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Reviewed Feb. 28, 2014
They took over my loan from GMAC who I had absolutely no problems with on 12/14. What a nightmare...I mailed my Dec. payment on 11/29... In Jan. I received a packet for foreclosure... When I called India, they said they had not received my payment... put stop pay ($10) on previous check and wrote another... Now it appears that I was 30 days late on my payment (Btw... have never been late once in 25 freakin' years!!) Wait... it gets better... I mailed my Feb payment on 1/28... On 2/14, I realized it had not cleared.
I called India.. They said THEY were experiencing problems but don't worry..."We won't charge you a late fee...." Received my March statement demanding my Feb/March $$. I called..India. They posted my payment on 2/17... I explained my other mortgage payment I sent on the same day to a different company cleared on 2/1. They blamed it on the mail. If you happen to ask for a supervisor..ha ha... Have you ever gotten into an argument with an operator in India... You lose... They win. Why... because they're in India and could care less about your silly ** issue.
I see a systematic program that paints a picture of me not paying my mortgage on time. When I got off the phone yesterday... to India... for one hour and fifteen minutes... not only did I want to go kill every cow I came across. I also wanted to... use your imagination... hint... it has to do with a windpipe... seriously. Instead I researched them and found out that I am not alone with this poor excuse for a mortgage company. I'm filing a complaint to the state and the Feds. Please accept my sympathy and Good Luck. (I have nothing against anyone from India... just loser companies that outsource overseas to increase their profits while eliminating any real customer service.)
Reviewed Feb. 27, 2014
I have now called Ocwen and spoken with a supervisor nine times for my 1099C. First three times they said they mailed me a duplicate copy. Calls four-eight they tell me they are emailing it within the next 48 hours. Ninth call, they tell me there is no electronic copy and only an original document that was mailed out. I ask why they lied eight times to me and they have no answer. Any ideas on how to get this tax form? I have emailed the CEO and board of directors and not heard back. Also, called IRS and they can't help.
Reviewed Feb. 27, 2014
I mailed my mortgage Payment to Ocwen 6 Feb, I received an email confirming the receipt of my mortgage payment on the 12th of Feb (payments received after the 16th are considered late). On the 21st I received a call from one of their agents stating that when they processed my payment there was an error on their end and they were not able to process my check. I was asked if I wanted to mail in another check or do a speed pay over the phone. I asked if I would have to pay the additional charges if I did the payment over the phone. I further explained that I did not want to pay the additional charges of telephonic payment and that was why I mailed my payment in the first place and I also asked if I was going to be charged the late fee. I was assured that since the error was on their end I would not be charged any additional fees.
When the payment went through my bank I discovered they charged me $19.50. I call their customer service and as usual I ended up with an agent who could not understand the American English language structure or definitions and it was difficult for me to understand what he was trying to say over the phone. After explaining to him several times how I originally placed the check in an envelop and placed it in a mailbox for the mail carrier to pick up and go through the mail delivery process (he didn't seem to understand the concept), he tried to tell me that my bank returned the check saying there was no such account and I must have got my checks mixed up with an old bank account. I explained to him that this is the same account my husband and I have used for years and what he was saying was not true. I was also told that I was charged the $19.50 for them using the speed pay option.
After going back and forth and him repeating himself and talking in circles several times and refusing to let me speak with a manager I hung up on him. To add insult to injury I had my husband look at our bill for next month and found that we have also been charged a late fee for their error. I am going to make an effort to contact their customer support again and try to get someone who has a clear understanding and able to speak clear American English. I am not even sure if the person I spoke with is even in the US since he did not understand what the regular mail postal system is. I am also going to contact their research department to see if I have any better luck with them. After some online research I discovered this company has a $2.2 million lawsuit against them for poor customer service and basically cheating their customers with phony charges. I will submit another review with the outcome.
Reviewed Feb. 27, 2014
I have been beyond disappointed with Ocwen since the day I bought my home in 2007. I know my rant is just a drop in the bucket, but after reading a handful of complaints on this site and others, I feel compelled to add my story as well. Maybe, if enough of us complain, something will finally get done. I have a similar story, several instances of lost paperwork, promises of a loan modification only to be denied weeks later after a mind-numbingly excruciating process of sending paperwork, only to have them lose it and then request it again.
After the emotional seesaw of being turned down, they encouraged me to apply again, where they lost more paperwork or claim to not even have a file on me completely. There have been unreasonable late fees, lost payments, threats to foreclose, harassing calls - and the outsourced customer service... Good Grief... How is it that this company even exists? My most recent run-in with Ocwen was because of an insurance hiccup. I won't go into details, but suffice to say, they are charging me $663 for a two month gap in insurance, when my normal premium is about $550 a year. That is more than a 700% increase over what I normally pay.
Now, I consider myself to be a fair person and am willing to pay a reasonable late fee or administrative fee, but this is ridiculous. And after reading some of the other entries on this website, I can at least carry away some peace knowing that I'm not alone. But it's beyond frustrating that a company of this size can somehow go unnoticed and remain in business, with so many complaints. I was amazed at how many were posted just this month, on just this website. And like many of you, I am completely exhausted from trying to deal with them. How much stress and time is $663 worth?
I know that if I call, I'm likely to spend an hour bouncing around on the phone with people I can't even understand - often to just have them say they can't help or for me to call a different number or fax in more paperwork. And just because I'm frustrated - WHO THE HELL USES A FAX MACHINE ANY MORE??? Why can't we email anything to this company? At least then we would have a record of our efforts, but with a fax machine - none... Maybe that's another one of their tricks for screwing us. I hope Ocwen is litigated out of business and the Jerks in charge pay for their unethical greed. They should be ashamed. And I apologize if any of my frustrated words offended anyone.... Except for you, Ocwen... You can take a flying leap.
Reviewed Feb. 26, 2014
Our mortgage was sold to Ocwen several years ago. We are in the process of buying a new house and wanted to close the mortgage. In early November 2013 we requested a final payoff amount from Ocwen on a loan we'd been paying down (double payments) for four years. We received the information on December 30: approximately $750 if paid by January 15. We paid the full amount by wire transfer on January 2. On February 2, we received a bill for $13.60. We paid it, too. On February 17, we received a bill from them for $36.00. We called and they said our account was closed. On February 18 we received two bills from Ocwen, one for $28.00 and one for $270.00. The latter was marked "Past Due." Five phone calls and this is not resolved.
Reviewed Feb. 24, 2014
I have a rental property that Ocwen Services. Damage was done to the property. State Farm Ins. Co. sent me a check for repair work to be done. I had to send it to Ocwen, because the mortgage company had to sign the check with a seal and return it to me to sign and cash. I did not sign it before I sent it to Ocwen. Ocwen cashed the check and I'm still waiting for a check from Ocwen for over a month now. There was a letter in the check I sent telling them to sign it and return it to me. When I call I just get someone in India and today they hung up on me (this happens every time). The check has to be signed by me and Ocwen. I'm out the money and don't have the money for the repairs that are needed. It's over $6800.00. I can't rent the property out and I'm losing money on the rent I would be receiving. Please Help!
Reviewed Feb. 22, 2014
My loan was sold to Ocwen Loan Service about a year ago. I own several properties and I must say this is the worst mortgage company, please close the doors. In the last 6-month I have experience the worst customer service, my tax have not been paid for 2013, my calls have been disconnected, I've had to fax the same document over and over, refuse to let me speak with a supervisor, no ones able to provide me with the same information and when they cannot answer your question they disconnect the call. I could go on but what good would it do, please stay away from this company. It should be some type of law preventing a mortgage company from selling your mortgage without your approval.
Reviewed Feb. 22, 2014
In 2011, my loan was transferred from Litton to Ocwen and during the transfer I was still making payments. None of my payments were applied and my loan was already in past due status and Ocwen indicated that they would not apply any payments to the account unless it was the total past due. I stated that I had been sending payment the entire time during the transfer. They stated they never received them. So they recommend to do a loan modification.
I submitted all the documents required and waited. Then they called to set up an appointment with a relationship manager two weeks out. When I did talk to the relationship manager, he stated that they did not receive all documents. I faxed and faxed the documents over and over with no avail. Then I received a denial letter stating that the documents had expired. I attempted the same loan modification two more times including the most recent one February 11th of this year.
Because a foreclosure letter with a sale date, and a letter stating it was not too late, I could save my home with a modification. Once again , Submitted all documents again, called two days later to check the status and was told all the documents were received and sent to the underwriters. At that time set up a date with the relationship manager a week out. At that time, I was told all the documents were not received, which was a shock because I was just told a week before that all documents were received. So, I sent the documents twice so there would not be any problem.
We'll lo and behold guess what on February 18th a whole new list of documents were no received. Sent those, set up a new appointment with the relationship manager for Tuesday February 25th because I was told that was the first available one. Called back today just to check and make sure the three documents were received and oh Lord a whole new different four documents were needed and not received.
This is pure torture, bad communication, or just a bunch of money hungry people that are not really trying to help save anyone's home but, instead take it and your money in the process. I'm so stressed to the max with these people. There is defiantly a communication barrier. Someone anyone please help. I will be losing my home soon and my kids, husband, and I are struggling to stay above water.
Reviewed Feb. 22, 2014
I have a difficult time understanding the language (English) the person in India is speaking. Nothing I have asked them to do (automatic bank drafts) and more, goes to a dead end. Outside financial dealers and reps can't believe they're still in business. They LOCK you into the high interest rate and raise the payment yearly. They suck! Avoid contact. They ARE the plague!
Reviewed Feb. 21, 2014
I was running behind on my Feb 2014 payment and knew that it wouldn't reach Ocwen before the 15th of the month (If they receive a payment after the 15th of the month, they will report you as a "Late" payment to the credit bureaus). So I called to pay by phone, even though it was going to cost extra. I called on Thursday the 13th, they sent me an email confirmation stating it was paid, and I thought that was that. Today I went to my bank account and saw they didn't debit the payment from my bank account until the following Tuesday the 18th. I sent a reply to the email confirmation they had sent to me, but it is an undeliverable email address. I know there was plenty of money in my account to cover this. What a scam they have going on!!! I am sure that if they are pulling this on me, they are pulling it on 100 other customers! Where can I report them, and will anyone care? Confirm from Ocwen below:
"Thank you for your recent payment request. This is to confirm your authorization on 02/13/2014 05:44 PM Eastern Time for an electronic debit from your Checking account payable to Ocwen Loan Servicing for the following payments: Loan Number: **, Payment Amount: $69.15, Additional Principal: $0.00, Additional Escrow: $0.00, Late Charge: $0.00, Other Fees: $0.00, Transaction Fee: $, Total Debit: $69.15, Confirmation Number: **. This payment will be effective on 02/13/2014 or shortly." thereafter.
Reviewed Feb. 21, 2014
Like many of you and quite out of my control, my loan got sold to OCWEN a few years ago. I've never missed or ever even been late on a payment... ever! Unfortunately due to circumstances beyond my control, I've been out of work for the last 4 months, but (because of savings) I still didn't miss a payment nor was I late. Luckily work has picked up but unfortunately I was a few days late with my January and February payments. I called and talked to the customer service department at Ocwen and they basically told me there was nothing they could do to help me with the late fees. They said the best they could do was not tattle on me to the credit agencies, but that they still want their late fees!
Seriously I've been a small business owner for 35 years and every company of any worth who extends credit will always push the due date back or extend some sort of late fee refund for extenuating circumstances. But not Ocwen, by golly they are dedicated to the shareholder/bottom line and customer be damned! It's okay, I get it... and I can't wait to tell everyone I come in contact with, in my job in the media, about Ocwen and their horrible customer service policies.
Reviewed Feb. 20, 2014
We got behind on mortgage and we tried to get loan modification but was denied because they said we make too much, we tried making payments but was denied. They said they could not take a $5000 payment for us to to nearly catch up, because they said it was over 30 days from last payment. We had set up an automatic withdraw and they messed up, and we tried doing speed pay over phone, but it would not let us.
Reviewed Feb. 19, 2014
Sent our mortgage via US mail on the 2nd of Jan from CA to get to IL. They did not post our check till Jan 22nd and charged us $179.00 late fee. All the other checks sent that day were received and posted by other companies by the 9th of that month some even further away than IL. The worst thing is that they are doing it again this month. Just checked the bank and our check has not gone through yet again. I see this is happening to lots of people. I don't know why it would take 2 1/2 weeks longer to get to them than all the other companies. I see that have an F rating on BBB. When you try and call you just get the call service in India and they cannot help at all.
Reviewed Feb. 19, 2014
Loan was transferred by Wells Fargo to OFS (Ocwen Financial Services) in 2010. Myriad of problems as a result, too numerous to list - 1) lost "file" to begin with, 2) wrong spelling of name on a/c, 3) about the 2nd month, received a late payment charge and notice, 4) called them, emailed, dozens of times to get this fixed but to no avail, 5) after 6 months of frustration, gave up. It's impossible to get a rep on line, someone who knows your account, transactions, and will give a straight answer.
This is mainly because this co. has 100% outsourced its operations to India. It is not the only one but I suspect it's the largest servicer to do. Consequently its "customer service" is zero to non-existent and buyer beware. We got so fed up of it all, we've just given up. OFS also may have hidden agendas in pushing borrowers into bank REPO, loan defaults, etc. with all the crazy paperwork. It has a sister company Altisource, that was in the news recently. This outfit tries to litigate the delinquent mortgages... it is basically a collection agency, and will sue you in court. This is what we've heard from others. So yes, Ocwen continues to be a nightmare to deal with.
Ocwen's trying to have its cake and eat it too, and no, the so-called govt. regulators aren't doing a thing about it. The system was much better with Fannie/Freddie and the banks, but then Congress in its full divine wisdom went and screwed it all up.
Reviewed Feb. 19, 2014
I keep getting phone calls at least 2 - 3x a week, from an acct. manager. I am not arrears and I am up to date on all payments. I feel it's an invasion of my privacy. Very frustrating. I am in the Real Estate business and have discussed these phone calls with people that originate loans and they advised me because I am coming near the end of my loan Ocwen is trying to get me to refi under HARP... Also, I don't get paper statements and no one ever stated in a letter that we wouldn't be getting statements. In addition, I can't access statements online because an error message comes up about having Adobe Reader in which I have and verified. What are they hiding? And to top it off, the person who has been calling actually called the other day with the wrong names of the loan... She must have a list and forgot whom she called. Very unprofessional.
Reviewed Feb. 18, 2014
Our mortgage loan was sold from IndyMac Loan services in November. We received no notifications at all and kept sending our payments (this is a rent house we have) to bill pay to IndyMac. Then Ocwen started with the phone calls horrible and rudest people ever. I put together that our loan was sold by the harassing phone calls. Anyway, in January 2014, they raised the payment to 800.00 which is 80.00 more per month and can't tell me why!! Also it just went up Another 5.00 this month.
I called and called and after talking with 6 different foreign folks, I still get no explanation except my escrow was short. However, I called and the taxes and home insurance has not gone up in 2 years!! They are stealing, no doubt about it! I am seeking an attorney to go through my papers now but that is gonna cost also! It is sad they can get away with ripping hard working people off! I hate this company and have no idea how they are in business! They hire the rudest people ever!
Reviewed Feb. 18, 2014
I work for an insurance agency and HATE dealing with Ocwen Loan Servicing. They have horrible customer service and NEVER have any notes of any previous conversations. You can't understand them half of the time because they are in a foreign country and they can't understand you. I dread every single time I have to communicate with them!!!!!
Reviewed Feb. 18, 2014
I've had nothing but bad experiences. I'm sure someone has experienced this to their missapplying my Funds. For instance, I will send money in for my regular mortgage also I will send money in for my principal only they would take my principal payment and apply it To my regular payment.
Reviewed Feb. 17, 2014
I have been doing my loan payments thru my bank BoA and haven't had problems. Thanks God. My loan was also transferred from BoA and knowing all these stories I found this is a safe way.
Reviewed Feb. 16, 2014
GMAC/Ocwen purchased our loan. They told us everything would remain as was and that there was no need to do anything. But they "lost" our auto-payment records. When we figured this out a few weeks overdue (as we had believed them that nothing would change and we did not need to do anything), we called and told them to set it up and take the money for that payment and for all future payments - we wanted everything on auto-pay so there was no possibility of being late. We thought everything was taken care of and could see payments going out each month. But we started to get cryptic calls saying that we were late. We would explain to their people what happened, and usually they would hang up on us after we said we had paid and gave them the date.
They continued to have incompetent people call us who could not understand what was going on and would not bother talking to us after we said we paid - for several months. Finally we got someone with half a brain, who said what happened was the initial payment went for the second month, so it appeared that we had never paid the first month. Mind you, we never got any sort of written communication and the calls we had gotten before couldn't actually tell us reasonably what was happening. We had also been struggling as we had signed up for e-statements, but had not been able to access them and kept trying to get that set up, so we weren't seeing things as quickly as we should have.
This representative finally was able to take an additional payment for us and said he was waiving all late fees. But he didn't, actually, as no Ocwen/GMAC rep can do anything right, and only ended up putting them in a way that they wouldn't show up on each of our statements, but about $400 in late fees that were completely Ocwen/GMAC's fault were still on the account. When they sold our mortgage to another company, they sold it with those fees. The other company now wants those fees, which we understand as they bought the mortgage with them, but which were not legitimate because of Ocwen/GMAC. Ocwen/GMAC refuses to even talk to us because we no longer have a loan from them. They are incompetent and will scam you with fees for things that are their fault. It is hard to imagine a worse company anywhere.
Reviewed Feb. 16, 2014
I joined a mortgage accelerator program with HSBC Bank twenty years ago when purchasing my first home. In the ensuing years we have stayed with them despite changing mortgage companies. Back in Sept of 2013, payments started going to PHH for some reason and they were initially making payments to the company that currently holds my mortgage. Payments were spotty and also not for the full amount that they were taking from my account, sometimes covering the principal payment but not interest. Since the beginning of the year, they have taken over $2000.00 from my account and none of this has gone to my mortgage. I found this out when my mortgage company's collection department called to tell me I am in default on my loan with them. I have tried repeatedly to contact PHH about this and I keep being told that they have no record of me or any payments made to them yet it clearly shows on my bank statement that payments have gone to them. Has anyone else had this type of issue with them?
Reviewed Feb. 14, 2014
I also had my mortgage with Ocwen and had the same problem as everyone else has. In 2007 I was divorced and received half of my ex-husband's topping out fund, I paid the mortgage off with the money because I wanted rid of them. It is now 2014 I cannot count how many times I have called them, emailed them sent registered letters asking for a mortgage satisfaction. They tell me they have sent it which of course is an outright lie. I am trying to sell my home and cannot because I need the letter of satisfaction. I am at my wits' end and have no idea what to do,
Reviewed Feb. 12, 2014
I mailed my payment due Feb 1, 2014 on 01-31-2014. Payment was not process so to avoid a late payment charge, I put a stop payment on my check and tried to use OCWEN's online payment option. The one-time payment option would not allow me to put in a date of payment and it would not proceed without a payment date. I firmly believe this is done intentionally by OCWEN. Had to call the customer service rep in India to get a payment made. Also stopped receiving monthly statements with payment coupon for the following month. I have been making additional principal and escrow payments and designating the additional payments on their coupon but OCWEN misapplied my additional payment for January 2014. I would not recommend that anyone do business with this company.
Reviewed Feb. 12, 2014
My husband received a phone call telling him that he is pre-approved to refi. We at the time were definitely looking to do that because of the rates being so low. They tell you that if you don't fulfill your end by submitting paperwork by a certain time then you are charged 500 dollars. So we agree. We send in everything they need. Then they call and say “No you’re not approved and oh yeah, you still owe 500 dollars for fees to try and refi the loan”???
Reviewed Feb. 12, 2014
My loan was purchased by Ocwen from Chase. I went through a loan modification process with Chase that took over a year. I was finally granted the modification from Chase in Aug 2013. After agreeing to the terms and submitting the paperwork and the first payment, I get the letter that Ocwen will be servicing my loan. I continued making on time payments for six months and now I get letters stating that I have reached the end of my forbearance period and I owe a $20,000 payment. I should have known something was wrong because I went through several months where Ocwen was not reporting my account to the credit bureau.
When I talked to Ocwen, I have to struggle to understand the conversations and I am put on hold multiple times. During my last conversation the Ocwen rep asked me if I had a copy of the documents from my previous mortgage holder. I have been asking for a document package from Ocwen since day 1. I don't think I can even begin to try to refinance with a legitimate Mortgage company until I can get the documented loan papers from Ocwen. I will send my complaints to the state and whoever else will listen.
Reviewed Feb. 11, 2014
I think we need a class action suit. My wife had to take a cut in pay due to health issues. Shortly after that, she was laid off. We applied for a loan modification at PHH Mortgage. We were assured that we would qualify. The case manager told us that we needed to stop making payments so that we would be in the right position to qualify. We submitted the paperwork and followed his directive. We called him once a week to check on the progress. Every week he would tell us that something was missing in our paperwork and ask us to send it to him and that when he received that missing document everything would be ready to go. When we would call the following week, he would say he didn't receive what we sent. We would explain that it was emailed, he would say wait let me look and it would be there. Some weeks he would say we just needed to be patient, then the next he would say we missed signing something.
After several months of this, he informed us that the paperwork would need to be done again because it was out of date. We did it all over again and sent it in. He continued to tell us that we didn't need to make a payment, things looked good, it wouldn't be long until approval, and just be patient. After 4 months we received a letter saying they were going to foreclose. We called our case manager and he said we needed to either make all of the payments at once or lose our home. We are in Chapter 13 so we are now in the process of adding it to that plan. We were lied to. It seems we were sabotaged on purpose. It makes no sense. I fear for others that this can happen to. They need to be held accountable for what they are doing to home owners.
Reviewed Feb. 10, 2014
This company - who know where they are located - has proceeded with foreclosing against a man who "forgot" to pay his bills due to dementia. FYI - charging 10% interest rate for a man who can barely afford basic necessities of life. Family stepped in after finding out and filled out home modification application. Apparently this application has been sent to another country and the "contact person" in Africa or wherever is nowhere to be found. No returned calls, no fax number, no email - nothing. Foreclosure date is in 2 weeks. Will fight this will all I have. Total abuse and neglect to return calls.
Reviewed Feb. 9, 2014
Ocwen - worst ethics for a mortgage company. This has happened to me several times. Owned my house for 16+ years and had the mortgage under Bank of America. BA sold the loan to Ocwen. The problem is that I send off the monthly mortgage payment by check via US Mail on the 4th or 5th of he month. We all know it does not take 2-3 weeks to mail a check from San Antonio to West Palm Beach. Ocwen holds the check until the 24th, then charges me a late fee. I wonder how many other Ocwen customers get treated the same way? I can't help but think that this practice is deliberate and intentional, just to collect the late fee. It might even be illegal.
Reviewed Feb. 8, 2014
Ocwen took over our mortgage around January 2011. Everything was fine for the first year except they paid our property taxes after we had already paid them which is not escrowed. Just to be brief, everything started going downhill. First they stopped sending statements monthly, then they said we was 60 days past due. Ok paid the "past due account", now current around June 2012. Again no statements so I decided to call, mind you still paying without the statements. I called them August 2012, they told me we was in foreclosure because of none payments. We wired them the money to "catch up" on so called pat due bill. Called them to confirm and give the reference number, was told to call back the next day to confirm payments posted to the account.
Called them and they only post $600.00 out of the $2000.00 sent, they said it was in escrow for future payments. LIARS!!! Ok I told my husband these people are full of it. So I jumped in high gear. You have to have 12 months of on time payments to refinance. So we started paying using our bill pay through our bank account never so called late again. Around the 6 month point we opened a Walmart credit card because with them reporting late score dropped, score went up 12 months later refinanced with the credit union. Prior to that they only report look like every 3 months. We had to print out a statement off Ocwen website to give to the credit union showing we had paid the previous 2 months they were not reporting. I also printed a payment history from the bank.
Our balance on the credit bureau said $50,000.00. When we received our pay off it was $5,000.00 more. So we had to come out of pocket with the money because Ocwen said those was fees, that they could not explain to us or the credit union. My husband was frustrated because we didn't have the $5,000.00. I told him I'm gonna let $5,000.00 stop me from getting rid of them. I went to my credit union borrowed the $5,000.00 and they are history. Oh yeah checked the credit report around January 1, 2014, Ocwen was reporting with same balance. I disputed it, they said it was accurate. I then printed the report from Ocwen website where it clearly show a $0 balance. Advice to all, get current don't be late on other bills and get from under that hell hole. They are not gonna help you. Don't believe nothing they say. PRAY, PRAY AND PRAY!!! Get out!! Thank God!!!
Reviewed Feb. 7, 2014
We received a 1099 from Ocwen on 2/6/14 and a letter dated 10/3/13 stating they needed my "Tax payer identification number" or social security number before they can process my 2013 interest statement. Is this for real???!! They have my mortgage and I believe my SSN is scattered throughout every document in my file. I do believe this looks like a stall tactic in getting my interest statement for 2013 in a timely manner. I was also told that part of my interest statement would be coming from GMAC who had my mortgage for about 4 or 5 months in 2013. I don't feel good about this after reading the reviews.
Reviewed Feb. 6, 2014
Helping Home Owners is what they don't do. I was 6 month behind on my mortgage of $906.15 which totals $5436.90 so I thought. I could get help by applying for a Home affordable modification. I was denied. They took all my information and used it against me. I worked a second job to make ends meet and try to save money for repairs; I had to pay $7809.01 to be reinstated for the 6 months I was behind. Then I received a notice with my April mortgage note saying I owe $400.00 for charges they just received which totaled $1440.00.
In May mortgage note I received a note saying instead of my regular mortgage payment of $906.15 it will be $1096.94 they stated that according to the federal law (RESPA) allows additional funds to be held to prevent the escrow account from being overdrawn. And I will need at least $1661.98 in escrow account at the start of the year. Which will begin in 6/13? Here it is February; my mortgage is still the same. I called on 02/03, 02/04, and I finally got someone on 02/06 at 3:10p. They told me my escrow amount went up, I asked why. I was put on hold for quite a while then the guy said because in March it wasn't enough money to cover payments.
I asked to speak to supervisor and she explained that in 2012 they paid my forced hazardous insurance and that left me with a negative balance. I asked if that was included in the reinstated amount, she said no. Then she mention my taxes which is included in my mortgage so I really didn't understand what that had to do with anything. All this for a modification. If you can't trust your mortgage company who can you trust?
I wonder if this is really legal. I feel as though I am being taken advantage of. I stopped working extra hours on my second job, it wasn't beneficial to me. They saw my gross and made my life miserable. I can't afford this increase any longer. It's one of the coldest winter ever and it cost to stay warm, my house is falling apart and I can't afford repairs, which is why I got a second job in the first place. I feel so stressed over this. I probably would have been better off walking away. And to top that off they also cover the insurance for my house, which isn't beneficial to me.
They have 3 pages of things they don't cover and a small paragraph of what they do cover. They sent me a notice saying I will be charge me $799.00 annually. Yet in March 2012, $813.00 was disbursed from my escrow (this is the payment they said they made). Then in December 2012, they wanted another disbursement of $799.00. Then for 2013, I thought it was included in my reinstated amount but it wasn't. They took that out of my escrow in November 2013. Any suggestion please?
Reviewed Feb. 6, 2014
I have not received a statements from Ocwen since October 2013. I have called no less than 35 times and they indicate they were sent. I also requested them to be emailed and have not received them. My husband passed away in October and my payment was three days late. They levied a fine and reported it to the credit bureaus. When attempting to contact them, I get the calling center in India and cannot understand their attempt at English. I have talked to the Research department, Ombudsman and countless other people who insist the statements have been mailed. I also have not received my year end interest statement so I cannot file my taxes. I spoke to one woman who indicated that I should remortgage my house at my expense. I have tried to tell them I have not received anything and they act as if I am lying. I have filed a complaint with the BBB and my state attorney general. I would appreciate anything that can be done to rectify this situation.
Reviewed Feb. 5, 2014
Today is my Birthday, 2/5/14. I have never been late with a mortgage payment. Because of all the recent snow we've had in NY I decided to wait until my direct deposit posted on 2/9/14 to pay all my bills at once rather than venture out into this terrible weather to drop a check into the bank to stay safe. At 11 am I received a call from OCWEN demanding payment. This woman was relentless in making me commit to a time but all the while insisting on an immediate over the phone payment. I explained I have always paid before the first of the month and never missed a payment so why was she harassing me? I also got her to admit that my payment isn't technically late until after the 17th of the month and even then I can simply pay a $80 late fee. She still demanded payment despite these facts and got me very upset that my high blood pressure got the best of me and I felt like I would pass out.
I really don't understand this call as I know for a fact friends of mine are still living in their homes being foreclosed on for the past 5 years and never get any calls. I am a good person trying to get by as a single parent with 2 children and even if I had decided to be late and pay the extra fee that should have been my prerogative and then they still didn't have a right to call and harass me. They scared me and ruined my entire day, they should be fined! I HAVE NEVER HEARD OF DEMANDING PAYMENT BEFORE A PERSON IS LATE.
Reviewed Feb. 5, 2014
Yesterday we received a phone call from Ocwen stating that they were holding a $13000 insurance check for us. They wanted additional info and are sending a "Packet" to us via regular mail. They said that this was a claim from 2002. They also said they aquired our account in 2013 from GMAC. In 2007 GMAC started foreclosure proceedings against us. We were forced to file a chapter 7 bankruptcy (due to job loss). All foreclosure proceedings stopped and in about a year the bankruptcy was discharged. We moved out of the house and notified everyone.
There has never been an insurance claim made on our property. The house sits empty and destroyed by vandals. Ocwen continues to pay the taxes. We want the deed out of our name.I am trying to get hold of their loss mitigation department to find out what they really want because they cannot possibly have insurance claim money for us. It has to be a scam, but I can't imagine for what purpose. They cannot tell me what insurance company. There is also a 2nd mortgage on this property and a home equity loan. It's a nightmare.
Reviewed Feb. 5, 2014
I live in Fremont, CA. My loan is with Ocwen. I paid 2012 Back Property Taxes owed with the Alameda County Tax Department. The Alameda County Tax Department verified that I paid 2012 $32,027.28 property taxes with personal cashier's checks and provided written documentation. The Alameda Tax Department also researched that they never received payment from Ocwen for the 2012 back taxes. Ocwen Loan charged me effective 2/2013 for loan balance of $ 38,647.48 that they said they paid back property taxes. I provided the letter that Alameda County Tax Department that I paid the 2012 taxes. I sent information in registered mail 6/2013. On 1/31/14 , I received a mortgage that still indicates an escrow adjustment of $ 38,647.48. My mortgage has increased because of this escrow adjustment. I've called Ocwen several times however, they put me on hold to review and kept on insisting that they have paid property taxes. What is my next option? My CPA's office recommended that I need to hire a real estate attorney. Please advise. Thank you.
Reviewed Feb. 4, 2014
My loan was transferred to this company in OCT. 2013 not my choice. Every time you try and call you get someone in India that you cannot understand. They have raised my monthly mortgage already for escrow reasons they say. You cannot receive any help from them. Now I haven't received a bill for the FEB 01 payment, been trying to call for three days, cannot get thru, have spent so far 2 hours on hold. Still no address where to mail the payment.
I've been in my home since 1996 and have never missed a payment nor been late. It's like they want you to miss payments since you cannot get any help from them. How do you get in touch with someone who can speak English and wants to help? All I want to do is make my payment but no one will send a bill or tell me where to send it. This company shouldn't exist and why do they have my mortgage? STAY AWAY IF YOU CAN OR GET OUT QUICK.
Reviewed Feb. 4, 2014
Out of curiosity, we are wondering how many of the Ocwen problems people are experiencing have to do with loans that originated with Taylor Bean & Whitaker prior to 2007? We have 3 loans where were being handled through TB&W mortgage servicing, that were later serviced by AHMSI after TB&W was taken over by FDIC during the Colonial Bank scandal when Lee Farkus (pres. of TB&W) was sent to prison for mortgage and securities fraud against Colonial Bank. Lee Farkus is the guy who is famous for having said he could rob a bank with nothing but a pencil.
AHMSI then came into the picture and began servicing loans held by an investor known as "TB&W TRUST", which has a trust account with the Bank of New York Mellon, and BNYM is the manager of the mortgage and note papers. AHMSI employed people who were once employed with TB&W Mortgage Corp, and they relocated from Ocala, FL to Irving, TX, setting up under the new company name (AHMSI). This lasted until AHMSI was kicked out of Texas for mortgage and securities fraud in Texas, and went bankrupt, and the loan accounts they had control of were then taken over by Homeward Residential Servicing (incidentally owned by the same guy who owned AHMSI), which was and still is apparently based in Texas until a year or so ago, and is still apparently being operated by the former employees of TB&W.
Then Homeward Residential was sued by the Texas Attorney General and run out of the state for fraud and violations of their state's consumer protection codes. After that, Homeward Residential Servicing was "taken over" by Ocwen, which then relocated the offices back to Ocala, FL with servicing employees located in India who can barely speak intelligible English. Ocwen has turned out to be far worse than AHMSI was on their very worst day - which is, more than likely, precisely the reason Ocwen was made subject to a recent $1.1-billion-plus judgement, filed somewhere back east by a state attorney general.
We cannot get through on the phone to discuss any of our problems with Ocwen, as of today (Feb. 4, 2014) because after waiting for an unreasonable period of time our call gets disconnected during transfer at their end. We have tried going through their website to make a call appointment, but have had no luck in creating a user account to accomplish this. Ocwen bills us for amounts they allege were owed to Homeward Residential, even though we have documents from Homeward Residential from dates before Ocwen took over indicating those amounts were satisfactorily paid in full.
Ocwen continuously and maliciously attempts to wear us down with their nonsense and merit-less claims. When we sold one of the properties that Ocwen has been servicing, they illegally billed us and forced us to pay over $2,133 that they listed on the settlement document they provided for the sale, showing it was a combination of servicing costs (assessed from their own wrong-doing and that of their predecessor, and bills that we received AFTER we sold the property and paid them off). They are alleging that it was for "foreclosure expenses" and "attorney fees" - even though they never indicated we were under foreclosure action in writing, nor did we receive indication of any lawsuit, nothing was filed in the courthouse to support their allegations, and there were no notations that showed up on the title search at the time the sale was closed.
We sent them letters by certified mail in July 2013 demanding that Ocwen eliminate the so-called servicing charges they claimed they assumed from the prior servicing agencies, despite our documented evidence showing those charges didn't even exist when Ocwen took over. They refused to acknowledge our demand letter, which they signed for and then said they never received, and they dunned the title company for the above amount ($2,133), in addition to the principal, interest, and taxes that were in excess and over & above the principal and interest that was actually owed and due them at the time, and collected these erroneous charges from our sale payoff.
Even our attorney is pretty steamed over the way Ocwen has treated us. At his recommendation, we are preparing to file formal complaints with our Kansas Attorney General for consumer protection fraud, which carries a provision for double damages because my husband is over 65, and another complaint with our Kansas Banking Commissioner for financial consumer protection fraud. We also intend to sue Ocwen in small claims court (where they will not be allowed to have an attorney present) to attempt to recover the monetary damages they have caused. If we can get back into this site, we'll let everybody know later how things turn out.
Reviewed Feb. 4, 2014
Our loan was sold to Ocwen in March 2013 from Homeward financial. We didn't have a problem until November 2013 when they changed our banking information and are now saying we are 60 days past due even though we have emails confirming payments but none saying they didn't go through. When calling to try and straighten this out no one answers or you are on hold for 45 minutes and still get no where. We have made three payments that we have confirmations for and they are still not showing on the website. No one answers emails for complaints and you cannot talk to a supervisor. I have contacted the credit bureaus and the BBB. Next step is contacting an attorney.
Reviewed Feb. 4, 2014
My mom is 78 years old and is now living alone. My dad fell and because of his injuries is now in a nursing home. After 57 years of marriage, my mom has to learn how to live without her caretaker and fend for herself. Dad and Mom bought a 2-family home that they thought could provide a modest income and also provide a place that they could someday live in. Now my mom is trying to keep up paying a mortgage that seems to always go up, so after 4 months of partial payments she heard about Ocwen's mortgage relief program. She for months now has sent several copies of every paper that they requested. Every time she has a scheduled phone conference, it either does not happen or they request additional of the same paperwork again as they state they never received it.
My mom is struggling to understand everything that is being requested of her and is left hanging on to the hope of a better interest rate so she can continue to keep the home that my dad and her bought together. Meanwhile Ocwen continues to play games with her and string her along with no remorse. Mom has no idea that this is just a game to them and she remains hopeful that this will end in her favor. It's really sad that people continue to prey on the elderly. My mom does not have her husband any longer. Her credit is already damaged and if Ocwen continues to be negligent and cold she will be out on the street at 78 years old.
Reviewed Feb. 2, 2014
We been in our home for 16 years, making mortgage payments to GMAC. During those years never had a problem. For the past 11 months there have been off and on problems with my account with OCWEN. One occasion I mailed in my payment on time, and after the late payment date I checked my bank account wondering why I have extra money. Why is my payment (check) not deposited until the 26th of the month. Another occasion, after sending a payment on time, well they were called. OCWEN put my check on hold and it was sitting on someone's desk. This was after the late payment date 1-21-14. And because it was OCWEN mistake, I had to make a phone payment even though my check/payment was in the office.
My question to them was is there going to be a fee? OCWEN answer was there will not be a fee due to their error. I also brought to their attention that I had not received a mortgage statement in January for February's payment. To date 2-2-14, I have not received the 1098, 1099 tax form.
Reviewed Feb. 2, 2014
I am so relieved to find this complaint here! Our nerves were so rattled by what Ocwen put us through, that we never got to reading detailed complaints like these. We had the exact same experience as you. We were called and offered a modification on our loan. We did not call them to ask for it. They proceeded to tell us that we needed to stop paying the mortgage for at least three months in order to qualify for the modification. That seemed very strange to us. They had just told us that we qualify for it, yet we had to do something else to 'qualify' for it.
My husband is a finance director and is far from a fool. He just did not believe this could be correct information. We continued getting these calls, so eventually took their advice in order to get the modification. After the 3 months of not paying the mortgage, we called to ask when the modification would be done, and what do you think we were told??? After about 20 extremely frustrating calls to India, and nobody knowing a darn thing about our case, we were told that we do not qualify for the modification because our account was in arrears!!!!! If we wanted the modification, we now had to pay them the 3 months payments all at the same time as paying our other mortgage payment. We did not just have $20,000.00 just lying around.
We went through a year or two of hell trying to fix this mess. We could never get hold of anybody. We could never speak to anybody who knew anything about how to handle our case, and quite frankly they did not care! We tried getting to the top, but that was a waste of time too. They finally started threatening us with foreclosure, but we still had not had one conversation who could offer us any advice or explain why this happened in the first place. We paid an attorney recommended by them (ha ha!), but that was just another waste of our hard earned money. In December 2012 we received a call telling us that we had maximum 2 weeks to vacate our home!!!! We moved into a rental and now will not be able to purchase a house for many years due to what Ocwen have done to our family! We had a great home that we loved. Ocwen have taken away not only our home, but they took away our pride, our confidence in any businesses out there, and the ability to own our own home!
My daughter's mortgage on her house was just bought over by Ocwen 2 months ago, and guess what she is going through??? She has been in her home almost 10 years. They have never been in default. They have never had any issues. They always paid the taxes together with their mortgage, and now they are having a huge battle as Ocwen deny that they paid their taxes. My daughter has the confirmation from the tax offices. Ocwen are raising their mortgage by $500 per month, which they definitely cannot afford. She has tried incessantly to get hold of somebody that will listen to her. Nobody listens. Nobody in India cares. She has spent weeks on the phone trying to solve this issue. Her nerves are frayed! What is she supposed to do? Will they evict her too?????
Please tell me if there is anything either of us can do and if there is some sort of class action suit that we can participate in or where we can turn to get some sort of compensation for what they have done to us. Thank you.
Reviewed Feb. 1, 2014
Ocwen my mortgage from GMAC around March of 2013. I had both my homeowners and flood insurance payments added to my escrow. Well, on Jan. 31, 2014, My insurance company sent me a letter stating that my flood insurance expired on Jan 3, 2014. I was horrified, I thought Ocwen paid my flood insurance. I contacted my insurance company and was told they sent Ocwen 3 billing statements,stating they have to pay my flood insurance. How ironic, they paid my homeowners. If I didn't pay my flood insurance on the 1/31/14, my flood insurance would lapse and my insurance would go from $1000 to $3500. My agent called them and worked it out. Luckily, I had the money to pay it.
I contacted Ocwen's Insurance dept. Several people talked to and told me they had no clue why it wasn't paid. Others denied 3 letters were sent, others said they called my insurance company and told them there was a technical error and the payment wasn't processed. I then told them that my insurance co, doesn't have to remind them to pay my flood insurance. They also told me I called them on 1/27/14 but can't tell me why I called. This company is so horrible. Did they want my flood insurance to cancel, thus having them do another loan, at an higher percentage. I informed Ocwen that I will contact my lawyer. Really how stupid does Ocwen think we are, knowing the insurance wasn't paid and not paying it. This insurance SUCKS.
Reviewed Jan. 31, 2014
I have been with them for 8 years after my original company sold my account to them before the first payment. I have been having serious money problems since I have had to have two surgeries. I have had a modification with them before but this time they have been dragging their feet. I am now two months behind partly because I allowed them to draft my bank account for $600 but they tried to do more and the transaction was refused. So now I am having to try to play catch up. This is hard since my house is literally falling apart around me and I am having to rob Peter to pay Paul in an attempt to have heat and running water plus get them caught up with the mortgage and the escrow account for the insurance and taxes.
I have been speaking with someone from India and they are not too helpful. It is always someone will call and sometimes they do but I am usually at work. I work at night 12 hours and I tell them when to call and they call when they want. I am so at my wits end with this. My son and I need a home. He is disabled and stays with me even though he is an adult. He cannot not walk, has not walked since he was three. There has to be a way of making some kind of deal with these people to get my payments lowered and caught up and to be able to speak with someone who understands English enough to speak to help me. Is there someone out there that can? By the way, this has totally ruined my credit. I have even had a bankruptcy since this ordeal with them.
Reviewed Jan. 31, 2014
I am so tired of my payments being posted late. They are so unorganized. I wished that you could make payments directly to them without have the processing added to your mortgage. Urrrrrh!!!!
Reviewed Jan. 31, 2014
Got a loan thru credit union and was sold to PHH. In 20 years of owning I have never had to pay escrow. In the last 2 years of having PHH we have had to pay escrow 2 times. On our closing we had escrow signed up so that we would not have to make a payment at beginning of the year. Now each year we get a bill because they have said we did not pay enough. We called and talked with them and asked to have this fixed and they said they look at last years taxes and insurance to calculate. I wanted to pay more so that it would cover it and they said they will send back the extra we send because it is too much. I understand insurance and taxes go up a little but ours has gone up many hundreds of dollars at a time and the purpose of escrow is to hold extra money.
Reviewed Jan. 30, 2014
I've read many of the stories over the years but I haven't read of anyone that has had to deal with Ocwen for much more than 2 years. I started this process on January 31, 2009. I have six loans that were all eventually transferred to Ocwen. I was told to stop making the payments if I wanted to get any loan modifications. So I destroyed our credit and stopped making the payments. This has been five years of unbelievable horror and frustration trying to deal with Ocwen. Ocwen has a very consistent and persistent policy of denying and delaying when it comes to dealing with its customers. Ocwen will request documents, I'll send them, and then they'll deny receiving them despite the fact that I have signed receipts by them.
At one point I made up SEVEN sets of documents and sent them via FedEx for seven days in a row because I knew they would have to acknowledge receiving them. Once Ocwen receives the documents, they will ask for something more and then claim that they didn't get them again. Once they finally do agree that they have everything, they will claim that the documents are now expired and need new ones. I've sent thousands of documents to Ocwen via email, fax, regular mail, certified mail, and FedEx. When Ocwen asks me for documents I don't send them just once but multiple times and via multiple methods just to make sure. This is a lot of what I've done for the past five years.
Then Ocwen will assign me a "Relationship Manager" but when you call to talk with them they are either not available or they have assigned you a new specialist. I've gone from the US to India and now I'm back in the US. Ocwen will set up phone appointments and then not be available at the time that they set up. In December of 2011, Ocwen actually made two loan modifications for me that were on fantastic terms but nothing since. Initially Ocwen said that they'd modify all 6 loans at once but then changed and said they could only do one at a time.
I can sometimes email some of the people but they claim they can't email me. This is because they don't want any record of what they are doing. This is why on the phone they advise you that this call "may be recorded" but it actually isn't because again, they don't want any record of what they've been doing. Even though Ocwen agreed to a 2.1 BILLION dollar settlement as a result of what they've been doing, they are continuing to do the same things. I've filed a complaint with my state's Department of Justice and I've already been contacted by them.
Ocwen has filed foreclosures on two properties of mine so far but I have an attorney that is working on both cases. When I explained this to Ocwen, the Ocwen rep told me just to tell the Judge that we were working on a modification and that should delay the foreclosure! I don't think it works that way. I've been told that legally what Ocwen is doing isn't wrong and that Ocwen doesn't have to make any loan modifications but it would seem to me that making me go through what I've had to that Ocwen should be required to make them for me.
Ocwen's handling of these loans is morally reprehensible and goes against everything I was taught as a child about treating others as you'd like to be treated. I know most people give up after a year but if I lose my properties I'd owe over $200,000 in taxes to the IRS and I just can't afford that. For that reason I have continued to work with Ocwen for five years. I wish all the rest of you the best of luck but it doesn't appear as though our Government is going to do anything to prevent Ocwen from robbing all of their customers of either their homes, their money, their time, or their dignity. I pray to God that someone somewhere will do something to prevent others from having to go through what I've had to over the past five years.
Ocwen spent nearly 9 months trying to get me to prove that the house that we have been living in for the past 22 years was really our residence! After sending them our driver's licenses, utility bills, letters from our Insurance Company, and County Court records, Ocwen still wouldn't believe me. In frustration I finally asked the rep at Ocwen if he'd like us to stand in front of our house and send him a picture. Best of luck to you in your dealings with Ocwen.
Reviewed Jan. 30, 2014
This company certainly has its issues, so I decided to call the Executive Chairman of the Board, William C Erbey @ 561-682-8520. A lovely, American lady named Jackie ** handled my complaint with ease and promised to have a REAL person contact me tomorrow. If I haven't received communication from them by tomorrow, Jackie asked me to call back so she can connect me directly to Mr. Erbey. I suggest everyone call the number and even send him an email at william.erbey@ocwen.com. I will let you know if my situation is handled after tomorrow.
Reviewed Jan. 30, 2014
Late fees from closing in NYS flood in 2007 were in process of being eliminated by Phil Franklin, Fremont Bank of Anaheim, Ca when bank imploded. It was then being resolved by Benny **, executive @ Goldman Sachs' Litton Loan Servicing when he lost his job and Ocwen took over. We are denied modification/resolution and there is no one to speak with. We are locked into terrible credit due to problem.
Reviewed Jan. 30, 2014
I also had insurance and escrow added to my account. I already pay my own insurance and taxes and they are up to date. I am refusing to pay them and they keep adding late charges. I am refinancing with my credit union, but I am going after them for the late charges. I will report them to the Florida Attorney General and any other agency I can locate on the web. I have already reported them to the BBB, where they have an F rating. All you Wells Fargo customers that will soon be OCWEN customers, BEWARE, your monthly payments will soon be increasing. They will find some sneaky way to add fees and make it difficult for you to make your payments. If you have good credit, find another lender.
Reviewed Jan. 29, 2014
My account was transferred from Homeward last year. Everything okay with Ocwen until December 2013. Supposedly they updated their system. Now, when I try to access my loan info, I find the name on my loan has been changed from my husband's to someone unknown to us, who lives in another part of the country. I cannot get a 1099 in our names, cannot even make a payment for Feb 1. When I call, as I have been since January 3rd, I get assured that this will be corrected. Called for the sixth time today, same answer. Asked to speak to the dept mgr, but he was on the phone. Said he'd call back, but I am still waiting. In addition, Ocwen is reporting to the credit bureau under this other person's name. Wish I could get out of this company.
Reviewed Jan. 29, 2014
My acct was taken over in Oct. 2013 from GMAC. The first two months I had relentless calls, my payment was being automatically taken out, telling me that I was late on my payment. They had my name with someone else's address. Once I got that straighten up, which is a task since the CS is in India and difficult due to language issues. Now I signed up for the weekly program that takes out a 1/4 of your payment every week, now I am getting a late charge assessed because I did not finish the month payment by the 15th. Of course I get two people that read from a script due to language barrier. So when asked if I switch to biweekly, will I get 1/4 and then the 1/2 payment taken out at the same time "possibly". I also have faxed my insurance policy to them over and over, they claim I do not have hazard insurance, but they have been taking it out monthly. One battle after another. What a losing battle! I could understand if I picked this company, but I did not!
Reviewed Jan. 28, 2014
I don't care at all for this company. They won't help me catch up on my payments and when I contact them, they never answer anything I am calling about. Also they don't have clear speaking English people to speak with. I want to refinance my mortgage outside of them and no one will help me just fed up completely.
Reviewed Jan. 27, 2014
1st Unfortunately after 13 years I have to give up my home and it's breaking my heart as well as my children. My mortgage was transferred to Ocwen. I contacted them about a deed in lieu and also spoke with numerous people. Was told 35-45 day process and needed to be out of home. I left and deed in lieu still not done and a lot of misinformation and misrepresentation. Confused that I can't get a straight and would have stayed if I knew I had more time in my house missing and heartbroken.
Reviewed Jan. 26, 2014
This POS servicer is trying to rip us off like their predecessor. And just like their predecessor, they are going to find their asses in mediation as well. Only this time I'm going all the way to court, with a jury of MY peers and pay off my loan with THEIR money instead of settling out of court!!! I cannot believe THE SHEER STUPIDITY OF THESE PEOPLE AND I CANNOT BELIEVE ANYONE WOULD STOOP SO LOW AS TO WORK FOR THESE POS SCAM ARTISTS. Like the movie, I'm coming and hell's coming with me!!!!!
Reviewed Jan. 25, 2014
At the advice of my Relationship Manager at GMAC last October, we started the short sale process for our home (which we have a buyer and contract). Then everything transferred to Ocwen Loan Servicing. I get no answers, only stalls, delays, and frustration. The only number I have to call is for a call center in India who only tells me the short sale is "in process". They only offer to make appointments for my relationship manager to call me several days later. Sometimes that call happens, sometimes not. Today, my relationship manager called and told me she has not been able to get any information from the Short Sale Department. She offered to transfer my call to that department but then came back on the line and said no one was picking up the phone in that department. Then she put me on hold while she went to talk to her supervisor, and I was disconnected. She did not call again. Now I have a certified letter saying because I did not start a mediation process, they are foreclosing. Please, anyone, any suggestion on how to deal with this company!? This is just so wrong!!
Reviewed Jan. 24, 2014
We re-fi'd last year and our mortgage broker bundled it off to Ocwen. Never heard of this terrible company before. Problems from the very beginning. Clearly this was some fly-by-night debt collection company that saw a "business" opportunity to screw over as many customers as possible. Where to send the payment? Total confusion. No electronic address so I can mail my payment directly from Citibank. Sorry, they don't do that. Hmmm, that's interesting. What century are you in? Change of payment address - did you ever tell your customer who might actually be paying automatically every month via web payments? No! So my payment arrives late and now the burden is on me to prove my innocence (mind you my wife and I both have 800+ credit ratings).
This company should be run out of the mortgage business. It's shysters like them who led to the first crash. Send your communication to Senator Elizabeth Warren. She'll kick their collective **. All you need to do is take a look at their website... They were forced by the US government to post a class action LAWSUIT by all 50 states...THAT THEY LOST!
Reviewed Jan. 24, 2014
I had a mortgage with GMAC, went through loan modification with GMAC that took more than a year to complete, with little to no change. Ocwen took over as payee and I have had nothing but grief. I was laid off and ended up two months behind... They call several times a day, even if it is a few days past the first of the month. NOW I take a better look at my statement to see a property inspection fee of 10.50 a month and several certified mail charges that have been added to my loan every month. I am refusing to pay these property inspection fees and certified mail charges. I never received certified mail. I will be caught up by the 5th of February barring any unforeseen disasters. On my block there are only five homes lived in. The rest are burned out shells or empty lots where a home once stood. If they want this place, good luck selling it or taking it. I will chain myself to my property and I refuse to far for a property inspection that never has happened. If I could I would take my business elsewhere!
Updated on 02/01/2015:
I am still having issue with Ocwen and unreasonable fees STILL being put on my account. I have an inspection fee every month. No one comes to my home from Ocwen to "inspect" my property. $10.50 a month for that! I have a 12.00 service charge every month just to pay my bill. They send certified mail every month and charge my account for it.
I got behind and actually talked to an ombudsman about the fees and I had thought they were going to relieve me of these fees. Turns out they didn't. They would not accept any payment until I wired them $1500.00 and agreed to a 930.00 dollar a month repayment plan. On Friday they called to inquire about my first payment. It was the 30th of the month (not due for two days). They call me several times a day, every day.
I really want this to stop. I am on disability and trying very hard to get off disability and make a regular wage, but I don't see that happening if they are charging me so much every month at 7.350%. I get three or more pieces of mail every week! These people have caused me so much stress, I can't sleep at night. They have single-handedly destroyed any mediocre credit I had. I hope an attorney can contact me about joining a lawsuit. If they have been sued before, why are they still able to add these charges every month.
Reviewed Jan. 23, 2014
My husband was laid off in September 2012. I was able to keep up the payments on my salary, but missed one month when my daughter's apartment caught on fire and she needed our help in another city. I contacted PHH to explain the situation, and they said to just pay $250 extra each month to catch up the missed payment. Even though that was even harder financially with my husband still out of work, I agreed. I kept receiving letters saying I owed over $1,000 in missed payments. I was putting the extra amount with my payment each month, but they simply applied the extra to my principal and said that I still owed the unpaid amount. I had struggled to repay the missed payment exactly the way they told me to, and they then said that I had not been paying the extra amount AND that they never agreed to those re-payment terms in the first place. I was doing exactly what they had told me to! Now, I had struggled to pay extra each month, that I shouldn't have, and still owe the extra >$1,000.00. I even sent in my bank statements to prove the amount I had been paying and I'm still fighting them to apply the extra amount paid to my past due balance. They say they will work with you if you have a hardship situation, but they're full of ** I HATE PHH!
Reviewed Jan. 23, 2014
Just read a complaint with regards to Ocwen Financial and their practices. "Helping Homeowners is what we do". I too got caught in an escrow account scam AND something called a "suspense account"....where they take your payment and DO NOT apply it to your scheduled principal and interest payment, as intended. Then they wreck your credit by reporting you as late.
I too, magically, had an escrow account appear for my taxes and insurance. They paid my taxes well in advance of them being due. Tried to do the same with my insurance but were blocked by the company. After paying them (the escrow department @ $6K) to eliminate the account per a written agreement, they did the exact same thing AGAIN. Monthly payments went from eleven hundred to over twenty six hundred to catch up for their payments and future payments.
If you get with these people (not by your choice, but by their acquisition of your mortgage company)...GET OUT FAST!!! The carrot... I find out today that they just purchased the servicing of some Wells Fargo mortgages. Guess who holds the mortgage on my second home in Florida? WF. If I'm part of the 2% they purchased...I'll be out of there before they can blink.
Reviewed Jan. 23, 2014
After we lost our home in June 2012 to Option One turned Homeward Res, Ocwen Sent me a letter telling us they would be our new lender. My five children and I was in shock, I called and found out it was true. Was told we could move back home... Long story short, I found out the house had a bad fire. Was helped by Ocwen to find the Lender placed insurance to fix the damages, And as soon as I did all of this...They took me to court and took the house back...Saying nothing...Other than it is an REO owned home. I am so sick. My children are heartbroken. And they have it listed on Hubzu for sale. What they don't list is the house had a bad fire and they collected insurance money to fix it... Please pray for my family. Help me make this right.
Reviewed Jan. 22, 2014
My situation is pretty much the same as everyone else. My note was sold from Popular Mortgage, Litton and Ocwen. They are not reporting my payments to the credit bureaus. They have wrong information on credit report. They said I filed Chapter 7, which I did not. This is just a bad company. I am not going out like a lamb, they picked the wrong person. Every time I call for my monthly statement, they tell me it's with the attorney (hmmmm). My attorney says they are bad. Push come to shove, I will pay my attorney to help me fight this. We all need to band together and get rid of these leeches. I will file complaints with every agency I can find. They deserve a zero rating.
Reviewed Jan. 22, 2014
In November 2013, I received a letter from Ocwen stating that since my property tax is due within a week they were required to pay it and open an escrow account for the remaining payments BUT if I didn't want the escrow account I would have to repay them and make all the additional payments, send proof to them along with a request to close the escrow account. I immediately borrowed the money and paid up all my property taxes. I sent them a check via overnight mail for the amount they paid but even though the mail was delivered, they claimed they did not receive it. After numerous email and calls (5 weeks later) they received and applied the payment. Okay so I faxed in another written request to have the escrow account closed but was told they made another property tax payment on my behalf???? I already paid up ALL my taxes for 2014, there was no more payments due.
Confused, I call the 800 number in India and was told that since a property tax payment was already made for me I will have to repay that as well... I faxed them the proof of payments that I made but they told me it was their payment... I had the receipt with the amount paid as proof that I faxed to them. I finally re-paid that amount also and found out that they did make a payment for me 2 weeks after my payment wad made resulting in an overpayment.
It is Now January 22, 2014 and I am still fighting with Ocwen to close that forced escrow account. I called India again yesterday and was told that my request was denied since my (GET THIS) INSURANCE payment is due within 45 days...MY INSURANCE???? I thought this was about the PROPERTY TAXES???? My insurance payment is never late is not due until February 7, 2014??? What is going on here??? So I scrambled up the payment for the insurance and paid it the same day. I faxed the receipt to Ocwen and was told I have to wait 5 days for a decision on closing the escrow account that they forced on me.
I am at the end of my rope with this company. What a nightmare... My monthly mortgage payments are never late so why is Ocwen bullying me? Please advise me someone. I am trying to refinance to get away from this nightmare of a company.
Reviewed Jan. 21, 2014
My loan was with GMAC before it was bought by Ocwen 1/1/2014. I had automatic withdrawal setup with GMAC. I just received a paper bill today, 1/21/14, with statement date of 12/26/13 and due date of 1/1/14 and late date of 1/17/14. Fortunately, my automatic withdrawal continued under Ocwen (I called and verified). But it just shows how bad a company is when they mail out a paper bill 5 days before it's due and mail takes at least 2 to 3 days and in today's case, it was not received until after the late fee would have been charged. I will definitely be refinancing to another company asap.
Reviewed Jan. 21, 2014
My original loan was through Charles Schwab (2006) who transferred their PHH loans directly to PHH. Originally, I was put into the modification loan program in 2010 for 6 months, I was told on many occasions that once I was in the program that as long as I made my payments on time for 6 months I would continue to be in this modified loan. I did exactly what was requested and after 6 months they threw me out of the modified loan and requested payment for all the back balance, which I then paid. I sent every single requested document outlined for the 2009 modification along with my tax statements, bank statements, the 4506T, utility bills, hardship letter, etc. and much more and mailed them in the provided 2nd day UPS which I dropped off at a UPS station. I also called in 2009 and confirmed they received the documents.
I made all my modified payments on time; there was no decent reason why they should have thrown me out of that program at that time. I re-contacted Charles Schwab's Mortgage Service Center Att: HAMP Processing after the 2009 denial because I had called Fannie Mae in December to cry about all this and a representative there told me to just reapply! I thought I'd reapply at that time however I lost heart and felt well, depressed and devastated, so I never filled out a second application.
I reapplied in 2012, I went though submitting documents at their request. I had a homeowner counselor help me and mediate with them and even submit the docs requested only to be told they did not have them and send them again!!! This happened for ONE YEAR. I have months of resubmitted documents, phone calls, emails..... They denied helping me after one full year of complying with all their requests and they could have told me so from the beginning instead of torturing me thus. I also sent these communications to Cc: Sally ONeil, Office of the Attorney General, State of Oregon who had helped others with the resolve of the above outlined results I sought to help me.
In my 2012 hardship letter:
My funds through loss of employment and due to the economy have a significant reduction of my old income that is insufficient to meet my current loan payments, insurance, utility and living expenses. I can no longer afford my mortgage and have been liquidating my remaining assets to try keep paying it, to go to school, begin a new web business and survive. I desperately need relief to lower my payments to keep me in my home that I have faithfully paid the mortgage and upkeep on over the past 6 years. Other banking institutions have helped people I know in the same boat as follows and I have SEEN their paperwork with my own eyes: Restructure the loan so the total does not exceed 31% of my income amortized over 40 year period at an interest rate of 2%. Set aside/postponing repayment $50,000 of the loan balance as a no interest; balloon payment payable at maturity for 40 years (480 months). "Forgiveness" and reduction of my principal loan balance by $30,000.(* not in the letter...One particular individual received all of the above and $14,000 refunded on his INTEREST!!! )
I understand that HAMP will be able to do the above outlined for me. I requested over and over again that PHH Mortgage Services restructure my loan to bring my payment to exactly where I can manage payments successfully without duress. I feel that my request for loan modification is crucial and justified. After being denied help for years, they then kept sending me letters and calls offering assistance!!! PHH said I could get into the HARP and once again I submitted documents. BUT the interest was not even ONE POINT LESS that what I had. I have excellent credit and have paid all my payments.
PHH made me PAY ONE POINT or $1,900 to get the one point lower and they made me reappraise my home and pay closing all over again, I was forced to put that into my loan so another 5 grand in costs to get into the HARP which another year of costs I could barely make with great duress and finally being done at the end of Dec. 2013.
Its interesting to note that when they sent me the very same documents that they had filled out in regards to my income, they had hardly a few hundred dollars as income not the money I had outlined so they did this loan without real information on the RMA documents. THEY put in the false under income not me. I despise PHH mortgage and had not other alternatives but to stay with them. PHH MORTGAGE IS A NIGHTMARE and the WORST of companies out there.
Reviewed Jan. 21, 2014
I applied for a home modification with Ocwen and everything was going fine until I made my 3 trial payment. All the paper work was done an I was granted a permanent modification since then I haven't been able to make a payment. I tried everything and all they tell is that I need to speak to the account specialist and that has turn into a nightmare for me. I left about 30 voice message and they never return my calls and now I am 2 month behind and I am very concern about the future of my home.
Reviewed Jan. 21, 2014
Our two mortgages were assigned to Ocwen in July from GMAC. I have yet to receive a statement from them and cannot access the account online. I called customer service in India and was told because of our Chapter 7 bankruptcy 5 years ago that our loans were still in bankruptcy. We were never late with our payments and the house was never foreclosed on or was it part of the bankruptcy. I asked for a supervisor and was on hold 45 minutes and was told I would get a statement this month. I doubt I will. This is a horrible company. Has anyone else had this issue?
Reviewed Jan. 20, 2014
They are holding my money hostage for Insurance claim over one signature that they did not have on their form. I sent check and they sent it back when it wasn't endorsed like they wanted but told me different and now they are not releasing partial funds to get my roof repaired because of 1 date on forms.
Reviewed Jan. 19, 2014
In April 2014, my family and I encountered some financial struggles that caused us to default on our mortgage loan. We contacted the loan company for a program that would help us stay in our home but reduce the payments to something we could afford. We entered into a forbearance and was mailed a packet to fill out and return to determine our eligibility. Once we emailed and faxed our documents, a few weeks later we were told that PHH never received them. So we attempted to email them again only to find out from our case manager that she could not receive emails with attachments. We were then provided with a company email address to use and after another few weeks found out they only received part of the packet.
This back and forth about paperwork took about 4 months in which we received a letter stating that our request for a loan modification had been denied due to missing documents. After complaining to a supervisor and requesting a new case manager, this process started all over with a new packet. After 6 months our forbearance had expired and PHH wanted us to pay our past due balance of $20,000 in full. Needless to say we played the hide the missing documents game with the new case manager which in turn caused our home to go into foreclosure. I can just about guarantee that they never had any intent on assisting us with a loan modification because our loan is guaranteed through the Veterans Administration. So if we default on the loan, the government will pick up the tab which is what they want.
Financial burdens are traumatic in and of itself, so to throw a greedy, uncompassionate, mortgage company in the mix, makes the experience psychologically and emotionally horrifying. I am seriously thinking about getting a lawyer; and based upon all the negative reviews I've seen on this site, I think there's enough of us to ban together to file a civil suit. Any takers?
Reviewed Jan. 17, 2014
Ocwen is completely unethical. It is obvious from speaking with their call center that their reps know very little if anything about mortgages. It appears that Ocwen is nothing more than a money-making machine whose only concern is getting money from customers at any cost, regardless of the consumer's rights. THEY MUST BE STOPPED. THEY MUST BE INVESTIGATED BY THE OCC AND THE FEDS, THE SOONER THE BETTER.
Reviewed Jan. 17, 2014
My mortgage was acquired by Ocwen when GMAC went under, no problems from the start, but at the end of 2013 they sent a bill for Escrow Adjustment, claiming the town sent them a tax bill. I pay my own taxes and insurance, never had a escrow account on any mortgage….EVER…. Reluctantly paid the $17.52 so my monthly wouldn't change, and surprise, now they are billing me anyways. Five calls, on hold each time for over 30 minutes, eventually disconnected each time. Reading all the problems doesn't give me a warm and fuzzy because i'm selling my home this spring. Not only am i not paying these bogus charges, any hint of problems and i'll contact state consumer protection.
Reviewed Jan. 17, 2014
My loan was recently transferred to Ocwen late in 2013 from Chase. A couple months ago Ocwen requested proof of insurance which I provided and also received a letter stating everything was in good order. Just last week I received my escrow analysis with new updated numbers with tax info and new payment amounts. Ocwen added on my property insurance premium to my escrow balance. So basically they added in my premium for insurance to my mortgage payment. I already pay for my insurance on my own monthly and never told Ocwen to add it. They said I would have to write a letter to have it de-escrowed. I told them I never authorized the change and added it at will and they need to remove it. The person from the 800 number in India then said "I will transfer you to my supervisor" and put me on hold and never returned.
The 2nd problem I had was when I submitted a payment on Ocwen’s website and accidentally entered the same payment twice in error. I called the 800 number which was in India immediately afterwards within 2 minutes and asked the representative to cancel one of the ACH payments. The rep said she could not and I would have to stop payment. I explained to her that if I stop payment it will stop both payments because they are identical amounts. I asked her if I would get charged any fees for stopping payment and she replied no. I told her that this is the only company I have ever dealt with whereas you could not edit a same day payment.
So I stopped payment on the ACH and made a payment with my other bank account. Yesterday, I saw that they charged me $80 for the 2 stop payments they told me I had to do. Needless to say I am very angry. I called the 800 number to India again and was told by the rep that they would not reverse the fees. I visited the local Ocwen office here in West Palm Beach, FL and asked to speak with a customer service rep about the problem. He said he would look into it and that he was not allowed to call me back or email because he is in a call center and cannot make outbound calls. So I visited the office again the following day and tried to speak with the man again. Someone went to look for him and never came back. When the security guard tried to call both men it went right to voicemail. Can someone help me before I lose my mind with this horrible company.
Reviewed Jan. 15, 2014
Since 1/3/14 they do not accept any payments prior to breach letters, they don't even recognize that you are in process of review for modification. They act like you haven't paid for months. Had to pull out online payments confirmations they sent me to prove that I have been paying, all representatives have a thick accent that can't be understood. This is a trap to make you misunderstand. They also make appointments with account specialists after your breach letter date. When I mentioned I was working with Keep Your Home California, he asked me what that was and why were they asking about the loan. I asked if he was serious? This is horrible.
Reviewed Jan. 14, 2014
OCWEN offered a relative in Washington state a loan modification. Dropping the Principal from 239000 to 199000 with a 2 percent loan with payments of roughly 900 per month. They mentioned a balloon payment in the paperwork but no amount. My relative called and found out the loan would be for 22 years (not 30) and the balloon would be $114000. In a nutshell, my relative would have to pay the balloon either when the house was sold or at the end of the mortgage. OCWEN would also get 25 percent of the proceeds (if sold at a gain). Regardless, OCWEN would still get the $114000. I am not giving any advice to my relative other than OCWEN has a history of being underhanded and they continue to "bend" the rules. I would avoid OCWEN entirely.
Reviewed Jan. 13, 2014
Ocwen is having an India call center conduct their short sale. The only thing they keep doing is telling you 24-48 hrs and we have an answer after all required documents are submitted and 9 times I had to email them the same papers and 9 times I got confirmation everything was received and only at the 9th time it seemed they really uploaded them into the system. All the employees keep doing is telling you to be put on hold and after 4 months of waiting and getting the same B.S. I told them that all they do is put you on hold, wait and tell you 24-48 hrs. Supervisor request to call you or if you get them on the phone will result in NO return call or a person stating they are the supervisor and the next week another person will tell you that it wasn't a supervisor you spoke with.
The relationship manager is nothing than a courtesy person and telling you have to wait a few more days and he will reschedule for a new appointment so they can wait until that new date and do NOTHING! Since last Thursday, I had 4 employees stating I have a verbal approval and 2 stating it is still under review. Today is the deadline for the written approval to come into my email per the 4 employees but the relationship manager told me to give it a few days and he wanted to schedule for next week to call which means nothing will be done until then and already have I filed a complaint with BBB, State Attorney and ripoff report due to all the lies that I have received for weeks.
It is very sad for the seller and cash buyer that we can't deal with a honest and normal call center but with a bunch of people who probably get paid pennies on the dollar compared to US employees and they have no clue what they are doing and the only thing they do is try to delay and keep you happy with 24-48 hrs sentence. This is the worst lender I ever dealt with and Ocwen should not be allowed to handle any mortgage/short sale and the government should shut them down immediately! I wish the media would take on this story right away so this would not happen to any other home owner!
Reviewed Jan. 13, 2014
My Mortgage and Home equity loan were transferred to Ocwen in December 2013. I was in the middle of settlement process of my second loan with Indymac and have to start this process all over again with Ocwen. Terrible experience!!! Mr. Jay ** represent himself as an account manager. He called me few times and could not provide any details on my account or provide me with a settlement documentation, saying that he requested to be sent it to me, but doesn't know why I haven't received the agreement. I did send few requests to ombudsmanweb@ocwen.com as stated on Ocwen website, still no response. At this point, I don't know who to contact and how to resolve this issue.
Reviewed Jan. 13, 2014
They called me at 7:30 on a Sunday night a few months ago to tell me they increased my escrow to include a cushion amount so I requested a copy of the escrow analysis and my original loan docs. This was well over 2 months ago and I just got the escrow analysis (which they sent certified mail and are charging me $6.93 for the cost) but I have not gotten the loan docs yet. I tried to make a payment over the phone tonight because you can't change the amount of the payment on line and I refuse to pay this cushion until they can prove I have to because it has to be stated in the original loan docs that I am required to pay a cushion and the maximum allowed by law (which I have never been required to do before and this is the 5th company servicing my loan).
Anyway, the rep in India could not change the amount either because their system does not allow it. So I asked to speak to a supervisor and then I waited on hold 43 min with the girl getting back on the phone several times telling me that the call was too long and someone would call me back in 24-48 hours. I insisted on holding and told her that I would hold all night because I called the 800 # and they were paying the bill anyway. Mahammed, the "supervisor", didn't have access to change the amount in the system either and told me I could put my complaint in writing and mail it in with the payment... Yeah right, so my payment can be posted late and they can charge me a late fee? REALLY???? I just want to make my payment!!!!
Needless to say, I have to call back tomorrow. I also have an issue with the $10 fee they charge to make the payment online. It used to be within 5 days of the due date but it has been changed to within 10 days but nonetheless it is still technically a LATE FEE!!! They either have to charge the fee regardless of the due date or not charge the fee. If the payment is late (15 days), they charge a late fee in addition to this so what is this about? Not right!!
Reviewed Jan. 13, 2014
Originally my mortgage was with GMAC and sold to Ocwen Oct. 2013. I received a letter stating I had a few extra dollars in my escrow acct and Ocwen would send a check. I called Ocwen and spoke to an emp as I wanted to send in extra $ for my escrow acct to keep my mortgage payments at $1821.10 around or about. I was told the diff would be app $1200. Well I was told to wait till Ocwen did an analysis 5 days Well I call back and was told that Ocwen didn't do an analysis and the payment would be the same. I spoke to many customer service folks, some sounded like they were working from home whispering.
I tried to speak with the escrow or tax dept, the supervisor was busy and I was transferred and left a message in Nov. to call back. I have sent many requests to Ocwen Nov., Dec., Jan. and Ocwen and mailed in a check for an addl $900 along with a fax explaining what the money was for. Well again for the umpteenth time the same letter, no call. Now the latest is December stating that Ocwen will return the check and my new payment will be $1900.28 instead of $1821.10 as GMAC always allowed their customer to send in extra funds for taxes.
It seems that Ocwen refuses to do the work with the customer, their customer service is not helpful as the same # is used to call for different problems and the call waiting is 39 calls. I know Ocwen understands what I am trying to accomplish but Ocwen refuses to acknowledge or the employees just don't get it. One emp said to me that is why GMAC went bankrupt. Now I have another check for $19.56 dated 12/16 that should have been mailed in Nov. I was told that a new analysis would be done October 2014 so it seems that this is what Ocwen's answer is. They do not care about the customers just the money. I am a very dissatisfied customer and willing to send money for my taxes in the escrow acct. I am a senior and disabled but not my mind and have worked in the real estate business.
Reviewed Jan. 12, 2014
Went to pay my account and it says it is closed with amount of zero due. Call and can make payment on phone but not online?? Phone also said zero due amount actually due on Jan 1, 2014. Have called the people on several times and get runaround and no answers or callbacks or papers. Also always saying no insurance and carry my own and pay my taxes myself for no rip off. This company is worse than GMAC ever was. But they ripped me off so many times and loss of unknown extra fees.
Reviewed Jan. 10, 2014
Whatever you do, don't get a mortgage from this company. If they don't receive a payment (even if it is during THEIR grace period), they will call you at work all day from different numbers, then when you try to explain that they probably already have the payment but just haven't posted it yet (that's a whole other story), they can't understand you because PHH MORTGAGE hires really stupid people that have no training. Most ignorant employees on earth.
Reviewed Jan. 10, 2014
On December 12, 2013 I made my monthly payment of 1,103.32 online...My bank sent a notice a few days later that my account was over drawn. I couldn't understand what happened.I called my bank and they noticed that Ocwen took 2 payments (2206.64) without my permission. I called them and they said that there was nothing they could do. The bank charged two 35.fees ($70) plus $5.00 per day until the overdraft was covered. I had no money for Christmas. They told me they would put it back but they lied and never did I had to borrow $800.00 to make up for the money I lacked to pay two payments. Now Ocwen said I have to pay another payment for January 2014. I can't pay another payment and I have no one to borrow from. What is my legal right or don't we the American People have rights any more...
Reviewed Jan. 10, 2014
Ocwen has taken over servicing of our loan from GMAC in February 2013. Our loan originated with GMAC in 2006. Just a little history, we had a loan modification that was approved in 2009 and behind our backs, GMAC dual tracked us with a notice of default sale that was robo-signed (not notarized properly - notary public and signer were in 2 different states). 2 years later MERS assigns our loan to GMAC (hey I thought that's who we were paying all along?) using MERS assistant secretary and notary public that were both GMAC REO Asset Managers who worked for GMAC. MERS as lender assigns our loan to Ocwen in July 2013 (hey we began making our payments to Ocwen in February 2013 per notice from GMAC).
Now the fun starts. Since we began paying our monthly payments to Ocwen, we have had monthly property inspections/fees and have been bombarded with offers of a loan modification. We do not want a loan modification, short sale or foreclosure. We sent Ocwen a Qualified Written Request (QWR) to verify our payment history and escrow of our loan because our escrow had a shortage (which never occurred in 8 years with GMAC) and to top it off, they have now raised our monthly payment! Well, it has been 90+ days and Ocwen has failed to respond to our request for the QWR. It gets better.
I just ordered my Equifax credit report and Ocwen is not accurately reporting our most recent payment. Looks like they left off the last three months of our payments. Logged onto Ocwen website January 30th 2013. Checked our 'verification of mortgage' and it was showing $0.00 balance in our principal and $0.00 balance in our escrow. What? Checked our account history and it shows service released and a $250.00 fee was added to our account. Not sure what that even is for or about? So we have been paying Ocwen all along and they aren't reporting our payments? Luckily, I have all of my receipts and bank statements as proof. A couple of days ago, I was able to log onto Ocwen's 'new website' and voila there's our loan again, with the same balance. Because we don't want a loan modification, it is my opinion that Ocwen is attempting to hide our payments from Equifax in an effort to try to foreclose on our home.
We have lived in our home for 8 years, we have paid $190,000 (and funny thing our principal balance has only gone down by $9,000.00), we are $40,000.00 underwater and will never be able to get rid of PMI. Why? Because it's our home. What is going on when middle class Americans want to live in their homes and do what the banks tell homeowners to do for a modification and still get thrown out of their homes? In 2014, the system continues to fraudulently push people out of their homes.
The loan modification was a real money maker for the banks to cash in on all of the PMI insurance payouts. I guess they couldn't get ours with GMAC in 2009 so the process is starting all over again with Ocwen. Mr. President, I ask that you stop this from continuing to happen to hardworking families, friends and neighbors. The loan modification process has failed homeowners when done through GMAC/Ocwen. It is set up to not help homeowners and is a scheme to take homes away and give the profits to the banks. There has to be another way. It is a failed system that will only get worse if it's not stopped. I just filed a complaint with the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. We'll see what happens.
Reviewed Jan. 9, 2014
Terrible customer svc!! I have sent 2 letters adding my name to the account. They never receive them. Very hard to get someone on the phone. Terrible mortgage company. But then again aren't they all??
Reviewed Jan. 9, 2014
It is my opinion that everyone that has been forced to deal with Ocwen and their unfair and deceptive business practices should review the latest nation wide settlement with CFPB. Its part of the DODD FRANK bill. The federal gov. is finally doing something. After litigating with them for four years they transferred my loan servicing to Nationstar mortgage a company in Texas across interstate lines along with a 50,000 dollar debt they compiled from force placed insurance, inspection fees late fees, administration fees etc. They have been granted some form of immunity? I guess they are too big to jail. I am still in my home for now? My attorney is not cheap. I hope this information helps a few people. Good luck and God bless.
Reviewed Jan. 8, 2014
I had a modification on my home, through Homeward, with a 3% interest rate maximum. My payments were not exceed $625.00 per month with a balloon at 20 years. I had an attorney, Department of Finance, and HUD executive look at the loan before I signed it. They all agreed that the payments included, principle, interest and insurance, land taxes. I felt satisfied that my budget as a single Mom and single income family would be able to pay this. I was with Homeward initially. Without notice Ocwen began sending me personal document information, that I thought had been pirated by them 7 months in to the loan.
I found out after calling them that my loan now belonged to them. That I was behind a payment (I had paid every month on time to Homeward) and that they were increasing my payment immediately. Claiming escrow, the 12-month increase, late fees, mystery fees, they have increased my payment over $300.00 in the last 5 months!! Now they are also increasing late fees by $1200.00 on the mystery fees to begin with. They are also not cashing my payment checks to them until the 16th of each month, then saying I am late. I send them in on the 20th of each month by mail so that they get them before the due date of the first of the month. I tried to set up an online account with them and was denied access for a mystery reason. I now send payments by check, registered mail, they receive them before the end of the month, and are still not cashing the checks until the 16th when they show up late, I have the stubs to prove this. I have not been late on my payments.
I have filed several complaints with the Department of Finance in Idaho, and also the Federal Trade Commission. So far it does not seem like Ocwen is listening or cares, it seems they say what the government wants them to say, then they proceed with shoddy, fraudulent, dishonest practices. They are going to make me lose my house unless I get some help to stop them. Ocwen will be paid (or whoever they actually represent US Bank??) a mortgage insurance policy on my property, so they don't care if I lose it or not, they make more than my house is worth with mortgage insurance. It is a scam, fraud, blatant robbery and they are getting a way with it. HELP!!
Reviewed Jan. 8, 2014
I have sent in my paperwork dozens of times to no avail. The response I get is "we need more information" or "we don't have it". You never ever speak to the same person and the ones that you do speak to doesn't understand what you are saying. I had one person to tell me not to send in a payment that my acct was in review for mod, the next time I called to speak with them the person said why would they tell you that. This has went back and forth now for 1 year and half trying to get something straightened out.
I was once told that yes I did qualify for a mod then next thing I know they are starting foreclosure because I don't qualify and the only thing they say is I don't qualify for this lender and nothing else. They have no clue. So now I have had to file bankruptcy to keep my home. I think they prey on folks so they can lose their home to foreclosure so they can sell your property or maybe they are getting kickbacks on insurance that they take out on our homes for foreclosure. They are hurting so many poor folks and running them out of their homes there should be something we could do. I am now speaking with an attorney to file case... they are crooked and ruthless.
Reviewed Jan. 8, 2014
I am an attorney representing a homeowner that Ocwen has tried to foreclose on. The homeowners have been given the runaround for several years by Ocwen. I just want everyone on this forum to know that on Dec. 19, 2013 the federal Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, along with the Attorney Generals of 49 states (not Oklahoma) reached an agreement for judgment in a case they had filed against Ocwen for numerous unfair consumer practices in their mortgage servicing. A Consent Order was filed in the D.C. District Court, which requires Ocwen to hand out $2 billion in principal reductions on mortgage modifications for customers at risk of foreclosure, give $125 million in payments to those who already lost their homes to foreclosure, and to reform their future servicing practices, which will be overseen for compliance by a monitor.
Reviewed Jan. 8, 2014
I had filed Chapter 7 on my home in 2010 with INDYMAC Mortgage Services. The old information which is no longer accurate, was transferred to OCWEN as an open mortgage account, even though Bankruptcy was 4 years ago. MY credit monitoring alerted me, that a new account was open under my name in November 2013. I checked out my credit report to find OCWEN, opened a new mortgage that was discharged in Bankruptcy Chapter 7 back in JULY 2010. I have sent OCWEN my Chapter & bankruptcy papers of 2010. They must remove the credit account they opened in my name without my permission. I spoke to my lawyer. If they do not reply soon, I will be opening a lawsuit in court.
Reviewed Jan. 7, 2014
My loan was acquired by Ocwen from GMAC. I have a fixed rate mortgage. Each month Ocwen attaches additional unexplained fees. Even when I call and inquire, they can't explain the fees. Once they mistakenly applied my mortgage payment to Escrow and then proceeded to charge me a late charge. The customer service is terrible. It's impossible to escalate to a manager.
Reviewed Jan. 7, 2014
Still working on it. Ocwen is a predatory mortgage lending company. Those letters that you get saying that you’re late on payments. Later on when they take your house and they will. They use all that to foreclose on you. These people are a company that steals everybody’s land, house, etc.

Reviewed Jan. 6, 2014
Mailed payoff to the same account as usual on bank. Rec'd the check back with letter stating they were not my mortgage company (same company who mailed me payoff amount??!! and payments for the past year or so when sold to them from GMAC). Mailed payment again to another address. Balance was satisfied. I wrote an email I was having to pay additional per diem for the days extra for payment not applied and felt this should have been refunded to me. Wasn't. They were kind enough to email me several times assuring me issue was being addressed and then finally a detailed letter receipt of balance had been received and loan satisfied. Still, uncertain why check was not accepted when was sent here for many payments prior.
The way I saw it was a way for them to rack up more per diem at ten plus bucks a day until loan was satisfied as they saw my intent to pay it off and make more money before I did. Overall, they did email me they were resolving and kept in contact. I rate 4 because they took care of it and were attentive once I threatened to report to BBB and write reviews. Mixed feelings on OCWEN but okay overall.
Reviewed Jan. 6, 2014
Tried to make an online payment and was told that acct. was closed. Went to Ocwen website and tried many times to access.... could not access and make payment due... Called their 800# and got some bimbo who could only stick to her script till I told her that I wanted to make my payment that was due on the first of Jan. I had to give her all my personnel data that they had on file again. She said that the payment would be withdrawn two days later and that was 5 days ago..... not happened yet! This bothers me because we've had this account for ten years and never not paid ahead of time and this is with being in bankruptcy until 2012..... never late. We now are under contract to sell and I don't want my credit hurt because of this. I can't afford to have my credit worse than it is and cannot afford to pay higher interest because of this. This company needs to be punished for their uncaring attitude toward their customers. Thank you for listening.
Reviewed Jan. 3, 2014
My mortgage was assigned to OCWEN when GMAC filed for bankruptcy. First of all, this company is a total screw up but not only do I blame the foreigners that's attempting to assist you, I lay blame to our illustrious government agency Freddie Mac who keeps assigning our loans to them. They need to do their homework on these guys and stop throwing business overseas. These guys aren't a mortgage company. All they do is service loans and act as a collection agency, bad move on our government's part.
Reviewed Jan. 3, 2014
These ** call my husband out of the blue and tell us we're 3, almost 4 months behind on our mortgage.... no letters, no calls, no emails, NOTHING prior to the call! We told them we'll have the entire balance (both past due, current & next month) within 2 weeks... IN BROKEN ENGLISH.. "If the balance is not paid in full within 3 days, we will start the foreclosure process." REALLY? Where the hell were the calls, letters and emails? I'll take blame for not monitoring my bill pay & bank balance but damn, they're not even trying to work with us!
Reviewed Jan. 3, 2014
All I have to say right now is Ocwen is a financial predator. Their goal is to take people's homes and sell them to investors. I have been notified that I am part of a class action suit against them. Go to the Better Business site under their name.There is a national alert on them. They have been accused of charging illegal fees and illegal foreclosures. I hope we win. They are now trying to forclose on my house after I sent them the money to reinstate my loan. They sent two of my checks back I have not received the third check yet. They want to frustrate you until you give up on your home. The FBI needs to get involved. I live in Virgnia.
Reviewed Jan. 3, 2014
I was not allowed to use online services for my statements, charges, and payments. I believe this helps Ocwen from keeping customers from reviewing charges and making sure payments are posted in real time. Apparently this is a carryover practice from Saxon Mortgage - online payments are "free," hence, past due customers are "charged" telephone speed pays in the alternative. Customer Service (India?) told me I couldn't sign up because I was in "collections."
Reviewed Jan. 2, 2014
My husband & I are trying to close on a property & found that Ocwen has tied up the closing. We have a deed of trust with a mortgage company as the lender who in turn sold this to Ocwen without our knowledge or consent. This shows up as a second mortgage with a zero balance due. After repeated calls from us & the closing company Ocwen is stonewalling us in obtaining a letter that will clear the title. For each call made to Ocwen, we get a different response. No response has been helpful. They are the worst to deal with. Customer service is an oxymoron. Apparently, title companies & real estate companies dread any dealings with this company as they will never be of any help obtaining what is required. I believe they are also affiliated with U.S. Bank. Not good. Stay away from any dealings with Ocwen. They have the power to really interfere with your finances without your knowledge.
Reviewed Jan. 1, 2014
We are in a Chapter 13 bankruptcy case and the only left was to bring our mortgage payments up to date. We did the modification and our trustee made all our trial payments. After we received our permanent modification papers they had sent them to the trustee and the trustee began discharge of our bankruptcy and notified Ocwen of the last payment to be made by him will be December and we resume payments starting January. Ocwen is telling us that they haven't had a confirmation from the trustee to proceed with the modification and tells us that they cannot apply any of our payments made by the trustee to our account that it goes in Suspense and we have to pay our December payment on our own.
They also told me that to finalize the modification they need a paper from the Court not the Trustee (the Trustee is the court). I had explained to them that they have gotten multiple letters from the "Court" explaining for final cure of payment for December and we are to resume current payments January. The person I talked to sounded like she was from India, barely spoke English, and talked down to my husband and I the entire call. She told me she would put in a request for our payment to be applied but it's not guaranteed. Today I checked my account and my old loan is on my account and they applied my payment for December to my old loan (Note July-Nov payments are not accounted for).
Reviewed Dec. 31, 2013
My loan was sold to OCWEN only 6 weeks ago. I had terrible trouble getting my payment info set up, the website is pretty but not functional and support India is not helpful. Finally, I was able to figure it out on my own. Then I received my Escrow analysis. According to OCWEN, I was $3,000 short... WTH? At the end of the year, I usually have a shortage of a couple hundred dollars. No big deal but now that OCWEN has my loan, I'm $3,000 in the hole? That's six months worth of ESCROW.
So I called immediately the number on the statement. The woman couldn't find my papers and sent the whole thing to the "Research" dept. They would contact me in 3-5 business days. That never happened, even gave them my cell number. So when I viewed my bill, it was $100 more, so I called again and 'Richard' from India politely told me my statement was in the mail and did not deviate from the script. I just shot a letter off to my congressman. It's only been 6 weeks and with this nonsense up front, I cringe when I think about how bad it can get. Help!
Reviewed Dec. 30, 2013
My loan was ensnared by OCWEN when GMAC failed. My credit is perfect as well as my payment history. OCWEN in a few short months has taken a 15 year 4.875 percent loan that only has 4 years remaining and screwed it up! Payments and principal are incorrect and do not reflect two months of payments. Payments under GMAC were drafted from my bank account 15 days early... OCWEN shows payment dates drafted in the grace period. No one to go to for help.

Reviewed Dec. 30, 2013
I pay my mortgage by autopay every month. Yet, for the past two years I have been paying a late fee of $21.29. I am still trying to get this issue resolved.
Reviewed Dec. 29, 2013
With me its insurance, how many times must it be sent in???? Also why aren't the mortgage statements sent in a timely manner - & talking to Skippy/Chelsea, etc., etc. in India who will not connect me with a native speaker- damn glad I don't run my business in such a manner. Now ended up on this site-thank you god not alone with this crazy company. Thanks to all for expressing their distaste because Ocwen does not care - just show them the $$$.
Reviewed Dec. 28, 2013
I have 2 mortgages with Ocwen, and every month I put more into my principal, but they put in the "other". I called and complained, and they said they will refund the money. Once I cashed the checks they actually charge me more because they said that check is the agreement to buy "home warranty" which is their tactic to steal money from you. They charged $250 on each of my mortgage by charging $25-$50 every payment which if you do not pay attention. Please watch your statement like a hawk because they will do everything to steal money from you
Reviewed Dec. 26, 2013
I tried to register online and was supposed to receive an email with confirmation of my registration. I called and spoke with a rep in India who I could hardly understand. His suggestion was to write an email to 'websupport'. All of their correspondence (regular mail and email) indicates they are a debt collector and my mortgage is always current - i.e., never a delinquency. Is there any way to confirm the legitimacy of this organization and to demand they have the proper documentation that validates my mortgage? If they cannot provide confirmation is there any way to invalidate my mortgage with them?
Reviewed Dec. 24, 2013
I am surprised by a lot of the negative comments. When dealing with businesses, you need to be your own advocate and follow up on things. My loan mod paperwork may have been lost at first but it was straightened out quickly and the process, although it took some time, went smooth and only one customer service rep out of many frustrated me.
Reviewed Dec. 23, 2013
Ocwen acquired our loan from Litton 3 years ago. It has been an absolute nightmare since. I pay my mortgage every month but they claim I am a month behind. I send all the proof - check, bank info where they got the money, etc. - but they still claim I am behind. Once, they put it in to their "research dept"- when I got no word in a month, I called in. They couldn't find the claim or paperwork. And the endless phone calls - day and night. To inform us that our payment is late - even though I have proof of every payment, to tell us we have a payment due in 15 days, to ask if we want to pay on the phone and get charged an extra $19.95 to pay on the phone. It is crazy. They even called me one Sunday morning at 7:00 am. IF I ever get all this straight, it would be miracle. Can no one stop this company??
Reviewed Dec. 23, 2013
I applied for a modification in 3-2012. After I was told to not send a payment while waiting on my answer for 2 months. In June, they assigned a new person to my case. He advised me they were gonna foreclose on me in 12 days. I explained why I hadn't sent anything. So I sent the 2,000 dollars I saved up in those months. After faxing and refaxing papers, I finally got approved in Dec. 2012. They said my payment would be $434 a month and included my property ins. and taxes, I was thrilled. I asked for how many years. The man said 30, then there is a 62,000 dollar balloon payment. I advised him I didn't want it. He said then to keep making my normal monthly payment and continue to pay my homeowners' and taxes as I always have which was not included in my normal monthly payment.
In March of 2013, they paid my homeowners and spring taxes. When I called them, they said they did it because of my modification. I said, "Look, I advised you in Dec. 2012 that I did not want the modification and I was told to keep making my normal payment, taxes and homeowners which I have paid my homeowners and I pay my taxes at tax time. So legitimately, you had no right to pay them. They were not past due and I did not accept the modification. I still have the unsigned documents and by law, the only way you have a right to pay them is if I don't."
Then they advised me I had to send a letter saying I didn't want the modification and my payment is going up $30 a month. Now they say I owe them over $3,800 and that is for late fees, property adjustments; every month I have to send my payment delivery confirmation and at times they still have added late fees that I had to send copies of the delivery and sometimes they didn't waive them. I track and confirm my payment. It is there before it is due and they let it sit in a mail box. I recently reapplied. I have no cable and very little food trying to make my payment of $762 a month. My interest rate is 7.9%. I pay I could get away from them or they have to make this right.
Reviewed Dec. 22, 2013
So I call today, to see why my payments I made are in suspense on their online site, because I have not received a bill yet. Good thing I did because my payments I have been making to them, they haven't been applied to my loan. I was in shock, very, very upset. I stated very loudly, you mean to tell me that I have been making my payments and it has been weeks ago and you guys have taken it out of my account but yet haven't been applying it to my loan, in which case you guys not doing your job is causing me to be two months behind and another week would have been three months which then they would shoot for foreclosure and sending me all these threatening letters plus certified mail which I was charged for is all by you guys' mistake!!!
Not a happy camper right now. She did apologize, which so makes up for it, NOT! Will call again tomorrow to see if it was applied, I do not trust them!!! Also my escrow is in the hole. Amazing how it was always positive until they took over but she could not tell me why. She said she had to request that information and it can take 5 to 10 business days. I of course asked are they gonna charge me for that? She said no and they should send me a detailed letter to. Well hmm, I guess I will watch for that charge. It's so amazing how my escrow was positive $600.00 in July but in Sept., it's almost $900.00 in the negative. Where is my escrow money going????? She has no clue!! This is going to be a horrid bumpy ride :0/
Reviewed Dec. 21, 2013
I received a letter from Ocwen in July 2013 saying I had $1205 in an escrow surplus. I was already behind a month or two when I received the letter but no check. I was told I could use the surplus to cover the mortgages for June and July along with paying the difference to make it 2 complete payments. I did that only to receive a letter in August saying I was now 3 months behind. I spoke to an operator who told me the transaction was incomplete and I would need to do it again, which I did.
In September again the same thing, I faxed docs, I called supervisors I paid over and over again only for them to tell me the escrow estimate was incorrect and I never had $1205 but more like $656, I then tried to modify (I did once before in 05) and filling out a ton of paperwork they told me to fill out they told me I was only allowed 1 modification per the life of the loan. They have been extremely deceptive and misleading and I need help!!!!!
Reviewed Dec. 21, 2013
It appears Ocwen has now included mortgage reductions after losing government lawsuits and having it forced on them. It appears meaningless given the modification terms that go with it. HOMEOWNER BEWARE OF NEW OCWEN/DEUTSCHE BANK SCHEME - I received a modified loan proposal with VAGUE TERMS. On face value it appears I am successful, on inspection, it appears to be ANOTHER SCAM.
Red Flag #1 - The papers were sent via email attachment ONE FULL WEEK AFTER THE DATED LETTER with a 2-week response time. Given that today is December 19, 2013 (Friday afternoon before Christmas), it is very doubtful I can have this legally reviewed due to many, many people, including Legal Aid Office, and most other professionals, taking an expected end-of-year vacation! OCWEN WANTS YOU TO BE GRATEFUL AND SIGN QUICKLY SO YOU DON'T FIND THE FRAUD WRITTEN INTO THE MODIFICATION. IF THEY DIDN'T COMPLY BEFORE, WHY NOW? (Yes, they've done this is in past)... If you jump fast, you might get a benefit... and you might not... After all, how many have had modification payments INCREASE with a "new" updated escrow - after-the-fact?
Red Flag #2 - THE TERMS ARE STILL PREDATORY! Even with a $50K reduction, please, please, tell me what exactly the cost is? I see OCWEN uses legal language "keeping original loan in effect" with A BALLOON PAYMENT 30 years from now plus NO REDUCTION in payment from the first modification. How does this help me save my home? Doesn't even meet the gov mandated "affordable" 33% of income. All this "new proposal" did was take escrow off the payment, then they add it back. Hmmm. No change, except the balloon payment is now 30 years vs a 40-year loan (both are bad btw). For all I know, I will still owe 90% of the loan in 30 years!
I think it benefits OCWEN to accrue interest creatively... Ocwen can "collect later" as loan is NEVER paid off, I.E., mortgage co gets all future equity increases against hidden interest? My children can pay the UNDETERMINED debt when I die? I don't think this is what the US government meant when they said they want to save hoe ownership and help people keep their homes. It appears I won't be able to ever refi - already tried, credit in toilet thanks to Ocwen. Why would they care to change that revenue stream? Now instead of delaying modification, they are delaying ability to ever pay off loan.
Red Flag #3 - Is Ocwen creating a PERPETUAL LIEN? There is no adjustment of the second loan (also Ocwen), no mention what-so-ever, can't sell home, can't refinance, can't obtain improvement loan and make repairs. I guess any repairs are at my expense (OUT OF POCKET, cash pay due to bad credit and hostage by Ocwen keeping credit rating low) and disregarded when it comes to the value of the home vs Ocwen's lien against the title for doing nothing more than hiding their fees and recoupments 30 years later... or somewhere down the road... later... when the government stops watching...
Red Flag #4 - Ocwen mod papers state that this does NOT INCLUDE OUTSTANDING BALANCE AND PAST FEES? What???? So, I'm supposed to sign not knowing if you are charging 5 or 5000 dollars for the pleasure of this email and you finally contacting me A FULL YEAR after requesting modification assistance? And OCWEN WON'T give me CURRENT BALANCE. I think maybe they don't want me to know their methods as I might check their methods and accounting.
This is a creative sell to comply with mandates on the lawsuit and false security for the homeowner. Just like my house, the foundation is falling but the loan officer covered the cracks with pretty rugs. Ocwen and Deutsche Bank have no intention of paying their portion of a mandated settlement for the fraud and deceit surrounding the foreclosure crisis. Don't jump for joy yet. Fraud is proprietary to Ocwen when it comes to home loans and modification process fulfillment. They aren't losing a dime. Someone, somewhere, needs to be in jail for this thievery.
Reviewed Dec. 20, 2013
Since our loan was transferred in July, Ocwen has been a total nightmare, broken promises after another. Send me info to participate in the 2B settlement.
Reviewed Dec. 20, 2013
Ocwen filed foreclosure papers for my home in July 2013. In their complaint, there was an assignment of mortgage exhibit document signed by known robo-signer Victor **. I have contacted an attorney so that this may be brought to the attention of the judge. How can they submit fraudulent documents to the court and think they can get away with it? I have also requested that they produce "the note" as I would like to know who I owe this money to.
Reviewed Dec. 19, 2013
I have a compound loan meaning that Ocwen takes money out of my mortgage to pay for my taxes. Now I found another lender to take over my mortgage. But Ocwen says I owe them $7500 for taxes they paid. Now if this is a compound loan why do I have to pay Ocwen anything. They never told me nothing about owing them, no letter, no call, no e mail, and now they want to add on an extra $300 attached to my mortgage payment. Not right! They know there's a problem but won't fess up to it.
Reviewed Dec. 18, 2013
This company (if you want to call it that) acquired my mortgage back in 2007ish. Since then I have had nothing but headaches with this company. In the summer of 2013, I was not notified that I was behind on my mortgage. No phone call, no email, no letter, no form of communication whatsoever. As of today when I try to get information out of them, I am told that we cannot answer for certain reasons (for which are of a personal matter). Now I could be in the start of the process of being foreclosed. Every time I call them I am put on terminal hold, and can't understand the person on the other end of the phone. And to set up appointments to talk to a representative instead of handling it right then and there is not a way to do business. How this company is operational is beyond me.
Reviewed Dec. 18, 2013
I am having the same issues with Ocwen as everyone else. I missed 2 payments, 2 years ago, for a total of $2000 and I never missed a payment again or was I ever late in 14 years. I had asked them to put it on back of my loan or do a modification and they keep refusing me. Instead they keep charging me late fees, every kind of fee you can imagine, even charging me for guy coming out taking pictures of my home and say I am in default of my loan. Every time I try to talk to someone, they are in India and I can't understand them; they say they will have someone from US call and no one ever does. Help!! They are so unethical. I have also heard that they have foreclosed on people that were just getting ready to close on their homes. People actually were selling their house, didn't owe Ocwen anything and they are foreclosing on them! How can this happen. I have complained to housing authorities 2 years ago and I see nothing happening!
Reviewed Dec. 17, 2013
Ocwen recently got the transfer of my mortgage servicing. First, it is important for you to know that most of the work force for Ocwen - is offshore. St. Croix and area like that, because it is cheaper for them... That alone is wrong. Getting past that... They got my loan in November. It took about a month or so for all the information to get absorbed. I was in foreclosure with IndyMac Mortgage Services and they denied my modification requests 3 times. I applied with Ocwen on November 25th and was approved for one of their in house modifications with a more than manageable payment. They gave me a Shared Appreciation Modification.
Since I am now upside down with the mortgage and the arrearages are over $30,000, I have no problem with this. They will lower the balance to be under the new appraisal (which is basically all accrued interest of late payments) and if I sell the house in the future I will share 25% of any appreciation with them. And that is IF... because I have no intention to sell or move. So they are basically getting rid of all the overdue interest and I keep my home.
I don't mean to sound preachy, but 9 out of 10 times most customer complaints are overblown and they leave out key parts of information to fuel their side. I work in customer service for a living in a hotel and although Ocwen is probably not totally innocent, they are dealing with absorbing a lot new business quickly. They don't want your home because they make money servicing it not foreclosing. I do agree that the offshore customer service is hard to handle. I find it a bit frustrating as well.
Reviewed Dec. 17, 2013
My mortgage was sold to Ocwen from IndyMac Bank. Ocwen representative offered mortgage modification and asked all my financial and identification information. After receiving all my info, they declined modification. When I asked about the office location, he told me that their location was in India. I think Ocwen collects American citizens information to foreign developing countries and they don't have any intent to help American homeowners.
Reviewed Dec. 16, 2013
Ocwen has recently taken over my mortgage that was once GMAC in Sept. of 2013. I have been harassed with letters stating I'm behind in my payments. I make my payments every month. They sent me a letter stating I needed to seek housing counseling. So that's exactly what I did, explained to her that Ocwen says I am behind in my payments. She asks “How many payments are you behind?” I said “None. Here are my payments made, dates and confirmation numbers.” She said “I don't understand why you are here then.”
She called them and got a India guy. He then try to give her the run around that I was behind until she mentioned I had every payment documented. He then proceeded to tell her "no, no she's current." So a week after I get a letter warning me about housing counselors. I'm like really?!? Then eight more letters saying I'm behind again, trying to give me a loan modification, etc... So I have been paying extra to pay off some late fees I have accumulated and I thought I'm going to go online and see what exactly is going on with my account. Come to find out they have raised my house payment almost 200 dollars more.
So I call them and ask why I didn't get notified. He says they sent me a letter. That I didn't receive. He said he would note that to my account. Also he tends to tell me that they never changed anything when they took my account over, the way GMAC had it, that's the way it is now. Which is a lie. Why did my payment go up then, when they took it over?!? I wanted to know who do I need to talk to about my payment going up? He says “No one. You have to fax the resource department with your information and they take up to 15 days to review it.” Really!?! So today I have contacted another mortgage company to hopefully help me refinance to get out of Ocwen and I have left a message with the housing counselor I had spoken to previously.
Reading everything on here, I don't trust them plus they lied to me already. Also it's funny that their online statement doesn't match their paper statements and also their telephone information. They are just out to dig you in a hole that is impossible to get out of. They don't want to help you, they just want the property. They have added so many extra fees to my account and also charging me for an inspector to come out. Really!?! According to them I am current!?! But why these charges then!?! Please pray I get out of this mess soon :0/.
Reviewed Dec. 15, 2013
Since my loan servicing was transferred to Ocwen in July, life has been hell. I have 20 years experience in the mortgage and real estate fields, including servicing and default, and have never seen such blatant abuse of mortgagors. When the loan was first transferred, Ocwen did an escrow analysis (Chase did one 6 months ago) and they charged ME $75 to do so!!! I have NEVER seen a fee charged for this, especially since it is not something I asked for and it had already been done recently by the previous servicer.
I have had difficulty keeping payments current, but I have not been as much as 60 days behind and yet I started getting certified letters that were arriving, for example, on November 10 and the account was due for the November payment. Now I find out that on top of the escrow analysis fee and the inspection fees for driving past my house, they are also charging ME for the certified mail cost!!! And the certified mail they are sending is NOT warranted. I just received another certified mail notice on Thursday, Dec 12. I am due for the December payment. I REFUSE to accept the certified mail but I'm sure they will tack this on to my account also.
Ocwen is a ripoff!! I feel trapped because there is NOTHING to be done. When I was with Chase, I was a LOT farther behind on payments before I got a loan modification, I was never charged ridiculous fees and NEVER received one single piece of certified mail from them. Ocwen is the worst and their practices need to be seriously investigated. I'm also concerned they may return my payment to me because I am not able to pay any late charges or fees right now. This is ILLEGAL - they cannot refuse to accept payment for lack of paying late fees! But I see plenty of horror stories here about that very thing. I believe they can refuse payment at some point, perhaps at 90-days late point, but certainly not at 30 or 60 days. They claim to want to help people; this is a complete and utter falsehood!
Reviewed Dec. 14, 2013
PHH is my current mortgage holder (they purchased mortgage from Schwab Bank) on my 5% home mortgage which has a perfect pay record. I have lived in this home since my purchase in 1988. I received a letter specifically addressed to me advertising improved rates and specifically my eligibility. Because of a previous negative experience, I had my wife call to see if rate and term can be reduced. After the usual run around we decided not to go through their application torture. Imagine my shock when I receive a loan packet with a GFE (good faith estimate) legal form saying I qualify for a 23.99% 15-year loan which raises my payment from $1851 per month to $6723 per month and costs $10,000 in closing costs!!!! I am a retired senior citizen with a perfect mortgage payment record, have owned numerous properties and have never personally seen a more devious company. I feel that this company has attempted to defraud me. I strongly recommend avoiding any contact with this group regarding mortgages.
Reviewed Dec. 14, 2013
I am and have currently contacted BBB, FTC, the company my ATTORNEY GENERAL of NC, and I am contacting GMAC. They are not working with me to stay in my home. They will not take my payments I have tried to send into them as soon as I have gotten money I have sent it. Then find out they refused three payments - two from MoneyGram and one money order that I know of so far. One money order I sent twice they mailed it back to me. The late fees have added up now to over 125.00. They have refused money. I should not have to pay late fees. As well I had to pay to get the MoneyGrams, order to begin with then had to pay again to cash them out and then resend it as a whole. Three times it cost me to send it that comes to over 100 dollars thus far.
Then when I filled out papers to modify but got back to work, they keep sending me the forms and I told them I do not need it now. Three times I got forms now. And they keep asking to show proof I live where I have paid for, for over 8 years. As well they have sent certified letters several times since taking the loan. I signed therefore I live here. I am asking all late fees, etc be removed. They had me almost in foreclosure. No one had told me they had refused money in amounts of 500.260, and 315.00. No one. Thank GOD I looked into it myself. But now I know money is still missing and I have told them this.
If I have mailed them a payment or MoneyGram and they have lost it, not taken it, I will not be responsible for it. And when they do this and the money is unchangeable by money order they expect you to pull another 3 to 500 out of pocket and send them right then. I explained that I send one MoneyGram one day and the other the next that is what was owed and due. They still did not take it even with me calling and telling them. They sit and read off a screen, offer no immediate supervisor to deal with issues or to offer help and answers you have to make a appointment to have someone call you. They do not understand or speak English very well. The third person I talked to in 2 to 3 days is the only one who told me in two months I had a credit on my account. Funny they will take extra money but not the other. If I tell you I will send one payment now and the next in exactly 6 days why can they not take it??
I have begged, cried on the phone, mailed letters pledging for them to take the money order when I mailed it the second time. I was only told "I don't know if they will take it. We'll just have to see so just call on Tuesday and see if they took it." Then when I attempted to send payment by MoneyGram and their site was down, I called them. Ocwen employee told me "oh it is ok. Wait two weeks and try to send again." I said "NO, I will not pay or be charged late fees." And at this time the credit they claim I have is not right. It is that and 90 bucks more. I have told them not a dime, a penny is to go to a late fee. I will not pay it. For their inhuman, degrading behaviors and practices. I will not pay.
I will continue to contact all the people and offices I mentioned above and so should all of you. It is only way we will get something done. I still do not have a answer as to why account was moved from GMAC to OCWEN. But I do know the BBB with Florida grades them as a F.
Reviewed Dec. 13, 2013
I recently purchased a house. Our first payment was with the local bank. The local bank then sold our loan to Freddi Mac who transferred the servicing to Ocwen. I made the second payment fine. Then I decided to sign up for automatic payments on Ocwen's website. BIG MISTAKE!!! Do NOT enroll in automatic payments, pay the old fashioned way and document/record everything. The third month, December, I had a mortgage payment of $1,100 due. No big deal right? WRONG. Ocwen withdrew $3,300 from my checking account!!! Wiping out my checking account and causing me to incur an overdraft fee---the first overdraft fee of my entire life. These idiots then sent me a paper bill stating that my payment was late and they charged me a $40 late payment fee!!
It's been a nightmare trying to get the $2,200 back into my checking account. They finally gave me back $1,100 but the other $1,100 is still unaccounted for. I've called 3 times and spoke with 3 different people---none of whom have a clue. I'm told my case is in "research" and they promised to send me $1,100 check, or have the money refunded in 72 hours----that was nearly 10 days ago. They supposedly sent me a new paper bill for January's payment but I have no idea if that will arrive/what it will say. This company is the worst company I've ever dealt with. I wish I would have gone with a local credit union on my mortgage because they would have serviced and kept the loan local. I would recommend that everyone file a complaint with the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau---I did---Ocwen received the complaint and sent me a letter saying my case was with the Ombudsmen. I'm afraid that Ocwen will screw me and all my payments will be lost and they'll eventually ruin me and foreclose for no reason someday.
Reviewed Dec. 11, 2013
I initially had my mortgage with GMAC (they were wonderful). My mortgage was sold to OCWEN (I'm very unhappy and disappointed). Through a phone call to OCWEN, I spoke with one of their very nice reps who set up my account for the automatic monthly withdrawal. She repeated to me at least 3 or 4 times everything that was going to be done. I gave her a specific day that I wanted my mortgage to be taken from my checking account every month. This was done in August 2013. Well, since the September payment started, it has been taken out on the incorrect day!!! I've made probably at least 7 phone calls to very nice representatives who are trying to help me figure this out. They have to listen to me rant about my account, when they had nothing to do with it. But because I am so frustrated, they have to hear it all.
They ALL have assured me that this would be taken care of and that the mortgage payment will be taken out on the correct date (the 10th of every month) the following month. It's now December and it still the incompetence continues. I spoke to a supervisor named Jonas who once again assured me that he would put the money back into my account within 24 to 48 hours and send me an email verifying this transaction. I NEVER GOT THAT EMAIL FROM JONAS. The first conversation (this month) was December 4, 2013. 48 hours later, when the money had NOT BEEN TRANSFERRED BACK TO MY CHECKING ACCOUNT, I made another call on December 6. Again, the rep had to listen to me rant about something he wasn't responsible for. He too assured me that this was going to get resolved.
On the evening of December 10, 2013, I noticed that the mortgage amount had been put back in my checking account and along with that was an $8 transfer fee from OCWEN. I made another call in the morning of December 11, 2013 and spoke with yet another innocent representative. He told me that I could pay my mortgage with him over the phone but I would be charged $19.50 for this transaction!!! Are you kidding!!?? OCWEN finally agreed to take my payment without charging me. But they also told me I'd have to send proof that they had charged me $8 for the transfer fee! Again... are you kidding!? I don't know who this OCWEN company is, but I want out!!! Why do they think it's ok to mess with someone's checking account and just take funds out whenever they feel like it? Every rep that I spoke with said that my information clearly states that money will be taken from my checking account on the 10TH OF EVERY MONTH, yet they continue to take it out on the 1ST OF EVERY MONTH!
Just beware and check your statements!!! I cannot believe the incompetence of this company! So, I now I'm waiting for a phone call from a supervisor. Once again, I was assured I would get a phone call today, December 11, 2013 by 12 noon (I'm in California). Yes, it's only 12:03 but I have this feeling that a supervisor isn't going to call me back. Also, the funds haven't been taken back out for my payment and I haven't received the confirmation email that the rep assured me that I would be getting. This company is AWFUL. I have a huge headache from all of this. I hope I gave them one just as painful!!
Reviewed Dec. 11, 2013
Like most of you, He has no results and keeps getting told and keeps getting letters that he has been denied, being reviewed, checking to see if he was legally married, to see if he had a job, that he was supposed to get the "Packet" that never comes. What is their problem? If he doesn't get this tied up before the end of 2013 he will owe $30,000 in taxes.
Reviewed Dec. 11, 2013
Fear is a big factor and we can’t live in fear fight back. Demand to see your note. Get a securitization report to see where your chain of title was broken bring that to court and over 95 percent of all loans aren't worth the paper their made out of. And that means the people who are servicing your loan don't own it or even have any right to take your money. He might be working for Fannie and Freddie.
Why do you think the banks tell you that you can’t get a modification until your 90 days without payments, why do you think that .The lenders can’t find the note it’s because your note was put into an investment pool of over 100 investors (Wall Street) and was turned into a security (securitized) and your loan has been paid for over twice before it hits the gate. And you are paying for it and financing it from your own money and you're paying it to people that don't have title to your investment. Yoda said fight or don’t, it’s your choice.
Ocwen services LLC is a prime example. Bloodsuckers don't stop, that is their nature. Get mad and get your life back. Send a demand letter called QWR. Your rights have been trampled on and deceived when they deregulated the banking system everything went to hell. In a hand basket. Ask Ocwen’s owner he was caught saying all his loans are securitized, hello. When they go to an investor group the mortgage and the promissory note get split and never can go back again. Good luck.
Reviewed Dec. 9, 2013
In researching my loan with Ocwen, and in regards to the request for a modification. Found out that my loan is with investors and that they don't participate in the mod nor harps Govt backed programs. Also in the letter I received stated: The owner of my loan was Residential Asset Securities Corporation home equity mortgage asset-backed pass through Certificates Series 2004-KS1. In other words my loan was bundled and sold in series according to yr, and that a trustee was appointed to oversee my loan. Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A. Therefore, we are in trouble with getting assistance. Further research revealed that some co. called Ambac Assurance corp. The only people seemingly to speak to is in India, unable to understand due heavy accents... We are in America and do need assistance. They went up on my loan payments.
Reviewed Dec. 7, 2013
I have been battling with Ocwen for the last TWO YEARS on exactly the same issue. Our loan came from Litton to Ocwen in September 2011. It came over with about $28,000 due in late payments, no payments, etc. That's when the fun began! I immediately sent in my statements from Wells Fargo showing the ACH payments to Litton. They stopped accepting my payments in February 2012. Since then, it has been in "Research". I consulted an attorney who advised me to continue to send in the proof every time I get a response from them. No one reads the bank statements, no one even reads the letters. I have made a little progress recently so below are my recommendations:
Call their Research dept. at 800 241 9960. Ask for Rakesh. He's in a different office but is in the research department. This is the first person I've spoken to who at least understands the problem and is working on it. Also, you will be able to speak to him every time you call and not a different person to whom to have to explain the situation over and over again.
Call the Ombudsman at 800 390 4656. Rakesh told me that this department is over theirs and has more leverage to solve problems. I spoke to an ombudsman and she requested a copy of all the data and information. Make sure you get their name. Follow up your phone call with a Certified letter to the Ombudsman: Ocwen Financial Corp. Attention: Ombudsman "Name of person you spoke to", PO B 785061, Orlando, Florida 32878 - 5061.
Continue to send letters by Certified Mail, Return Receipt, at least every two weeks to the Research Dept: Ocwen Loan Servicing LLC Research Department, PO Box 24736, West Palm Beach, Florida 33416-4736. Here's the reason: Once a research case is closed and the issue is not resolved, it immediately goes to their Foreclosure Dept regardless what the problem is. I found this out because it showed up in my County's records as a transfer to some company to begin foreclosure proceedings. When I talked to Rakesh, he said as long as the research case is open, it will not be transferred to their Foreclosure dept. He said to send the letters to research every time you get a response from them. And if you don't get a response, send the letters anyway to make sure the case remains open. That's what happened to me - I had not heard from them for 2 months - and that's when it apparently was closed out without anyone's knowledge and went to Foreclosure. Now it's back in Research and removed from the Foreclosure department. So make sure you send those Certified letters at least every few weeks whether you get a response from them or not.
Check with your county's recorded documents - it's free online - make sure that no documents have been filed by Ocwen. If they were, download a copy and send a letter to Ocwen that your case is still open and to take it out of Foreclosure immediately. Check your credit report. This thing has been on our credit report for two years now - even the Foreclosure document from the county is there. I spoke to Equifax and they said you can send in all the documentation to them and they will pursue it with Ocwen. Nothing has happened on mine yet - the credit agencies are another huge scam. I don't expect much to happen with them.
I made contact with an attorney as soon as I recognized that Ocwen was doing nothing. Find someone in your area who does real estate and foreclosures. It may cost you for a consultation, but at least you have someone who knows about your case if you have to resort to an attorney. My attorney advised to keep sending in the documents. He advised against taking them to court because the courts are loaded with cases - and they have a lot of money to get these things resolved in their favor. So stay away from that. He said that if they really pursue foreclosure, then that's the time to hire the attorney and start proceedings.
After a lot of research I have come to the conclusion that when these loans were transferred to Ocwen, the paperwork and data were lost. They have sent me transaction sheets, etc. which were all wrong. I asked them to provide a copy of the actual deposit with date, etc. They can't do it - why? Because they don't have the files. They don't have any data to backup their claims. If this is the case, they are in line for a huge lawsuit because they're trying to collect monies which are not owed to them and threaten foreclosure if you don't pay. Most of their loans are packaged in GSR mortgage trusts - and I bet none of that paperwork is available. It's all part of the big lending scam 5-6 years ago.
I hope this helps. It's been a long hard road with these people. I can't blame the people in India - no one in the main office in the States listens to them either! They can't get the files, they can't access the right information - because Ocwen doesn't have it - that's my opinion. In any case continue sending the letters and make sure your case remains open. Scan all your documents and keep good files. We'll win this thing in the end. And maybe take them to court too.
Reviewed Dec. 7, 2013
Have been working to get a modification for about 2 years now. I was told I was denied for a HAMP but no reasons were given. I have since formally requested the information and disputed this with them. Will also call the HAMP hotline. Got approved for an in-house modification which is NO modification whatsoever. House value - $200,000. New proposed loan amount - $334,270.32, interest rate 4.12596%. So, their idea of a modification is to keep a borrower under water and set them up for failure...nice?! And, they are requiring me to make payments by phone with a $19.50 fee each time - these crooks!
Reviewed Dec. 6, 2013
I used to be able to pay my mortgage several months in advance with CHASE. When I was switched to OCWEN, I was told that I could only pay 2 months in advance. I have a fixed rate mortgage. Why this stupid policy? I would like to pay my mortgage 6 months in advance so I won't have to deal with recurring bank charges.
Reviewed Dec. 6, 2013
Where do I begin????? My Mortgage was with AHMSI and was bought by Ocwen in March 2013. I have had a problem with them EVER since! My fees look inflated and they are charging me some type of monthly inspection fees which I never heard of a company doing this. I have read several posts about OCWEN and the majority of what is being said applies to my situation. Again from the $10.50 inspection fee (which a person drives by or stand in front/side of the property and take a FREAKIN picture) to not applying my payment to my account, but sending the money back saying I have not "Cured Demand". I have sent Ocwen in the last 2 months over $3,000. They call me at least once a week, saying that I have an outstanding balance. I am so sick and tired of them!!!!!! I have now contacted the Massachusetts Attorney General's office for help. OCWEN business practices are for the birds and they need to be shut down!!!! WHEN WILL THE LAW SUIT BEGIN?????
Reviewed Dec. 6, 2013
I have exactly the same problem with Ocwen for the last 2 years!!! I have sent them bank statements 3 times - no one bothers to acknowledge them. Now, after 2 years, they want to foreclose! This company should be put out of business.
Reviewed Dec. 5, 2013
I have recently completed a Chapter 13 Bankruptcy. My Mortgage was being paid through the Trustee’s office. For 5 years, I never missed a payment to the Trustee. In March, GMAC (the Mortgage holder) declared for Chapter 11 and my Mortgage was taken over by Ocwen. While still in the active Chapter 13, they (Ocwen) continued sending me a monthly statement with the acknowledgement that I was still in the Chapter 13. I finished the Chapter 13 in August and the Trustee issued a letter of discharge to me, my Attorney and to Ocwen. Ocwen has acknowledged receipt of the discharge letter. I have called them at least 4 times since August requesting a statement of account status and showing that a payment I had made to them in Sept. had been credited to my account. They have not sent me a statement since Sept…
I would like for them to start sending me a statement so I can pay my mortgage on time and regularly. Each time I call them, we go through a regular routine check of information and at the end of our conversations, they promise to send me a statement. I have yet to receive a single statement since the Bankruptcy was discharged. It is my belief that they are intentionally holding back on sending a statement of my account to cause me to get behind on my payment and therefore cause for them to issue a foreclosure action. I do not want that to happen and do not know where to go with this situation. Thought you might be of some help in direction or ideas. I need some guidance.
Reviewed Dec. 5, 2013
Our mortgage was bought by OCWEN in August of 2013. For the whole 2013 year, we were struggling with Chase because they had "lost" 2 mortgage payments which are btw made electronically every month from a Chase account. How can you lose 2 electronic payments? When OCWEN started to managed our loan, they told us right away that we are 2 months behind. We explained that we made the payments but they (Chase) cannot find them and we will be happy to give them all the proof. They had required 12 months of proof at which point we sent them 15 months of bank statements proof.
Initially they assured us that they will do everything possible to get to the bottom of this. They let us know that we will receive a "package" with all the info on our loan and how to make further payments. We had never received it. My husband had to figure out by himself where to make a payment. They took our September payment only to apply it for June when they said a payment is missing. When we supply them with June proof, they said that it's not June payment which is missing, and they are not sure which one is it and that they will get back to us in few days. They never did.
My husband called almost every day, and we got the same answer. Wait couple more days... Then, the bomb dropped...."You are 90 days delinquent and we cannot take your payment". They deliberately delayed the process so we will pass the 90-day period. Now the line is: "Your account is in process of RESEARCH AND WE WILL GET BACK TO YOU IN FEW DAYS". They are deliberately trying to get our house!!! We are calling every day... we are getting the same answer!!! The people on the other line are so incompetent, unintelligible, have no clue what they are doing and repeating the same thing over and over like a parrot.
We are exasperated and don't want to lose our home. We are living here for 17 years without being late once on our payments. We had electronic transfer payments to avoid this issue. I am reading in horror the stories of people who had lost their homes to these predators!!! Can it be that the American dream is over?? They need to be stopped!! I am seeing an attorney in two days.... God help us all!!
Reviewed Dec. 2, 2013
I have had issues with OCWEN on many occasion, but the loan modification process started off horribly for me. I originally started the process in May of 2012 and sent the required paperwork in on 4 different occasions because it always seemed to be lost in transit, although my cashier's check was received and cashed (happened to be in the same envelope as the documents). By June of 2012 I was denied for the HAMP, so they processed my case in house. I heard back from OCWEN via USPS in late June of 2012. I had indeed been approved for their in house SAM modification. Principal loan reduction of $131,000.00, 2% interest rate for the life of the loan to start in September of 2012 and a monthly reduction in payment of approximately $700.00. It cut my mortgage in half, including impounding my taxes and insurance. Sweet deal, so I sent in my modification payment, notarized all of the paperwork and the loan was booked (as shown in OCWEN's online system).
Two days before my September payment I log in to make the payment and find out I am back in default. I immediately call OCWEN to find out that the HAMP was now approved and they were pulling the SAM out. Like I mentioned I had already had the documents notarized, including flying my ex-wife in from Florida to now find out I am back in default. After numerous calls, a lot of patience and a full court press, I was able to get them to book the SAM permanently. I was able to write off the loss as "debt forgiveness" under Obama's bill to allow the forgiveness. I have been making my modified payments religiously for over a year now with no issues. I am grateful to OCWEN for the assistance, but had to be persistent in my dealings. (Note I said persistent, not demanding and out of control.)
I recently had issues with my impound account, but again, with persistence and professionalism I was able to resolve it. By the way, OCWEN overestimated my impound account in 2013. Now my payments (PITI) for 2014 will be less than $700.00. Again, my persistence paid off.
Reviewed Nov. 28, 2013
Ocwen had purchased my home loan about 7 months ago from Chase Bank. The company has changed my loan to various companies within Ocwen three times in this seven-month period. In doing so they, and quote - will kick my loan out of the system and not permit the payment to go through, even by phone, because of the transition into the next Ocwen company. I have been charged a late fee this last time of $70.00 because the transition time ran to the 21st of the month. I have spent endless hours trying to pay them and also resolving this late fee but to no avail. I might add that numerous loans of mine have been purchased by Ocwen in the late 90s and they charged late fees by not posting to my account for up to three weeks after my checks to them had cleared. I was part of a huge class action lawsuit against Ocwen of Texas by consumers' and the govt. They lost and awarded settlements into the multimillions and was fined by the U.S. reaching millions of dollars. I have sent complaints to the Attorney General of Colorado. Also am going to refi to get away from Ocwen's poor business tactics but have no guarantee that they won't buy it from my lender and am stuck with them again.
Reviewed Nov. 25, 2013
My loan from 2006 was sold from IndyMac to Ocwen this month. I paid my loan amount on line (IN TIME) and yet I received a late payment letter stating I owe them $10.98 in late fees. When I call to question why I was being charged the overseas customer service rep told me nothing reflects I was charged a late fee. She confirmed their late fees are $42.85 so I must owe a late fee from my previously lender. This is bogus as Indymac's late fee is $5 (A BIG difference between $5 and their $42! ) plus I was not late nor am I late with my payments! She told me there wasn't a late fee so I left it there.
The following week I receive another letter stating I still owe a $10.98 late fee and the tiny $9 extra I paid towards my principal was allocated to their "late payments" section of my mortgage letter. So now, they are charging me $10.98 and the $9 I used to round up my payment to an even number was being routed to pay another fake late charge. I called the rep and he said they would waive the late fee as a one time courtesy.. EXCUSE ME?? I tried explaining again I do not have any late charges so it should not be a favor. They should correct their error. He said he submitted my request to waive my late fee to his support desk to take care of it.
I have a feeling come 12/1 I will be calling again wondering why I owe two late payments of $10.98 and why my additional $9 was never put back into the principal of my loan. Stay tuned!
Reviewed Nov. 21, 2013
Ocwen Loan, LLC acquired our loan in October 2012 from another crooked company called Bank Of America. We were not even aware that our loan was being sold; however, we were made to pay astronomical fees and charges to Ocwen in order to get our loan in good standing with them. We made progress with them only because when we were sold to them our attorney represented us. So on October 8, 2013, we asked them for a pay-off amount and to also state how long that amount was good for. We were sent a payoff quote in writing dated October 10, 2013 that was good until November 8, 2013. So on Oct. 31, 2013, we sent them a certified over night cashier’s check in the exact amount of the quoted payoff. Ocwen received the check and date stamped on Nov.1, 2013 seven days before the quote expired.
Then on Nov.5, 2013, they sent another quote (after accepting the check for the first quote) which was almost a thousand dollars more than the original quote. HUH!!! What kind of business is this?!! Then on Nov.18, 2013, they sent the check back to us stating that it was unacceptable due to insufficient funds to satisfy the payoff quote. When we contacted them to ask why since the original quote was still good for seven (7) more days plus we sent what was quoted to us by OCWEN, after being transferred 3 different times, speaking with 4 different agents, we were then told that they would investigate and get back to us. Guess What?!! Did not hear from them. We called back and was told that our property taxes were due in December and that they went ahead and paid them so we owed for that which is the reason for the new payoff. WHAT?! Why would you pay our taxes after the loan had been paid in full on November 1, 2013 and what date did you pay it? Was told that they sent tax funds on Nov. 6, 2013 so we asked them to send to us proof that they actually paid our taxes. Was told that they are emailing that info to us as we speak. 3 days later, guess what?!! Still no email from Ocwen (and no call about what's going on).
Called them again on Nov. 19, 2013, was told by yet another agent that the tax check was mailed out and they are expecting us to pay for it. WE called the county tax office on Nov 20th and 21st which is 13 days later, but Guess What?!! Tax office have no record of having received any money from Ocwen to pay our taxes. Called them again and asked for a supervisor, was put on hold, after a few minutes the agent came back on the line and said that no supervisor was available and one would call us later and the reason they paid our taxes was because they had no way of reaching us. WHAT?!! No phone number, nor our attorney's number either on file, not to mention mail service too. These people are a complete JOKE and we have retained another attorney since discharging the first one (because we believed all was resolved back in March 2012 involving this nightmare of a loan).
This is the worst bunch of rip off crooks we have ever encountered but they will be held accountable in a court of law. I think we all need to get together somehow and take these crooks to court for their unlawful practices which they seem to have been getting away with. BUT NO MORE, they have met the "right ones" now! See you in court, LYING, THIEVING, NO GOOD UNLAWFUL OCWEN! We definitely have legal merit regarding our nightmare with OCWEN!!! YOUR DAY IS COMING SOON TO COURT ROOM NEAR YOU!!!
Reviewed Nov. 21, 2013
Ocwen took over my loan from GMAC. I received a payoff statement dated 8.19.13. I paid off the Total amount, but they kept sending me statements and notices on how to avoid foreclosure. They cashed my check on 9.18.13, but said since it was not an official bank check or cashier check, it did not count, but refused to return my money so I could have it resent via bank check. They said I would need to send an add'l $419.21 to avoid foreclosure proceedings even though I had paid off the loan IN FULL. After I have sent the 2nd check in the form of an official bank check from TD Bank, they are still sending me statements and saying I am in default. I keep getting routed to India when I try to resolve by phone. Every agent gives me a different story. I have my bank verifying that they have processed my payments. If this is not resolved one week from today, I will report Ocwen to the FDIC, SEC, my state governor and congressman. I will also be looking at legal proceedings against Ocwen.
Reviewed Nov. 20, 2013
I had a home equity line of credit with Chase bank. The line of credit was paid in full in 2006. Chase 'sold' the line to Ocwen even though it was paid in full and all of a sudden now, I receive a statement every month with a $0 balance on it yet asking me for a payment of $0.00 each month. A lot of information is on the statements and we have enough real bills every month that I asked them three (3) different times to please stop sending these statements, each time I get a foreigner who tells me they will send me an opt-out statement to fill out. Are you kidding me? I freaking paid a loan IN FULL and still receive a bill every month for 0? This is ridiculous. They will not stop sending me these stupid bills, and I am being harassed for a loan I paid in full!
Reviewed Nov. 19, 2013
Continuing from a post I made last month which appears below. I have now been given three choices: foreclosure, short sale or deed-in-lieu, for the settlement. After 19 months. These were the original scenarios that they assured me I would avoid. There is an extra $144K now in past dues, and they will not negotiate. The property can support the required payment and they have all the documentation proving this. They always say it's the "Investor's" decision, that I don't qualify. If it weren't for the lates on my credit report from this loan I would. This company's resistance to negotiate and the ensuing financial hardship it has triggered played a big part in the breakup of my marriage and collapse of my family.
Posted 10/07/2013: OCWEN acquired my loan from B of A who received it from Countrywide, whom I refinanced with in 2006. Countrywide had me apply for a loan modification as I was behind a few months, then they failed. B of A took over and I followed their lead into more applications. Then B of A transferred (sold I guess) my loan to OCWEN who started over again. First it was HARP then HAMP. Turns out I was never qualified for either one of these. Now I am being considered for an "in house" modification, though there are no details about it and the layers of customer service personnel are of no help. Additionally, every month there are fees and penalties adding up at the rate of $4000 per month. I believe that OCWEN will claim these as profit when they foreclose, and that's been their intention from the beginning.
It's not fair that they lead me through these applications, duplicating what was done by their predecessor B of A and compounding the debt with their fees and penalties. It's been brought to my attention that they are paid by our government to do exactly this, putting our family home in jeopardy. Seems that it may get sold to investors, maybe not even citizens of our country, which is a travesty.
Reviewed Nov. 19, 2013
Still trying to get a loan modification, one year now trying. Unemployed for 14 months, now working at lower compensation. Getting denied, representatives are in India, cannot understand them. Will not answer any questions directly, talk in "circles". Even though payments were made on time, Ocwen marks them as late, charges late payments monthly, plus a property inspection fee. Requested proof of the inspection fees, they will not give me proof. Finally got a representative in America, questioned the property inspection fee, refused to answer. When explained what was told to me by another rep, she laughed. Cannot get any assistance, all reps speak in circles without answering questions directly.
Purposely put my mortgage in default status but payments made on time ruined my credit. Returned a payment, stating I was in default, and the payment was what was due, per the computer call, rep and website. Scared of losing my home, I am doing everything right. Ocwen lies when they say "keeping customers in their homes is the most important thing to them". They are just impossible to work with. They seem to be fraudulently inflating mortgage with excessive late fees, and property inspection fees, which I do not believe the service is being done. Why can I not get a modification??
Reviewed Nov. 18, 2013
My mortgage was sold to Ocwen and it has been a nightmare ever since. Not sure how they do billing but I seem to get a $1-$2 check from them some months. Their customer service must be based in India. First level customer service people are never able to help you. And I strongly suggest you look at your monthly statements. Just relived they signed me up with three 3rd party companies for what they call "Optional "services. Extremely shady and very upsetting. I wish I could unsell my loan to them. I would not suggest doing business with them.
Reviewed Nov. 18, 2013
We are filing a complaint against Ocwen loan. We were bought out in July 2013. We are 1800 short in our escrow. Our taxes have been paid through March 2014. We were bought out in July 2013. Our house payment with Chase was $1098 for 2 years on a loan modification. We have never had problem with Chase. We have faxed from Chase our tax county assessor's office in Omaha.. Our new payment with Ocwen is $1172 since they say we are short $1800. We are not paying it!
Reviewed Nov. 18, 2013
Just this month, my loan got sold to OCWEN. TODAY, I get a letter with the information about my loan and they have added a 10.88 cent charge called a "Collection Charge" to my account. WHY IN THE HE** are these people allowed to continue to be in business other than the sorry government regulation we have in the USA these days?
Reviewed Nov. 17, 2013
I contacted Ocwen about a delinquent tax bill I received, that they were supposed to pay. They kept saying "oh don't worry about it, we paid your taxes, just disregard." I kept telling him, the foreign guy, I know you are paying my taxes, it is a tax that was missed when my loan was transferred to you. I faxed over - one person said they had it, another didn't see it. This has been going on for months. Meanwhile my home was sold in tax auction. The guy who bought it just walks in saying he's my landlord! I kindly told him to leave, so Ocwen you have a pending lawsuit. Get ready!
Reviewed Nov. 17, 2013
I don't recommend PHH Mortgage co. because it is a lots of unprofessional people working for this company. We decided to contact them about 2 1/2 months ago and apply for a loan. We had in mind to apply for a conventional loan and we told them but they decide it to go for an FHA loan and I do not understand why they did it. But 2 weeks later, we receive a call and some e-mails saying we do qualify for a loan so we start looking for a house and during this time they ask us for tons of paperwork and information. It was so stressful but we decided it to continue with this process. During the process, they stay in touch over the phone telling us everything was going good.
One day, they call us telling us to be ready to go to the title co. to sign the papers and closed the deal and they call our realtor telling him the same. It was a lot of excitement thinking about signing the documents and moved to our home. They give a day and date to our realtor and to us but 3 hours before going to the title co., we received a call from PHH Mortgage co. telling us we do not qualify for a loan. Now my question is, why they did it that way and what can we do about it? Unfortunately, the home owner had a very hard time during this process. Need an advice because I don't want to make the same mistake in a near future.
Reviewed Nov. 16, 2013
I was transferred from GMAC with auto draft and then get calls from Ocwen telling me I am late when I had no idea who they represent. When I finally devote much time I am finally able to make a payment and (I believe) set up auto draft as that is how I pay all my bills. No auto draft and no contact so I try again 60 days later and they will not accept any form of payment over the phone or online(either credit or debit cards or direct draft from checking or savings). I am told I must go to some Western Union to send payment to some P.O. Box in Illinois. I am 54 years old and have never dealt with such a company that seems to be in business to attempt to ruin credit and create default or late fees only. I have had no other credit issues in at least 20 years but somehow can't find a way to pay these people or figure what their company business model looks like. I am not normally a big fan of class action lawsuits but this should be pretty easy for some group to help get some relief from this Actually evil company!
Reviewed Nov. 16, 2013
OCWEN assumed my loan servicing from GMAC and does not mail monthly statements on a timely basis. I was charged a late fee when my statement was not received until 8 days after the due date and the statement was dated 1 day before the due date, not allowing sufficient time to process my payment before the grace period expired. OCWEN said the late fee was valid - accepting no responsibility for mailing the statement late. I reported this to the BBB and am considering also filing a complaint with the FL Office of Financial Regulation. I'm so sorry so many of us are having so many problems dealing with OCWEN.
Reviewed Nov. 15, 2013
Ocwen took over my loan from GMAC Mortgage. I was sent a letter saying that my auto draft payments would switch automatically. On Sept. 21st, Sat. 8am, the phone woke me up and it was a company called Ocwen that proceeded to tell me my mortgage payment was late and they wanted payment NOW! I said, "You have the wrong person" and hung up. After waking up a little better, I realized this is the company that took my loan from GMAC and decided I should call them and find out what was going on. I reached their call center in India and they confirmed that my loan was past due. I said, "How can that be when I have for the last 12 yrs. been set up on auto draft?” (Never been late and always pay all my bills on time. Great credit!)
After a lengthy conversation overseas, I had to give them my bank information all over, make a phone payment and reset up my auto draft payments. They told me the first auto draft payment would take place Oct. 1st. Well, Oct. 1st they double drafted my mortgage and I ended up bouncing checks, calling my bank to cancel the old setup with GMAC and calling Ocwen (asking for someone in the USA) to give them a piece of my mind. Ocwen assured me this would not happen again. I called Ocwen again Nov. 6th to make sure they were only going to take ONE payment because none had showed up on my bank account yet. They assured me that it had already been done - it just hadn't showed up on my bank site yet because the first fell on a weekend. . yata yata yata. So I said fine and forgot about it because I do have other things to contend with in life.
Yesterday, I get a LATE notice saying Nov. payment is late. Spent half my morning once again trying to correct this issue. No one there cares about you. They give me the same story over and over again, they don't have a clue how to solve a simple issue and there is NO customer service. They actually had the gall to tell me they'd wave the $19.50 for taking payment over the phone - that they didn't auto draft!!! They show me as a person that pays late, they've cost me bounced checks, hours of time on the phone and hopefully they haven't messed up my credit report. Ocwen is the worst run company I have ever dealt with.
Reviewed Nov. 14, 2013
My Indy Mac mortgage service was transferred to Ocwen 1 week before the payment was due. Bunch of paperwork, but came with a pre-addressed payment slip and envelope with no payment amount (I know what I owe monthly). I sent my payment a few days before it was due. Because the transfer was to occur on the 1st, I wanted to make sure they had my info before receiving my payment and I had a 16-day grace period so I didn't worry. It is now the 14th and they say (with a hard to hear Indian accent) that they still haven't received my payment and that it must be the fault of the US Postal Service!! I explain my disbelief because Indy Mac always posted my payment in 3-4 days of me sending it 2000 miles away. The address for the Ocwen center is in the next state over. I was told I should stop payment on the check! I explained that this was BS and that it was obviously a problem on their end being new to my mortgage. He said I could make a phone payment now but if my check should arrive they would attempt to cash it anyway.
Reviewed Nov. 14, 2013
Two loans purchased by Ocwen from GMAC. From there all downhill!!!!! Late payment fees for on time payments, horrible customer service (India), can't pay online (sometimes), accounts closed? and on & on! Stay away if you can! & I hope someone files a lawsuit soon!
Onity Mortgage Company Information
- Company Name:
- Onity Mortgage
- Year Founded:
- 1984
- Address:
- P.O. Box 5452
- City:
- Mount Laurel
- State/Province:
- NJ
- Postal Code:
- 08054
- Country:
- United States
- Website:
- www.onitymortgage.com
