Flagstar Bank

There are a bunch of hidden fees such as interest on purchases made. They don't make disclosure statements as they should. They charge $40 for returned payment fees. I lock my bank card for security purposes (not my fault they take the payment 3 days after the payment is made).

I was denied loss mitigation by Flagstar. I lost my job due to Covid and was struggling to keep up with my mortgage payment. However, Flagstar’s denial turned into a blessing. Because of Flagstar not willing to help, I was able to qualify for the government assistance program HAF (Homeowners Assistant Fund). I was awarded 18month of the state paying my mortgage. Every month is a struggle to have Flagstar apply my payments to my account. Every month flagstar receives the payment “on time” and it sits in a suspense account. The customer service reps are not knowledgeable, vile and make assumptions before looking at your file or asking the proper question.

We requested a payoff on 9 Feb, paid it off but Flagstar went ahead and pulled $30k from our account AFTER we paid it off. We have been fighting with them to refund us this overage since 14 February. They even went so as to try and get more money from the account and were told there were 'non-sufficient funds'. Duh! Why were they trying to get more money AFTER we had paid off the balance? We provided our bank statement after they said they 'reversed' the money back into our account (no they didn't). We filed a complaint with CFPB and the bank's response was that it takes up to 3 weeks before the bank credits it to our account. WHAT? In this day and age of electronic funds transfers, it takes about 1 -2 days. We even went to our bank and talked to them about this. They were surprised that someone would even say that.

Review of the performance of the bank in the following areas:

The customer service never helps me with what I need help with. They sound so annoyed with my questions and are no help with how to fix the current issue. They ask me personal questions about what I’m going to do with my money or one time the employee held onto my money until I told him what I was using it for. This place is very discomforting. This happens every time I call them, not very charming for a banking business. I’ll be removing all my accounts from Flagstaff and I advise you to as well.

Spent almost a month providing all the documentation they asked for. Only to get denied and not even offered to try and adjust the heloc amount just to get my account started. A lot of effort and time wasted.

I have submitted all documentation on my modification for a new loan to be restructured. But they keep giving me the runaround for the past 2 years and keep accumulating fees. All I want is to is add my past due amount to the back of my loan so I can start fresh but they won’t help me at all to revise it.

I needed help with payments. I got divorced and Covid hit. When forbearance was ending, I applied for loss mitigation. I uploaded all of my documents and was still sent letters saying I have something missing. Don't look for much help from this bank. I applied for federal money, got it. Flagstar was sent the money in May. I started calling and was told to check back because the money wasn't there. Every agent I spoke with told me something different. Once I was told the check came in and went back out. I went back and forth with Flagstar and the government agency from May until the end of July.

Account was transferred from Wells Fargo to Flagstar a few years ago. The line of credit was never used. I closed the account per their instructions. No mention was made of any fees to close the account. I then received a statement showing no balance due, then received a letter stating that I owed a five dollar fee. I spoke to four customer service reps during an extended phone call, to no avail. They stated that I owed the fee and that needed to be paid immediately. Even though I do not agree, I attempted to pay the fee while on the phone. After first stating that they could take the payment over the phone, they then decided that they could not. They stated that they couldn't take payment from because my account had a zero balance. What? Absolutely Ridiculous! WORST BANK EVER!! STAY AWAY!!!

As an ** veteran, I am at a lost of words with the pain and heartache Flagstar Bank has inflicted on my family after offering guidance to apply for state assistance with my mortgage only have Flagstar Bank decide to deny the state from providing state assistance to my family. Why offer guidance to a homeowner during a stressful and vulnerable moment, only to stab the homeowner in the back and deny that very same homeowner state assistance.