their "computer problem," and corrected them.

    Apparently not. It was completely up to me to figure it out, and I was lucky. It seems odd that there were so many breakdowns in their system: the computers didn't apply my payments correctly; nobody called me about a late payment; I got no mail notice; I never got a Nov. statement. I care about my credit history; Chase's representative didn't. He kept reassuring me about the "grace period". No, I don't do grace periods. I pay on time, early, and my record should reflect my excellent payment history, not be negatively altered due to the bank's negligence.

    The reps tried to get me to sign up for auto-pay, but if I had auto-pay, I never would have noticed this problem! Then, because I didn't receive my Nov. mortgage statement, I had no stub to include with my Nov. payment, which I rushed into the mail, along with a marked-up photocopy of an old stub. Hope the computer can read that! Hello, bank regulators? How can this be okay? Seems like a good deal for Chase. The "computers make an error," putting my loan into default if I don't catch the error (Chase was unusually silent about "not receiving" my payment); then they get to foreclose on my house (which is worth 10 times more than the mortgage I owe).

    Somebody is making money off a scam like this. How can I trust that any future payments on principal won't "confuse" the computer and cause the same problem? How can I trust that if a payment is lost in the US mail, Chase will alert me? How can I trust that this current problem is resolved? I'm still waiting for something in writing. (Just look at the huge volume of complaints against Chase!) What if my Nov. mortgage payment misses the due date because of slow mail? What if Chase has already notified credit bureaus that I was "late" --in error? Will Chase fix that mess? Will Chase pay for me to get credit reports? Can I send Chase a bill for the hours of time it has taken me (and may yet take me) to correct this relatively minor mess?

    Here's my advice: stay away from Chase! Thank you for sites like this one where American consumers can band together. I hope my story can help someone else who is getting a runaround from this bank. Chase needs to wake up, stop being defensive and clean up its act. Somebody needs to investigate these guys.

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    Reviewed Oct. 21, 2010

    I have been trying to do a loan modification for 1 year now. I originally called Chase in Sept 2009 to start the process. After 3 months of runaround, I was told that "I was in good standing and not eligible for modification. One rep actually laughed at me on the phone and told me not to make at least 3 payments, then call back.

    Meantime, I have filled out complete packets a total of 6, that's right 6!! times and still nothing. Every time I speak with them, something was missing, incomplete, etc. I am now 8 payments behind and so disgusted that I don't want to fix this mess. I have never been able to speak to the same person twice, never got the same info twice and have heard more excuses than I care to think about
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    Meantime, my excellent credit is ruined thanks to Chase and I don't know what I can do about it. I refuse to pay for a modification. If I had the money for that, why would I want to re-fi? It should be noted that I stay current on my maintenance fees, insurance, taxes and all of my other bills. What is a person to do?

    My credit score has plummetted, my health has been affected by the stress and worry and I don't know what to do.

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    Reviewed Oct. 21, 2010

    We have had our mortgage loan with Chase for the past 3 years. Like many people we got caught up in a bad loan product. We currently have a 40 fix at 6.875% with interest only for the first 5 years. We are going into year 4. As of October 1st our loan has been sold to IBM LBPS. We have been with the company for less than a month and already having trouble getting anyone to talk to us.

    I have been looking into trying to do a Home Affordable Refinance under the guidelines of the government program. I have hit a brick wall. Per speaking directly with the hope line associated with the HARP program, we qualify for a refinance. We are current on all payments and have good credit. Problem is no other banks will help us and keep sending us to refinance with our current lender. We can't as IBM is only a payment processing center. They don't do any refinancing. So I contacted Chase since they held our loan up until 21 days ago. They stated that they could have helped us 21 days ago and could have had no problems with a refinance.

    But since they don't service our loan anymore they can't do anything. I would have been happy to have them refinance 21 days ago but no one told us about this program. So after my last call to Chase this morning. Some tears on the phone to the Customer service agent, I was told that I was just unlucky. That basically no one could help us. To "prepare for the worst" What kind of help is this. Where is the help for those of us that really need it before we get so bad that we have to foreclose?

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    Reviewed Oct. 21, 2010

    On Sept.15, I went to the bank to make my monthly payment, by my surprise the bank told me, "We can not take this payment, call your loan co." When I call to my very horrible surprise they told me I was 18 months past due delinquent. I have all my cancelled checks and receives for the last two years on file. Where is Chase applying my money to? They tell me you have to wait, after I had to talk to 10 different people. Another thing they are playing with my escrow account. I have a fixed interest of 6.25, but to my surprises is year 2010, so far they have taken an extra 5,000 in interest fees. Why? I've been leaving in my house for over 6 years now, never my interest fee was so high?

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    Reviewed Oct. 18, 2010

    I called Chase five months ago and asked for a loan modification. I was told to go to a website and answer the online questionnaire. If it came back that I did not qualify to not call them back because there is nothing they can do. I called back anyway. I was told that since this was a WAMU loan that I needed to call a 1-866 number. I called the number again and the agent was very rude by telling me that if I did not qualify then I did not. I tried to explain the circumstances and that the questions did not represent my situation and why I needed the modification. He almost screamed at me telling me that there is nothing he can do. I have been up to date on my payments and in good credit. So I asked if I had to stop payments to make sure they paid attention to my needs and I told him that it would force me into foreclosure. He explained that I needed to do what I thought was right for me.

    I have stopped making payments and now I receive this letters telling me to call a 1-800 number because my house is my home and they want me to keep it. I was very interested and called the 1800 number. When I called I was told because it is a WAMU loan I had to call the 1866 number. I called and I was told that it was disconnected and I needed to call the original 1-800 number. I called them back and the lady tried to tell me that I needed to call the 1-866 number again and I explained to her what that number said. She explained that she will transfer me to the right person and I was. A phone message telling me to enter my parties extension. I had no idea who my party was. I have since found a buyer that will buy the house at its current rate of appraisal which is $84K less than the mortgage price but still 71% of the value.

    The way I see it, its better to get something rather than nothing. The agent refused and I was told, "We prefer you foreclose than to short sell the house. It is a choice you will have to make." I was very upset and probably louder than usual when he told me that. He would not help me in any way though towards achieving this goal and short sell the house. His quotation was, "So, are you foreclosing, sir? I need to know." I finally gave up and was tired and beat up emotionally.

    I have since left the house, moved into an apartment with my son and I am waiting for the foreclosure to go through. I can't believe that being an outstanding citizen, paying all my bills ahead of time and bailing them out with my tax money has got me to this point at age 48. The positive out of this is that my sons have learned a very important lesson from the mistakes of their father. A buyer is still waiting. What do I do? Thank you.

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    Reviewed Oct. 18, 2010

    I went through a loan modification due to being laid off from my company in August 2009. I was unable to make my September 2009 mortgage payment. I contacted Chase Home Finance and a payment plan was set up which began in November 2009. I was advised not to make the October 2009 mortgage payment but to make the first payment in November 2009 and two subsequent payments thereafter. After I had made my January 2010 payment, the person I was dealing with advised I may want to consider a loan modification due to my reduction in income. I filled out all necessary paperwork, provided them with all information requested.

    I was then advised that I would need to make three "good faith" payments while my documentation was being reviewed and forwarded to a negotiator. During the three months, I was required to send updated wage and debt information twice. After five months of submitting the original documentation, I was contacted by a representative of Chase Bank that went over the documentation I had submitted with me. I was approved for the modification and was sent the Loan Modification documentation for my signature.

    After speaking with the negotiator and asking if it was okay to submit the documentation via fax, I took the documentation to a local Chase branch bank and had the documents faxed. I called the documents department to verify documents were received, would be signed by a Chase representative and a copy sent back to me. All of this transpired in July 2010. I was to make my first payment on my new modified loan on September 1, 2010. I was told by a Chase representative that my mortgage loan records would be updated by the time I made my first payment in September 2010.

    I called Chase bank on August 27 2010, to check to see if my account was updated. I was informed at that time that my modification had been denied because I had not returned the modification documents. When I told the representative that I had faxed the documents in, after further research, the representative acknowledged that there was indeed an error made. At that time I was told that this error would be escalated to a supervisor and it would be corrected in seven to 10 business days.

    The representative told me to call back at that time (seven to ten days). When I called back, nothing had been done. At that time, the request was then again escalated to a supervisor. It is now October 18, 2010 and I am on my fifth escalation to have the error rectified. I have spoken to representatives of Chase bank in Ohio, Arizona, India, and Dallas, TX. The last escalation was handled by a representative in the Philippines. I reside in Houston, TX. I have done everything I am supposed to do. I have provided the documentation I was required to four different times and these so called supervisors cannot seem to be able to take the time to do what they are supposed to do.

    I am extremely frustrated. My credit rating is in the tank because Chase Home Finance has reported that I am delinquent by seven months. In order to get this rectified, I have to request Chase Bank to make a one time credit adjustment and my credit report will be updated. I cannot get this done however until my loan account is updated and corrected.

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    Reviewed Oct. 18, 2010

    I was having financial problems like everybody else. I applied for a loan modification which they approved me and I paid my payments on time for ten months which they told me it was going to be a trial for three months but every time I called them, they just asked for more repeated documents and kept telling me that it was still under review and to just wait.

    After ten months, they didn't take my payment because it was at the end of the permanent modification which it didn't make sense to me. I kept calling them and asking why it was taking so long and they just keep saying that it is the process.

    One day, I just got a letter from Chase telling me that I didn't qualify for the modification because I didn't send the documents which I did sent everything that they were asking. Then I reapplied and they told me that I couldn't because I lost the previous modification and they sold the house.

    I personally know of other people that they did the same thing. I will like for this case to be investigated.

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    Reviewed Oct. 15, 2010

    After being foreclosed on, we were offered "Cash for Keys." We received contract, signed it, and faxed it back. We told them we would be out within 14 days so we could receive the $1000 offer, which we really needed to relocate. We did everything on the list, cleaning, etc, and no one ever showed up for inspection. We have heard from no one since moving out. I have pictures of how the place looked when we left it. All we want is our money promised to us by contract, signed 9-22-10. We vacated house on 9-30-10. We are in need of the money for rent on a new place.

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    Reviewed Oct. 13, 2010

    Over the last year, we have been trying to get a home modification through Chase. We are currently in an ARM loan with an interest rate of 8.25% and were a couple of months behind due to Chase paying 2 years worth of property taxes, which I usually pay myself. They added that to my payments which caused them to increase by over $300. I am currently employed with the US government as a federal technician and a member of the ILL Air Nation Guard. I am currently deployed to the AOR in support of the war on terrorism where I am paid based on my rank, which is a lot more than my civilian position.

    As stated before, I have been trying to get this home modification for almost a year, constantly resending documentation to Chase and getting no answers. Since deployed, I had to resubmit all my paperwork again (4th time) with current pay stubs. Finally, I got a denial because I make too much. We tried to explain that this was a temporary situation that I would be off active duty in a couple of months, but of course got the canned answer, “You will have to re-apply.” All we were looking for was a good fixed rate that combined all of past due taxes, (that they paid) to get us current, not looking for any additional fund.

    Currently, while deployed it will not affect us, but once I get back from the war and back to my civilian job, I will be back to where we started. Trying to get answers from the modification department is worthless, you try going to a local branch and they say there is nothing they can do.

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    Reviewed Oct. 12, 2010

    I have been trying to get a loan modification/Obama plan. I was told by Chase that in order to qualify, I need to put my mortgage in arrears and go onto forbearance payments. Now, behind they are trying to collect. And they told me that I do not qualify for a loan modification due to unemployment not being considered as income. But I have stated that from the beginning. I did get 1 loan modification where they only put the late payments at the backend of my loan, not changing any of the terms and upped my payment, which I had to decline. That was not what I had applied for nor was that explained from the start.

    Now they won’t talk to me or accept any further payments, nor will they take off any late fees or help me. I feel that they did not properly inform me and had me go behind in payments, even knowing that there was no loan program for the unemployed. This was a bait and switch. Every person I have talked to at Chase was notified of my financial issues and had me file for a loan modification. After about a week of going through the loan papers, they would no longer speak to me no matter how many times I contacted them. I would like to know if there is anyone willing to talk to me in regards to this issue and let me know if I have any legal recourse.

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    Reviewed Oct. 10, 2010

    I was selling my home and it was closing on 21 July 2010. My payment was due 15 July, so I waited until closing since the payoff was sent for. The closing was pushed off until 31 July. I called Chase and told them the circumstances and they told me that if it didn't close, that I could spread the payment missed through the next six months and that my next payment wouldn't be due until 1 September. I said OK, let's do that since I was selling anyway.

    The sale fell through. I waited a week into August to find out if the buyer was going to figure out alternate financing. During this week, I was called several times by Chase, sent a foreclosure notice and they even went by my home and put a sticker on it, saying it was vacant and charged me over $100 in fees. With all of this harassment, I decided not to wait any longer and made my catch-up payments for July & August, making me current. The harassment didn't stop. I couldn't figure out why until I received September bill and they didn't apply my payment to the mortgage payments. They put it into principal only payments and had me as 2 months overdue.

    On 17 August (two weeks after my payment) they sent a negative notice to the credit reporting agencies that I was 30 days past due. I have perfect credit. They messed up my payments and I've never been late on any payments ever! Why are they allowed to do this? Why can't I do anything about it? I'm not someone who is a credit risk and now my credit report shows that I am. If I could leave them, I would, but I'm stuck. I don't want to pay several thousand dollars to finance with another bank who may eventually sell it to Chase again!

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    Reviewed Oct. 8, 2010

    Chase took over our mortgage from another lender a few years ago. When finances got tight, we requested a loan modification. It ended up raising our mortgage payment from $1475 to $1650. When I called to complain, I was told, "We never told you the payment would be lower."

    Last year I requested a loan modification through the HOPE program. It was an ongoing nightmare. Files were lost, no one had the information when I called to check on the status, I was told everything was complete only to be told a month later (by someone else) that they couldn't proceed because they were missing forms from me. No one ever gave me the same information. It took over 9 months for our loan modification to be completed. They did lower our interest rate, as promised, but our loan balance increased by $15,000, so our payments didn't decrease as much as we had expected. When I called to ask why the balance had increased, I was told it was because we had been behind and the past due amount was rolled into the new loan. But we were only one month behind. $15,000 would be almost a year's mortgage payments. I called to ask how I could get a written explanation of this discrepancy. I talked to 6 different people who told me they didn't know who I should write the letter to, they didn't have an address or a name to give me. Finally, after 45 minutes on the phone, one person gave me an address and said to send it to their "Research Department."

    That was 2 months ago, I have never heard from them. As things got worse for us financially, we decided to give up our home and do a short sale. This has been a new nightmare. I had to call two different days and was on the phone for over an hour just to get connected to the right department to handle a short sale. Each person told me I had been connected to the wrong department and gave me a new phone number which they assured me was right. (One of these was not even a working number.) I finally got through to the right department. Since then it has been one delay after another. They have requested the same information three times. We have a realtor who specializes in short sales and even she is baffled by how they're handling this. I honestly believe that Chase has no intention of helping people; they are running a gigantic scam and taking advantage of our misfortune.

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    Reviewed Oct. 8, 2010

    In Feb of 2008, I was laid off from my job. For almost 22 years, I had a great growing career in the mortgage banking industry primarily in operations. The economy as it was resulted in wholesale lending operations being closed down in most institutions. I had some savings but no idea how long it would take to obtain employment in the same field. I contacted Wamu who held our mortgage and was told until I was delinquent, they could not speak to me about modifying the loan.

    I waited 30 days, missed the March payment and called back. It took almost a month and a half to find someone to speak to. In the meantime, we listed the home for sale as we anticipated that we may need to entertain a short sale. My husband's salary was insufficient to cover the mortgage as I had the larger income.

    The run around, lack of response, changing out of bank employees that were "handling" our file was beyond ridiculous. You could never get a direct line to anyone or email. We obtained a contract on our home and sent all the information requested by Wamu (several times as they kept "losing" it). It took them 3 months to make a decision and in the meantime, the buyer lost financing due to further deterioration in the lending market. We changed realtors and started over.

    In the meantime, WAMU would never consider a modification that made any sense and as time rolled by more and more interest accrued. We obtained a new contract. This time, we hired an attorney to help us with the negotiations. Again it took almost 3 months for Wamu to accept the offer. Even the attorney had difficulty in maintaining any type of contact with the same individual at Wamu.

    Just when your file would get close to completion, they would change your processor who for some reason never had the information we had sent in previously. What a joke. In November of 2009, after 3months of waiting and a week before thanksgiving, WAMU comes back and accepts the offer but it must close within a week. There was no way that could be done.

    The attorney contacted the individual she had been working with at the bank and was told verbally that we could have a 30-day extension to allow buyers lending to do their appraisal/survey/title and for my husband and I to find a new place to live. The attorney asked her to send it in writing and she said she would. The attorney waited and after a few days of nothing, she hounded Wamu to find out what was going on.

    The person we had dealt with was no longer handling our file and the "supervisor" told the attorney that the extension we were given had not been authorized by senior management and would not be honored and they were just going to foreclose as they wanted it "off their books". The attorney advised us to give up. Shortly after that Chase bought out WAMU. We heard nothing for a long time until we were notified that foreclosure was scheduled for June of 2010. We never received any notification that Chase had even taken over our loan and we were not even sure as it was our understanding that Chase did not acquire all the loans from WAMU. My husband and I were now divorced but I remained in the home.

    I was forced to find another place to live with the pending foreclosure. I found an apartment and with assistance from family moved out. I still have not found consistent employment sufficient to cover day to day expenses. I am trying to change careers but it is not easy for a 52 year old to find employment in a market where they only want young "cheap" labor even though I am willing to work for going rates.

    In any event on June 3rd, we received in the mail that Chase was stopping the foreclosure in order to work with the homeowner to modify the loan. Again, what a joke. We were contacted by Chase and I was finally excited to speak with someone who seemed to care. They were not authorized to modify the loan down to $250,000 which was the current market price for the home which would have permitted my ex-husband to live in the home.

    However, fate is strange. A passerby in the neighborhood remembered we had had the home for sale over a year ago and knocked on my front door. He wanted to make an offer. I contacted my Chase representative and she told me that they could not accept a short sale offer unless I listed it for sale. It's stupid. Again fate took hold and the prospective buyer advised me that his mother was a realtor. So we went through the hoops of getting a listing agreement, and a purchase contract together.

    This was sent to Chase. Also, our rep wanted all the same stuff we had sent to Wamu multiple times. She said none of it made it to her when the merger happened. (What happened to my "private" documents I wonder?) So we sent the stuff again. She quit taking my phone calls and while I could see she was "reading" my emails, she never responded again after the first email I received from her. The realtor was experiencing the same thing, although, I had given them through written authorization to speak with Chase on our behalf. Again, Chase could not find the document, but surprise, surprise, they had the documents that were sent with the same fax that included the authorization. I sent authorization again to the **.

    Now the biggest joke when you call to speak about your account is they want the Chase loan number (which was never given to me). I was told by Jenifer (our now missing rep) that all I needed or anyone with permission (realtor) was the original balance of our loan, names, property address, and last four of my social security. Again it was a joke. Everything came to a halt as we were in limbo. Jenifer's loan were assigned to "Pinky" who beyond telling us of that fact never contacted us again. Both their phone extensions changed and no one knew where they were. The realtor then contacts me frustrated and advised me that she found out that the foreclosure had been set again for October.

    To this day, we never have received that notice. During this time, I received a call from Chase (the equity division) and they wanted to know if I was open to a modification. The person who called me had no idea that we were in short sale negotiations and his files showed nothing. The funny thing is that this guy calls me but since I did not have the holy trinity of facts I needed to know about my account he would not discuss anything further.

    He called me with the number in my file. Giving him my social, property address was not sufficient and I told him I never was given a Chase account number. I asked him who could give that to me to make things easier in the future. He said he could not give it to me unless he could be sure of who I was. Again, he called me! The realtor was able to locate corporate contact information for the business unit supposedly responsible for the modification of our loan. I, as well as the realtor, called and sent off blistering emails. Two weeks later, our sale is approved but they will not remove the language about the deficiency previously with Wamu that had been agreed to in writing. The rep now from Chase says "we pursue the deficiency". However they want me to sign something saying that by their accepting the short sale, it does not absolve me from the deficiency. Do they think I am stupid? So most likely it will not close.

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    Reviewed Oct. 8, 2010

    Our mortgage was purchased by Chase from American Home Mortgage in 2007. We had always made our payments on time until June 2008. We had just opened a new Home Furnishing/Design Studio in October of 2007. It was very bad timing because our business was so reliant on the housing industry. I had never seen the economy go down hill so quickly. Now we all know why.

    We had put all of our savings into this store and could not get permanent financing for it so we had to close and file bankruptcy. We were trying to assume our house back from the very start and they refused to talk to our lawyer. We wrote our local congressman and we were finally offered a making homes affordable modification. We paid all of our payments on time except in October because our house flooded in the nationally declared disasters last October in Georgia. We sent them a letter stating what had happened and the we had to have the flooring and base molding torn out and replaced. We did not have flood insurance because our home was not in a 100 yr. flood plain, so we had to pay for it ourselves so it would not bring further ruin to the home and our furnishings. FEMA finally came through and paid about half of what it cost and we sent the payment on the 14th of October.

    They kicked us out of the modification because of that. What was really weird was that they sent a letter congratulating us for completing the trial period payments and in a separate letter on the same day saying we had been declined from the program for not making the payments. I called the ones who have the oversight of the banking industry and a HUD housing counselor and they were suppose to put me back into the plan.

    They keep asking for the same paper work over and over again.This has been going on since December of 09. I know that there are times that some people don't understand or don't send in the proper paper work, but for God's sake could someone at least look at all the complaints on line about Chase! They all basically say the same thing! I still do not have a modification.

    This is such an outrage for them to be doing people so badly especially when it was our tax dollars that bailed their butts out and now they are sticking it up ours. After all the stress from Chase, I am having strokes and I am now disabled. I account the largest culprit of causing my condition to Chase Home Finance because of their lies, saying you didn't send papers in when you know you did. I started sending everything certified and signed for, just so they can turn around and tell me that it doesn't matter if it was signed for as it did not mean it got into their system. You think that kind of mentality won't get your blood pressure up? Someone please help!

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    Reviewed Oct. 7, 2010

    In February 2009, we contacted Chase Mortgage requesting a loan refinance to take advantage of the lowered interest rates. They were very quick to say no without even looking at our file. They said, since we had not missed any payments, then there was no need in lowering our payment amount. So we contacted someone from another company that claimed they could help us. She said that if we missed a few payments then they would help. So, we missed 3 monthly payments. Then Chase wanted to talk. They said they wanted to help us. They wanted to keep us in our home. So, they offered a loan modification.

    We sent all the requested paperwork. After 3 months, they requested more paperwork. This continues for over a year! They finally contacted us about a "trial payment plan". So we made our required "trial" payments. Now it is October 2010. They have denied us a loan modification. They are now stating that we have acquired over $5000 in late payments and/or fees. I have no idea where this amount came from as I made all my trial payments.

    They are sending us letters stating they are going to foreclose on our home if we do not pay this balance. I contacted them for help with lowering my payments. Now, almost 2 years later, they are demanding I make higher payments. This process has ruined my husband's credit score. So, now what? They want to take my home, we don't have the credit to get another one, and all we wanted was a lower interest rate. They used our taxpayers dollars to bailout this company, and they're treating their customers like this. That's just not right.

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    Reviewed Oct. 7, 2010

    I am a self employed and a year ago fell behind on my house payments. With the housing market turning sour and my business slowing to a near crawl, I fell further and further behind. Hope finally arrived with Obama's modification loan program. I received a large package from Chase containing documents to fill out, a list of documents and statements they required to process the new loan and a prepaid FedEx envelope for the return everything to the bank. I was approved and instructed to make three consecutive monthly payments of a specified amount at which point the loan would be finalized. All the payments were made in full and in time.

    The next month, I received a letter from Chase informing me that my loan was terminated for reasons that I had not sent in requested documents. I called Chase and provided them with the dates I had faxed the documents, (some had been faxed 3 and 4 times) the fax number I faxed them to, and what documents were faxed. I even provided them with the printout report showing the date, time, and number of pages sent.

    They informed me that in my file they had a record of the faxes coming in but that the Negotiator had failed to enter the documents themselves. I pleaded that I was not at fault for the mistake of a third party's error and that I was instructed to send those documents to that person by Chase. I must have called explaining this scene a dozen plus times being transferred no less than 5 times per phone call, eating up an average of 90 minutes per phone call only to reach a final destination of a department that I have dubbed "the dump department" after each time being transferred to that final place getting a recording stating, "I'm sorry, we are unable to process your call at this time. Please hang up." At which point the line goes dead.

    One day, I get this call from a local WAMU bank now Chase trying to get my business, personal, and payroll account business. I talked with Brandy about my problems with Chase and she responded with a "But we are local and we can provide full service on everything right here at our branch, no problem". I made an appointment that same day bringing down the required documentation and paperwork.

    It took only 20 minutes to get everything done and based on the fact that my debt had increased and my income had decreased since the first loan had been terminated. Brandy said the re-application for the Obama modification loan was a sure thing. About a month later, I received a letter in the mail from Chase that my loan application was declined. It referenced a letter outlining the specific reasons why I was declined.

    A letter I never got nor have I ever been able to get anyone to furnish me a copy of this phantom letter. Chase did however offer me an alternative modification loan through Chase. Go figure. I signed it, returned it by the 6/26/10 deadline and waited for their response.

    In August, I started to get concerned that I had not heard back and called Chase. They informed me that the loan was in underwriting and that they were backed up but there should be no problem. On 9/24/10, I receive a letter from Chase that the loan was approved and my first payment would be 9/1/10. Kind of hard to do when that date is almost a month gone. I again called Chase and their response was I agreed to the loan in June. My response to them was that I did not have a signed contract from them until the 24th. They have since then put me in collections.

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    Reviewed Oct. 7, 2010

    In September 09, I began a workout program with Chase (they took over my loan from WAMU) so we could begin to make a lower payment and stop any foreclosure because my husband had lost his job and was recv. It was stopped for the month of October. Now October had come and I had been calling once a week to make sure all was OK with the workout. Each time I was told that it was under review and they'd get in touch with me if they needed anything else.

    Now November comes and we get a knock on the door. A woman from GMAC said that they bought our home in a foreclosure sale on November 2009. I was floored. I told her we'd been working on a workout plan with Chase and didn't understand. She gave me a number to call and told me to call them then call her back.

    I went in and called and they told me, yes, it had been sold. When I explained to them that we'd been working on a workout plan, they said that they didn't know anything about it. Then two weeks later I get a letter saying Chase needs some more info for the workout plan. Are they kidding me? We lost our home!

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    Reviewed Oct. 7, 2010

    In October 2009, I started the process to be approved for a loan modification since my income from real estate had been drastically cut from prior years. I even went to a Chase's Making Homes Affordable event to speak directly to a representative. I was immediately approved for a Trial Loan Modification. However, the payment was not much less than the payment I had and didn't help me. I made the payment anyway, but talked to several people from Chase and they told me to resubmit for another modification.

    They kept loosing my paperwork and it was just the worst nightmare. No one seemed to know anything. After months of that--and then finally, I was told, "I think we have everything and we are working on it." Then, I come home one day in January to a note on my door from a realtor (I am a realtor) which stated that they were representing the new owners of this property. I called Chase and they told me that my home had been sold at an auction that morning! I told them that I had been working in the real estate industry for 18 years and know that they cannot legally foreclose with no notification whatsoever.

    I told them that I am a realtor and had I known that there was a problem or my home would be sold, I would have sold it myself. I told them that I had been working with the Loan Modification Department and they told me, "Sorry, there was probably some miscommunication between the Workout Department and the Foreclosure Department." So to make a long story short, Chase sold my condo at an auction with not one phone call, letter, or notification whatsoever! On top of that, I was told that I had to be out in two weeks but they would give me cash for keys. I could not believe it or believe that they could get away with this!

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    Reviewed Oct. 7, 2010

    I have had a mortgage with Chase for 25 years and have always paid a fixed 8% on a loan of $72,000 for a property in Charlotte, North Carolina. For the past 20 years, I have been living in Australia and for the last eight years, I have had a tenant who paid the mortgage instead of rent. However, for the past five months, he did not pay the mortgage and did not tell me. All I ever received from Chase were emails stating that my monthly payment of $650 was overdue. I was traveling overseas when I found out that the tenant had been lying and that $3,300 was being owed. I contacted Chase and said that I would pay the full amount when I returned to Australia two weeks later.

    When I got back and tried to pay the money owed, I was told that Chase had put the property into foreclosure. I did not receive notice of this at my Australian address and a real estate agent who visited my property said that there was no mail from Chase. I have spent hours and hours on the phone trying to solve the problems as well as sending emails. The messages I have left have been unanswered and the emails have not been answered.

    Two nights ago, I spent three hours on the phone being pushed from one person to the next. After three hours, I was told to ring back in 48 hours. When I rang back, I spent another two and a half hours on the phone having to start again, trying to solve the problem and to register a complaint. I insisted that I wanted to register a complaint about Chase's appalling service, and eventually was put through to a message bank, yet again. In my life, I have never come across a company like Chase. They foreclose on a mortgage I have paid for 25 years without warning, and refuse to answer my questions about getting out of this mess and refuse to accept a formal complaint from me.

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    Reviewed Oct. 6, 2010

    On or about June of 2009, I contacted JP Morgan Chase about helping me modify my loan because my income has decreased (I'm in sales) and was told by the lender that I only had three options: 1) Keep paying; 2) Deed in lieu of foreclosure; or 3) Short sale.

    I then went to Chase Home Loan Consumer Help located in Las Vegas to get advice. I was told specifically that they could not help me until I was three months behind then she could help me. After three months, I contacted her again and she had me bring in all my documents, pay stubs, bank statements, etc. She submitted the paperwork to the bank and I was denied a modification in December 2009. I then received a Notice of Trustee Sale on my front door on or about February 2010. Nevada recently passed a law that allows homeowners to go through mediation before the bank can foreclose. I elected for mediation, hired an attorney (at significant cost) to help represent me through this process. It didn't help matters.

    The first mediation was scheduled for the end of July 2010. The bank came to the mediation unprepared and after two hours they asked for a continuance of three weeks. We granted them the continuance (I didn't have to) because their attorney in the mediation stated that I qualified for the HAMP and this is what they were looking to accomplish. Three weeks later, we attended the mediation and after another three hours of bantering with the bank representative on conference call, we came to no solution.

    The bank representative was so rude and kept accusing me of strange things that even the mediator was raising his voice to get her to pipe down. In the end the mediator wrote a long dissertation that the "bank acted in bad faith". What that means in Nevada, according to my attorney, is that they had to start the whole process all over again. I had two choices at that point: 1) I could go to judicial review, which costs more money. I was told by my attorney that the Judge that handles these reviews will send us back to another mediation, because he has not up to this date forced a bank to change to the terms of the loans. So don't spend the money and waste your time. So I chose option 2: make the bank start the process all over again. My attorney told me that they generally take quite a while before they start the process all over again.

    On October 1, 2010, I received another foreclosure notice on my front door. I then decided to get another opinion, something didn't feel right. I went to the country recorders office and looked through the paperwork that had been filed on my property and noticed that the Assignment that was filed back in March of 2010 from my original lender that went out of business in 2007 was signed illegally by an employee of the foreclosure company saying he worked for MERS and Greenpoint Mortgage. My second opinion attorney told me that the bank never got their "Certificate" from the mediation and they have no right to start foreclosure proceedings again and they were the ones that were supposed to go to Judicial Review to get the "Certificate".

    Long story short: I am being foreclosed upon illegally and unless I file a suit against the bank, they will be allowed to take my home. All it takes is money and more money to fix the problem or just prolong the inevitable until the State of Nevada does something. Many other States seem to be reacting to this widespread problem, but you never hear about Nevada doing anything. Why? Our elected officials are too concerned about getting re-elected rather than helping honest and good citizens that acted in good faith.

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    Reviewed Oct. 5, 2010

    I applied for the home modification plan 18 months ago and still paying a modified amount I have been declined for this loan 4 times. I can't refinance,

    my mortgage is $9,000 behind now because for all of the months I have been paying the modified amount Chase has been marking my credit history as late. I'm in a pickle and have no idea how to get out of it. You can't get anyone at Chase who knows what is going on. I have a 10-page story from the time I started this mess till now and not sure where to turn. I would however like to tell Obama, once again his plan has failed Americans! I'm behind on my mortgage, my credit is shot and I am a single mom with 2 children and not sure what I'm supposed to do.

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    Reviewed Oct. 5, 2010

    Chase mailed a PIF disbursement check to my husband and me. It was damaged by the post office. When sent to our bank for deposit, the bank would not accept the check. I called Chase to ask where to return the check to. Because I was not the account holder, Hazel, Chase's customer service representative, would not provide a mailing address to me of the Chase department to return the check to for re-issuance. I explained that my husband was handicapped and unable to dial all the numbers required to speak with a human. To reach Chase, you must dial Chase (1-800 848-9136), then enter the account numbers, 14 digits; then the last four digits of the SSN. Hazel was unable to provide a telephone number to accommodate a caller that is handicapped.

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    Reviewed Oct. 5, 2010

    I was in a Short sale and recently I find out that Chase sold my house on foreclosure for more that I paid 10 years ago. I did not receive even one document from Chase preparing me for the foreclosure. The only communication with the bank was by my phone calls. I put 20% down payment for my house; I lost every penny, bank did lose even one. Whenever i spoke to any of the bank rep., the only answer I had was that I cannot afford it. Now they are telling me to move out and become homeless. My 20 years of work went down too. Thank you.

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    Reviewed Oct. 4, 2010

    I first applied for the home loan modification in May 2009 and was set up on a 90-day trial period over the phone. The rep took information from me and then asked me to go online and download and fill out the required documents. I did as I was told, paid my trial period payments given to me over the phone, filled out all necessary paperwork and faxed to Chase. After making the 90 day trial period, I was told that it was taken longer than expected for all paperwork to be reviewed and to continue to make the trail payments until I hear back from them.

    Needless to say, I received a phone call from Chase collection department, wanting full payment. I advise them that I was making the trial payments and they advise me that I was taken out to the loan modification program with no explanation as why. So, again I was set up on another loan modification, given about the same amount to pay for 90 days and told to resend all the necessary paperwork which was done. Needless to say, I was removed again with no explanation.

    Now, here it is 16 months later and 4 different loan modifications set up, since I first applied and still no modification. I have called Chase every two weeks to check on status and each time was told my 'package application' was complete and waiting on underwriter. I just recently received letter from Chase stating they needed a form that has been faxed to them three times.

    As with many of the stories I read before about Chase giving homeowners the run-around, I am convinced that they really do not want to help. So, right now, we are saving our money so when they do decide to foreclose, we will have money to find a place to go. There are two things that are disheartening; (1.) when i initially started this process, I was only 1 payment behind, now I'm 9 payments behind and (2.) sad to think that the government gave Chase money to help struggling homeowners, but have not found one person that they have helped. I hope that there is someone to help future struggling homeowners and it may be too late for me and my family.

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    Reviewed Oct. 4, 2010

    I inquired on refinancing my house, which was at 6%. The rates had dropped, which would entitle me to a lower rate at 5%. I was initially going to go through my original loan company but Chase told me it would be no problem. I just needed to pay $750.00 and I would be approved with no fees.

    As I continued to work with Chase, I was told that they needed another appraisal, which is the opposite for the housing reform process, but I agreed. They sent an out of area appraiser and he said my house was worth $10,000 less than what the loan would be. Long story short, they told me I needed to pay $15,000 to get the new rate. I called my original loan company and had no hassles and a loan within a few months. I think it is unfair that we have big business companies like Chase who hold you by a string and feel they can bully their clients. It is just bad business!

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    Reviewed Oct. 3, 2010

    I have made two attempts to get a loan modification with Chase. The first attempt was denied due to lack of documentation after a four-month period.

    The second denial took 9 months. I sent every piece of documentation possible over and over again. I was told 5 times that my request was with the underwriters. Every time I waited a week before contacting Chase again and again. I then told that I needed more documentation that they didn't receive. I decide after 6 month to fax all info thru their bank in San Antonio.

    After five different faxes of info, they finally told me that they had all they needed. So I waited another week to check on it. I was then told that I needed to send the info again because they needed updated info. I sent it again and after two weeks, I received a letter denying me the modification. My complaint is that fact that I tried to pay my contact mortgage during the process but was denied.

    This all started when my wife passed away in November 2005. I also had to do an early retirement with the Carpenters Union. I then got a job with the city and was laid off. I am retired military and have a military pension and a small pension from the Carpenters Union ($1800 a month). I also have another source of income they refuse to take in to consideration because the only proof is on my taxes filed. Not enough proof for them. I got into this mess because they messed up the escrow analysis which created a deficiency every year since Chase became my mortgage company. I requested that I pay my own taxes, and after several attempts they agreed. I got behind in 2008 and was working with the city to make payment when Chase paid my property taxes and my homeowner’s insurance and increased my payments from $696 a month to $1100 and called it my mortgage payment.

    The first payment was deducted from my checking account and bounced my other bills. The story goes on and on. I contacted the BBB and filed a complaint, but they said that they received no response from Chase and recommended I file a complaint with the Ohio Attorney General. I have filed this complaint with no reply. I am now over 9 months behind and the property taxes for two year totaling over $13000 in arrears. I am forced to file a Chapter 13 bankruptcy to save my home. I have retained a lawyer and once the debt counseling is complete, I will be filing next week. As a result, my credit is shot and I couldn’t borrow any money. My credit score is poor, so I can’t refinance or cash in equity.

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    Reviewed Oct. 2, 2010

    Since I have been frustrated while attempting to communicate with Chase Bank regarding the mortgage loan for the property at 19942 SW 96th Place, Dunnellon, FL, 34432, I would like to make another attempt to express my concern about it. I submitted a copy of my September, 2008, divorce decree to you yesterday, but this was actually the second time I have forwarded a copy to Chase.

    I am not requesting anything from you, except that you inform someone in authority of the difficulties I have faced in my attempts to discover the status of the loan still bearing my name as a co-borrower of the loan. At the time of our divorce, Mr. *** agreed to assume the mortgage in his name. The divorce decree is also a court order and I mistakenly believed that he would follow through with it. I included that stipulation in the divorce decree because I knew that the bank had to remove my name to absolve me of any responsibility for the mortgage.

    In exchange for that provision, I gave him all of the home furnishings, appliances, new flooring, new roof and rental property for which I had paid cash from my retirement savings. The only thing I needed in return was to have him remove my name from the mortgage.

    I was unwilling to provide him with quit claim deeds for both of those properties until the mortgage was in his name only, but he took me back to court in August, 2009, with numerous other claims against me that the judge found to be groundless. I was ordered to sign them immediately, and I did. That left me liable for the mortgage, but without any ownership rights to the property. By that time, communications between us were completely broken.

    In December, I received a court notice informing me that Mr. and Mrs. *** were filing for bankruptcy He still owed my money because I had overpaid him until the time of the court hearing in August, 2009. At about the same time, I received a short message that they had moved into the rental property. I assumed that the mortgage was a part of the bankruptcy process, so I thought that the issue was closed when I got the final notice of their bankruptcy sometime in February, 2010.

    In April, 2010, Mr. *** emailed me with a request for another copy of the quit claim for the homestead property. He claimed that he had lost the first one. In that message, he indicated that he was going to get a deed in lieu of foreclosure agreement with Chase. While I was shocked to learn that he still had the property, I immediately prepared another quit claim and sent it to him express mail. Again, I thought the matter was closed.

    In July, 2010, I received a notice from one of my credit card companies that they had lowered my credit limit. I called them, and learned that they dropped it because my credit score had dropped by 40 points. I immediately sent for a credit report and discovered that Mr. and Mrs. ***n had not made mortgage payments for several months. They seemed to coincide with the months preceding the bankruptcy hearing and the discussions about the deed in lieu of a mortgage. That was when I learned that my name was still on the mortgage account. Since my credit score was still 838, even with those adverse charges against it, I still wanted to find out the status of that account.

    During my first round of conversations with Chase, I told them that I was well aware of my obligations for the mortgage loan unless Mr. ***assumed the mortgage. They sent a copy of the assumption papers for him to sign. Only a short while later, I learned that Mr. *** had been killed in a traffic accident. I called Chase again, told them what happened, and they told me to send a copy of the divorce decree. Because it indicated his agreement to assume the mortgage, they said that it would be enough. I sent them a copy, along with the enclosed letter, in August, 2010.

    After hearing nothing from them for over a week, I called Chase again. Nobody knew anything about it, so they put me through to the assumption department. I got nowhere with that, since she kept indicating that I was responsible unless the new owners signed assumption papers. I already knew that, but I was getting very anxious about the status of the mortgage. Finally, the person in the assumption department gave me a non-working number for the foreclosure department. I gave up. Hoping that the process was finally over, I decided that I could accept a credit rating of 838 and leave those adverse reports on my credit report. None of the information I had been given made any sense to me.

    In late September, I applied for a modest home mortgage loan pre-approval. I explained my efforts to discover the status of the Chase mortgage loan, and my concern that something may still be lurking out there without my knowledge. I figured that they might be able to help me figure out what was happening with it. Needless to say, they denied my loan application because my credit rating had dropped down to an average of 625. When I contacted the credit agency, I was informed that reports of mortgage non-payments were continuing to pile up.

    By now, I was really panicking. When was this ever going to stop? Would this continue for the rest of my life? Where can I get some legitimate valid information? After jumping through the hoops at Chase, and leaving a message with the same person in the assumption department who was no help before, I decided to take a different route. I contacted my local banker to find out who I needed to talk to about foreclosures in a normal bank.

    I then called a Chase branch bank in Florida, with the hope that their loan officer would help me find a real person who could discover the status of this mortgage. He was very helpful, and he suggested that I go to a branch bank here in Michigan and ask a loan officer to help me wend my way through this mess. He also gave me some numbers. I was lucky during my first call, since the customer service person was able to give me the secret number of the Chase foreclosure department. I called them, and was informed that the mortgage was in the foreclosure process and that a date was set. Then the person said that his system was down and that he had to put me into the queue. I called back, and was connected to someone else. That person didn't give me a date, but he did give me the name and number of the law offices responsible for the foreclosure process.

    I called the law office. After five dead-end tries over a period of another thirty minutes, I was finally connected to you. You informed me that you would remove my name from the foreclosure process if I sent a copy of the divorce decree. You also told me that you couldn't say if Chase would remove all of those adverse reports from my credit report.

    Over the past five years, I have managed to survive six fractured ribs, cancer surgery and radiation therapy, surgical removal of two of the smashed ribs three years after the accident, a divorce, and the loss of my life savings. All of that pales in comparison to the hopelessness I have experienced throughout this process.

    Sincerely,Leila L. ****

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    Reviewed Oct. 2, 2010

    As our mortgage was ready to change from interest only to fully amortizing, we worked with Chase staff over a two-year period to either rewrite the mortgage or refinance. Several times, they lost documents, making duplicate requests for the same material and/or complaining that we did not submit required documents. Eventually, they declined to change the mortgage because they computed our family income without computing our family expenses and the ratio was not sufficient. The entire series of contacts made it easy to believe that they don't take mortgages seriously.

    Our mortgage payments increased almost $500 the next month. We are both well past 70 and retired on fixed income. The games these banks and investors played caused a recession which made it impossible to refinance as we had planned. Then they mishandle out attempts to improve our personal financial existence.

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    Reviewed Oct. 1, 2010

    Chase Mortgage I called and asked to change the due date by a few days. No problem. Then I get my statement. They charged me almost $800 for doing this and I was never told.

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    Reviewed Oct. 1, 2010

    I was notified at the end of August that my loan modification was not approved because I did not make my February 2010 payment. I had made a double payment in November 2009. I had been told repeatedly by EMC customer service not to make the February 2010 payment and make a partial march 2010 because I had the credit to do so; I have made all other payments on time. Now these denials had been sent to a wrong address knowingly by EMC they had my correct PO BOX address and had been sending mail there for years. After contacting Genia in TX ** she told me to contact Cheryl ** ** to file a complaint against Larrisa ** for jacking this up so badly. Of course Cheryl would not answer her phones so I called different versions of Cheryl’s number until I got someone live **. She refused to give me Cheryl’s supervisor’s number. So today 10-1-10 I am at the same place I was a year ago with these **.

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    Reviewed Oct. 1, 2010

    I received a contract for the sale of my home on 12/09 (which I assume is close to the appraised value of the home.) I tried to work through the regular system for three months. I contacted the executive office and was assigned a person to guide me through their "process." I was handed off to a person in the Short Sale Department. I worked with that person from 3/10 until 8/10. After several months, I requested that I be emailed a list of all required documents and was told that they were not allowed to put anything into writing. Nice person, she promised not to throw me back into the black hole, her words. In September, I was back in the black hole. Again, I contacted the executive offices and was assigned someone to help me through the process. I have a new person in the Short Sale Department.

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    Reviewed Oct. 1, 2010

    I believe this bank is a predatory lender. They could not exceed $200,000 on our first mortgage so they did a 2nd mortgage as well. The first mortgage is $187,668.44 at 6.50% and the second is $47,552.95 at 8.70%. The first mortgage payment is $1238.86/month. The second is $383.73/month. My home was appraised for $250,000. We were told at the time that the same property’s assessed value is now at approximately $115,000 this year. Our taxes have went up and the value is obviously way down. We are struggling to make this payment and it is very disheartening to see our home devalued so low with such a high payment. I called Chase about a modification, and they said to qualify, we needed to be 60 days behind on the mortgages.

    We really are at a loss. Our government bails, the banks out, and consumers can't get help unless you want to default. Why can't they help people before they get into trouble or fall behind? I try to keep my mortgages paid and not be late. I have been late on credit cards, but I felt that would be better than my mortgages. I guess not anymore.

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    Reviewed Sept. 30, 2010

    In 2008/2009, I applied for a loan modification. My mortgage payment was $2,100. After the loan modification was approved, my payment jumped to $5,000 a month and I complained about what type of assistance is this. Chase refused to help me. My house is going into foreclosure.

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    Reviewed Sept. 30, 2010

    In a letter dated September 23, 2010, from Chase Home Lending VP, Deana G ** states: "The security of your information is important to us, and we strive to handle it with care and discretion at all times. We recently discovered that an employee sent your name, address, telephone number, loan number, and general information about the status of your loan, most of which is available on your recorded loan documents. It did not include your social security number or other banking or financial information. Please accept our apology of any concern. We investigated the incident and have taken appropriate actions with respect to the employee.

    The employee also confirmed to us in writing that the information was deleted. We do not believe you will be impacted by this; we want to make sure you are aware of what happened. On the back of this letter, we have included information on "How to Protect Yourself" that gives you additional steps you can take to help protect yourself. Again, we apologize for any concern. If you have any questions concerning this matter, please call us at 1-877-525-9156 Monday-Friday, 8 am-9 pm ET, or Saturday, 8 am-5 pm ET."

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    Reviewed Sept. 29, 2010

    My mom has been trying to get a home modification for nine months. I hear her every day on the phone and she get a different person every time. Each one tells her a different story. We have gone to the locations every week with the delivery paper that they say they need. Then, they turn around and say that they didn't get them. They say that they will call but they never do. She has lost so much time off of work--it is a shame. These people are paid to do nothing and people are losing their homes. I wish that I could do something to help her and many others to stop this. The people that she speak to are liars.

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    Reviewed Sept. 27, 2010

    Due to a divorce and an unemployed ex-spouse, I applied for a loan re-modification in May 2009. I was contacted by an Underwriter and put on a forbearance plan for 3 mos., then told not be make 3 mos. of mortgage payments until the loan was approved.

    She called me in October 2009 to say my loan was done and a new loan document would be coming soon. To date, 17 months later, I have never received the new loan agreement, but I have been making the new loan payment every month on time. After more calls to Chase than I can count, and several letters, I was told just last month that my loan was approved in March and denied in June.

    I am not being told they have to "update my information" in order to "reinstate" my loan. I was asked the qualifying questions all over again and sent the "Make Homes Affordable" packet all over again. I faxed everything required back to Chase and was told it will take 4-6 weeks for a decision. I got a letter over the weekend from the Foreclosure Dept, sending my Sept payment back. They told me my home is now in foreclosure. I explained the situation and an email was sent to my new "Relations Manager," asking her to contact me. My only hope is God's intervention at this point, so I am holding on to faith!

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    Reviewed Sept. 27, 2010

    I received a letter about my Flood Insurance stating I did not have enough coverage. My condo is valued at less than $70K. It's a 2 story unit.

    Chase informed me I had to carry $250K of flood insurance! After several go arounds with Chase representatives, they finally understood that my unit was in a building of 6 units and the building was insured by the condo association for over $600K. So they decided I have to carry $125K myself which is still too much.

    There has been no flood in my area for over 100 years, and if by some weird chance water did flow over a 25 foot burn and spill 100 feet past to my back door, the water would only damage the first floor. My first floor is a tiled floor and the condo insurance covers the structure and roof. So what would be left would be the drywall! I don't think I have $125,000 worth of drywall work as my unit is only 1,200 sq feet!. I would think it is illegal for a bank to force me to carry insurance for more than what my condo is worth as well as forcing me to cover it for more than what it would cost to repair.

    I never wanted Chase as my mortgage company. They bought my "paper" from First Horizon which is a wonderful company and very customer service minded. Chase ** and they are a rip off company! Chase has ** customer service. I could get in touch with our US President easier than getting a human on the phone at Chase!

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    Reviewed Sept. 26, 2010

    We applied for a loan modification program thru Chase mortgage because they indicated that they might be able to help us on our mortgage payment, and instead they screwed us over. I should have looked online at the tons of Chase loan modification horror stories before we went thru all this. First they assigned us a relationship manager that we have never even been able to communicate with in at least a dozen calls, I don’t even know if this person even really works there! How’s that for a great relationship?

    We never have been able to talk to the same person twice, they give absolutely no guidance whatsoever, can't answer any specific questions, transfer us to several departments, then back again, each time having to run thru all our personal information again and again. They make it so difficult to get an answer that I think they hope you give up. They filed foreclosure on our house while we were trying to get them to process this application, then our request was denied, saying we don’t make enough money for a lower payment! (In other words they would rather take the house than give us a break).

    Fortunately we have the money held back to reinstate the loan, (while many others don’t have it, and they get ultimately screwed). But just trying to get the reinstatement amount and where to send it has taken almost a month now, they keep telling us the reinstatement letter will be sent out, we wait, and nothing. After three go-rounds of this, we finally find out that we need to get the statement from their attorney’s office! And where is our "relationship manager"? There is none! The basis of my suit would be that we were assigned this Relationship Manager but still had no guidance whatsoever; never knowing who to talk to, or what to do, it was a farce. Could it be that the only reason a (non-existent) Relationship manager is assigned to each case is because it is a stipulation in order for Chase to get this government relief money? Which may be fraudulent in itself. But on top of them not helping, they have put us off for so long now that they have been able to pile on another $1000 in penalties and attorney fees. It would be my pleasure to sue them.

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    Reviewed Sept. 24, 2010

    My payment is due on the first of October. I called Chase and informed them that I wouldn't be able to make my October payment and if I could put it on the back of the loan or something. I was told that the only thing I could do was to let my home go into foreclosure; that they couldn't do anything for me. He told me that if they let everyone claim a hardship they would go broke and the only way was to go into foreclosure. I became frustrated and sick over this. I don't want to go into foreclosure, that's why I called. I am getting to the point that I should just walk away and let them have my home back. I don't care if I have to live on the street.

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    Reviewed Sept. 24, 2010

    Since Janurary 2010, I have trying to get a loan modification due to financial hardship. All requested documents were faxed. Chase has failed to help me in anyway. I have been told by outside source that I indeed qualify for the H.A.M.P. Chase just refuses to assist me with any help.

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    Reviewed Sept. 23, 2010

    I was misled about a mortgage modification. The action that lasted more than nine months put me in very deep trouble with my mortgage. I want to write some letters to someone about this action. I'm looking for some addresses.

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    Reviewed Sept. 23, 2010

    We applied for a modification in 12/2008. We were put in a modification program in 4/2009 making a modified payment. In July of 2010 we received our modification loan documents. I called Chase about the new loan amount and they could not answer my question and I was told to return the documents unsigned because there was an error of which I did. Five days later I receive the exact same docs so I signed and sent back. Two months later I call and I am told they had the wrong maturity date on the documents and were generating new documents. We made the new payments for August and September.

    Today I was told that our modification was denied! What! How can that even happen I already signed new documents? I had a heart attack and quadruple bypass in May dealing with Chase. I could go on forever about hat I have been through with Chase. You cannot talk to anyone with a brain or anybody who care's. My whole life savings is in this house can someone please help!

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    Reviewed Sept. 22, 2010

    In January my husband and I were unable to make the mortgage payment for the first time in 7-plus years because my husband was injured. As soon as we realized this, we contacted Chase’s customer service and explained the circumstances. The CSR informed me that because we had always shown an ability to pay, they would not let us skip a month. The next month we contacted them and asked if we could have approval to short sale the home. They told us that the only way to get approved for a short sale was to be 3 months behind on the mortgage.

    So, since the home is located in Florida and worth half of what we owe, we decided we would follow their advice and this would allow us to short sale the property and be done. So we completed the short sale package in March. We received notification in June that the modification was not approved.

    We informed Chase reps that we had not asked for a modification but rather a short sale. They were unwilling to give me an amount they would consider. They instructed me to call them if we received any offers on the house and they would let us know whether they would accept it.

    The house has been listed with a property management company for awhile. We have had no bites. We lowered the price several times and still nothing. I received a call from a Tracy in the Short Sale Approval department (something close to that). She informed me that our original information packet had expired and we would have to complete a new packet.

    We completed all of the information and submitted pay stubs, etc. Two weeks later they initiated foreclosure action. They are advising people not to pay their mortgage in order to qualify for a program they aren't going to approve you for anyway. Also, the attorneys that are handling foreclosures in the state of Florida for Chase are under investigation by the Florida State Attorney's office for fraudulent foreclosures. We have found information in our own paperwork that differs from the documents provided by Chase. Dates don't match. Documents were notarized before they were even signed by us. I would like to initiate a class action lawsuit against them for fraudulent practices. Chase has all of these rules, yet the average consumer is not made aware of them.

    They change the rules mid game. My husband is still on disability. He wants to work but cannot because his employer will not allow him to return to work until he is given a clean bill of health. He has had one arthroscopic surgery and must have another on the other knee. We must now pay an attorney to defend the foreclosure. We were unable to pay the mortgage because of my husband's injury and now must pay an attorney to handle this or we will never be able to provide a home to our children. We are staying with my family because we have no place to stay. It has wreaked havoc on our lives. My children have health problems. I have chronic migraines from the stress that this situation has caused us. All we wanted was help. If Chase was willing to work with us, just a little, we would be sending the money to them each month. Now we get to pay an attorney.

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    Reviewed Sept. 22, 2010

    I started a loan modification in Sept 09, sending in all the documents which were required. I never heard a word from Chase, so called them to find out the status on my account. Usually the answer was" Oh, its in the works," or "these loan restructures take time", etc. Since that time, at least 15 times in the last year, I've sent them more documents, which they say were not received by them. I do believe all of my hard work is trashed, so they can use that as an excuse to hound me for more documents.

    These people are snakes, they want to take all this money from the feds for the loan modifications, and use it for their

    executive bonuses and pay raises. I am so tired of dealing with these folks. Sometimes maybe they want me to lose my home, and are not willing to work with you. All of my house payments have been on time for almost 3 years now. Please help me. Thanks.

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    Reviewed Sept. 22, 2010

    They offered me a forbearance agreement and said I was approved for a loan modification and then after 9 months put my house up for sale. I had to come put of pocket $20K to save my home. This has caused emotional and financial hardship.

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    Reviewed Sept. 22, 2010

    I wrote to complaint before about my struggle to have chase modified my home loan. After a year of waiting, I finally got an unofficial response from a Chase representative. I contacted the department called Executive Resolution Group because Chase was taken so long to give me a decision. I receive a message about two days later to call that department.

    The representative told me that my loan modification has been denied because I have not falling behind on the payments and that they only work with people who have fallen behind on their payments. If in the future, I fall behind than I can reapply. This does not make sense and does not sound like a valid reason to be disqualified. Just because I am making the payments does not mean that I can afford to make the payments. I am struggling to make these payments every month. This payment is about 50% of my income. I thought that the banks used a specific formula to help those in need. Please, I do not know what should be my next step and need some advice.

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    Reviewed Sept. 18, 2010

    Several months ago (approximately 8), I wanted to refinance my property at ** where my 83-year-old mother resides and who is also on the mortgage. I spoke with a gentleman at Chase who advised me to take advantage of a loan modification since my interest was 8.875% and could possibly be lowered along with lowering the 20 years I have left on my mortgage to possibly 15 years. I was told that I would be put on a trial period for 3 months starting in February 2010, payments would go down to $308.00, (Chase would pay property taxes and hazard insurance which they had not in the past) from $484.68. However, the paperwork continued for several months.

    On September 01, 2010, a letter was written by the Homeowner's Assistance Department stating that I do not qualify for modification through the Making Home Affordable (MHA) or through other modification programs offered by Chase. The reason was that the monthly principal and interest payment on my first lien mortgage loan plus property taxes, hazard insurance, and homeowner's dues (if any) is less than or equal to 31% of my gross monthly income. I gross approximately $2,028 and my adjusted gross income is approximately $1,500 a month. My mother's income is approximately $900 (my mother helps me by paying the property taxes and I was paying hazard insurance to Allstate who would not renew my policy after learning that Chase would possibly be paying the insurance for me.

    At present, I owe late fees of $3,392.76. I was offered a repayment plan of 7 payments starting this month, September 2010, $484.68; October through January, $1,222.17; and in February, $595.34. One individual that I spoke with told me that if I did not lock in to the payment plan, a payment of $2,000 was needed immediately to avoid foreclosure. I was under the assumption that lowering interest rate was available to all homeowners under the Obama stimulus package. Chase or any other financial institution should not let individuals go beyond 3 months with their so-called trial period on loan modification plans. I strongly feel that Chase and probably other financial institutions are intentionally setting individuals up to fail and foreclose on properties. Financial institutions are still looking after their own interests and do not have the best interest of individuals in this hard economy.

    I do not have the money to pay back what Chase is asking for at this time. My mother is residing at the property and for me to tell her about this problem would bring on emotional and physical consequence to her health. This is any economic crisis for myself since I also pay bills at ** Albuquerque, NM, and at ** Las Vegas, NM. I would like to join the class action against Chase.

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    Reviewed Sept. 15, 2010

    My home was financed through Chase since June 2007. Amount of $441.62 a month. This was Prin, Int, Tax & Ins. For 30 years, I made payment to Chase in July, have called. Not late more than 3 times by a few days. Also in July Chase sold my loan to LBPS loan co. for $585.78 a month. This can't happen, I am 70 years old with ($674)SSI & food stamps & medicaid. I barely get by now. I will be homeless, no where to go.

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    Reviewed Sept. 15, 2010

    I have been trying to get my mortgage with Chase modified for a year now. I was told that once a file get sent for review it takes 30-90 days to get a response. My file was sent on December of 2009. I am still waiting for a response. I promptly give Chase all info that they ask. I call almost every day to get an update.

    At this point, I am thinking about withholding payments in order to pay off my credit cards bills. Any suggestion will be appreciated.

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    Reviewed Sept. 15, 2010

    My adventure started with Chase/WAMU last April. At this time, I was with my husband, he lost his job and I contacted WAMU to see what we could do to lower payments or try to work something out. I began my Home Modification workout. This was a semi-smooth process, although I did call almost once a week to see what was going on, but finally got some resolution in September or October of 09, a modification had been approved, for $100 less than my original 1500 payment.

    By this time my husband and I had split up. I was not able to pay that amount and he did not want the house. This is when my horrible experience started with them. I had already moved out and the house was vacant. I was walking away. I received a call from a Chase representative that wanted to know why we had not continued with the modification and what was going on in December of 09. I explained my situation, that I can not afford 1381 with only my income and she suggested that I try to do a modification with just my income. As long as I can get my husband to sign a Quit Claim Deed, they can modify in just my name and that it was worth a shot.

    She gave me hope. I didn't really want to lose my house, and if there was some way that they could do it with just my income, why not?

    So, my process started in January 2010. I submitted all new info, got the quit claim deed and had hope. I kept in contact with the girl that had told me to do this until April. She had changed departments and had become an underwriter. I would call once a week to her, or to the call center from January until April and no one was touching my file. Getting a hold of the girl that told me to redo the modification was difficult, I would leave message after message for her with no resolve. I finally got a hold of her and found out no one had touched my file and they were going to sell my house. She spoke to her supervisor and was able to work my account. I later received a forbearance period from May, June, July. The paperwork told me I had 0 balance due and I needed to submit income information before July 1.

    I submitted my information June 29th. I called once a week in July to check on the status and see if anything had been done with my work out. Every week a representative would tell me, it is in quality assurance, they are reviewing your information. It can not get escalated until it has been over 30 days. So I just called and called in July.

    Finally, on August 2nd, I called and a gentleman escalated the file since no one touched it. I called back that Thursday, the 5th. I spoke with a woman, and she is the only one that ever said this, but she stated that my modification was denied and they sent me a letter on the 1st. Mind you the 1st was a Sunday, but I figured maybe they worked it on Saturday, I didn't know. I was confused because the man I spoke with that Monday didn't see it, but she did.

    So, I called back on Monday the 9th, because I had not received the letter yet and I wanted to know why. The woman I spoke with said there was no letter sent and she wasn't sure what the other lady was talking about. She said she would get it escalated and that I had to submit additional paperwork again because my paperwork was over 30 days old. I asked what happened to my previous escalation from a week prior, of course no answer and nothing was done.

    She told me I should have more information on the escalation in a few days. I called back the next day and spoke with someone else to check on what was going on. I was freaking out at this point because my house was going to be sold on the 18th of August. I was advised that it was escalated and to call back. I called back on Wednesday and at this point, I started requesting to speak with a supervisor or manager. This is when I found out that "they are only here for administrative purposes" Their front line is all you get and whatever they say, goes.

    This is when everything is kind of blurry, I spoke with so many different representatives that it all kind of merges together. The just of it was that, I was in an active modification, but I was also in an active foreclosure. My account was messed up. No one was touching it and nothing was happening and my house was going to be sold in a week. I finally got someone to give me their manager, Paul. I spoke with Paul and explained what what going on and he agreed that it got messed up and basically fell through the cracks, because I was on a forbearance period where no payments were due. He said he has seen it before and apologized that the letter they sent me they did not tell me I had to submit a new package for home modification.

    He got my foreclosure held off for another 30 days to give time for my package to be looked at. I printed off and resubmitted my paper work. I called to confirm if they received it and of course was told they did but it cannot be escalated until it has been over 10 days. I called back a week before my sale date of 9/15. I spoke with a representative that told me of course nothing was done, but new news. As of august 26th, they closed my account for modification. No real reason as to why, no one ever looked at my paperwork. She tells me she is escalating it and to call back Monday to request to have my foreclosure date postponed because she could not do it until someone has not looked at the account.

    I call back on Monday. The first guy I speak with tells me he cannot do it. Something about fanny may, and it is too close to the sale date so he can not. I was on my lunch from work so I had to wait to escalate it until I got off of work. I called back after work and spoke with another man. He, without any issue, sent an email to his manager to have the account postponed because no one had looked at my paperwork. He told me to call back the next day to check the status.

    I called back on Tuesday on my lunch and I spoke with a wonderful caring man. He immediately put me on hold to check on the status. He came back and told me the manager it was escalated to was not in until after 230est and to call back then, but that he did send it to his manager to see if he was able to find anything out. I called back after work, and spoke with a horrible rep. She was rude and just not caring. I work for a living as a customer service representative so I tend to be sensitive to their work, it **. But, when it comes to someone losing their home the next day because your company did not do what it was supposed to do, there are times you know that you need to go above and beyond the normal.

    She said no updates, and it could be 48 hours. I don't have 48 hours at this point. I asked her to put me on hold and check with her manager, like the rep I spoke to earlier did because it was important. She placed me on hold and still gave me no information. I requested to speak with her manager, she refused, said one was not available. She started to raise her voice with me, which made me quite angry and I told her not to raise her voice or be rude to me, and, she hung up on me, released the call.

    I called right back and spoke with another girl, who told me the same information, and refused a manager. I continued to request one and she transferred me back into the Que. I ended up with another girl. Once again was denied a manager. She told me that the reason that my account was not in modification was because all the paperwork was received while i was in an active forbearance. She could not of course explain why no one looked at my forbearance. She said i did not complete it, which makes no since, I did I submitted my info and made no payments as asked. It is their fault, they did not look at my paperwork and every time i called, I would get something new. Even the manager messed me up. According to the last girl, I should have had to submit a whole new package as of the 26th when they closed it, in error of course for not actually doing anything with my paperwork.

    So here I am now, they are selling my house today and it is being foreclosed because absolutely no one did their job. I wish I had the money for a lawyer as I can see they have done the same thing to many people. Everyone asked me about all the help for homeowners in trouble, there is none. I wonder if the president actually knows, or even cares. But I am now homeless and nothing was done to try to help.

    So throughout this all, no one at chase has any idea of what to do. The manager I spoke with should have done more to correct my account, but did not. All of the reps have been trained to just b.s their way through the call. These are people's lives and homes they are messing with.

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    Reviewed Sept. 15, 2010

    Today is 14 Sept 10. This all started on July 2009 when I called Chase Mortgage. I was on emergency maternity leave and the decrease in pay was expected to last for another eight months. Being concerned about not being able to pay the mortgage in a couple of months, I phoned Chase and explained my situation. I was told that with this certain questionnaire, I could probably qualify for a mortgage modification, seeing as Obama had supposedly approved the funding for the mortgage crisis.

    After the questions were answered, I was told that the mortgage could be changed for a certain period until the 60-day modification process ended. Great, I took the bait! Paper work needed to be faxed, paper work needed to be mailed and it was all done with proof in tow. I never heard anything from them. I called in December of 2009 and was told they're still waiting or they need more paper work.

    In the meantime, I wanted to know what payments needed to be made. Each person I spoke with informed me that I should keep paying the amount told to me in the beginning as I was still waiting for the modification to be done. After notices were put on my door not once, but twice, I did call again to figure out what was going on.

    Chase has no short list of those meanies who call themselves customer service agents so I made a call. And you guessed it now. The amount that I was told to pay while waiting for the modification has completely ** me. And now, this rep was telling me that those payments were actually payments that were way below the initial mortgage price to get those who have paid on time to get them into the not on time slot! Well, this really ** me off then, another kicker is that with every one of those payments made, Chase also puts a negative ding on your credit score!

    Cake topper--here we are, September 2010. And as of today, we have been told either you make too little, incorrect paperwork or certain papers that were received prior are outdated and need to be redone! I would love to see these guys go down. I will tell you I am not above corporate bashing as this is one of "those" corporations.

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    Reviewed Sept. 14, 2010

    Loan mod was told to be approved and then 2 months later denied without phone call/notification. Working with Chase's loan mod dept and they were not notified either. May lose home!

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    Reviewed Sept. 14, 2010

    Chase Home Finance. Let's face it, none of us get to choose our Mortgage - they get sold so often, you end up with what you get. In my case this was Chase, unfortunately. At some point in the past 6 months, they just stopped paying the insurance (for which they are collecting via Escrow). Several calls to them gives me the run-around. In summary, yes, they are collecting insurance into escrow. And no, they are not paying insurance. My question is why?

    They were kind enough to suggest I should be happy and consider this "an interest free loan". Excuse me, I'm the one giving them cash up front for bills they are not paying! I eventually had to pay for the insurance to get my house back into the safety zone, since it had been cancelled. All the while, I'm still paying Chase for the insurance as well.

    I requested escrow be released and to pay taxes and insurance myself, so I don't have to pay for these things twice. They denied my request. So, I'm basically getting robbed every month by Chase Home Finance, and there's nothing I can do about it. Stay away if you can. I'm paying my escrow to Chase faithfully and they are not paying my bills, so I'm paying twice for my home insurance and taxes.

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    Reviewed Sept. 14, 2010

    Chase gave my father Michael ** a Home Equity Loan 225% over the estimated value of the property. They told him they would accept his home equity loan provided he get Mortgage Protection Insurance through them. He did so and the loan was approved. He passed away on May 25, 2008. The insurance Chase sold him was not mortgage protection but instead accidental death. He was an old recovering alcoholic with congenital heart disease. He was a sickly man. Now Chase has forced a foreclosure on my father’s home without properly serving me as the heir of his estate. I even have a buyer for a short sale, but still they refused that and still foreclosed.

    Now they are trying to say the property is appraised at a much hire amount and refused to sell to my buyer. What are they doing and why did they lie to my sick father and take advantage of him in such a way? It is disgusting, the way they abused him! Shame on them! First, I have been sick from all of this back and forth with Chase. My father’s home, which originally belonged to my great grandmother and passed to my grandmother and then to my father, is also my homestead. The property is foreclosed without serving me, an heir to his estate. They not only foreclosed without the opportunity to fight back, but the foreclosure amount is now up to $38,175.80 and the appraisal completed in 2008 after my father’s passing is only valued at less than $11,000. How can they do this to a sick and elderly man? I do not understand!

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    Reviewed Sept. 14, 2010

    In December of 2008, I was laid off due to lack of work. I had a loan that had been sold to Chase. I was never late on a mortgage. I have been a single parent for 22 years, raising two sons alone and struggling to make ends meet. This is the second home I have build and had a mortgage on. I called Chase in hopes that I could let them know I had been laid off and maybe they could assist me on what to do.

    I was told that no one from Chase could help me until I was actually late on my mortgage. I was told by a customer service rep from Chase to miss a payment and call back. Reluctantly, I did this. I called back to be told that I should consider a modification. I was told that if I could, I should make a payment, if not, I should not worry, they will just put it on the end of my loan when it's modified. I got the papers for the modification in the mail. My payment was lowered for a "trial modification" period only $145 less than normal.

    I made those payments on time just as arranged. I called every week to inquire about the status of my modification as directed by the customer service rep. Every time I called, I got a different story from every representative I spoke with. I was told to send every verification at least 10 times. I was even told by a rep that "Chase is overwhelmed, we have so many foreclosures and modifications that we just can't keep up." We are told to tell the homeowners anything to keep them off our backs. I was also told one day that I am in foreclosure and my home will be sold, and the next day be told that I am still in modification. I was told on one day that I was in modification and the next day that my home was being sold in 12 days.

    I have had to move from my 3,000 sq. ft. house back to a mobile home that I had on a piece of land that had been vacant for 16 years. I would like to rent my home, but paid Chase $16,583.62 to reinstate my loan and still over a month later am getting foreclosure letters again. I have not even received a statement from reinstating my loan. This very same thing happened to my neighbors. They just could not deal with the situation anymore and filed for bankruptcy.

    I did not have that option as I own a piece of land, and they would take my land if I filed. I have contacted everyone that I know, including President Obama, via email. I am willing to file a class action lawsuit against this company if I can find enough homeowners to file with me. Please, if you have had issues with this company, please contact me. I want to hear from everyone who has.

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    Reviewed Sept. 13, 2010

    My loan payment was due on the 1st of the month. I was not able to make the payment and spoke with one of the representatives on Friday, the 9th. I told them I would make the payment on the 16th and I also explained that my husband has been unemployed since last June and this is the reason why I would be paying Late.

    I speak with them several times a month and let them know when I am going to pay and they constantly call me. They told me the only way they can stop calling is if I allow them to AutoDraft the money from my account. I have small kids and receiving a call at 8 pm disrupts my household when my kids have school the next day. I want this harassment to stop.

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    Reviewed Sept. 12, 2010

    From the very beginning in 2007, I had refinanced my home from Wells Fargo, who were very good to deal with, to be refinanced to M. T. Bank. M. T. Bank sold my new account with them to Chase Home Finance, LLC. I was coerced into refinancing my home with the idea of not having to pay my new mortgage payments for two (2) months. I'm a first time home buyer, and a patient in the hospital at the time of my signing my new contract for M. T. Bank.

    I believed by refinancing, my payments would be lower and be able to have extra monies for basic appliances that needed repair or replacing in my home. I need a new refrigerator. I need a new dishwasher. I need new windows, preferably the ones that are energy savers, and have screens, also. It is all about Chase Home Finance and it's financiers, et. al.!

    Since my account from M. T. Bank to Chase Home Finance, LLC, my life and credit have been screwed up; and I don't know what to do about it. Last year (2009), Chase reported me to the Credit Bureau's (12 times), saying I was a month behind on my mortgage. When Chase told me I was behind, I went into one of their programs for "Repayment Modification", to pay back what I was behind. I thought that whatever I owed Chase Home Finance, LLC, would be taken care of by entering this program, and Chase would have been paid back up-to-date, by this program process. Every time a mistake gets made on my behalf, it screws me up. I am a 100% disabled Veteran, and evidently, Chase has no respect for our government. My credit has been destroyed by Chase Home Finance, LLC, and it may take my lifetime to clear my name. I am devastated. I am being charged every month for a late fee, because Chase is saying I am still a month behind. Can you help me?

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    Reviewed Sept. 10, 2010

    I have been on a trial modification with my mortgage company for the past 16 months. On 8/24/10, I came home to a FedEx and documentation inside for a form to fill out for a short sale or dil on my property. I called my lender to ask what this was about, because the last I knew I was under review for a permanent modification. I was advised that I had a -NPV and it was denied on 8/16/10. I was confused because I had not received notification of this. I was given a number to call for more information regarding this matter. I proceeded to call the number and the office was closed. I then called The Hope Obama Help line, after speaking with a counselor, she decided for us to call Chase on a three-way call.

    The Loss Mitigation took our call and they advised us that they would not speak to a third party. The counselor informed him that she had been on the phone with Chase many times and this procedure was new to her. Then we asked for a supervisor and she also said they do not speak to third parties. At that point the Hope counselor Andy, asked for his ID number and supervisors name. He told her his supervisors name was Monkey. She then asked for him to please spell that. And it was as they thought, Monkey. We then ended the call. Then the Hope counselor put me on hold and said she was going to call them again.

    She then called and got a crazy name for the supervisor once again. She then told me they were giving us the run around and for me to call the Housing Counsel in the morning and try to talk to someone else. The next morning, I called the housing counselor and we called Chase. We were then advised that there was equity in the house and that they were not going to work with me. She then told me my options were to pay the delinquency of the back money owned, and re-submit for the loan modification. I asked again if they would work with me since I had been making the loan modification payments every month and they are foreclosures in my area. She then said There are people out there who have money, who can buy your property.

    The point of all this is I have been trying to stay in my house, a house I have worked my whole life for. I have done everything Chase has asked to do. I submitted all the paper work and have made every payment on my loan modification. Every other month they asked me for the same paper work. And even though I was very frustrated at times I re-sent them over and over again. They dragged me along for 16 months going through this just to tell me they are going to deny it because I have equity in my home. Then why did it take 16 months to tell me this? They should have told me this sooner then later and I could have tried to do something else.

    Now they have told me that they are going to put my house in foreclosure in the next 20 days. Even though I have not received any paperwork as of today, 8/24/10 and I have made every payment on my loan modification. I received a phone call from Ms. Hill at the Chase Home Ownership Preservation Office yesterday she said that Veronica from Spring Board requested a review again on my property. This is the lady from the Obama Plan that called with me on the line to try and help. Ms. Hill asked again for all my documentation. I faxed it again today. She said she will summit to underwriting for review. I have to say she was very nice compared to all the other people I have had contact with at Chase. I also received a message tonight to call Loss Mitt regarding the packet I sent. Called and was advised not open. I did FedEx more docs 2 days ago after receiving another letter advising me I was denied due to missing docs.

    I called Bruce ** to ask him how there could be missing paper work when we went over the completed documentation that he submitted to under writing for review. He also confirmed I was denied due to -NPV so I asked him how could I have missing doc's then? He advised me that Josie ** was assigned to my file last week and I need to contact her @ 818-774-1445. He said he e-mailed her to call me as of today no call from her. I have a few inches of paper work stacked going back and forth with Chase. I can't imagine what other people are going thru with this bank. I have also filed a complaint with the OCC and sent a letter to the Attorney General. It has been very stressful I have been under doctors care since March. I am on a roller coaster and stuck on the top. It is Friday September 3, 2010. As of today I have no new news.

    I have called Chase and spoke to a Arlene ** and she advised me as of 9/1/10, my case was escalated but was reviewed by 2 underwriters for the Champ and Hamp programs and both were denied. She transferred me to Loss Mitt and I spoke to Trina ** and she advised me that I was denied and my account Manager was Josie ** and he contacted me to advise me of the denial. I told her I never spoke to him and I had been working with Ms. Hill and she was to call me back today after sending my file to underwriting. I told her that Ms. Hill advised me that Chase did not want to foreclosure on property and they had waterfall programs to help borrowers keep their home. I also tried to call Ms. Hill but the line was busy all day. After our conversation she gave me a phone number to dispute my NPV, which she said had too much equity in the property.

    I called and spoke to Jerry **. I asked him about the letter I received regarding the NPV dated August 25,2010. He reviewed it and said the property had more than 30% equity in It. No matter what information I re-submitted it would be denied again because their is equity in the property. I asked him if I did not have the too much equity was my income in line for a modification. He said he was not at liberty to answer that question (wonder why?). I told him I had been in a trial modification for 16+ months and I want to keep my house. He suggested that I look for a new lender. I then said, Who is going to lend me money now that my FICA score has gone done significantly, now that is shows that I am ten months delinquent even though I have made my trial modification payment every month. He said that this is why we advise you to make your regular payments.

    If I could make my regular payments I would never have asked for a loan modification in the first place. Why would you not review my property value in an appropriate amount of time, not 16+ months ago? He advised that most people do not have this equity, and to call Loss Mitt again. This experience has been a nightmare. I now know they do not want to help me due to my equity. I'm at loss for words that a Mortgage Company such as Chase has led me to believe for 16+ months that they would help me keep my house. Now that they have discovered I have equity they would rather foreclose on my property then help me keep my house by working out a payment plan. This is unlawful and absolutely unacceptable. What more can I do?

    Today is September 7, 2010, still no phone calls received from Chase. I came home from work and called The Customer Assistance Group (provided from the OCC). I spoke to a Lisa who advised me to get a legal council and call my State Representative. Then I called Chase again to get any updates regarding the status of my loan. I spoke to Brian, he advised me my loan was being reviewed then transferred me to Loss Mitt. Dept, a recorder came on and told me to enter my loan number and last four digits of my social security number. The recorder then said, cannot process the call. I called back and spoke to Jacque and she advised my loan was under review then I was forwarded again to The Loss Mitt. Dept.

    I then spoke to Emily in The Loss Mitt. Dept. who also said it was under review. I asked if I could speak to someone handing my account and she gave me a number for an Account Manager. I called and spoke to Denise who informed me that my loan was denied for the Government Program because I have 30% equity in the property. She also said I was denied for the bank modification, but I could re-summit again. I told her I worked my whole life for my house and I wanted to keep it. I asked her why no one has contacted me to discuss my account? She said my account manager was Josie ** and she would e-mail her to call me.

    I told her the last time I called one of the other representatives e-mailed her and I did not receive any calls. I have been at this for 16+ months and living a nightmare day and night. I am now 10 months delinquent even though I have made every trial modification payment for the last 16+months. They would not take this months trial modification payment. It is obvious that the mortgage companies are not operating in the best interest of the people. Please help me.

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    Reviewed Sept. 9, 2010

    Chase Collections has been calling me for the last 2 days. After disconnections and irregular phone protocol, I got what they were asking for. My mortgage is not late until the 15th of the month. These guys are jumping the gun and proactively calling people to collect the mortgage. They make people think that they are in collection in order to collect. This is a hideous method in order to get their money earlier than it is due. Again, I think that this is despicable because they want the borrower to feel like they are behind. Aggravation, waste of time in running my business, mental anguish is a great description because they are cheating people.

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    Reviewed Sept. 9, 2010

    I have two home loans on my rental house one with Chase and one with Saxon. Chase is at 10.65% and Saxon is on an arm. I am trying to re-fi and combine the loans and I can't Chase, Saxon, and other companies have said no because the loans are with Chase and Saxon. Chase won't re-fi me refuses to talk to me. Won't lower my rates. It's a complete rip off. Who is making all this money off me! I have to sell my retirement home now because no one will re-fi my two horrible loans

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    Reviewed Sept. 9, 2010

    We applied for the loan modification plan. When we first called, we were told that you have to miss at least two payments for them to even talk to you. Now, this is upsetting because we never missed any payments and had very high credit scores. So, we missed Sept. and Oct. 2009 and called back. They had us send in documents, came up with our new payment, and said, "Start paying $1,745 instead of $2,900 so we immediately did so.

    Our modification isn't even seen by anyone and now it is April 2010, but we are still paying this payment and we have no idea where it is going. Our credit report comes back in the low 600's and we received reports that we haven't made any sort of payment. Again, where is the $1,745 going? After repeatedly calling, they finally said that we were put in short sale. What? So, after another bout of phone calls to people who have no idea what you're talking about, we finally get to an underwriter. On our original paperwork, it said 40 years at 2.4% and this is how they came up with the $1,745.

    Well, after all is said and done in August 2010, we are modified. This was so worth ruining our credit and paying over $10,000 to who knows--because it never came off my principle. And now, we are basically back to where we started. Oh, and every Chase credit card was cancelled because of our poor credit even though they had 0 or less balances. Too funny--we are late because you told us to pay late and now we are penalized. Great plan. Obama should probably start following up on what is really going on.

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    Reviewed Sept. 8, 2010

    I bought a home in 2007 with an 80/10/10 loan that was eventually purchased by Chase. My story doesn't involve falling behind, but rather paying extra every month to get the mortgage monkey off my back. My smaller mortgage payment runs a little under $200/mo and I typically send in about $500/mo. For the first few years, everything was fine; I sent in $500 and $200 went to my regular payment, with about $100 going to interest, and the remaining $300 going to reduce my principal.

    A little after Chase purchased Wamu, things started getting crazy. Chase would take my $500 payment and take $200 for the current month (about $100 interest charge), take another $200 for the following month's payment, and thereby also taking another $100 interest charge. The rest is applied to the principal. So now, not only is Chase getting an extra $100 of my money by deliberately allocating it elsewhere, but the interest compounded over however many years! And for the record, it is stated in writing on my statements that an extra money will be applied towards late fees, past due balances, and then as additional principal reduction. Nowhere does it say that additional money will be applied to a future payment.

    So now I'm mad and I call to get it fixed. Month after month after month because the system needs to get updated. Oftentimes, I would get an ** who couldn't add or grasp the concept of the misappropriation of my payments so things get totally screwed up. In the meantime, keep in mind Chase's accounting system is totally confusing. One payment can have 3 or 4 lines. For instance a $500 payment is split into $200 January, $200 February, and $100 additional principal. Each line is then designated into interest, principle, fees, balance. For some reason there would be a fee but that's just how the system works and then an offset on another line. So not only are my payments screwed up, but I have extra numbers to account for to further confuse me!

    Eventually, I figured out a work-around so I wouldn't have to call every month. And when I finally decided to review those aggravating months of misapplied payments, the math didn't add up and I was being shorted because several idiot reps screwed up the reallocation of funds! For instance, one month, I sent in almost $700 but when all the corrections were made, my principal only went down about $70! The lady I spoke with was very nice and helpful but ended up worsening the situation. She saw the errors I was talking about and our math came to about $100 of each other which was good enough for me since I was tired of dealing with this problem. I pointed out 4 months that needed to be fixed, but she wasn't allowed to fix that many and had to go to her supervisor. I was promised a call back but never got one.

    When I check my balance days later, it was close enough for me to call it even. However, because of the way the system is set up, now I'm showing to be 5 month past due and soon got a call from the loss mitigation department saying I owe almost $1000! Apparently, my payments from the last year or so have all been reversed and reapplied! Now instead of looking at 4 mixed up months, I'm looking at 20! And each month has like 6 lines to it of payments, reversals, fees, etc.

    I offered to just pay $1000 to bring me current until I found out that something like $600 of that would go to interest and fees when I've never been late! I always pay early and pay extra and cannot wait to be done with this thing! Not only was Chase essentially stealing from me with their sneaky extra payment, but then, I can't fix the problem either! I have no idea how much I truly owe on my mortgage! As I mentioned earlier, I always pay early and extra and now I'm being embarrassed by collection calls for something that is not my fault!

    Not to mention the mental anguish and torture of having to pour over payment documents and figure out complex math but also having to explain it to an unqualified **! Then there's the loss of time where I could have been working, generating income, or just spending time with my family but I'm stuck talking to the bank about their accounting errors! And yes, I've called to get this payment fixed so now my balance is back up to about where it was before the whole debacle started.

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    Reviewed Sept. 7, 2010

    I was told by Chase that they could help me with a loan modification. I was told that I did not need to pay anyone, I could do it myself, and they would walk me through it. My complaint is this: In May 2009, I applied and met all qualifications. These were what they expected. Was I current on my mortgage? Yes! Did I have high interest rate? Yes! Did I have a Freddie Mac of Fannie Mae loan? Yes! Did I have a hardship? Yes! They then led me to their website to fill out forms and paperwork. And they told me to check with them in a couple of weeks. I was informed because of the high volume of people applying that it could take up to three months. They advised me to keep in touch every 2 to three weeks. I complied and each time it was a 10 minute wait, sometimes as long as 45 minutes or more. They were transferring me from one person to the next each time, only to find out they wanted updates. Again, each time they assured me that I was close to call back the following week.

    4 months went by. This continued on close to the holidays now and they then asked for business profit and loss statements. It became a second job. I was put off because of the holidays and they told me it was in the underwriter’s hands and it should be another week or so. This was repeated until May of 2010. I demanded an answer at this point and was told that I was denied. My first question was why didn't they just deny me a year ago? My second question was why? The first answer was I had a high credit score. My second response from a different person was I didn't have a hardship. My answer to that was why am I being punished for paying on time and not borrowing more than I can afford? My second comment was: Aren’t a significant loss of personal income and a $33,000.00 loss in my business a hardship? No one could answer my question.

    Interestingly I tried to refinance and I was told I was not able to because of my loss of my tax returns showing a loss. I recently was told I can qualify. And because I have a federal loan, I can apply for a stated income loan at a higher interest rate. One of the things that has kept me going but almost took my life was having a drunk driver total my car. This was also a hardship that they were aware of. I have used my settlement for everything but medical. The funds will be gone by November. I have lost clients and business has suffered. My health issues because of the accident will affect me for the rest of my life. A future back surgery is what I am faced with. Since this accident, I have developed chronic pain which was diagnosed as fibromyalgia. I am 60 and a hairstylist and also an artist. Each day it gets harder to perform what I need to do to keep up. I feel I was done an injustice.

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    Reviewed Sept. 7, 2010

    This is regarding a refinance from Washington Mutual to Chase. As a customer, I had no choice but to work through Chase. There was no competition allowed for my loan. Chase San Ramon Loan Branch, Mortgage Loan Officer Dennis lied about the escrow costs. I contacted his bosses up the chain of command in Sacramento and received zero help. I then wrote an email to CEO Dimon and was contacted within 24 hours. I had documentation on the costs and was mailed the difference with a check for $240 within two days.

    Now, a second problem has surfaced. My mortgage has gone up $100 due to the evil "Dennis" deflating my property taxes so it would look like a lower payment. I told him I did not want to do more than $1425 a month (I previously had a adj 7 year) and he said no problem. I live in Stockton, the foreclosure capital of the state. At the high of the market, my house was worth $460,000. Now it is worth $210,000 but miraculously I am not under, was and never was. I told Dennis when I received the loan papers that the $1700 payment was something I just couldn't do.

    He said no problem, "Just ignore those Chase papers that will not be your true monthly payment." I was stupid to believe him. That was just one red flag. The next was when the notary knocked on my door with papers to sign and Dennis did not even call me for advance notice. The loan was suppose to take "no time at all." "This is going to be the fastest loan yet," Dennis told me. Yet it was approximately 60 days later with a lot of time with no contact from him. If I didn't sign the paper now I would lose the loan. I found PMI attached to my loan but I did not catch the property taxes being wrong. They were listed for a five month time period and I just didn't do the math. He was a fast talker like those cheap car salesman that will tell you anything.

    So the story goes that customer service from Dimon's office called the auditor/assessor office and they quoted the $2820 as the correct property taxes at the time when really they should have been $3417. When I asked to whom they spoke to at the assessors office, it was just "Mark." Well what was Mark's last name? Chase didn't get a last name. How do you get answers and not get someone's full name when you are trying to investigate wrong doing? Ernest a supervisor from Chase just blew me off and said, "It is your own fault that you did not look at you signing papers." When I heard that I knew this guy was not on my side. So I am back to square on writing a letter to Dimon again to let them know of the evil ones actions. Dennis, .don't use anyone with this name at the San Ramon Office for loans. A true car saleman making lots more money. I am a teacher trying to put two children through college and on a very tight budget. My discretionary budget is small so to most people $100 is not a lot but to me it buys a college textbook or my daughters volleyball clothes required by the school.

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    Reviewed Sept. 6, 2010

    We have been struggling for the past three years to keep our heads above water and save our home. Our banking and mortgage is through Chase. On numerous occasions, our deposits have been held and debits have gone through costing us over $500 up to $700 a month in overdraft fees. We are not the best with budgeting but it seems like every time we feel we are on target, something gets mixed up and Chase blames us. This past month, we had over $600 in overdraft fees but when you look at our deposits vs. our debits it should not be. We feel as if they hold these deposits until all transactions go through and then post our deposits along with overdraft fees. It is hard to catch up on your mortgage when you cannot keep money in the bank!

    All I am asking is for a chance to get our heads above water long enough to pay all of our bills (mortgage included) and take care of our three children. I work two jobs. My husband is a Houston fire fighter and works a side job. We deserve to a life without fees. We have paid off all but two small credit cards. When we were first in danger of loosing our home, my husband cashed in his 401k for $8000 and offered to send it to Chase Mortgage to help keep us out of foreclosure. We were told it would not help by one agent and then after using the money to pay off credit cards, we were told by another agent that the money would have helped! Everyone needs to get their stories straight.

    There are so many fees and pending debits that it is hard to keep up with where our money is really going! I want to be able to sleep at night without wondering where my money is. We have been overdrawn monthly in our bank account and therefore have a credit score below 600. We spend most of married life worried about money and working just to get out of the red. We have not even attempted to refinance our home in fear that they would laugh at us. Most of the time we have to borrow money from family to buy groceries.

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    Reviewed Sept. 4, 2010

    Below is a letter I sent to my senator due to Chase's mishandling of my remodification:

    I find myself perplexed as to whether writing you will help me any, specifically, but maybe on a larger scale if at all regarding my plight and I am sure is in a way the same for thousands of others as evident in the classifieds section of every newspaper publication. My wife and I moved to Sumter, SC in 1997 and purchased our first home. It was the American dream! Having our own home. It was mortgaged through Chase. To speed things up here, I lost my job in middle management ten years later in 2007. I exhausted my $401,000 up to make payments and still have no job to this date. This past January, I contacted Chase and asked for a forbearance plan to be worked out as I couldn't maintain a six hundred dollar monthly mortgage payment, which they did. It was set for 6 months at $360 per month.

    The rep told me that after the third monthly payment, someone would be assigned my mortgage and call me. I made my third payment on March 28th and on Monday the 29th, sure enough, I was contacted by a Juanita. She informed me to not make another payment till I heard from her. I repeated it back to her as I thought I had heard wrong. "Do not make another payment?" and she said, "correct". Two months later (5th month in plan), I attempted to call the number she gave me and the extension, only to get transferred no less than 6 times until I was finally transferred to a number that scrupulously said upon answering, "We're sorry this number is no longer in use, please hang up". That had me pretty upset as it took forty five minutes of my day up and no positive results.

    The next month (sixth month), I called and asked what was going on with my remodification. The rep said it's almost complete. He also said he had all the paperwork. At the end of the trail period (six months), I received a letter saying they couldn't remodify my loan because I didn't supply all the paperwork. I was just told I had! I called back again and then they said I had to resubmit every 60 days because the paperwork becomes obsolete after that length of time and has to be resubmitted! That was a first for me to hear. They are so inundated with remodifications that they can't even get to my paperwork within 60 days. So I have to continually send in paperwork. It's like "a snake eating its own tail" over at Chase. Meanwhile, elsewhere, papers are being drawn up for me to appear before the Master in Equity.

    I resubmitted all paperwork again (4th time) and now, I got a letter from the law firm representing Chase to appear before the Master in Equity. He explained what was going on and I explained my plight. He said that I must have "fallen through the cracks" and it sounded like I had gotten "the shake down"; to use his words. He went on agreed with me to mention that the banks have so many remodifications that they can't get them all in a reasonable amount of time. I told him that wasn't my fault and not fair to me to be the one penalized to sell the place I live, my house, my nest egg, my home! For their inability and incompetency and lack of any governmental oversight to hold me the one accountable, when all I have done was comply with their request; from filling all the paperwork out of which they verified receiving, to not making payments that "Juanita" asked me not to send in till I heard from her (of which I still have not).

    By the way, not only did they report the months I didn't pay per their request on my credit report, I also paid penalties and late fees. Why would they want to remodify especially when my interest rate is at 8.9% APR down to 4% APR? After all, they are in business to make money plus, who do you think is paying the tarp money back? They have eaten all my equity and all I have worked so hard to achieve watching what I owed form $48k to right at $60k now. So now, I can't even go anywhere else to get a loan. They have me pigeonholed now! Let the beast feast!

    I've jumped through so many hoops with Chase, Senator. I cry every day and rustle restlessly every night worrying about what I am going to do. I've given Chase everything asked of me and now, the master of Equity is going to sell my house/home that I love so dearly without any compassion or even logic in reasoning as if I am the one at fault and I am not. It is also my sincerest belief that Chase operated under unfair consumer practices and took advantage of my thinking that they were operating in "good faith". I don't know what else to do. I fear I am going to be yet another statistic that what I call the continuation of the "Rape of the American People". Furthermore, I thought I was living the American dream, only to find out that it's just what it was... A dream. My sale date is scheduled for the first Monday in October.

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    Reviewed Sept. 3, 2010

    I purchased a condo back in Oct 2003, which was financed by Chase. I sold my condo 3 years later, which closed on Feb 2006. I purchased my credit report from all 3 credit bureaus, and noticed that Chase never reported to Equifax, that I had a mortgage with them. I contacted Chase to inquire as to why. They told me because my loan is so old (4 years old), that they purge the old loans, to make room for new ones in their data base. I advised them that by law, they have to report to all the credit bureaus about me having a loan with them.

    I provided my loan # to them and they have no record of me ever having a loan with them, yet they are reporting to Trans Union and Experian, that I was never late with them. Chase suggested I contact Equifax and dispute this with them. I advised Chase that it is their job to forward information to the credit bureaus, not me, and I am not able to dispute something on my credit file, that isn't there to begin with.

    As of 9/2/2010 the Chase Rep promised me that they will contact Equifax, and have them report my loan with them by 9/7/2010. I will not be holding my breath but I am keeping my fingers crossed, in hopes that Chase follows through with what they say they will do. By Chase not reporting to Equifax of my previous mortgage, this has caused my credit rating to drop 100 points. No telling how long they have not been reporting the required information to the credit bureaus. As a result of them not reporting, I am not able to get loans, and loans to which I do get are of high interest rates.

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    Reviewed Sept. 2, 2010

    In 2004, Chase sent multiple letters asking us to be their customer. Initially, a Scott archer continually called and told us the great terms and what a good time it was to utilize our equity. He sent a representative to our home. The lady accepted our hospitality, drank our coffee and sat at our family table telling us how she would take care of us. She said she would explain and answer any concerns we had. We were hesitant, not gullible and told her we were not interested unless it was a fixed rate loan which she assured us it was. We asked multiple times and she referred to page 2 of our contract which shows stream 1 and stream 2 interest rates.

    She lied and said that both lines showing the same payment stream was proof and that if it was a variable. The second stream would have different figures. Both say 5.9 percent. About 2008, we noticed after perusing the bills due to an increase that we were conned and that Chase had devoured our trust as is coming out they did to hundreds of other trusting taxpayers who bailed them out. They are liars. We wrote the Comptroller of Currency which in itself was worthless other than to record the banking thefts for future generations and write Chase which made things worse. There were phone calls at work, harassment and threats, vulgarity and demeaning nastiness.

    At the beginning of this year, we noted that the bills had gone from $180.00 to over $300.00 a month. Again, we called and we were told that ‘Oh, didn't you know that you have only been paying the principal and now you have to pay principal and interest?” “No, we were not told that”. We started getting late fees of hundreds of dollars. Our contract stipulates no more than $30.00 a month in late fees so we called. We were told that if we paid $630.00 this week combined with our payment of $517.00 last week, we would be caught up. Three (3) days later, we got another bill for $1037.00! They again lied and deceived and it is assured now that the reason Chase is doing well is that their inflated lies of late fees.

    When I called and asked for a print out and explanation of all fees I was told that my account had been updated and I would have to give my new 4-digit code or they wouldn't speak to me? I never got a code or gave a code. I called another of the many numbers I have after trying for over a year to remain in our home and satisfy this manipulative and deceitful company. I went through the million questions to verify I was who I said I was and asked for a print out explaining these anonymous fees and was told that that is not their job and I will be transferred to somebody else. The deceit continued and as always I was put on perpetual hold and hung up on.

    6 phone calls later, I found out why I am being continually threatened with foreclosure and my bills now exceed over 10 times the initial contract. What Chase is doing to their customers is after conning us, they profit off our hardships by never applying any payment to late fees. I asked what late fees I owe and I was told to send yet another $312.00. I told the lady that one of the 3 different figures sent this month says $325.00 which means Chase will take the $312.00 leaving me short of $13.00 and applying another anonymous $200.00 fee. My contract says $30.00 late fees which equates to them saying that I am over 11 months late! Chase admitted that they lied and told us to start anew meaning they will continue the fraud and I should get over it. They are vulgar unethical liars, a soulless corrupt thief. They have no intention of working with the consumers and are feeding off the desperation and frustration of human beings. They are sucking every drop of milk from us and have no intention of permitting us to catch up.

    When I said I would walk away, they said that they can move us into a house that I can afford but my house is the lowest appraised at $70,000! I was told to modify but after getting the paperwork I spoke with partnership program of the U.S. Government and they said it was a scam and that I would not modify my equity but would have to modify the original loan. As it stands, they lied and defrauded on a contract. They lied about fees. They lied about modification. I will complain too you but I know you are corporate preferred and I will blog it and blare it wherever I can. They have destroyed our faith in corporations and anything to do with business, ethics and morals. If the government permits and sanctifies the sickness, you will too.

    The loss of what I have worked for over 50 years. I will lose my home because Chase wants it and my faith in humanity. I regret serving this country and shame at where Chase and the banks have been permitted to take us. I feel no longer proud of my country. I will never put my money or trust in any bank. I will lie, cheat, and defraud without any regrets. I feel nothing for anyone. I feel no responsibility towards anyone because I am tired of a place where corporations are nullified from accountability and responsibility and I am expected to be responsible for their lies and deceit. I am physically sick. I am nauseated at having to have anything to do with Chase.

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    Reviewed Sept. 2, 2010

    I was removed from auto pay and no reason can be determined. Chase sends the calls to a center which does not understand the issue and refuses to assist in the problem. They refuse an escalation to a supervisor or a department to help me get the findings and correct my account.

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    Reviewed Sept. 1, 2010

    We have been trying to get on the Obama plan or a new loan modification of some kind for 2 years now. We filed bankruptcy. My husband lost his job of 28 years and we needed help. Starting November 2009, we were making good faith payments of $2235.72 a month. We were supposed to do this for 6 months. We did it for 8 and then we would see where to go from there. We want to save our home. But after all of this, they sold our mortgage to Nationstar Mortgage. Now we are out all the money we sent to Chase/EMC. We sent everything they asked for and always called to see what was going on. Do we have any recourse to get back our money that we sent them? Also, we had to start all over again with Nationstar and now we are getting further and further behind. Please help. I have no more 401 or anything left. I don't know where to go from here. We no longer have any retirement accounts or any money in the bank. Where do we go from here? All we have is this house and we have lived here 25 years and don't want to lose it.

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    Reviewed Sept. 1, 2010

    I am a 28 year old mother of two. I left my job for maternity leave and upon my return, was bumped down to part time. Clearly this was bad timing, as now I have twice the daycare expenses, significant expenses such as formula and diapers, and still had to feed my family every day and pay the bills. I got my pay cut to nearly 50% of what I was paid before I left for maternity leave. Nowhere in my plans did I see losing 50% of my income after having my second child! I have struggled so hard but I have never made a late mortgage payment. This September will be the first time the payment will not be on time. Why you ask? Do I not have the funds? Actually, I do. Chase home finance will not allow me to pay my mortgage payment on time without a $20.00 fee.

    Last Friday, I applied for a loan modification, in an effort to reduce my monthly mortgage payment. I discovered today, August 31st, that I do not qualify for the modification because "I did not settle before January 1st 2009" I quickly called Chase and informed them that I made a mistake on the paperwork by indicating that I bought my house before 2009, when in fact I settled January 31st 2009. Because of this mistake, I no longer met the qualifications for the loan modification. I apologized for the mistake, and they told me it would be taken care of. I was advised to continue to make my payments on time or penalties would be assessed.

    I go online tonight to pay the mortgage payment, because by the grace of God I have enough money, and I could not pay it online. The link to make a payment had been disabled. So I call to see what's going on, and was told that because I applied for loan modification, I am now unable to pay my account online. They did, however, offer to take a payment over the phone for an additional $20.00. How kind of them! When I refused to pay the additional fee, I stated that they disabled the ability for me to pay my payment without incurring extra fees, and failed to notify me in advance, resulting in my being forced to make a late payment for the first time ever. In addition, they refused to waive the fee to pay it over the phone. In fact, I spoke with six different Chase customer service agents and all they told me was that they would not reverse the fee, and that I could wire the money via Western Union, take off work to go to a Chase bank, or pay it with a check by mail. All of which resulted in me either losing money or making a late payment.

    I don't understand how Chase Home Finance can do this. Obviously I applied for a loan modification because I am broke! I am ashamed to say that I can't pay the $20.00 extra to make my payment on the phone or wire it western union or take off work to go to the bank, because I don't even have an extra $20.00 to give. All I wanted to do was give them the payment and for them to waive the fees since their "system" will not allow online payments for up to 30 business days because the loan modification is still in process.

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    Reviewed Aug. 31, 2010

    This is in regards to my home loan. On my bill, it states that my payment due is $4284.09 and my past due amount is $2856.06. I called the company and a woman in the Philippines explained to me that the payments that I have been making are in suspense as they are not the full amount. Then when it equals a full payment, they will apply it to my account. I told her, "That is not legal." She replied, "I know, that is our business practice". I asked her how much I actually was behind and she stated $1200.00. At that point I said the numbers are not adding up. If my monthly payment is 1428.09 and my balance is 1200.00, why is my total 4284.09? She stated it was because the rest of the money was in suspense. I again tried to explain that that is not a legal practice. She again said it is the business practice. I tried to explain that they have more then one payment in suspense. She could not explain to me why the numbers did not add up.

    Every month on my mortgage and my credit report, they are showing that I am behind. That I have a outstanding balance of $2856.06 and a balance of $4284.09. I am behind $1200.00. They have me at their collection department and I'm not even a full payment behind. It is extremely stressful. I am constantly worried about their actions and why they are not putting that money toward my balance.

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    Reviewed Aug. 30, 2010

    Chase Home Finance LLC took my home for less than $11K in back payments. I had a perfect mortgage history for nine years. I am single and a real estate agent, hopelessly waiting for banks to approve short sales (ha!) and watching REO's go for cash. My average first time home buyers haven't got a shot! I kept in contact with Chase explaining to them that I would be getting the money as soon as my two transactions closed. They agreed to this. I received a notice of default, but never a notice of trustee sale. Before I knew it, there was an auction (I wasn't living at the property at this time), and surprisingly the only bidder was Chase!

    The ironic part was that for over three months, I spoke to someone at Chase on an almost daily basis to follow up with them on the modification they were doing for me. I think they would've told me that they were auctioning the house instead of making me jump through the loan modification hoops! Is anyone out there listening? This is happening to home owners left and right. I see it everyday being an agent. A family member took a pay-cut at work, which most are these days. He asked his bank if they could work with him. He jumped through all of their hoops only to have them tell him he didn't qualify. He was told by his bank that they could only work with him if he were in default.

    So they are telling Americans to mess up their credit to get help. What about being proactive and help keep homeowners in their homes and paying every month instead of requiring them to screw up first and not paying anything at all? All of these banks, big and small, are offering to modify loans, only to tell homeowners that because they missed a signature on a copy of a tax return, they can no longer process the modification. Is this really happening in America? People losing their homes of 20, 30, 40 years because of bad loans and now no solution to these bad loans? It's all of our responsibility to get America's economy rolling again; we all took advantage of the low rates and the cheap money. The banks have stimulus packages and investments to keep them going. What does the average hard working American have to help them get back on their feet? How can we keep America going if we can't even keep our homes? I lost my home of 10 years.

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    Reviewed Aug. 28, 2010

    After careful thought upon completion of our conversation regarding the denial of my loan request, I have decided to close out all of my accounts with Chase bank. I currently have my Chase business account, which I have had for 20 years, 2 apartment checking accounts, 1 personal checking account, and three JP Morgan Chase broker accounts that currently have over $250,000 in them. I also have 3 mortgage loans with Chase bank including the one you called and asked me to refi. I will be working on getting those mortgage loans paid off and will never do business with a Chase company in the future, nor will I recommend you to anyone. Although I don't believe it will matter to a company as big as Chase, I will be closing all my accounts ASAP for the following reasons:

    1. I had not even considered refinancing my house until I was contacted by your loan officer and convinced to start the process as rates

    were and still are hitting historical lows. I did not seek to pull cash out of my loan, but only to refinance it to a lower rate and Chase is now my current mortgagee so I thought I would go with you since you contacted me. Now I have incurred the cost of an appraisal and a lot of time involved without the benefits of a new loan.

    2. I have flawless credit, maintaining a score of over 790, and have maintained that credit for many, many years. I own 2 rental houses free and clear and every property that I own has excess equity required with positive cash flows. While the banks were lending money negligent in the past years, I was doing the complete opposite setting up my finance for the ability to buy house for my future at discounts which I will continue to do without Chase's help. I have now bought 6 houses in the last 2 years (2 free and clear and another one soon to be in the next month or so) and all with less than 50% loan to value loans with positive cash flows.

    3. My property appraisal on the subject property came in at $1,275,000 and with a loan of less than $665,000 the loan-to-value would have been very good according to bank standards.

    4. Chase was advised from day one about all of my properties and encumbrances and still convinced me to go through with the loan. Now it is Chase that has backed out of the loan. In closing, I feel it would be in my best interest to pursue other avenues to have any fees returned and to file a complaint against Chase bank to the necessary authorities due to the misinformation that I was given at the start of this process.

    P.S. Hopefully you will pass this email on to your superiors.

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    Reviewed Aug. 27, 2010

    I'm telling you my story in hopes that you'll investigate Chase Mortgage Making Homes Affordable Program. Here is my story.

    I started this most horrible experience of my life with Chase in April of 09 by applying for the Making Homes Affordable Program. My hardship was that my husband was no longer able to work due to illness and we only had my income to pay our bills and his medical expenses. I made the initial call and was qualified immediately and Chase sent me out a package to fill out and send back to them. I was told that I qualified a few months later and was sent another package to fill out and sign and was given their Trial Modification Period, which I was told was only for me to make my adjusted mortgage payment for this trial period of 3 months to see if I could make my payments on time and then it would be finalized and approved for my final modification.

    I made sure when I signed this agreement that my credit would not be affected if I agreed to this trial modification period and I was told repeatedly that it would not be reported as my husband and I had perfect credit and have never been late on any of our bills or our mortgage. Chase had been our mortgage lender since we purchased our home 13 years ago and we had never been late on a payment.

    Well, after the initial 3 months I had made my payments on time. It was January 10, and this is when my life turned upside down because of Chase. I literally had to make phone calls once a week to them as I was already getting worried because when I would call I never got a straight answer to my questions. I would be passed around and told to call different numbers never getting the same customer service rep. I was always told by them not to worry that this is the procedure you have to go through and I was looking great and should be no time before I had the final modification to sign. Every 60 days I would have to gather my financial updated information and fax it to them so as they put it I would be up to date and wouldn't get put to the bottom of their pile. Months went by and I kept making my modified payment as I was told to do by the 1st of every month.

    In April of 09, I had an episode where I had passed out for no reason I knew of as I felt healthy and had to go for many tests until finally I saw my neurologist and was sent for the final test a brain scan and was diagnosed with a brain aneurysm. I was scheduled for an embolism procedure at Lahey Clinic on July 13th. So I still made my weekly calls throughout all of this to them to make sure they were getting all the information they needed and to make sure everything was still good.

    In June, my husband, who is on SSI disability now and at home, received a call from one of our credit cards (Chase Visa) telling us that we had been reported to the credit bureau and that they cut off our credit line. The next day we received another phone call from our other credit card also Chase telling us the same thing. I called them and they said to get in touch with Equifax and request our credit report to see what was reported. We received our credit report and the only thing that was negative on it was from Chase Mortgage stating that we had been making short payments due to being in a loan modification program.

    I called Chase to ask them why they would do that to us after we had never been late in our lives and why would they misinform us because we had been told that this wouldn't happen. After many phone calls to them and going through every department there I was told that this is what happens to everyone going through the program and that they were sorry I was misinformed, but there was nothing they could do until we either got approved for the modification and then all late fees and penalties would be put at the end of the new loan and they would then clean up our credit report. I tried then to call a Veterans Administration lender, as my husband’s a veteran, to refinance, but was told that due to Chase reporting us to the Credit Bureau they couldn't refinance us till our credit report was clean for 12 months. I felt hopeless and lost and mad that I was lied to and after all of this was still calling once a week and getting the runaround.

    I had to focus on my health after this last episode with them as my surgery was coming up. I went through my surgery and recuperation and then started to focus on this problem with Chase again determined to get an answer. I called them on July 30th and demanded to speak to a manager. I was told one would call me back by Tuesday the 3rd. I also researched on line and found HOPE, a nonprofit housing counselor, for help. I was given a councilor who said she would call and conference me in on Wednesday if I didn't get in touch with a manager by then. Well, when I called Chase on Tuesday the 3rd because of course no manager ever called, I was told I was denied due to the debt to income ratio.

    I though it funny how when I asked for a manager to call and got in touch with HOPE that I was denied the next day. I was astounded and couldn't believe what I was hearing. They sent me to another department and told me I then qualified for their in house modification program. So I was sent another package filled it out and sent it back reluctantly as I now did not trust Chase. I ended up owing more money for their fees and penalties. The mental anguish that I was put through for a year and a half. . .

    The very next day, on the 4th of August, my husband who is sick at home started receiving calls from Chase asking for money to be sent right away as I was 3 months delinquent on my mortgage and needed to send this to get current. They actually called a couple time that day and the next day. I was infuriated and called them and told them not to call my home ever again as they were bothering my husband who is sick. I desperately called HOPE and went over my figures with them and they told me that I was well within their guidelines and shouldn’t have been denied MHA program. We got on a conference call with Chase and my councilor asked them questions, but of course we didn’t get any answers. I was told by HOPE to keep calling them once a week for an update and if I had any problems to call them back.

    Then the unthinkable happened to us on the 23rd of August (ironically this is the date of our anniversary of purchasing our home). We received in the mail, one for my husband and one for me, the Accelerated Intent to Foreclose Letter stating that if we didn’t pay $3609.03 in 31 days, we would be foreclosed upon. We were shocked. I took off from work on Wednesday the 24th and my husband and I called HOPE, who in turn called Chase for another conference call. We were told by the CSR Carlo ** that this letter of foreclosure was probably just an automatic letter sent and not to worry about it, that we were still in active review and that they wouldn’t foreclose until we had a decision from them on the 2nd modification application. Well, that did it for my husband and I. We told Chase right there and then that we wanted out of their modification program and that we would have their money owed to get us current.

    We called our son in CA who generously agreed to lend us the money owed to Chase. I called them the next day and comically took me 40 minutes and five different customer service reps to get a final figure owed (I wanted to make sure that it matched what the foreclosure letter stated). The other thing that I just had to laugh at was when I asked the last CSR if it noted that we want out of any of their programs, he said no and that I would have to place this request in writing and send it to them to opt out of their modification program!! I’m so scared right now that when I send them this final amount due, which I can’t even get a breakdown of charges (penalties and late fees) because I figured for the shortpays every month for the 11 months I was on the trial period the total amount I should owe them was $2773.54, but I was told that was incorrect that I owed this $3609.03 (a difference of $835.49). I guess this is for late penalties and fees, but I can’t get an answer from Chase.

    My main concern right now is not to get revenge on Chase, but to make aware their practices and procedures so that they don’t hurt any more hard working American homeowners who are only looking for help.

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    Reviewed Aug. 25, 2010

    An employee has said company deleted my Home Owner’s House Insurance Escrow from my account. They did send me a refund check that stated the refund was for an over payment at closing, which I had no reason to question because I was asked for additional money 4 times to a point that I finally said, “No more, you can keep the house.” Anyway, when Chase received my house insurance bill, they did not pay it. They did not contact me as the customer. They did not contact anyone from my insurance and it wasn't until my insurance contacted me to say the insurance was fixing to lapse that I became aware of any of it.

    After months and months, I talked to 20 people and experienced being transferred to 5 different departments (as apparently not one single department knows anything about any other department) and being lied to by supervisors and being ignored. The first 4 times I called no one even noted in my chart anything about any of this and I am disgusted and angry.

    Chase has increased the amount of my house payment. I am on a fixed income and made sure that the payment was one I could afford before closing on this house. But it go up $60.00 a month and I have been counseled on my job about using the fax machine and business phone to discuss this matter because when you call Chase you made to wait 15 or more minutes before you get someone. Then you are put on hold for more time and then transferred several times, etc. I believe I should pay the money back, but I do not feel I should be forced to have the payment go up on me. I should be able to repay the amount to my escrow in a way of my own choice. I work two jobs and have a child and have many expenses. There are times I could put some in there, but I can not afford to pay that amount of a house payment when it exceeds the amount of the check I get on that date and I had the payment date set up for the exact day I get paid at the beginning of each month.

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    Reviewed Aug. 25, 2010

    My current mortgage is with Chase and I called them up to refinance my mortgage to lower my interest rate. They charged me $750 non-refundable on my AmEx credit card to begin the refinance process. I was told a minimum of around $3000 will be the closing cost, but when I got the good faith estimate, the state the closing cost was over $8000. I called them but the representative never returned any of my calls. So I called my credit card company and disputed the $750 payment and got my money back, simple. Chase has no intention of helping homeowners with refinancing. They are making money by charging application fee of $750 and declining the application.

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    Reviewed Aug. 25, 2010

    I was involved in a hit and run accident back in August of ‘09. The police never found the person who hit me. I am in a hospital bed and made arrangements to have my bills paid by the Veterans Administration. Yes, they were a little late, but they were made. I am contacting my congressman. Also, I am trying to refinance my home loan now and combine two other loans in one and I would be able to save my house. If not, well, you can come and get it. It’s to hard to keep up any how. Please get back to me with an answer. Thank you.

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    Reviewed Aug. 25, 2010

    I was going through an extremely rough time in my life, as the result of a horrible divorce. I contacted Chase for months on end because my ex made the majority of the income and would not help me with child support or maintenance payments as he was ordered to do. I worked part-time at that time and tried to get Chase to work with me so that I could keep my house and continue to provide a roof over my 11-month-old son's head. I could not afford the mortgage on my own so I applied to re-do the payment to something more affordable and even asked if I could rent the house out until I got back on my feet, nothing.

    Because Chase mortgage refused to help me out, I lost my home (the only thing I had left). I was forced to file bankruptcy because of the horrible debt on my head and Chase ended up selling my property through a silent auction or something like it for half, yes, I said half of what I owed on it! I love the fact that they were so money hungry that they would rather settle for half of my debt vs. helping me out and eventually collecting the whole. They would rather put a single mother and her baby out on the streets, instead of working it out. I lost the last thing I had. My home had sentimental value (I know that means nothing to them because they seen me as a number and not a person). I lived in the house as a kid and swore I would purchase it when I got older, which I did and now it's gone and to this day, my heart is still broken that my home is gone.

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    Reviewed Aug. 24, 2010

    I filed bankruptcy in June 2009, and the bankruptcy was discharged in September 2009 (Case number 09-70996-BHL-7). My mortgage was included in the bankruptcy, and I vacated the property. Chase came and locked up the property, and my credit report shows that the debt was cleared in the bankruptcy. The issue is that Chase Mortgage calls me 5-6 times daily, to collect the debt on my mortgage. I tell them repeatedly to call my attorney.

    They are rude, and will not stop calling. I don't know what to do at this point. I have explained that my mortgage was included in the bankruptcy, and they just keep repeating that they would like me to setup a payment by phone! It is emotionally draining, and it interrupts my day. I have two small children, and Chase is calling all day, even as late as 9:30PM. I have an attorney, and he has also attempted to contact them to stop the harassing calls, but they keep calling. I want them to be reprimanded for what they are doing to me, and many other individuals.

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    Reviewed Aug. 23, 2010

    I have been trying since early last year when I lost my job for Chase Mortgage Bank formally {Washington Mutual} who said I was qualified for loan a modification to reduce my interest rate which is 7.75% and reduce my payment from $1,346.50 to an affordable rate. I was been played around for a along time before I decided to get an attorney. I started my loan modification process in may of last year, but then I hadn't missed any payment so I guess chase figured I wasn't going thru any hardship. I was made to fax my information in over an over, they are claiming maybe somebody else received my faxed info and didn't document them.

    This went on for a long time until I had to get the help of an attorney, then I could no longer make my payment which I missed 3 months. Subsequently thru my attorney, I received a letter from Chase placing me on a trial period for three months urging me to pay $750 monthly. However, advised me to continue the payment if the modification process wasn't finished which they claimed would end in 3 months. I had started this process in may 2009, my attorney in October of 2009. I submitted all the document they request but the Bank claimed my only source of income which is my child support from out of the country is not recognized. Cause it was not Court Ordered here in the United states, as a result am denied again.This notarized document of child support from out of this country was the same original piece of document that supported me when I original purchased my home in 2007.

    My income didn't qualified me which was $7.00 an hour working with Mashalls Retail Stores. It took Chase almost 2 year to finally say if I didn't qualify for loan modification I will have to pay all my past due which now amount to about $10,000.00. Why did it have to take this long to say one is not qualified, when they are not really trying to help their customers? How do they expect me to raise such amount knowing am not working, but with my present income I can never miss payment if am still paying same $750.00 and lower my interest rate. I need help. Anyone who could do something to change how this bank is toying with our lives. I love my home and will do anything to keep it even if I have to fight with my last breath, can't leave my children on the street cause my parents gave me a home and shelter till their death.

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    Reviewed Aug. 21, 2010

    I currently have a home mortgage with Chase that I originally obtained as a WAMU customer in 2003. I was solicited by mail in June 2010 by Chase to refinance my current mortgage to a lower rate. They drew up the paper work and handed me off to a loan officer after the pre-approval process was complete. I had to pay up front a $495.00 fee for an appraisal. My credit score was over 800 points with zero debt besides my current mortgage that was under 200K. My property appraised over 500K, and I have been gainfully employed for the last 21 years by the same company. The refinance was scheduled to close in 30 days. I had to call on a weekly basis to leave messages that were rarely returned on the closing status. I had to correspond by email to get any answers.

    I kept being told that the underwriters were holding up the process. About 3 weeks into the process I received a call from a local bank where I currently have a line of credit, with zero dollars drawn against. They informed me that Chase had contacted their loan dept and was putting pressure on them to either close my credit line or lower the limit. I felt this was unethical, maybe illegal? Furthermore this sent me through the roof! I immediately contacted them and told them that the deal is off. I have since switched my checking and savings account, and plan to shop for another mortgage.

    I tried to place a complaint with the local Chase branch manager; she was nice enough to give me a number that was no longer working. I also sent an email message through my online account, but no one returned my call. I understand that these are risky times for lending, but they already had my mortgage, and my credit line already existed. I just don't get why they want to **** off their good customers that are not financially strapped or a credit risk!

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    Reviewed Aug. 21, 2010

    Chase Mortgage said, we could do a trail loan modification, so we did for 6 months. we were told after 6 months we did not qualified. Then we received a letter stating we need to come up with 17,000.00 or our house would foreclosure. We never talked with one person, we talked with many. They acted as if we never gave them a dime in those 6 months. If my house forecloses, I will never do business with them again. We have been a customer for 11 years. Because we came upon some hard ship. There would rather lost a customer than to help. Bad business practice if you ask me. I hope there can live with themselves knowing that 6 people will soon be homeless. I have been sick with worry everyday knowing I am going to lost my house because a company will not help.

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    Reviewed Aug. 20, 2010

    I have been trying to to get a modification from Chase sine October of 2007. We hired an outside company to assist but they took our money. Chase has been giving us the run around and every month we are placed in foreclosure with a sale date and then taken out. Now we are facing foreclosure again as of Sept 7. I want to keep my home but no one is wanting to work with me. I can afford to my home I got the income coming in but no.

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    Reviewed Aug. 20, 2010

    We have applied for a loan modification in Aug 2009. After submitting new documents every 3 months, Chase always misplacing one thing or another. In April of 2010, 8 months after applying, they send us a FedEx package congratulating us on being approved to go in to a trial payment. They lowered our payments by $36. What a joke!

    But trying to be optimistic, we made 5 trial payments, just to get a letter from Chase that as of Sept 1st, our loan will be serviced by another company. I called Chase and asked how the trial loan modification will work since a new bank is taking over. We were told not to worry, that our complete file will be transferred to the new bank. I called the new bank, and they have no paperwork from Chase, and no idea that we were on trial payments! How can Chase do this to people who are struggling to stay in their homes!

    We waited 1 year just to be "sold" to someone else! !Chase is a fraud! They will play with people's emotions and with their livelihoods. Today, I filed a complaint with the FTC and am looking for an attorney! In the meantime, we are most likely forced to let go of our house! Please help if you can shed some light on the situation.

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    Reviewed Aug. 19, 2010

    I was told by Chase that I didn't pay taxes on my residence so they opened an impound account and were trying to charge me 1,800 dollars extra a month. I went to the tax assessors office to find out if Chase paid my taxes and was told my taxes were never paid by anyone but myself. I tried to contact Chase and let them know of the mistake in which case I was told, "if you don't like the payment walk out".

    Then in October 2009, I went to NACA to see if they could help with the situation and have been waiting for Chase to respond. I then filed a previous complaint with the company, which received a phone call from a Chase executive. She did send me more paperwork to fill out to start modification again. It has been two months and haven't heard anything from them. I have tried to call and left messages and no return call. I have been trying to get this straightened out for a few years. All I want is for them to fix my loan so I can pay my amount that I was suppose to be paying originally. I have a 4 yr old son who I am raising all by myself with no help from his father at all. My son deserves something stable in his life and this is where he has grown up. Please help thank you.

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    Reviewed Aug. 18, 2010

    I was informed about thirty (30) minutes ago, via a telephone call with a Nell, that I have been declined from Making Home Affordable Program through Fannie Mae as of August 6, 2010. Please be advised that I seek to appeal this and request a reinstatement for the reasons specified below. I first contacted Chase in November 12, 2008 regarding my issues with my mortgage and why it was behind. I was advised that an analyst would call me within 10-14 days to discuss this and in the meantime, keep saving as much money as I could for the mortgage/workout. I never received a call from an analyst. On December 22, 2008, I called Chase back and was transferred to the analyst assigned to my case, Jeremy **. Jeremy and I spoke at the end of December relative to my options, as well as documentation I was to provide to him.

    Given the holidays and weather, I was unable to gather the required documentation by the end of the year. I contacted Mr. ** via telephone and sought advice as to how to proceed next. Specifically, I faxed him on 1/5/09 and received no response. Thereafter, for the entire month of January, I left Mr. ** a message once a week. I inquired on the status of this and further seeking assistance as to how I should proceed, specifically on January 6th, January 13th, and January 19th. I never received a response to these calls. The next communication I received was correspondence from Chase dated 1/28/09. It indicated that my workout had been cancelled because I failed to respond to requests for documents/communication. At that time, I contacted Chase and advised them of the above situation. At that time, I was made aware that documents had purportedly been UPSd to me and I never returned them.

    I explained that I never received anything from Chase, let alone a UPS package where a signature would be required. I was given a tracking number and advised to contact UPS. I contacted UPS and was told that the billing information relative to this tracking number was received. This meant a shipping label was generated, but UPS had no record of a package being picked up or even being requested to be picked up. UPS advised me to have Chase confirm with their shipping.

    I called Chase back to relay this information. I was told to contact my analysts, Jeremy's supervisor, Ms. Lakesha **. I attempted to contact her on 2/9/09 but was unable to leave a voicemail as her mailbox was full. I thereafter attempted to contact her again on 2/12/09 and left a voicemail. This message was never returned. Finally, on 2/20/09, I was able to speak with Ms. **. She simply informed me that I would have to deal with Jeremy, and it was my understanding essentially to start the whole process over again, now arguably three (3) months later.

    Again, in keeping on top of this, I then began my attempts to get in touch with Jeremy ** again. I attempted to call him on 3/3/09 and his mailbox was full, leaving me unable to leave a message. I called on 3/4/09 and again his mailbox was full and again, I was unable to leave a message. I called again on 3/5/09 and was able to leave Jeremy a message. Lo and behold, I received no response from him.

    Since March of 2009, I have been approved and unapproved by Chase for the loan modification program at least three (3) times. Each and every time, I was not notified that I was unapproved or declined. I found out only through my own phone calls/follow up. Each and every time, I have been told it was because documents are missing. However, I never received a phone call or letter asking for documents. On the occasions I did receive a phone call, I expeditiously forwarded the requested documents. This has been going on for two years.

    Specifically, on or about December 2009, I received my first loan modification packet. I signed and notarized. I returned in the envelope Chase provided in or about the first week of January 2010. At this time, I was dealing with a representative named Brian who called and requested documents. I faxed to him, thus receiving my first modification. I made my payment as required under my first modification on March 11, 2010 in the amount of $1,368.57.

    In or about March 2010, I received a telephone call from a Chase representative asking me for documents. I inquired on this person as to why, as I have already been approved for a modification and made the first payment. At this time, the representative told me that they have no paperwork relative to this. Curiously, Chase has no paperwork regarding this but as they are aware, they provide a pre-paid FedEx envelope for return documents. I received no phone call or letter from Chase indicating that they had not received my application timely. I received no phone call or letter from Chase indicating that they required new or additional documents.

    On March 4, 2010, I faxed a copy of the first modification to Chase. Thereafter in March 2010, I spoke to a new service representative, Steve **. He informed me that they needed to re-do the modification because of timeliness and looking at the numbers, the amount would likely go down. At no time did Steve request that I provide updated documents of any kind. I received no correspondence from Chase regarding this, only the telephone call with Steve.

    In or about the third week of March, I received in quadruple the second modification agreement. Upon review of the second modification, the monthly amount went up instead of down. On March 21, 2010, I faxed directly to Steve a copy of the first modification and explained that I would prefer that one since the payment was lower. Shortly after this, Steve and I talked on the phone and he advised me that although the payment went up, the time of the loan went down. He did not request any further documents at this time. I then signed and notarized the second modification and sent it back again in Chase’s envelope on April 7, 2010. It is my understanding that it reached Chase on April 8, 2010 as I noted the tracking number this time for my records. I subsequently have made my second modified payments for May, June, and July, 2010.

    Also, during this time, I received no less than four (4) door knockers at my house. Each time I received a door knocker, I called Chase. Each time, I was told it was fine, ignore it. Documents crossed in the mail with the door knocker. One time in particular I spoke with an Angelica. Also, during this time, I received no phone calls or correspondence from Chase indicating that I have been denied, cancelled, or that they require additional documentation. On Friday, July 9th, I received a Chase statement and it was still reflecting my old payment. Furthermore, they were asking me where I want my suspended funds placed (apparently the last three payments I have made).

    I contacted Chase via telephone on this date. I was told for the first time on this date that my second modification was cancelled. I never received any documentation stating this. I also never received a phone call or any request for documentation prior to the cancellation of my second modification. I find it incredible that I can get documents in quadruple and no less than four (4) door knockers for what was already a completed modification. But at no time did I get a letter or a phone call indicating that my modification was cancelled or any reason as to why.

    I left a message for Steve on 7/9/10 regarding this. On July 12, 2010, I faxed over to Steve an outline of the above and a signed and notarized copy of my second modification agreement, as he requested. At this time, he did not request any further documents from me. Thereafter, I spoke to Steve on approximately two occasions. Both times, he gave me an update. On 7/12/10, he advised me that my modification was being turned over to the escalation department and he would get back to me. Steve called me one more time after that. Based on this conversation, it was my understanding that my modification was being turned over to another department, to an individual by the name of Liya. At no time was I asked for additional/up to date documents.

    On July 20, 2010, I called Chase to get an update. Specifically, I attempted to contact the Liya person at the number Steve gave me. I do not believe I made contact with her. I did speak to someone at that time, who told me my modification had been re-submitted and was waiting on approval. I was also advised not to make any payments and to call again early the following week. Again, I was not asked for any additional/up to date documents at this time.

    On August 12th, I received a letter from Chase, dated 8/5/10, indicating that I was in default and they were going to accelerate my mortgage. Given the above and my longstanding communication with Chase regarding a modification, I contacted them again via telephone. At that time, I was informed that there was no foreclosure date and that the system generated the letter in error and to disregard the letter. I was additionally told that my documents were submitted on the 6th of August and I was just waiting approval. On August 14th, I received another letter from Chase, dated 8/5/10, essentially indicating that I was electing not to proceed with a modification because I failed to provide documentation, documentation mind you that has never been requested from me.

    On 8/16/10, I called Chase yet again as clearly given all of the above; this is not only outrageous but wholly untrue. At this time, I was told my third modification was cancelled on August 7, 2010. And at this time, for the first time since July 2010, I was told that I needed updated documents. During this phone call, I spoke to a Jennifer. I attempted to outline the above for her. She refused to allow me to speak to a supervisor and insisted that all I needed to do was re-submit the following documentation: the RMA, the form 4506, and my recent pay stubs. I have had the summer flu since my telephone call with Jennifer.

    Today, 8/18/10, is my first day back to my office. The first thing I did was print and fill out the RMA, form 4506, gather my recent pay stubs, and write my supplemental letter to attach to my RMA. I faxed 15 pages to Chase this afternoon. Thereafter, I contacted a Fannie Mae help line because I feel that my faxing and phone calls are not sufficient. And I need someone to assist me in getting contact and getting this modification complete with Chase once and for all.

    I contacted Hope for Homes and my representative, Anthony **, in turn contacts Chase. It is during this phone call that I am made aware for the first time that I have not only been denied under Making Home Affordable Program, but I no longer qualify for it because of the denial. Jennifer, who I spoke to two days earlier, did not mention this. I tried to explain to the representative that all my denials have been due to Chase’s errors, not mine. I asked to speak to a supervisor and a woman by the name of Nell came on the line. Nell essentially repeated what the agent before her stated, knowing nothing about the history of the situation or the lack of information I have received from Chase. Nell, in reviewing my account, could not tell me when a request for documentation was made to me, either in writing or by phone. I explained this is because no request was ever made of me.

    She informed me that my bank statements are two years old. I tried to explain to her this is because that is when I began this process. No one ever requested up to date bank statements. In yet another show of good faith on my part, I have enclosed copies of the last two (2) months of my personal banks statements (having previously forward the RMA, Form 4506, and pay stubs). Nell informed me that my modification was submitted on 7/20/10 and denied on 8/6/10 due to missing documents. However, my letter from Chase is dated 8/5/10 indicating I elected not to pursue the modification, which is in error. Furthermore, nowhere in this letter does it say I am banned from the Making Home Affordable Program.

    Nell also informed me that she could not give me the name of my underwriter. According to her, this underwriter would have been the one to make the request for documents from me. She questioned me as to whether or not I have heard from my underwriter. I emphatically told her that I have not and did not. Nell then informed me that I have to appeal or request a reinstatement. I cannot fathom how I have to do this, when the error that got me to this point in the first place, namely the most recent denial, is not in any way attributable to me. In the past when documents have been quested, I have provided them. At no time were they requested from me - I would have provided them.

    The only thing Nell could do for me is email my underwriter. With all due respect, having not heard a peep from this person during all this time, I am not confident that this will happen or make a lick of difference. Given the above, it should be abundantly clear that I am interested in keeping my home and from the efforts I had made, to get some assistance/answer/response from Chase. Chase has dropped the ball on numerous occasions as far as sending me required documentation. Thereafter, they never returned a single telephone call or wrote a single correspondence, or sent my duplicate correspondence. And they never told me additional documents were required and/or that prior modifications were cancelled. Unless and until I contacted Chase to follow up on this issue for two years now, I was never made aware of anything from Chase directly.

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    Reviewed Aug. 17, 2010

    I have a similar story to others I've read on this site. I had been trying to get a mortgage modification done for over a year, dealing with incorrect forms on websites, missing deadlines due to receiving no letters or calls until I reached out to them and of course, increased payment amounts due to the 'payment plan' I was placed on during the process. When I finally was able to get the modification, my monthly payment was actually higher than it was before! I had to sign the papers though because my monthly payment would have been so outrageous I wouldn't have been able to make the first payment if I hadn't done the modification at that point. It was and still is a very frustrating experience. I'm still trying to figure out how I will be able to keep my house with the new 'modified' schedule. This company has been no help at all during this hardship.

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    Reviewed Aug. 16, 2010

    I have a long list of complaints. It all started with WaMu in late 2008, when I found out that 4 rental properties that I purchased was done so illegally by a team of fraudulent individuals. I come to find out that the loan documents that WaMu had were in fact not even signed by me, but an impostor; the appraisals were falsified and the FBI had proof. I helped the FBI put these individuals behind bars but WaMu still held me reliable for 1 million in debt. As a result I am currently 2 1/2 years behind on my property taxes on my personal mortgage which is now with Chase.

    I was forced to file bankruptcy and my wages have been garnished for the next 5 years to pay for these taxes. Chase just now decided to pay the taxes without the County Tax department, or my request of $5100. They are now requesting that I set up a payment plan to repay them for the taxes. Obviously, they do not understand what active bankruptcy is nor do they care that the taxes were being paid monthly through the state bankruptcy court from my garnishment. I have no intentions nor can I afford to pay triple for these taxes. So in a nut shell WaMu approved loans that should not have been approved and nailed me for it and Chase is trying to push the last nail in my coffin and foreclose on my house because I now owe them $5100.00. I personally do not see how any of this was allowed to happen.

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    Reviewed Aug. 16, 2010

    Someone deleted my house escrow from my mortgage account in April 2010. Chase then didn't pay my house insurance when bill went to them nor did they contact me or my insurance to inquire about such and when I asked to have this investigated, I called 5 times and everyone I talked to told me there was nothing notated on my account about such. I finally got an investigation going and it has been weeks when I know that anything done by a worker on a computer can be traced to the person that did it with minutes.

    I have asked to speak with several supervisors for which I stay on hold every time, I call for no less than 30 minutes and each supervisor tells me they will call me back and I have asked for every person's supervisor that I talk to and everyone keeps putting me off.

    I only have two questions: 1) How will the employee that did this be reprimanded and 2) Who will replace this money in my escrow as I cannot afford an increase in my payment nor should I pay for someone else's mistake. I want results promptly and if I am forced to retain a lawyer, I will take this matter as far as I must.

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    Reviewed Aug. 16, 2010

    First of all, thank you for what you do. My daughter and son-in-law have fighting with Chase Bank on trying to get a modification. Like others, they were turned down on the same reason, not a hardship or permanent situation. I have been in contact with so many departments of government etc., OCC, FCC, FTC, OIG, and so on. He works for General Motors and had taken a buy-out, and is now barely making ends meet. They have tried refinancing/modification, 3 or 4 appeals, and there’s always a different reason for denial. Their home is owned by Freddie Mac. Can and do we have a leg to stand-on? Thank you.

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    Reviewed Aug. 15, 2010

    I received an Annual Escrow Account Disclosure Statement which stated that it assessed my Dec 2010 tax bill to be $11,337.84. My 2009 bill was approximately $1950.00 for the whole year and in the value assessment for 2010 my property value went down. They are demanding that I pay $2491.63 for my 09/2010 payment plus an upfront escrow adjustment of $2716.86. There is no way my property value has gone up per my statement from Ada county.

    There should be no increase in how much they are charging us. This is fraud to me! Flat out, plain and simple because this is called an estimate, which someone at Chase would have had to calculate. I tried calling the Chase Customer Service Number, and found that there is no option to speak to a real person for a difficult situation like this one. I tried "0" and found that there is a message but no one is there anyways.

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    Reviewed Aug. 13, 2010

    We, my wife and I, applied for a loan re-financing in December 9, 2009. We were making payments of around $1,400 per month. Everything was okay, so far. Our new loan with Chase is for $925.89 which was still okay. After some jockeying around to get my Social Security and State Retirement straightened out, it was also okay. I explained several times that I wanted my mortgage payment to be automatically deducted from my check so that I would not need to write a check every month. They said, "yes, yes, that will be arranged.” Several months went by, with no problems then on August 4, 2010, we received a letter from the collection department saying that we were behind on two payments, one in August which we thought our August 2010 payment was okay just like the others and the other sometime in June 2010. We are now in arrears of $1,994.00.

    If our payment wasn't made in June as they say, why they didn’t notify us. I went to the bank to ask for an explanation. He said there was never any papers signed to say that the automatic payments needed to be made and he promptly had me sign them ‘with the headquarters.’ Now, here is actually one of the catches, I had gone to the bank in person every month since February 2010 to make sure my automatic mortgage payment has been made. They always said, "Yes, your auto mortgage payment of $925.00 has been made. You have nothing to worry about. “Now, no one at the bank will be accountable. They are all dumb.”

    Today, I called the loan officer by phone and he became belligerent and insisted we owed them $1,900.00. He said that if our statements show the payments were made, we are okay. To my surprise, some of the payments were made and others were not. Is this normal practice with Chase? Why didn't someone at Chase tell us about this new policy? If indeed, this is their policy, don't they have the responsibility to tell their customers "Oh, in three months you will have missed two payments unless you sign papers”. Where is their accountability? We are just sliding by, if you know what I mean. We can make one month’s payment but not two. They will not work with us but just keep insisting we need to make two payments this month. Where is their sense of fair play? We may end up losing our house in the end. David is probably a foreigner? At least, I had a great deal of difficulty understanding him. This is no excuse. Thanks.

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    Reviewed Aug. 12, 2010

    In 2008, I was behind on my payments, because I lost my job. I hired Kirkland Young to modify my mortgage, and needless to say, I have not heard from them since I paid them their money. I've since had to work with Chase directly. I have been sending them their mortgage modification papers for almost 2 years now. It keeps expiring according to them. Supposedly, my mortgage was modified, and they sent me the agreement through FedEx, and I never did get it. Then the time elapsed. I had to end them another packet. I was told it would not take that long since the mortgage was already modified. That was 2 months ago.

    After I faxed the papers in, I called to talk to my account rep, and after calling about 15 times, I found out she is no longer my account rep. I talked to another girl who went through my fax, and told me that my bank statements had to be in order. I told her that I had to turn the pages over, and fax them. She told me that underwriting would probably not accept that. Then I made a calculation error on my expense page, and had to cross it out, and rewrite. She told me they probably wouldn't accept that either. I said well, I will white it out. She told me that wasn't good either. I had to fill out a new form.

    I think they are being, way too picky about things. I have a one year old, and I don't have time to keep doing things, over and over again. I told her at this point, I'm tired of dealing with people on the phone, who are incompetent, having to call Chase to get any information about my loan, and being lied to about my modification, time and time again. If I didn't call them, I wouldn't know anything about what they supposedly need again. It's to the point where I'm going to put the house up for sale, and if it doesn't sell, then they can have it back. If they try to get the money out of me, good luck. I'm unemployed. I've tried to do the right thing, and it has gotten me nowhere, with them. I can't mentally play this game with them anymore.

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    Reviewed Aug. 11, 2010

    In June of 2010, I started having trouble making payments to Washington Mutual/Chase. I have called my payments in every month from October of 2009 up to June with no problems. In June, I called to make the payment. The person I was talking to said they had not received my payment from the month before. I gave him a confirmation number. He put me on hold and came back. He said that he saw the payment, but it was not applied to the loan. Every month between June and September, I had to do the same with the same results.

    In October, I decided to send a check to see if it would make a difference. On the 12th of October, I noticed the check had not come through my account, so I started calling Chase to see if my check had gotten to them. I called every other day all the way up to the end of the month. Finally, I got a person from Chase who told me to stop payment on the check and call in a payment. On the 2nd of November, I went to my bank (SunTrust) and stopped payment on the check. The lady at the bank did a payment for me by wire.

    On November 30th, I made a payment by phone for the November payment. In the second week of December, the check that was missing that I stopped payment on was found and Chase tried to cash it. I tried calling several times to correct all this. Chase claims the payment I made from my bank on November 2nd was never made. I went to an attorney. I got him to write a letter requesting a payment history and a way to make payment where they can be applied to my loan. I did not hear from them for 4 weeks. I had my attorney to write another letter to them asking Chase again for the same info. I finally got a payment history from them, but not any info on where to make payments to them where it will be applied to my loan.

    I went December and January not making a payment because I could not get Chase to give the info I needed to make payments. I went to SunTrust and had them do a trace on the payment that was made at the beginning of November. And they gave me a tracking number and a letter showing the payment did go to Chase. I tried several more times to contact Chase and find out about the payment from November 2nd and to see what to do about making a payment.

    On April 3rd, I received in the mail a letter from an attorney firm in Birmingham. It stated that my house was going into foreclose. I called my attorney and let him know. He called their attorney and sent them the paperwork and all the info about what was going on with my loan. Their attorney stopped foreclosure and sent all the paperwork back to Chase for them to look into the loan. I called Chase on April 5th. I was transferred to 5 different people before a lady in foreclosure department talked to me about the loan. She told me it was going to cost me my house payments plus fees, which she could not tell me at that time. She told me she could get back to me in 24 to 48 hours at the latest and let me know what I would have to pay. I never heard anything from her or any else from Chase. I sent Chase a check for $3405.00 and sent it certified mail. It was returned to me 3 weeks later with a letter saying it had to be certified funds. I went and got a certified check from SunTrust and sent it back to them by certified mail on the first of June.

    On the 9th of June, I called my attorney and told him about the certified check, that it was returned saying that it was not enough money. The attorney told me he had just received a letter from their attorneys saying they were foreclosing on the 16th of July. I am now sending their attorney fund for house payments and their fees to stop foreclosing. I still have not had anyone from Chase to call or write me and try to find out where the payment in November 2nd went to. Chase would rather foreclose on me than to clear up the problem.

    I have currently paid the loan out of foreclosure and had to pay Chase's attorney's fees. My mortgage is current and Chase had me to pay the payment again that was missing. I have had SunTrust do a second look into the payment and they again came back and said that Chase did receive the payment. I still have not heard anything from Chase. I have $682.00 floating out there and one bank says the other received it and the other says they never got it. I need help and don't know who to turn to; I have suffered a lot over this whole ordeal and can't seem to get help. My house was put in foreclosure and my health has suffered and my wife’s. I am also out of $682.00 and another $4,000 I was charged to get my house out of foreclosure.

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    Reviewed Aug. 10, 2010

    Was approved for a loan modification in November 2008 @ 7.625%. According to numerous Customer Service Representatives, they verified the approval rate, claimed it was merely a computer glitch. A lady in the Rochester, NY office assured me that if I sent modification documents with verification via Fed Ex, she would personally update the system & that I was to continue sending the amount I was approved for because it may take up to 90 days for the update to be recognized in the computer system.

    Needless to say, when I called that office to check on it, no one knew who this person was and I was transferred to the collections department. They insisted I was several months behind on my mortgage, but I know for a fact that I am not because this is my home, after all, and I pay everything on time, even while being given nothing but grief by Chase.

    Then, they started saying they couldn't just update the system & that I would have to reapply for another modification & I was to check once a week for the status. When I would call, they were supposedly missing forms (which had been sent), they "misplaced" documents (while documents before & after in the fax were received). Then they informed me that due to my not cooperating in supplying the requested documents (absolutely not true!) my modification request had expired & I would have to start the process from square one. This happened 3 times since being originally approved in 2008. Every time I would call for status, each Customer Service Representative would give me a completely different scenario. One time, they were "very close to making a decision" and the next week I was told "the paperwork hasn't been looked at by the underwriters" "could be close to 90 days because we are so backlogged". I finally felt some sense of hope in acquiring an actual account representative and his direct phone number & thought this nightmare was close to being over. He, too, told me that the underwriters were close do making a decision & to keep checking with him.

    One week when I called to check on status, I reached a different department & when I asked to speak to Mr. J, the person on the other end of the phone told me that his department had been closed and merged with the Collections Department. A lot of sense that made, considering how many representatives made it known that they were flooded with modification requests. Why would you close a department if that were the case? Shouldn't they be expanding to expedite the floods of requests? After filing a complaint with the BBB, a very understanding lady was assigned my account and assured me I would have no problem getting approved.

    After numerous calls and re-sending documents (some things never change), I was greeted with a package from Chase when I arrived home from work. I could barely contain my excitement as I opened the package, only to see that my "affordable monthly payment" would be $300 more than I was originally approved for. Regretfully, after almost 3 years of trying to get this issue resolved, I had nothing else to do but collapse on the floor and sob. When I called to discuss this "affordable" amount and to make it known that there was no possible way to cut back any further to send $300/month more. After over an hour on the phone and speaking with several departments, all I received was "I'm sorry" and "Have you considered selling your home?".

    I was not asking for anything more than the rate to be updated in the system. I have been submitting the approved amount, as numerous representatives told me to do. When instructed to do so, I inquired about the collection calls & letters threatening foreclosure action if I didn't submit the supposed "overdue" amount, they said to just ignore the calls and tear up the "computer generated" letters. To date, Chase Home Finance claims I owe them over $4000 in past due payments, but I have submitted payments as instructed and for the approved amount with a copy of the modification document, areas highlighted to point out the rate and amount that I was assured would be taken care of.

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    Reviewed Aug. 10, 2010

    I was put on a trial modification which lasted 11 months and has put me behind in mortgage payments worse than when I started. They finally sent me permanent modification paperwork and I refuse to sign the modification paperwork, because the way it is worded it says that there is a balloon payment for $126,000.00 that is due above and beyond the new principal balance which is due in full whether I stay in the house for 25 years, or if I sell in 1 year. They want the whole $126,000.00 balloon payment in full.

    I have contacted numerous reps at their location who say that the terms are the terms and that is what I have to pay. I now, am past due about 10 mortgage payments because of the lack of knowledge and urgency on the part of JPMorgan Chase, and I am at risk of foreclosure even though I made all 11 trial modification payments the 1st of every month on time. I will not sign paperwork which states they want more money than the house is worth, it should read that is I sell my house in 1 year. I would have to pay accrued interest up until that time, not the whole $126,000.00 as it now states.

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    Reviewed Aug. 9, 2010

    Mid Jan 2010, I called Chase to notify them I had temporarily lost my job. At that time I was told they would not help or make any adjustments to my account until I fell behind in payments. On their advice, the account did fall temporarily behind but was quickly brought up to date with over payments.

    At one time, I spoke with a rep who suggested sending weekly payments to bring the account up to date and even ahead. Of course, this is denied now. Now they are claiming they do not accept weekly payments and have repeatedly charged me late fees despite the fact that they have received and cashed funds sent to them, put the funds "in suspense" then applied some of the funds toward the monthly due while other funds they allotted to other expenses.

    Over the course of the past 6 months, I was bombarded with call after call from different reps from different departments, but all from Chase. Conveniently, they did not have the ability to communicate with each other and "did not realize that I was being contacted so many times about the same issue". Each one had different advice and told me to do something different. Lengthy phone calls, forcing me to repeat my financial status over and over. Forcing me to apply for payment relief programs that I did not qualify for. I repeatedly told them I made slightly too much money for the relief and did not purchase my home long enough ago but..."as part of the process" different reps forced me to go through it again and again. All the while they kept charging me late fees while they were "helping me" to bring the account up to date.

    I made several large payments and many smaller payments over the course of the next 6 months. I very specifically instructed them to apply all the funds that I sent to be applied to my total monthly payment, not principal. They did not do this correctly and now are trying to force me to pay fees, claiming that they did not receive payments on time. They did receive payments but did not apply them as instructed and have made it appear as if I was not paying my bill on time in order to extort fees that I should not owe. They have complicated a very simple matter and are bombarding me with numbers that do not correlate with my records but because they hold the note, claim I have no choice but to pay.

    At this time, Chase is trying to charge me late fees, in excess of $400 and keep charging me late fees as I try to straighten this mess out with them and get a real and accurate accounting of how much is due. They have convoluted the account so much and have modified payments that it is near impossible to tell how much is actually due. According to my records, the monthly payments are up to date and slightly ahead at this time. Chase is attempting to force me into paying more than is due.

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    Reviewed Aug. 9, 2010

    It took me 2 years to get a modification from Chase. They lowered my interest rate and fixed it at 7.125 (still to high). I attempted to have it lowered again as my financial situation got a little worse. Again I was declined after waiting 6 months. Now I am attempting to get a re-finance and I find that my credit score is 3 points shy of qualifying. I have found out that since my original adjustment in 2009, Chase has put a note on my credit report stating that I am paying on "a partial payment schedule", this notation is preventing me from getting a refinance. This totally sucks.

    In their effort to help me, Chase has ruined me. How can I get Chase to change the wording in my credit report? I am paying my mortgage payments on time and in the full amount they ask. Why is this stopping me from getting my refinance? I really feel that it is up to Chase to fix this, so that I can be allowed to at least get a refinance on this mortgage.

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    Reviewed Aug. 8, 2010

    I recently retired due to a merger between my non-profit and another non-profit. I was told initially that there was not a similar position in the new company, so I elected to retire. I have lost at least half my income. I put my condo on the market on March 1, 2010 and have been unable to sell it; in part due to the market and failure of my HOA to make needed leak repair for 8 years. I was not able to pay my mortgage, HOA, insurance, medical deductibles, food, etc., so decided to use part of my IRA to move to NY to live with my sister. I have lowered the asking price for my condo twice, original $64.5, $54.5, now $49.5. Earlier in my loan I asked to refinance, but was told Chase doesn't refinance condos.

    I informed Chase that I wanted a Deed in Lieu of Foreclosure. First, they said I should lower the price of my condo, which I've done. Now they insist I complete paperwork for a "short sale" even though I do not have an offer. I did this prior to my move to NY and was informed by Chase representative that without an offer they couldn't accept the papers for a short sale and closed my case. I continually get correspondence in NY about my account and how Chase wants to help. Each time I call, I get their call center and the same run around. No one there knows anything except what is written in their standard script. The mortgage department keeps itself well insulated from their customers.

    At one point, it was suggested that I contact one of their credit counselors. My call was forwarded and after speaking with a counselor, she said there was nothing they could do for me as my income was at least $500/month short of what I needed. That's not a surprise to me. As recently as August 5th, I called again in response to another letter from Chase and received the same stock answer to complete paperwork for a short sale even though I don't have an offer. I know that my credit will suffer, but at 65 years of age, I'm not going to purchase another home or car - I can't afford either.

    They are quite a nuisance between their telephone calls and mailings. I really would like to just do a deed in lieu of foreclose and save us both the hassle of a foreclosure. Do I have any way of just getting them to do a Deed in Lieu of Foreclose and get this nightmare over with?

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    Reviewed Aug. 4, 2010

    A simplified version is Chase Home Finance, like many others, continually lost our paperwork for our modification. They would request paperwork that had been submitted multiple times. We had refinanced in April of 2008 and did not find out until late December 2008 that we had a balance left. We contacted Chase to find out what it was for. No one at Chase could figure it out and kept advising us we had a second mortgage. We advised them no, this was 2 primary FHA mortgages on the same property carried over from a short pay off. The representatives at Chase did not know what to do and would repeatedly disconnect our calls. I have enormous records to substantiate this. Chase would not acknowledge the two loans were primary on the same property and they failed to note the account accordingly.

    Ultimately, Chase placed us in a "trial modification" for 3 months on each loan and we completed successfully. However, Chase again "lost" the paperwork and we had to reapply. We started the process in March 2009 and finally had our permanent modification in March of 2010 on the large balance and April for the short payoff. Eighteen days after permanent modification, the second mortgage balance (short payoff), Chase referred it to charge off. During all this, Chase denied the trial payments.

    When we presented our receipts at the local branch, they acknowledged their error. Chase offered to remove $1000 in fees if we agreed to leave it in a charge off status, we declined. They now want to modify our modification(s). We contacted the OCC, FTC and office of investigation, Attorney General’s office. Through this we recorded calls from Chase’s executive office, but once they realized the mess, it would get referred to someone else. Chase has done everything possible for us to default, including blocking access to payments online, branch and Western Union. What do you think thus far? Out there is it not?

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    Reviewed Aug. 4, 2010

    In the year of 2007, my husband and I were facing foreclosure of our home. In the month of February, we were 90 days behind so we made a payment of $3196.22 which made us only 60 days. However, in the month of March, we were 90 days behind again and so we contacted Chase to try to save our home. They set us up on a payment plan. We made three payments; on March 28, 2007 we paid $3196.22, on April 13, 2007 we paid $2856.00 and on May $3300.00, which was supposed to get us caught up. These three payments, including the payment made in February equates to $12548.44. Afterwards, we could not continue to be on time because the payment that we were placed on was almost $3500.00, which was more that 50% of our income. So our home was foreclosed.

    That following year, we received a tax statement showing that from the $12548.44 we paid to Chase, we were only given credit for paying $6450.08 in interest, which we know is incorrect and they are unwilling to correct the amount. Please help us. We are only asking for Chase to give us the proper credit for interest paid for the 2007 tax year. We were not given proper credit for the interest on our mortgage of our home, affected our tax return for 2007.

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    Reviewed Aug. 4, 2010

    I received a call from Chase telling me that I was late on two of my mortgage payments. I have my mortgage payment set up to pay automatically on the 25th of every month. I called Chase back and they stated that my June and July payment was never received. They will not acknowledge the error on their part. My bank statement, as well as a report from my Automatic Bill Payment, states that my mortgage was paid to Chase on June 25th and July 26th. I've also validated with my bank that the payments were sent and that there appears to be no fraud involved. This means that my account was debited and this money sent to Chase.

    It is certainly concerning that several thousand dollars of my hard-earned money has been given to Chase and that I was told from their representative "We have no record of this". I continue to be called by collections department with threats of my credit being affected. These calls from Chase have caused me to spend a lot of energy, stress, time and concern as the person on the other end of the line from Chase who I speak to continues to threaten that this will affect my credit. I have been a good customer with Chase and always pay my mortgage on time. If this was an error on my part, I would fix it immediately. But it appears from both the records of my bank and my own records that I have paid my mortgage in full. I don't know what to do or call now and I am very frustrated with Chase on how they are handling this situation. They just assumed that the issue is mine.

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    Reviewed Aug. 3, 2010

    This is the second time I am filing a complaint. I have been getting several calls a day since 7/7/10 until today 8/03/10. They are harassing the wrong person. My husband and the person they are looking for have the same name, the difference is the middle initial. When we mention this they give us a number to call to clear it up and of course they are requiring a social security number or account number which we have neither because we do not have a mortgage with them.

    I was able to contact some one at Chase that handles taxes and she forwarded my information on to the collections dept. I even provided the the other gentleman's information like his phone number which I found in the phone book and the addresses of the three properties he owns. This was last week and I have not heard from the collections dept at all to say they have made a mistake and they are sorry for all the calls. I want the harassment to stop.

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    Reviewed Aug. 1, 2010

    I am a customer of Chase Bank having a checking account and mortgage through them. Thinking that rates must be down, I checked on their site and filled out the form for a refinance. I gave my account number and all the other info. So I get a call from Milly wanting to know how long I have been in the house. It was on the form. Are my wife and I married? It was on the form. I told her we have an account with them but since she was on the phone, could I get the current interest rate on a 30 year fixed. She would have to call me back. Maybe she was going to read my account info. I have a 5.75%, 30 year fixed and I get quote for a 5%, 30 year fixed loan. No savings there. Then I get an email from her with a per-qualification letter. The problem there is it was for someone else. Great Security there! I am for sure looking elsewhere for a better rate loan and getting away from Chase as fast as I can.

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    Reviewed July 30, 2010

    I was told to send a new payment amount in April of 2009. I followed all the instructions from the Chase reps, Freddie Mac approved the modification and Chase stopped sending me monthly statements. I sent a QWR on 5/17/10 to receive my statements, Chase confirmed receipt on 5/25/10. As of 7/28/10, I still have received nothing. I sent all the details to my elected representative in congress and I am still waiting. In the meantime, Chase is reporting me more than 120 days late and my FICO score has dipped to the low 500. I am still making my payments in full and on time as per the agreement with Chase and they won't communicate with me. I am being unfairly treated, unjustly reported to the credit bureau and Chase is going to foreclose on my home any day now.

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    Reviewed July 28, 2010

    Loan modification program is a scam! They had me on the program for 16 months then decided to decline me and the next day start foreclosure proceedings.

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    Reviewed July 27, 2010

    Two years ago, I filed bankruptcy and was granted a discharge. During the 3-month waiting period, Chase financial never contacted me regarding ways to keep my house. Only after the discharge did the phone calls, letters and harassment start. I have told them repeatedly to quit calling me, given them my lawyers name and phone number, and my lawyer sent them a letter stating the fact that they were to have no more contact with me, but instead to contact him.

    They continue to harass me by phone or mail. I had to file bankruptcy as part of the recession and a nasty divorce. I have learned from my past and am trying to rebuild, but am daily haunted by Chase finance. I have had to go on antidepressant medication and am on the verge of a nervous breakdown. Is there any way to get the harassment to stop? I have already paid for filing bankruptcy by the shame and quilt that accompany it. Why do I have to continue being embarrassed by my past actions?

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    Reviewed July 26, 2010

    Since 7/7/10, we have been getting harassing phone calls from Chase Home Mortgage. As of today, it’s a total of 13. The person they are looking for has the same name as my husband. He and his wife own 3 properties here in Denver and 2 of them have Chase Mortgage. We have told them we do not have a mortgage with Chase. They told us we need to call a certain number to clear it up. When we call this number, it is asking for either a social security number or an account number. Of course, we have no account number. When my husband tries his social security number, of course it is not valid because we do not have a mortgage.

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    Reviewed July 25, 2010

    Falling on finical hard times I am trying to refine my mortgage with chase home loans, I had wa-mu and they sold me to chase. In Jan. not knowing that the payment on my mortgage would double plus in payments. The process of this loan modification has been going on since Jan. I was told that don’t worry, send paper work in and we will help you reduce your payments and keep your home. I pray to god this will happen. I have sent the same docs in over ten times. I feel like I don’t get answers and them keep me stringing along. I need help. I had hoped that when the new president got it I would get the help I need, I know Chase has got money through the bail out. They tell me I can’t be part of it.

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    Reviewed July 24, 2010

    We became behind in our mortgage with Chase due to my husband's illness. He has terminal cancer and was unable to work. We started a loan modification in July 2009 when we were still under Washington Mutual. In August 2009 I received a call from a representative of WaMu and he told me that they were putting all modifications on hold until the Chase/WaMu change was completed, approximately November 2009 to December 2009. He said that when it was complete, Chase would be contacting us to complete the modification. At the end of November 2009, we received notice on our door that there was a sale date for the foreclosure set for December 9, 2009.

    After several phone calls, many times per day and several faxes, we were able to get the sale postponed. At that time they acknowledged they had received our paperwork from July 2009 but had not done anything with it. On November 30, 2009 we sent in our modification paperwork for the second time. On January 6, 2010 we received package from Chase with a Special Forebearance Agreement for us to sign and return. It stated that our payments for February, March & April would be $0. We called Chase to verify this because we thought it might be a mistake. They said no, it was correct and we would hear from Chase sometime in April with formal modification documents.

    On May 15, 2010, we received a modification package to sign and return to Chase. We sent it back via FedEx the next day. We then received 2 more packages over the next few weeks, with the same information in it. We called Chase each time, and were told they had received our original paperwork back. We received calls constantly requesting the documents back, one lady told us she was calling from Costa Rica, one said she was calling from the Philippines. Each time we received the calls, we called Chase and were told the documents were there. Our new payments of $980 were supposed to start on July 1, 2010.

    We set up direct withdrawal from our bank account to come out on July 5, 2010. When we checked the bank account on July 6, 2010, it had not come out yet. My husband went to the local Chase Bank branch and they called the loan center and they said that they hadn't received the paperwork and was proceeding with foreclosure. They told him we would have to start the entire process over again. He then went to the loan branch in Riverside and they called the loan center and worked out with them to send a new package to sign and they were told it would be to our house within one week.

    When we didn't get the package, my husband went to the Riverside center to talk to them about it, they were being helpful but there was only so much they can do. Today we received a Notice of Trustee's Sale posted on the door of our house for a sale date of August 9, 2010. We have had so many people walking around the property, knocking on the door wanting to get in to see the house. They are very rude and persistent.

    My husband has very few good days, his cancer has spread to 80% of his bones and this is very traumatic for him. We have lived in our house for 22 years and until the past two years, we have been current on our mortgage. We even had been paying extra principal payments each month. I am extremely worried for my husband's health, he is deteriorating each day and this stress is unnecessary. On March 4, 2010 we sent it the third time per their request.

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    Reviewed July 24, 2010

    My wife and I have really had a string of bad luck and the business practices of chase home mortgage company are truly nothing short of criminal. My wife lost her job in June of '09. She had 3 miscarriages in '09 and because of our financial hardship and lack of income we had to give up 1 of our cars in order to make ends meet.

    Because of all of this, we fell behind on some of our house payments through chase bank. We were told in March of '10 that we were approved for a loan modification program that would lower our home loans because of a better financing rate and basically any back payments would be added to the end of the loan. Sounds like a fair deal right?

    Well, the chase rep told us to absolutely not make April's payment and make our first payment of the modification program in may of '10. So we did. We sent the first payment which was the lower amount which we were told was because of the approved interest rate. When we paid the bill through our online banking system just like we always do. We found out that 2 days later the payment was returned to my online banking institution because they cannot accept my payments any longer through online banking because I'm part of a different account due to the loan modification program. Okay. No big deal. 'How can I pay?" I asked.

    They then told me a week after the due date for the loan that as it turns out we were not approved for the loan modification program because our paperwork wasn't filled out correctly? So, how come if I've been denied for the loan modification program, they wouldn't accept my payment? No response was given for that question.

    Every time we call, every time, it's always a different answer and we can never ever talk to the same person more than once because they don't have voice mails and they state they cannot connect you with anyone other than who answers the phone. So we once again begin the process to fill out the forms for the modification program and once again, we are told all we need to do is sign 3 lines on the forms that they say were never signed previously (because those original papers were never sent to us.

    We have the faxes we sent them to prove it and it would be taken care of and just so we know we are pre-approved for the program so we absolutely do not need to send in June's payment because it would be covered under the new loan. Okay.

    Too good to be true you ask? Yep. Come to find out that we once again need to sign more papers that were not previously delivered to us and now because of the lack of payments and the late fees and interest on those fees we now owe more on our house than we previously financed it for 2 and a half years ago. Coincidentally right before the market crashed and we lost all established equity in the home. So now as it stands my wife is 6 months pregnant with her first child, my 2nd. My daughter lives with us because I have custody of her and we are being told that we are going to be foreclosed on because of our lack of commitment to pay our mortgage?

    I just don't understand why in the world this bank would want to kick people out that absolutely want to do the right thing and work with them on taking care of the debt and foreclose on a house that's worth around 35% less of the original loan. Why? We would end up claiming bankruptcy and the bank would be stuck with a house that they either can't sell or have to take a substantial loss in. We are getting to the point where there's just no hope in sight and all we can do is try to give them money each month in hopes that they will wait on foreclosure. We feel lost and hear of loans that we should qualify for yet are told we can't.

    Keep in mind our total take home each month is only around 3500 dollars. We can still pay for our house now due to restructuring our budget but we feel that the bank will absolutely not work with us and just sends us through a maze of confusing tail chases while they sit and laugh. How can they get away with this? Why after all the complaints against them has somebody not intervened and said 'hey! Something is wrong here! ' Its criminal. If we played the same game with our taxes that we pay each month to our government, we'd be placed in jail.

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    Reviewed July 23, 2010

    We are trying to prevent foreclosure on our home. We applied for a loan modification in April 2009. We were given a plan that we completed and continued to pay on. In April 2010, we called because we still hadn't heard anything from Chase (we had made numerous calls) to inquire about an escrow letter that we received stating that we had a surplus. At that time, I was told that our home was scheduled for foreclosure sale on 1 June 2010 because our modification had been denied. We were never notified. We were informed by Regina that the only way to prevent foreclosure was to pay to bring our account current or do another modification. We were told that all the money paid was in a suspense account and couldn't be applied to the loan.

    We started another modification with payments beginning in May 2010. In July, we received a letter that our modification was denied because we weren't occupying the property and that it was noted by our underwriter, whom we've never spoken to that we weren't living in our home, a total lie. I was by told by a representative, Chris, that we should make the July payment and that their error would be corrected. On 9 July 2010, I spoke with Beverly, who confirmed that the proof of residency information had been received and that we should make our July payment. She told me that she was forwarding our information to a relations manager. The July payment was made on 10 July 2010 (due on 11 July 2010).

    Today, I called to inquire about the August payment and was told by Angela that our July payment was never received (I faxed in confirmation of payment on 12 July 2010 for their review just to make sure that Chase knew that payment was made via Western Union on 10 July 2010). I asked to speak with a supervisor and was placed on hold for exactly 20 minutes. Sonya picks up the call to inform me that she wasn't a supervisor, but that the call was placed back in rotation for another representative. She informed me that she was going to email our relations manager, Joel, and request that he contact us, and that though she was emailing him, there is no guarantee that he'll call. How reassuring. When I arrived home today, I received a letter from Western Union that our July payment was denied. I'm still on hold with Chase (38 minutes now) to find out why our payment was declined.

    This is a scam to keep ripping home owners off. All I'm seeing is that Chase lacks integrity and if they aren't going to help, be truthful and stop stringing home owners along for a let down. I have every conversation and fax confirmation that has been sent to Chase beginning April 2009 to present. Please help. We may lose our home.

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    Reviewed July 22, 2010

    I lost my job in November of 2008 and had little savings and was receiving to pay my mortgage. It was difficult, but I was making it. As my savings started to diminish, I contacted my mortgage company, Chase Home Finance, and asked them if I could do a mortgage modification because I was struggling to come up with the monthly mortgage payments and needed to have them lowered. I was told that they could not help me because I was not delinquent enough!

    I thought the modification was to help us so we would not get delinquent! I tried to do the best I could and eventually I got 4 months behind on my mortgage. I called Chase and they told me I had to submit all the paperwork which I did. I submitted this once and was denied because I owed too much debt. I had to resubmit the paperwork and then I was told they did not receive all the paperwork. The phone calls back and forth went on for almost 6months when I had to resubmit and fax paperwork. I was finally told that if I made three payments and was not delinquent I could qualify for modification.

    I agreed and struggled to come up with the money by not paying for my gas and light and water. I was to have my new documentation by August 1 and my new mortgage payments would be reduced by $200, while not a lot, they were going to roll my 4 months past due into my loan. I was told by a representative (I will withhold name) that I was approved and I needed to save my money for June and July and my first payment would be in August.

    I have since then not received any calls or any paperwork reflecting my new loan amount. Today, however, I received a letter stating I need to pay 6 months past due by 7/31 or my house will be foreclosed! I called the 800 number and was told I was denied because my unemployment benefits were cut off! When did they decide to deny me and why was I not told? I tried to call the representative who had agreed on the new loan, but her voicemail is not receiving messages! What do I do now? No one at Chase can help me because my unemployment was cut off. I have two kids and according to them, on 7/31, they are gonna foreclose on my home.

    I am unable to hold my head above water, I am behind on all my utilities and the stress is taking its toll as I see that I am losing my hair and I am so depressed I do not know what’s the worse that can happen to me. I keep this all to myself to not scare my children, but one day they will see all our stuff on the front lawn and there is nothing anyone can do for us.

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    Reviewed July 21, 2010

    I am a Chase Customer. Last year I also asked for a loan modification due to back surgery and health issues etc. I was advised that since I wasn't past due, Chase could not do anything. I was advised to stop paying the mortgage and then they would help me. So I stopped paying and called directly after. I got the same run around everyone else did until six month ago. Then I was put in a trial period which I honored at a higher monthly rate. I received a letter with legal papers congratulating me that I had been approved for a loan modification, except the payment is only $96.00 less than my original mortgage payment.

    That's not a loan modification! I asked for help before I was ever late to no avail. I have an 8 year old, the house is falling a part. I just had 6 water leaks (for 2 months) fixed today before my floors fell in which shorts me my whole payment this month. It's so unfair to everyone out there to be treated this way and to have to worry about their homes, stability and mostly sanity over this.

    The Obama help make your home affordable plan is a joke, and as you can see from the numerous posts on here, Chase does not care. Evidently, no one else does either, why else would they be "allowed" to continue to ruin peoples lives? That's exactly what they do when they run you around in circles and are not honest and forthright. Very sad! Some one needs to make Chase accountable. Too many people (me next probably) have already lost their homes over their greed.

    Again, I called Chase several times before my January 2010 lower back surgery asking for help. I needed lumbar surgery and would be off for a while. I also have a kidney that is not functioning, liver issues, need sinus surgery, and blood problems. I was seeing many different doctors and having to take many medications. I had to stop seeing most of my doctors and not get all my medications because I could not afford them.

    I called Chase many times (always getting a different story from who I spoke to), asking for help. They could not help unless I was in default. I went into default, all the time still calling and asking for help, just to get a notice in the mail that I was being foreclosed on. I called, and called again to which, I was eventually put on a forbearance plan. This was at a rate that was even higher than my mortgage payment. I paid 1409.00 each month for 6 months (I borrowed from my family, didn't have food for my 8 year old or I could not see my doctors or purchase my medications.)

    I called them and told them I had water pipes busting under the house that were leaking. I could not afford to get them fixed. I thought they might at least waive one payment so I could save the floors from falling in. I explained that I bought this double wide and just recently found out it did not have it's on well on the property. It is shared with the neighbor. It was also not on a permanent foundation. My car is falling apart. The pipes are busting, shingles flying off, hot water heater went bad, AC unit has broken several times. My electricity runs $400 in the summer and $800 in the winter. It uses emergency back up heat because it never had a heating system. I never knew any of this. It was my first home purchase and I thought that is why you were charged an inspection fee.

    I am now paying almost 200k for a fabricated home, falling apart, without a well, etc. I think that was unfair, and to me illegal to sell me a home with all these problems that I was never made aware of. The loan was sold a couple of times. I refinanced once to try and get a lower payment. It actually went up because I was told I was not and had not been paying enough in Escrow. I lived on my credit cards for a while which are now maxed, and now am having to pay those. I kept receiving help letters (have most of them) saying they would help me if I was struggling. Not only did they not help, their so called help actually cost me more. I am under great financial stress and only want to keep this property because it was bought from my brother and the land has been in the family for many years.

    The house next to me sold for 130k, and I am paying almost 200k for a double wide. I got an offer in the mail a couple of weeks ago from Chase. They considered this help, I suppose. My new payment would be $1290.00 month at 5% interest. My original payment was $1384.00 per month at 6% interest. Yea, they consider that help to me. I can't believe they even wasted the paper to send that out to me. Anyway, I am sick, a single mother of an 8 year old who can't even afford to buy him underwear (or a hamster, what he really wants) because of trying to hold onto this piece of junk.

    Chase has done nothing but run me around and around in circles. Again, I called them several times asking for help before I was ever late on a payment and got the run around. Now that I am trying to save the place, all I have gotten is a run around. I know they base the payment at like 31% of your gross, which is unfair. They take $600 of that for medical insurance, medicare, loans etc. I could probably swing $750 per month, and that's going high just so I can see my doctors and not die anytime soon. My best bet would be to let it go into foreclosure and just go rent somewhere. But, I feel I worked hard all my life paying all of my bills, and being a good citizen. When it came time for someone to help me, they all turned their backs on me. So unfair! I don't see why Chase won't help me. They would get more money from me than from a foreclosure. Please help me. I only have $750 for this month's payment. I had to get the pipes fixed (just did today after 2 months)

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    Reviewed July 19, 2010

    A certain Berry ** at Extension 3777 called and left a nasty message for me to call him back. I finally did and asked him why he had to leave a nasty message. He started saying something while I was speaking and I heard something like "Loretta, I don't have to listen to you unless you change your attitude!" Again, I asked why he left me a message like that and he said that he didn't have to answer me so I said that I would speak to his supervisor. I spoke to Ms. Kelly **, I explained the situation and she put me on hold. When she came back, she informed me that Berry claimed he had not spoken to me. I said that the message is on my recorder. She avoided the issue and stated that she would transfer me to someone else. I said thank you and she proceeded to transfer me to a Greg **.

    He also was rude. He said that he was listening to the conversation and that if I didn't change my attitude, he wasn't going to help me. He asked me what were my intentions as far as my auto was concerned and I said that we were not in bankruptcy any longer and I was trying to get information on the vehicle like how much we owed, how much was paid, etc. He proceeded to tell me that he knew that because there was a problem--the Trustee had filed a motion to dismiss. I told him we wanted it that way. I didn't think it was his business to know why we had decided that we no longer wanted to be in bankruptcy. He then proceeded to tell me that while we were in bankruptcy, the interest was accumulating and we owed almost $10,000.00 and that he wanted it right away.

    I said no and that we would make payments but he said no. Then, he proceeded to ask what were my intentions and I said that we wanted to pay for the car. He said that he would not take payments and that he could make arrangements, but that I had to change my attitude. He then stated that they were going to pursue the loan and I said, "Okay, well, if you won't work with us, he could pick the vehicle up and he said that they didn't want it!

    Again, he asked what were my intentions and again, I said that we wanted to pay the car and he said they would not take payments. Because he spoke to me as if I were a low-life, I decided that I didn't want to continue speaking to this guy. I informed him that we would make payments and he said no. So we are at a stand-still. He wants his money, but he won't take payments and he doesn't want the vehicle. It's really a shame that someone of that caliber holds people's lives in his hands and is too immature to make sound decisions.

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    Reviewed July 19, 2010

    Approximately one year ago, I applied for and was pre-approved for the Making Homes Affordable Program (MHAP). At the time, I was only ONE PAYMENT past due on my mortgage loan with Chase. It took several months to get pre-approved, but I continued making payments and have not missed any payments during the past year. Once I was placed on the pre-approved program, I was told to make the modified payment of $1,085.00 for the next several months, which I did. I followed the directions Chase had given me to the letter.

    A few months ago, I was advised by Underwriter, Heather W. that I did not qualify for the program because my income ratio did not meet the requirements. She said the program looks at gross income versus net income and because of that, I did not qualify for the program. Ms. W. did advise me that I would most likely qualify for an "in-house" modification called "CHAMP". She actually told me to continue making the modified payment amount, at which time I told her I was going start making my regular payment of $1,282.00 again, even though she and other customer service representatives had advised me to continue with the modified amount.

    Not once during this entire time did anyone at chase inform me of the income ratio requirement. All of the financial statement documents Chase sent to me to complete stated net income. My obvious question was, "Why wasn't I advised of this requirement up front?” No one at Chase could answer that. If this had been determined initially, I would not be in the situation I'm in at this time.

    When I applied for assistance, as stated above, my account was only one payment past due, and although I didn't miss any payments during this time, I am now three payments past due (plus thousands of dollars in late fees) simply because I followed the directions given to me by Chase. How is this fair to me, the customer, and the person Chase was supposedly going to help? Not only did Chase not help me, Chase has caused me to become even more delinquent and made my credit even worse. After speaking with Ms. W., I was unable to get a straight answer out of anyone at Chase regarding the status of the in-house (CHAMP) loan modification for the next 3 months.

    When I did talk with someone who was willing to check the status of the in-house mod, I was told that Justine S. was now the underwriter assigned to my account, but that it looked like the Champ Mod was declined too because of the financial info. I then tried to contact Ms. S. close to 50 times with no success regarding the change in my financial statement information. I faxed and mailed updated financial information and left many more messages with her as well as her supervisor, Paula S., but neither had the courtesy to return my calls. I've talked with many different customer service people regarding this matter; however they were absolutely of no help, in fact some were nothing short of rude. They made it clear that they are dealing with thousands of requests, however, that does not help my situation, I am just as deserving of their assistance as the next customer.

    Earlier this month, I learned that the Champ modification was also definitely declined, but the man in customer service sent out another modification package for me to complete (this is at least the 6th one I've completed for them). I agree with the complaints from other people on this site, Chase is just putting me off; they have no intention of actually helping me, even though they certainly caused this mess. When I applied for assistance, I was "pre-approved" for the Making Homes Affordable Program.

    At that time, my account was only one payment past due, and although I haven't missed any payments, I am now three payments past due (plus thousands of dollars in late fees) simply because I followed the directions given to me by Chase. Chase has made no attempt to assist me in resolving the issue. If they had been forthcoming with the MHAP parameters to begin with, I would not be 3 payments past due at this time. I would appreciate any advice in correcting the situation.

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    Reviewed July 17, 2010

    My uncle secured a HELOC for $50,000 from Chase in 2008 to buy a wheelchair, accessible van for my aunt, who died in October 2009. My uncle died 10 days later. I was named executrix. The attorney for my uncle's estate sent Chase the death certificate and my letter of authority in November 2009. The branch also sent these documents to Chase Home Finance and I sent them several times. However, Chase refused to speak to me about the HELOC! I called and emailed several times and they said they had no proof I was the executrix!

    In early May, I received a letter from Chase attorneys stating they had sued us! I guess they decided I was the executrix. The balance on the HELOC was approximately $40,500. I sold my uncle's house, and at closing on May 17, 2010, the title company discovered Chase had never recorded the lien against the house! So the payoff was delayed. Chase was paid on May 20, 2010 and they kept $2800 from the proceeds for attorney’s fees! Finally in June, I spoke to someone in their executive office, who said it would be investigated. Yesterday I heard from Chase that they will not refund the $2800.

    Chase has a website devoted to helping their customers with foreclosure, but they never offered that help to me for my deceased uncle's estate. They would not speak to me! This is how they treat their customers who die! This is appalling to say the least! On behalf of my deceased uncle who had very little, I want this $2800 returned to us! This is pocket change to Chase. This must be resolved for my precious uncle and all others who may be treated this way by Chase Home Finance!

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    Reviewed July 16, 2010

    In January 2010, I applied for a loan modification and was instantly approved for a trial bases, which significantly reduced my payments. I was somewhat concerned that payments were to be mailed to a center in Ohio and only by a cashiers check. My fears came true in May 2010 when my home went into foreclosure. I admit my payments on the loan modification were not on a timely basis but they were made! It cost my family over $7000 to recover attorney fees and back payments that Chase claimed we were behind on. Chase should not offer an imaginary service to customers, in this economy, most of us are financially and mentally burdened!

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    Reviewed July 15, 2010

    We had been dealing with Chase ever since our mortgage was sold to them in 2003 and had been managing the mortgage account online. We had set up recurring mortgage payments through the website to be deducted from our checking account with our credit union (not a Chase bank account). We refinanced in June 2010 to consolidate the primary mortgage and an HEL and lower our monthly payment, and the Chase mortgage was paid off on 6/30/2010. They immediately disabled online access to the account so that I could not see the last transactions or download the last statement.

    I also could not access the recurring mortgage payments but assumed that this had been disabled along with the rest of the account. I requested information about the final payoff transaction through the customer messaging system and was sent the information about our escrow refund and got the transaction information through snail mail.

    On 7/9/2010, another recurring mortgage payment was deducted from our checking account, despite the fact that the mortgage was closed, resulting in an overdraft taking several hundred dollars out of a savings account. Fortunately, this did not prevent any payments from being made on time but we were not planning on being short by that amount this month and had other plans for that money. Also, we have often enough been in a position where we would not have had a sufficient savings buffer to sustain this loss. I had checked our accounts on the morning of the 9th, before the deduction, and did not check again until the 11th when I discovered what had happened.

    I immediately called Chase to tell them what had happened and to make sure the recurring payments were cancelled going forward. Again, because they disabled access to the mortgage account and the recurring payments that went with it, there was no way for me to see or manage this myself. Chase customer service very politely told me that when the overpayment was detected, they would refund the money via paper check within 21 days. I said this was unacceptable and asked why they could not simply refund the money using our credit union's transit/ABA number the same way they use it to deduct funds.

    I was then transferred to the bill payments unit, who cancelled the recurring payment for me over the phone but then said that they could not do anything about a refund and that the mortgage unit would have to initiate it and suggested that I ask for a supervisor in the unit. I then called the mortgage unit back and asked for a supervisor with the goal of getting the refund expedited. After long periods of being put on hold and never actually talking to a supervisor, I was told that if I faxed copies of my bank statement proving that the money had been deducted from our checking to a "supervisor's" fax number, they would try to speed things up and cut us paper check within 5 to 7 days instead of 21.

    When I pointed out that for one, their own bill payment unit could verify that the funds were deducted and two, that our credit union statement reflecting this deduction wouldn't be generated until August 1, I then asked that if they would accept a snapshot of my online account management. After another long hold, they told me that they would make an exception and allow that. I then asked if I could not just upload the snapshot through the Chase messaging service, which is secure (more so than fax), and they said they would only accept the information by fax.

    At this point, I called the billing department back and asked them if they couldn't just fax a verification that the funds had been deleted over to the "supervisor" whose fax number I'd been given, since obviously, that should serve as the best possible verification that I wasn't simply making up this deduction of $1,100.00 from our account. After another long hold, the bill payment agent said they had spoken with the mortgage unit and reiterated that they would only accept a faxed copy of my bank records. I got the impression that I was supposed to be grateful that they were making an exception and letting me send the online snapshot instead of waiting until August 1 to fax them the final statement.

    The next day, I faxed the requested documents with a request on the cover sheet that I be contacted with confirmation that the information was received and that it would suffice to get the "expedited" refund rolling. By that evening, I had received no such confirmation and uploaded a message with copies of the faxed pages to the Chase messaging center asking for confirmation that the documents had been received and were sufficient. I received no response. Finally, I called Chase and after a long session of being on hold, I was told that they had received my fax. We are now waiting for this refund check.

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    Reviewed July 15, 2010

    I started the loan modification program last September 2009. It is now July 2010. I had been asked for the same documents 4 times: taxes, pay stubs, bank statements and filled out hardship paper. One time, I didn't mark the boxes all so I was told I had to fill that out again. I have talked to the people in Arizona, Texas, Florida, New York and Carolina. One day, I got 4 foreclosure notices: 2 from Texas and 2 from Florida. I have given up on this shame of a loan modification.

    I was put on a modification payment plan which I made my payments just fine and on time. One lady whom I talked to wanted my divorce papers again and said that I was not approved because I never sent the papers in. Well, I already had since months ago. I told her to talk to the lady in Texas because she had just told me that everything was fine. She said that she was a Chase Bank representative and I said that so was the lady in Texas. I gave her that lady’s number to call. I last talked with them about a month ago. I was supposed to be called in every 2 weeks. I was told that they were working on my escrow which would take a couple of weeks. I don't have escrow. I pay my own taxes and insurance. Anyway, I gave up since I haven't talked to them since. I've kept all the paper work since them including at one point, they sent me papers to assume that I already have the loan.

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    Reviewed July 15, 2010

    In early February 2010, we started the process of Making Home Affordable Modification - MHA. We have mailed and faxed every piece of paper that was required. When we called and spoke with someone in the department, we were told that everything was received and that things were looking good. Then a week later, we received a letter with documents that are missing. But these are the documents that we've either mailed or faxed. This never fails and it's not right. This is ridiculous. It's all a game but I do not have the time to play games. We are current on our payments and all we want is a little help to reduce our monthly payments, but it seems like you are not willing to help us out.

    I understand that there are lots of people trying to do the same thing, but on the other hand, I don't feel like your employees are on the same page. You are told one thing and then it's something else. Just last week, July 6th, I spoke to someone in the MNS department and he told me that everything was there and that he was putting a request for someone to start reviewing our files right away. I even faxed my July's pay stubs just to stay current on July 13th. Today, July 14th, I received a letter that I was missing the federal tax returns and the 4560-EZ Short Form Request. This is not true, I have mailed and faxed this same paperwork twice already. It is very frustrating when you are trying to do what you're told and you are not getting anywhere. I would like for something to be done as soon as possible. Thank you for your help.

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    Reviewed July 13, 2010

    I decided to buy a home. I chose Chase and they gave a pre-approval for $200,000. After I have chosen a home, I saw the appraisal and in this report, it showed that the condominium dosen't have flood insurance. I continued with processing the loan and I have spent $2,000 more than what Chase needed. A few days before the closing date, Chase didn't give me the loan because the condominium and the apartment doesn't have flood insurance.

    So Chase, who's supposed to be experts in processing of home loan, never read the document of the appraisal and never knew that because at the beginning they have to now what they needed to approve the loan. Now, nobody wants to give my money back. I lost my lease in my old apartment. I lost more than $2,000 in the process and I have to move to another apartment.

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    Reviewed July 13, 2010

    This company held my payments in suspended account and did not apply to my account and marked me 60 and 30 days late to the credit reports. They raised my payments after they made a mistake of paying double on my homeowner's insurance which raised my payments. The payment I sent in was $125 short because of this and they put the $2,000.00 I sent in in suspended account because they were short the $125.

    Please help me get them to fix my credit reports. I need to get away from this company. I was trying to refinance my home to make things more affordable and found that they did this, which keeps me from getting a new loan. They are ruining my credit by reporting this rolling 30 days late and going from a fine to 60 days and no 30 in between, even with having my money in an account with them. Thank you.

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    Reviewed July 13, 2010

    I have a chase mortgage loan. I have this payment on auto pay and have made my payment prior to the due date since the inception of this loan. I have never had a late payment. This is on a condo. I have had continuous flood insurance on this condo since its purchase. Chase decided I didn't have insurance and attached insurance to my mortgage payment via an escrow.

    This made my payment higher and my auto payment short every month. Therefore Chase is saying I'm late every month. After months of calls and numerous faxes, the billing is fixed to the correct amount/payment. However, it is still reported on my credit report 10 months later and my score has gone from 780 to 620. I have called every department at Chase for 10 months regarding fixing this. I disputed this with the credit reporting agencies and Chase told them their reporting was correct!

    Yesterday, I find there is some kind of note on my mortgage file about I've been in to speak with Chase about short selling my property. I have never had a desire to sell this property nor have I ever discussed this with Chase. I need an attorney, I will pursue a lawsuit for damages. Ive been damaged and Chase should pay for this incredible complete lack of concern for my credit, my health and my financial health. They have been made aware of this problem time after time after time and they just do not care about the damage this has caused to me.

    My Amex was closed after 10 years, due to the incorrect reporting to the credit report. My home equity line was closed due to the credit report. My access to cash was closed via the credit line. My recent car purchase cost me almost 8% due to the credit report instead of 0%. I had a 780 score and now I'm at 620. I cant even refinance this loan and move from Chase because of this nightmare. How can you pay your bills responsibly and end up in this?

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    Reviewed July 12, 2010

    On May 14, 2010 I spoke with Michael of Chase Mortgage Company. We had received numerous offers from Chase to refinance our mortgage with them, stating that we would not have to pay certain fees since we were a customer already. We requested a 15-year-loan consolidating three loans that we already had with a little cash out amount that Mr. ** assured me would be no problem. He also quoted me our monthly payment which was less than what we were paying now for all three loans.

    We proceeded with the paperwork as requested and went back and forth many times sending all types of additional information that they requested, like insurance policies for both homes and copies of tax bills, etc. Most of this info they should already have since they pay our taxes and insurance through our escrow account. Finally after around 48 days, I received a call from Teresa stating that the underwriters would only approve a 30-year mortgage with us paying two (2) points. The more I thought about this during the day the more upset I got.

    We had applied for a 15-year fixed mortgage with no points at 4.375%. When I first spoke with Michael he gave me an estimate of what my monthly payment would be and my husband and I had no problem with that amount. Since our plan was to pay off our existing mortgage (with Chase) and another home equity loan and line of credit, the new amount would be less than what we are paying right now. My letter of explanation stated all of the above.

    We have been married for 40 years in April. We both have fixed pensions so we will not be laid off. I also receive social security benefits and have a part-time job. My husband will also be receiving social security in about 4 months. So, we really don't understand this debt to income ratio issue. We feel that this has been a total come on by Chase. We receive offers daily from many mortgage companies. This is very insulting and frustrating. This has taken up so much of our time. We both have excellent credit ratings and have been paying our present mortgage to Chase for 7 years. Our home has gone up in value and we have a lot of equity in it. Why in the world would we want to get a 30-year mortgage when we only have 22 years left on our present mortgage? Our only wish was to consolidate our mortgage and our equity and pay it all off faster.

    Then to top it off, last week at my office someone called and spoke with one of our managers. I don't know who it was but she asked questions that made it sound like I was being untruthful about my position. First of all she questioned when my manger left for vacation and when he would be back. Then also, why he did not use a typewriter? What was that all about?

    Now Chase has charged my credit card for the application fee and they have decided (after over a month and a half of questions and the aggravation of sending all types of documents) that we are not qualified for a 15-year fixed rate. This is very upsetting. Again I feel that this is just a way of Chase getting our application money and that is it.

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    Reviewed July 11, 2010

    My wife and I have been trying to get a loan modification through Chase Home Finance since March 2009. We have a file that is almost 4 inches thick with paperwork, notes from every telephone conversation, and misinformation sent to us from Chase. On every occasion that we speak to a representative by phone, we are told that we are within the guidelines for the modification. We were told that it would be 30 days, then we were told 60 days, then 90 days. Sometimes, we made phone calls on a daily basis and we would get a different story from one day to the next. We have received 3 denial letters, and on all three occasions, we were denied for a different reason.

    We filed a complaint with the OCC in November last year which triggered a phone call from a Chase Corporate Representative in February 2010. Her name is Wendy **. She advised us that she would now be handling our account since Chase had received notification of our complaint filed with the OCC. We told her that we were getting frustrated with always having to speak to a phone representative who would tell us that the underwriting department makes the decisions and no one is allowed to speak to the underwriting department. She then set up a telephone appointment with us so that she could be on the line and she would put us in touch with the underwriting department at Chase.

    My husband and I kept our appointment as did Wendy **. She contacted the customer service department for the loan modifications with us on the phone, and she presented herself as a Chase corporate representative, gave all of her corporate identification information to the customer service representative, and she was told that no one can speak to the underwriting department, not even a manager from the corporate office. Approximately 2 weeks later, we received a denial letter from Chase.

    The most recent letter they sent us stated that they could not offer us a loan modification since we are less than 60 days past due on payments. However, on every phone conversation we had with them, they told us that we had to be current to qualify for a modification. We have used almost $15,000 of our savings trying to stay in our home.

    We have lived in our home for 14 years and have 15 year old twin boys who are in high school. I was self-employed until July 2007 when I was forced to shut my doors due to an economic downturn. My wife was a flight attendant with United Airlines and was forced into an early retirement due to an automobile accident that has left her with a permanent disability. While I am working full time, my income is less than half what it was when we obtained this mortgage in 2006, and due to the ongoing monthly struggle with multiple payments, we were forced to file for bankruptcy this year.

    In addition, our home is only worth half the amount of our principal mortgage and our mortgage payment is going to adjust next year. We were told by a Chase representative that since we have filed bankruptcy, we should re-apply for a modification. We filled out all of the paperwork and faxed in a new application on June 3, 2010. We were told that we would be notified within 30 days; however, we contacted Chase on July 2, 2010 and were told that our paperwork was received and put into the system in June 4, 2010, but nothing has happened since that time. We have not received anything from the OCC to indicate that they have followed up on our complaint. If there is anything you can do we would greatly appreciate your help!

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    Reviewed July 10, 2010

    Chase sent me a letter in June 2009 stating that they were offering a loan modification program and that I qualified for. I called and spoke to the agent and he arranged for me to fax 42 pages of documentation and then put me on a special 3-month trial payment plan. The payments were higher than my normal mortgage but I agreed because I was going to get my interest rate reduced by at least two points that would in effect lower my monthly payment. I completed the trial payments and heard nothing from Chase. I called and called and I was told different stories every time, sometimes requesting more documents, sometimes saying I wasn't even in this program, but I was on a repayment program. I was not behind on my mortgage when I entered and I still am not behind.

    Finally in March 2010, I was no longer permitted to make on-line payments for my mortgage and when I finally spoke to someone in the Collections Department, they told me that my modification was denied because I had too much equity. I was never sent anything in writing to verify this and they refused to allow me to make on-line payments until I sent a letter saying that I was not interested in loan modification any more.

    I sent five letters and still nothing changes. I am dealing with rude customer service people telling me that I was not paying my mortgage, but I was and on time! They attempted to get me to pay $20 service fees to accept my payment for several months, but I argued for hours on the phone only to be hung up on and they refused to let me speak to supervisors or managers.

    Only a few days ago while waiting once again on hold for hours with Chase, I stumbled on several web pages with hundreds of people with the same complaints. Well, I will admit that I was relieved to know it wasn't just me! I have struggled since my divorce in 2002 to keep my mortgage paid and my lawyer even had to take Chase to court when they failed to allow me to make partial payments or end me information on ways to avoid foreclosure. Needless to say, when my divorce was final, I paid my mortgage to current. I got behind again but always caught up payments. The last time was well over a year ago and I went on a payment plan.

    When I finished the last payment, the next month they added $900 in late charges to my account. I disputed the charge since all late charges were paid in the repayment plan every time I had done this in the past. Chase stated that was not the case this time. I continued to refuse to pay the $900.

    During the loan modification, I paid three higher payments which were supposed to also wipe out the $900 late charges, which never happened either. I am still fighting with Chase to change my name (I was remarried in 2007). I submitted all paperwork and fees and this was never done. Also, the house continues to be in my former husband's name, in spite of numerous letters from me and my attorney proving it was quit claim deemed to me in my divorce in 2002. I would love to sue them just for the hundreds of hours wasted in this loan modification process, numerous phone calls, letters and nothing changes. The hang up on you and outright lie when they are cornered. Can anything be done?

    I was not able to lower my interest rate and wasted over a year and low-interest rates could have saved me thousands on my payment. I made three increased mortgage payments that were not applied to anything nor refunded when requested.

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    Reviewed July 10, 2010

    In or around May 2010, I submitted my complete modification packet to Chase, I was requesting help with a HELOC that is attached to my property as a second lien. The first mortgage has already been modified and completed through the HAMP Program. I was under the impression that if the first was modified by the HAMP program, then the second has to follow suit. On June 8, I contacted Chase and spoke with Julie **, she stated that my packet had been sent to underwriting and that I just had to wait to hear back from them in order to receive my new payment. Please keep in mind that I did not or still have not received any "3-month trial mode payment plan" like I had on the first.

    A few days later, a Ms. Ugenia ** from Chase contacted me and stated that she was my "Relationship Manager" and informed me that I was 49 days past due and that if my account went past 60 days delinquent, it would be considered a "plan break". I asked her what the plan was. If there was a plan break then there had to be some plan in effect to begin with. She could not give me answer all. She kept saying is that if I wanted my modification to go through, I had to deal with her and make a payment in the full minimum amount. Obviously, I can afford the minimum amount. That is why I am requesting a modification. She insisted that I speak with collections and pay. After speaking with her, I immediately contacted Julie ** at Chase and told her what had occurred. She told me that Ms. Ugenia was probably working with the collections department and not to worry because my loan was already in underwriting but she was not 100% sure who Ms. Ugenia was.

    Julie asked me for her full name and phone number along with her extension. Julie told me that she was going to speak with her supervisor and both of them would contact Ms. Ugenia and her supervisor since one entity is in Arizona and the other in Florida and find out what is going on. Julie contacted me the next day and told me that Ms. Ugenia was my relationship manager but she did not know why she was referring me to collections if my account was already in underwriting. Julie also told me that since my file was already in review there was nothing else to do but wait. A few days after that call, Ms. Ugenia called again and asked me why I haven't made any payments. I told her that I had spoke with Julie and she told me everything is in underwriting and all I needed to do was wait. She became very upset and said that I did not need to be speaking with Julie anymore! She was the one handling my case and again, if I wanted my modification, to go through it would have to be because she said so. I immediately contacted Julie again and asked her to please be honest with me and tell me what was going on.

    Julie said that she used to handle second mortgage modifications. However, since my loan was a HELOC then it got transferred to the "2MP Team" which was in Florida and my relationship manager was Ugenia! I told Julie that Ugenia was basically holding my modification "hostage" unless I made a payment in the original amount that I am requesting help with! Julie did not answer right away but then responded and said that no she can't do that, that would be against the law and I told Julie, "Well, she is." Exactly one month later on 7/8/10, I contacted Chase to find out the status of my modification. I was told that my account was 69 days past due and my account had been "inactivated". I asked about my loan being in underwriting and they all said the same thing, "We don't know, sir. We need you to make a payment."

    I did not know who to turn to,Ugenia so I contacted the people from HOPE and explained to them exactly what I stated above. They immediately transferred me to the escalation department and opened a file to assist me. On 7/8/10, a conference call was conducted with Ugenia (Chase), myself, and Debbie ** (HOPE). The call was conducted in order to figure out the status of my modification. Right from the start Ms. Ugenia took the defensive and tried every avenue not to have Debbie on the phone. She stated that my verbal authorization was not good enough. However, she would let it slid this time but next time I needed to send an authorization form. Ms. Ugenia then asked me a series of new "security questions" that I had never had to answer before. Once I answered those questions, she stated that she could not go any further into my account unless I gave her the specific dollar amount with change of my last payment, Debbie was speechless!

    Lucky for me, I was able to log into my bank account and find the exact amount. After jumping through all her hoops Debbie asked Ugenia what was the status of my account and stated that it was "inactive" due to delinquency. I then asked if my modification was in underwriting and she could not give me a straight answer. She just kept telling me that I was delinquent and that I needed to make a payment in order to move along my modification process. (Sounds like extortion to me) Debbie explained to Ugenia that the federal guidelines regarding second liens or mortgages must follow suit if the first has been modified through the HAMP program in which in my case, it has. Finally, Debbie asked her "What does Mr. R have to do today in order to re-activate his status and move this process forward? "

    Ugenia said that I needed to make a payment so she would transfer us to the collections department in order to make some type of payment arrangement. Debbie told Ugenia that she had never heard of collections arranging the 3-month trial modification. Collections is a separate department and they do not have anything to do with the modification process. Ms. Ugenia told us that they did. Debbie and I were transferred to the dollections department's call center located in Arizona and spoke with Boyd. Boyd stated that he was going to set me up with payments that I could afford on a regular basis as my modification was being reviewed. I agreed on the amount of $500 per month which would be due on the 9th of every month for 3 consecutive months.

    In September, I would receive a finalized modification with a payment amount "slightly" higher than my initial trial payments but more affordable than the original. Boyd told us that this was considered a "STIP Mod" and that he would expedite this so I could move forward with the process. Boyd also instructed me that I could make these payments at a local Chase branch or via internet, or by phone. Boyd also asked me to fax over my entire packet once again, which I did, and that everything was under control. It seemed to good to be true because after countless hours on the phone with these people it was that easy. Debbie was also pleasantly surprised but I already knew the kind of people I was dealing with.

    So today (7/9/10), I called the number that Boyd in Arizona had given me to make my first payment of $500 over the phone. However, I was somehow routed to a call center in Florida because the call center in Arizona was busy, keep in mind it's the same number. I spoke with Shaina, I told her I wanted to make a payment. She advised me that my account was 70 days past due and that the total minimum amount due was over $4,000. When told her that I had set up arrangements with Boyd in Arizona for $500, she said that she was not authorized to take that amount.

    I had to pay at least the minimum amount for one month. It was like I was speaking in a foreign language to her because she had absolutely no clue of what I was taking about.It was a figment of mine and Debbie's imagination. Shaina was unable to help he and told me that I needed to speak with Ugenis as she was my relationship manager. Immediately after speaking with Shaina, I contacted the HOPE Hotline again and spoke with the escalation department, hoping to speak with Debbie because she new exactly what was going on from the day prior. I was unable to speak with Debbie so I had to explain the entire thing all over again to Shela **.

    On 7/9/10, another conference call was conducted with a rep from Chase, Mrs. W. and myself. The conference call did nothing, the call got disconnected and I lost communication with Mrs. W. I continued to be transferred from rep to rep and department to department. All telling me the same thing, "Speak with Ugenia, She is your Relationship Manager in charge of your file." I was able to find out that my account had all of a sudden become "active" again when the day before it was "inactive". Ugenia works for the 2MP Team out of an office in Florida, I attempted to contact her with negative results, she was gone for the day. I spoke with another relationship manager who transferred me to Liz **.

    She, however, was very nice and answered a lot of my questions. She told me that my account is currently in review and my account is active. However, she did recommend that I make a payment if I could in order to keep my account from being "charged out" because it is a home equity line of credit. I agreed and made a payment over the phone with Liz, she also stated that I should call in a few weeks and verify the status of my modification. I still am worried because I don't want Ugenia to take advantage of her position simply because we disagree. I know she works for the bank and her job pays her bills, I understand that. However, what I don't understand is why they play so many games with people's lives.

    Moments after I spoke with Liz I located a "Chase Homeownership Center" in my area via the internet and spoke with Tammy. I explained to Tammy my entire situation and she told me that the bank cannot refuse the modification because it has to follow suit of the first as long as the first was modified under HAMP. Tammy told me to call back in two weeks and check up on my status.

    This is ruining my life, I have other issues in my life of greater importance. This is simply unethical and immoral. It is making me physically sick with stress. I don't know who to turn to or who to report these people to.

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    Reviewed July 9, 2010

    We have been getting calls from Chase. I purposely answered this call to find out why they keep calling. They stated they were calling to collect a debt on our home! At this point I said, "What debt?" They were looking for our mortgage payment that is due July 1st and has a delinquent date when late fess are assessed of the 16th of any given month. Then she proceeds to try to make me make a payment with my bank account over the phone. I then again told her that I would make the payment in person by the 15th of the month as I always have planned. She then again tried to make me pay with my checking account over the phone.

    With this I told her that this was harassment and that I will report them to the banking commission and others if this does not end. She tried one more time and I told her that I will make the payment my way by the 15th and that is the end of this phone call. With that I hung up on her. Since July 1, 2010 to today, July 9, 2010, they have called 8 times as per my caller ID. Heaven only knows what they are doing to our credit report let alone what they are trying to do to us through the phone calls! Please publish this for all that have Chase Mortgages. Try to find another lender! I wish I could!

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    Reviewed July 9, 2010

    Due to a 45+% reduction in self-employment income, we applied for Obama's Making Homes Affordable modification in December 2009. To date, July 2010, our modification is still in "review". Eight months later and we are getting nowhere. I call weekly for a status, only to get the same answer "it's in review". On June 14th, a Chase employee called us and I was told we have been approved. I was even given the new payment amount and interest rate, and was told that the documents were to be drafted and sent out. By the end of June, I called to inquire where the packet was --only to be told that the modification is still in "review".

    On July 7, I actually got a call from the "negotiator" who is assigned to my modification, asking for further documents. I explained that we had already been told that we were approved and that all documents have been submitted (at least 3 times during the last 8 months!). I got placed on hold and after 15 minutes, she came back and said, "yes, our system does reflect that you were approved on June 11th. I don't understand why they need further documents. They probably told you you were approved in error. I will have to inquire and call you back". I had the illusion that the negotiator would be more competent than the 5,000 service reps I've spoken to over the past 8 months. I was wrong. She knew less. Do you think I've heard back from them? In the interim, I have sent them what they were requesting (again) but know that I am fighting a losing battle.

    Chase is purposely stringing its customers along. Had they handled this modification in a timely manner, I wouldn't have had to empty my savings account or had to cash in my define benefit plan to make those payments. Where is the administration to monitor that the Making Homes Affordable Plan is being effectuated on a timely basis? Who forgot to put in the MHA program some kind of timeline that should be adhered to? By Chase's agreement to participate in this program, what are their responsibilities to their customers? They have and continue to act in complete and utter bad faith.

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    Reviewed July 7, 2010

    On June 5th, I received a letter taped to my door. I called the number on the letter on June 6th. I started calling at 12:00 noon Denver time. The first person who picked up the phone said, "I am placing you back in the queue". Then the call disconnected. The second and third calls were also disconnected after I put my loan number in the system. The 4th call was answered by Josh who placed me on hold at 12:27 pm and it disconnected at 12:29 pm. I called right back and was disconnected at 12:31pm. My 6th call was picked up by Hanna, but was also disconnected. On my 7th call Glen or Glime answered, he was helpful and showed me where to go to get the forms to fill out.

    On July 6, 2010 I received a letter to connect with Chase. The following day, I received a certified letter which is the same letter I received the day before. I received the letter at 4:44 pm and began calling the phone number on the letter since the letter stated, "Please don't delay - call us now at 1-800-...”. Joseph answered the phone and I informed him I was recording the call. He could not pull up any info by the loan number or my social security number because it was a WaMu loan so he would need to give me a different phone number to call.

    I explained to him that the number I called was listed on the letter 5 times, and why would they send a letter out with a number that could not help me. I requested to speak to his supervisor because they needed to change the phone on the letter because it was very frustrating to receive a letter requesting me to call then get past around. His supervisor Cesar came on the phone and I informed him I was recording the call because of all the problems I was having. He gave me a different number to call, 1-866.

    I requested that he have someone fix the problem with the phone number. I called the phone number Cesar gave me and it does not accept incoming calls. I called the number Joseph gave me and it routed me to Paulette, who I informed I was recording the call, who told me she could not help me because it was a WaMu loan and gave me another 1-800 number. I asked to speak to her supervisor because this was the 4th phone number I was given today and could not get anyone who could help me.

    She put me on hold then came back and told me that number was not working and gave me the same number I just called. When I spoke to her supervisor, Ms. W., I told her I was recording the call and she said she would not be recorded and hung up the phone. I have the recording of the calls if this will help in anyway. I have no way of reaching anyone at Chase to try and make sure they know I am trying to work something out so I do not lose my home. Now what do I do?

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    Reviewed July 7, 2010

    We had been approved for a Chase refinance on our mortgage. All that was necessary was the appraisal to come in at over $300,000. I was told by Anthony ** that the loan would close and to contact Priscilla ** on a regular basis to finalize the loan. I was sent an email (the only correspondence) on June 16th and was informed by Ms. Priscilla that the appraisal was submitted and if the underwriter did not need any additional information, the refinance would be ready for signatures and be finalized. I waited two weeks for an answer from Anthony **, Priscilla **, and Patti ** and no one returned our phone calls.

    I received an email on July 6th, 2010 stating that she was sorry about the lack of communication and that the loan was declined. She stated that the debt to income ratio was too high and the FICO score was too low. This was all approved three weeks earlier by Anthony ** and he stated this would not be an issue.

    This caused me a return of the $395 application fee.

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    Reviewed July 6, 2010

    I'm cleaning up credit card debts in preparation for the refinancing of my mortgage. I paid off my balance and was sent a letter stating that they lowered my credit line from $1,500 to $300, which has a negative impact on my credit score, which was exactly the opposite of what I was trying to accomplish. My lowered credit score will hurt my mortgage refinance terms.

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    Reviewed July 6, 2010

    Last year, I applied for a loan modification on my equity line through Chase. My loan was with WaMu. It was then taken over by Chase. I was asked to set a stack of paperwork by fax. All was sent. Then, after a month and a half, they then said the procedure had changed and more paperwork needs to be sent. The paperwork they asked for is the same as some of the stuff sent the first time. But I went ahead and faxed it anyway. After a week, I called and checked and they said they did not get it. So I faxed it again. Then, I checked right away. They still did not get it. Then I was told the fax number they gave me—they did not know where it went or who ended up with it. Then, I was given another fax number. Same thing, except this fax number was disconnected. Then the third fax number seemed to be okay. But when I called to check back later, I was told they do not have the loan. It was in charge-off.

    All this was done and the payments agreed upon were taken directly withdraw from my account. The original paperwork was the same. The things asked for the second and third times, but the first time they wanted years of tax information and other stuff. I would not have had to go through all of this if they would have used the paperwork sent the first time. This was a setup for failure and immoral practices. This has affected my credit score that was about 720 and now I have been turned over to collections for the entire amount and post foreclosure.

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    Reviewed July 3, 2010

    My loan was transferred from GMAC Mortgage in Feb 2010 after my loan modification was approved. Chase alleges they did not get the necessary documents from GMAC to continue with the loan modification. I have kept a continuing log on all conversations with Ms. ** and was promised in April everything would be finalized in 72 hours to 14 days and that she had everything she needed to send to her supervisor, Robin. I have tried to call everyday since April 7 and the phone at her extension just rings. She called me on June 17 and I gave her my financial information, she claimed that they had done nothing on my file, they had no paperwork from GMAC and they would do a modification and that sounded like I qualified.

    On June 26, 2010 I received a letter stating that my loan was going to adjust and that I had to pay my taxes and insurance from Sept 2010 onwards. In the meantime they allege that I am $3300 behind in my payments, but I make the modification payment every month. They claim they do not have to follow the protocol with GMAC and the modification done with them. I am ready to join in any class action suit. They have done nothing but lie to the public and Obama is doing nothing to rectify this situation. In the meantime, my credit that I have worked so hard to keep good, is now not good.

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    Reviewed July 1, 2010

    My mother was contacted by Chase to enter a loan modification program that until approval for this program was to only pay $496 a month for her payment. This has been going on for a year since July. After a year of calling every month, making sure they had her documents, being reassured that they in fact did have her documents and they were just waiting on an underwriter, was informed that they had not received the documents they needed.

    Because of this, she was declined and now owes them $4,000.00 or she will lose her home. Needless to say, since she had entered this program, she does not have $4,0000.00. She has paid $496 every single month on the day it was due, and was never late. She called every month to check her status and to make sure they had all the documents they needed and they assured her they did. My mother will be losing her home as soon as today if they decide. She is currently resending paper work to try and save her home.

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    Reviewed July 1, 2010

    I have been contacting Chase since January 2009 about a loan modification and have been given the run around. I will give you the most recent details as I could write a book on the rest. I was put on a forbearance plan in February 2010 in preparation for a loan modification, removed from the forbearance plan (in May) due to a computer error and then told I was on the wrong plan. I was told to re-submit paperwork again (4th time), told the case was being escalated and I would hear from someone in 5-7 business days, and told that again the following week, and the following week, told that again and again. As a result, I'm unable to pay the mortgage which is now past due for 60 days.

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    Reviewed June 30, 2010

    Please accept this letter as my formal complaint regarding the handling of my Mortgage Loan by Chase Home Finance Company. This letter is intended to be a complaint as well as a request for immediate investigation and resolution!

    In April 2008, my husband, Latif **, injured his left dominant hand in a sporting event. Since this was a non-work related injury, he had to file for state disability insurance which was a significant decrease in his monthly income. The NJ state disability insurance only paid $524 per week. This was less than half of his weekly income. In July 2008, Latif was subsequently terminated from employment as his job was no longer covered under the Family Medical Leave Act. Latif went through 3 surgeries and physical therapy in order to be able to return to gainful employment. In October 2008, Latif was released to full time work. After many months of searching for employment, he landed a full-time job on March 10, 2009 at Penn Presbyterian Medical Center.

    He has worked at the hospital ever since. On March 25, 2009, we contacted Chase to notify them of my husband’s employment and to reestablish our monthly payments. After taking down all of our financial information, our account was later assigned to Kelley ** (Repayment Analyst) on April 13, 2009. Ms. ** indicated that we met the qualifications of a loan modification plan. On April 28, 2009, we received a Forbearance Agreement letter dated April 17, 2009. According to the terms of the agreement, we were required to make 3 timely payments in the amount of $2062.76 to prove we will be able to make monthly payments. Subsequent to making our timely monthly payments, we received a Foreclosure Summons on May 6, 2009 for the property in question.

    Since we signed and completed the Forbearance Agreement, I immediately sent a letter to Chase’s legal representative, Ms. Dolores ** of Fein, Such, Kahn, & Shepard, P.C, requesting they resend the foreclosure summons and adhere to the written agreement dated April 28, 2009. This letter was dated May 20, 2009 and is enclosed for your review. Please note that I have never received a response. However, I did send a follow-up letter dated June 17, 2009 directly to Ms. ** requesting a response. Again, I did not receive a response. All payments for the Forbearance agreement were made timely in May 2009, June 2009 and July 2009. On 7/2/09, I spoke with Eric (Customer Serve representative at Chase) who explained that as of May 12, 2009, the foreclosure proceedings were postponed until the modification agreement was finalized. Eric also explained that our Modification Request was under review and that our case was assigned to Oscar ** (Underwriter). Since I did not receive a response, I again called Chase on 7/16/09 and spoke with Keera (Chase Customer Service representative), who indicated that our loan modification should be completed within 30 days and informed us to continue to make our monthly payments.

    Since I did not receive response, I again called Chase on 8/3/09 and spoke with Christine ** (Chase Customer Service representative) who indicated that the systems were down and explained that our Loan Modification would be processed within 2 weeks and we should receive a packet in the mail. She also recommended that we continue to make our monthly payments of $2062.76 via Western Union. Since I did not receive a response in the 2 weeks promised, I again called Chase on 8/27/09, and spoke with Adam (Chase Customer Service) who explained that he was not sure how long the process would take and stated that it could take a few weeks. He also explained that we should continue to make our monthly payments regardless of the delay. As I was uncomfortable with the advice provided by Adam and had lost all sense of trust with Chase, I again called n 9/3/09, and spoke with Michael and Theresa (Supervisor at Chase Customer Service) who explained that we needed to send 2 recent pay stubs, 2 bank statements, a copy of a Hardship letter explaining the reason for the default. She recommended this information be faxed to the Lost Mitigation Department. This information was faxed on 9/21/09. On 11/4/09, I spoke to Maryline (Chase Customer Service) who explained that our application was with the underwriting department and the Modification request had been approved. She stated that we will receive a packet in the mail via overnight delivery. She also recommended we continue to make our monthly payments. This packet was never received.

    Despite receiving the verbal approval of our loan modification, on 12/26/09 we received a letter dated 12/22/09, requesting we provide additional information in order to complete the Loan Modification Application (letter enclosed). The additional requested information was provided to Chase on December 31, 2009. On January 8, 2010, we received a duplicate request for the information already provided on December 31, 2009. On January 9, 2010, we were informed that the modification request was again under review. On February 2, 2010, I spoke with Jeremy (Chase Customer Service representative), who stated that the modification has been approved, but stated that the 4506T tax form needed to be filled out (even though this form was submitted 2x). He indicated that all financial documents are good for 60 days. As I did not receive any written or verbal communication from Chase since the last that I called, I again called Chase on May 24, 2010, and spoke to Dakhuna (Chase Customer Service) who stated that she would submit this issue to her supervisor Rebecca ** who will try to look into this issue as the loan modification was approved in 12/09 and we should have received correspondence. She provided me with the name of my underwriter Martha **. Dakhuna promised to call me by Friday, May 28, 2010, with a status. At this time, I have exhausted all of my options with Chase. I have been going back and forth with this company since March 2009. It is now June 2010. My husband and I have been doing exactly what they ask us to do for over a year and 2 months.

    It’s unfortunate when you lose your job due to a disability and then make a honest attempt to contact your mortgage company to fix the delinquency (as we were recommended to do by our attorney), only to have them ignore you for over a year. I have never received a call or any type of written communication from Chase unless it was solicited. We intend to keep our property, and we will fight for whatever we need to do to keep it. My husband and I make decent money and have successful careers; we are not trying to walk away from our responsibility. I do not feel it is right or fair for the mortgage company to string us along for over a year without a resolution. This appears unethical and downright unlawful!

    At this time, I am requesting that you step in and do a thorough and formal investigation on our account and demand Chase to finalize our mortgage modification retroactive to 12/09 without the requirements of any additional information. I am also requesting that Chase contact all three credit agencies and report our mortgage loan status as current effective 12/09! Last but not the least, since we were not under any type of mortgage contract for the entire year of 2009 (through no fault of our own), there was no payments applied to our mortgage interest. Therefore, we owe the IRS $2500 for 2009. I am requesting that we receive a separate check covering all interest paid in 2009 so that we can satisfy our unpaid taxes for 2009 that was a direct result of Chase not applying our interest to our taxes. I would appreciate immediate review and investigation into this matter.

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    Reviewed June 30, 2010

    Chase purchased our loan from WaMu. When gas went up, two college students and additional expenses pulled us under. We missed a few payments. We went through modification, and actually got approved, however, the new payment ended up only.

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    Reviewed June 30, 2010

    In May 2008, my husband's company went bankrupt. Our Mortgage holder at the time was WaMu. We tried to talk to Wamu at the time but until we missed a payment they wouldn't help us. In August 2008, we applied for a loan re-modification. Like everyone else, WaMu would claim they were missing documents but didn't bother to call and tell us. We got further behind in our payments waiting to hear. My husband took another job making 1/2 of his salary. In January of 2009 we received a letter that we would be assigned to a negotiator and they would contact us within 45 days. No one ever contacted us.

    I called to speak to the "negotiator" and was told we were in foreclosure. I was never able to speak to someone who could help me. I spoke to people at the call center, only to tell me that they would email the "negotiator" and they would call me back. I have a 3" binder full of documentation of every call I made and who I spoke to. I never spoke to the same person twice. We have been in and out of foreclosure with notices attached to our door with sales dates on them. To make a 2 year long story short, I submitted no less than 5 loan re-modification packets which include no less than tax returns for 2 years, bank statements for 2 months, pay check stubs. In December 2009, we received documents for a "3 month trial period". We are now into the 7 month of the "3 month trial period" and just received our loan re-modification terms.

    This is the best part, this document is 5 pages long. It's very vague and doesn't include specific information at all. What it does make perfectly clear is that at any time we sale, refinance, or at the maturity of the loan, a balloon payment of $223,000 is due. Yes, at any time. So if we decide to sale in the next 2 years, they require that the principal be paid in full plus a balloon payment of $233,000. So, for our house that appraised, according to the drive by the bank did, for $420,000 they want us to pay over $653,000 at any point we refinance the loan or sale the property. Oh, and they gave us 7 business days to sign and return the documents or go into default. The cover page advises us to have our attorney review the documents.

    What attorney has an appointment within 7 days? We went to a Chase to make sure that we were understanding this balloon payment thing and the representative couldn't believe what she was seeing. She advise us to call the 800 number on the loan documents. We have called. We were advised that the due date could not be change and we would need to speak to the under writer. We the under writer is busy and will call us back. Yes, you guessed right. We have not been called back. No one in their right mind would sign these documents. I hope other people who receive "modification" actually read the loan terms before signing. If anyone is interested in a class action suit please include us. We will be at the front of the line. The past two years have been the worst of my life. I don't sleep. I'm on stomach medication to prevent an ulcer. We have half way packed up our house twice. My kids are stressed out with the thought of having to move which is ongoing for the past two year.

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    Reviewed June 29, 2010

    They called me again; they want me to send the paperwork again. I sent this financial packet 4 times totaling $13.00 a packet. They are playing games and they always say that they are the executive level. I told him politely that I’m not sending any more packages to Chase. I don't have the money for all these FedEx. He said OK and hung up.

    Doris ** (mother) has good credit score; and Doris ** (daughter) has bad credit score. We applied for a 1st time loan on our property that had no mortgage. We applied for a $63,000.00 mortgage. We both signed the loan papers, about 25 pages. We received the check with both our names on it. We cash it, and made improvements on our jointly owned house. A year later, Doris ** got laid off; I have been trying for almost 2 years to get Chase to modify this 10.875% interest rate. We applied for this modification loan back in April 2009, sending everything that they needed to process the modification loan.

    In November 2009, they asked me again to send the same paper work. I sent the same material papers on two different occasions. Back in November 2009, they told me that I, Doris ** (mother) didn't live there. I said, yes, I know that, and the Loan Officer that was assigned to us for the loan also knew that I didn't live there and that's why they have a different address for me. I called them back around January 2010. They said send them a copy of the check that bared both our names, which I also sent a copy of that check back in April 2009. I asked my daughter to deal with them because she is the borrower, too. She sent letters explaining her problems and gave them again all her financial information for a 3rd time.

    Eventually, they contacted me on 3/16/10. They said the loan was made to me (mother) Doris ** and because I didn't live there, I was denied. I immediately said that can't be. She was a borrower, too, as well as me because we both took turns signing the loan papers, page by page on separate lines and Chase consolidated her debt for pay off. They again said that I was denied the modification loan because, I, the mother didn't live in the house at **. I said the loan specialist knew that I didn't live at the house. My daughter who was sitting right beside me, signing these papers, and I told them that. They knew I lived in Brookhaven, PA, because they said, "Where do you want the statement sent?” I said send it to me at ** Brookhaven, PA 19015. And that is the address that the statement comes to from the beginning. Chase Mortgage’s only objective was to get the loan. My daughter was a borrower, too, and she should be able to get a loan modification for her hardship as well. Now that she is laid off, they do not want to help her. She is receiving unemployment and it is hard for her to make the payments.

    I copied all the loans paper that bared our names and they stated: Doris ** and Doris ** as Borrowers. My daughter’s name is throughout the loan papers. Then he said (Paul, a Chase representative), “I don't see her signature on the paper work.” I said, “I don't see Chase either. I don't have a signed copy of the loan paper because the loan officer did the loan transaction at our house and didn't have a copier with him, $63,000 with a 10.875% rate. Why won’t you help her?” That loan officer that came to our house knew that I didn't live there. She needs help. I need help or advice from someone who can help me get my daughter a lower interest rate. If she signed all those papers, and she had to sign the check, why can't she have a hardship? My daughter has been unemployed for over a year and desperately needs this modification to this loan, 10.875%. As of 6/25, her unemployment compensation has stopped. Oh, they gave her another 2 months as of 6/28. And yes, she is looking for a job and she has been on interviews. And she doesn't have health insurance.

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    Company Name:
    Chase
    Year Founded:
    1799
    Address:
    270 Park Ave
    City:
    New York
    State/Province:
    NY
    Postal Code:
    10017
    Country:
    United States
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