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Based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, PNC Bank is one of the largest financial institutions in the U.S. With branch locations throughout 28 states and Washington, D.C., it offers a full suite of retail banking services. PNC is also a major national mortgage lender licensed to originate loans in all 50 states.
- Offers a variety of options, including conventional, FHA, VA, USDA and specialized loans
- Provides homeownership grants and special offers for eligible buyers
- Loan officers are available seven days a week
- In-person service is restricted to branches in 28 states
- Choice HELOC is available to borrowers in six states
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Reviewed Oct. 29, 2014
We have a Home equity line of credit with PNC bank. Our 1st lender Chase modified our house loan. But PNC refuse to modify our loan or refinance it. Our interest rate with PNC is 6.69%. It's the worst bank we ever have to deal with. No proper departments to contacts or call. We need a letter from PNC stating that they accept our new flood insurance. The insurance dept. is most inept and they discouraged me several times saying that they cannot write those letters. But chase bank did. It's the worst bank to deal with if you have a problem. I am waiting to pay off PNC loan and never to do business with this worst bank again.
Reviewed Oct. 25, 2014
We have our current mortgage with this mortgage company (PNC Mortgage). This summer we purchased the lot next to our current lot for cash. We bought this lot so we could build a storage barn. We did not have a suitable area on our current lot to build the barn (both lots are approximately 1 acre). In order to build the barn, our governing district requires that you incorporate both lots into one--also know as erasing the lot line. Only homes can be built on lots, unless you erase the lot line and incorporate both lots into one. This requires a new plat showing both lots (erasing the lot line) drawn up by a survey company, then signing off by the mortgage company, then getting the document recorded. PNC Mortgage company refused to do this. Numerous letters have been sent by the survey company explaining this process. We have been working on this since July. Every time we follow up, they say it will be another week. It seems there is no consideration or professionalism at all with this company. I feel that this is not a way to run a business and want other to know what this company is like.
Reviewed Oct. 21, 2014
Went through a loan modification... rate dropped, payment slightly reduced... all fine. Had purchased my house in 2006 for $176,500 and paid 8 years... principal was reduced to $167,800. Now I have a 40 year mortgage! So, we refinanced, took PNC 7 weeks to provide a payout.... when it arrived, $23,000 had been added to the principal for "unpaid interest"... no one at my bank has ever seen this! I have been told to hire an attorney to pursue... good luck with that huh?
Reviewed Oct. 17, 2014
My husband and I refinanced our mortgage through PNC. I used web resources, email, and phone contact with PNC Mortgage. The process was easy and we were able to complete the paperwork at our local branch, which made things very easy, especially since my husband and I have very chaotic schedules. In general, I was really pleased with the whole processes and was happy to be with PNC.
Unfortunately, two months later I received a bill from our homeowner’s insurance. After speaking with our insurance carrier, whom had to call PNC Mortgage, she confirmed that we would have to pay out of pocket for our insurance due to the type of loan we had. I was disappointed with PNC that I was not advised about the change during the loan application processes as I would have arranged something with my insurance carrier. Needless to say I was annoyed, but once the situation was resolved I moved on.
The biggest shock was when last week I received a second notice from my county that school taxes had not been paid. Again I was confused as taxes had been previously paid through PNC and if this was the second notification where was the first? After further inspection of the statement from Allegany County, the bill had PNC Mortgage address scratched out and mine written in.
I looked through the policy provided by PNC as I was concerned I might have missed something, but there was nothing document regarding taxes or insurance. I contacted PNC Mortgage on October 11, 2014 about these issue. I was advised that with home equity loan, both insurance and taxes would now have to be paid out of pocket. I was further advised by the PNC representative that this should have been explained to me during the loan application process; however it was considered voluntary information. Essentially, no one was required to tell me information that may impact my finances? Personally, something of that nature I would consider critical.
In addition the customer service rep. advised that as of October 11th the Allegheny County website still indicated billing for taxes should be sent to PNC, which should have been updated by PNC, to reflect a change in address. So if the first notification for taxes went to PNC, what happen to the statement? Why was it not forward to my attention or call to me regarding the error? Whoever processes the notifications through PNC Mortgage must have been discarded or ignored the statement. Now I have a second notification for unpaid taxes and indication that interest will accrued for late payment.
The customer service representative I spoke to on October 11th took my phone information and reported he would escalate my concerns to a ‘mortgage crisis team’, but as of the date of this letter I have not received a response. I tried called the PNC Mortgage company through the 1-800 numbers but the operating system had me bouncing around for 30 minutes before disconnecting the call. I understand as a consumer before investigate time, energy, and money in to a product I should educate myself and ask questions; however as a customer I look to PNC to partner with me so that I can be completely informed when making decision about my finances. I am truly disappointed.
I was working with another Financial Sales Consultant through PNC prior to this incident. At the time I was so pleased with how the home equity loan process went I was looking at working with PNC with other financial products, investments, loans, and savings, but because of this incident I don’t wish to do any more business with PNC for fear of the unknown. What other surprise provisions will there be?
Reviewed Oct. 11, 2014
I am writing this letter regarding my extreme dissatisfaction with PNC. I purchased my home new so we were paying first year reduced land tax only. This is not the first time I have purchased new construction so I knew that the first year escrow increases dramatically and set aside money for that reason. When the time came for our escrow analysis, PNC mailed me back a check for overpayment which I knew was wrong. I called and was told that there was nothing they could do as they only do escrow analysis once a year and that I could send it back and note that it was for the escrow. Which I did and I continued to pay additional each month toward the escrow so when PNC finally figured out they were wrong I would not have to come up with a large amount of money.
A couple of months passed and we received a new escrow analysis, even though I was told this would not happen for the total amount of the escrow without my funds applied. I again called in and they had to back out all my payments and apply them properly. I was also told there was still a $100 due. I proceeded to mail in the $100 for the escrow shortage.
Several weeks passed again when to my surprise I receive a call from the collection department the same day I receive a written collection correspondence. I called in again and I explained, I always pay my mortgage on time. The collection agent reviewed the notes, saw my payment in suspense and ran through the correspondence about my account. She assured me this would be addressed. The next day I receive yet another call from the collections department. I informed them that I spoke to someone yesterday and they should review their notes before wasting people's time. Two weeks pass and I receive yet another call - exact same as the last call.... my on time payment is in suspense, nobody fixed my escrow... blah, blah, blah. I am assured that this nice lady will fix everything and I would receive a new escrow analysis in 5-7 days. Never happens.
Now today, a few weeks later same situation BUT they can't see September or October. I run through this with another collection agent and ask to speak to a supervisor. After spending 18 minutes on the phone and again reviewing all my history they apply my funds (supposedly) again and I am supposedly going to receive an escrow analysis in 5-7 days (we'll see). I am very frustrated and angry at this point. I am told a supervisor will call me this week and that I can waste more of my time to find out if the people at PNC did their job.
I have exceptional credit, so first off there better not be a single blemish to my credit due the company's inability to accept payments. I mention this to the customer service agent who then informs me that I can (again waste my time and make it my responsibility) to reach out to the PNC credit team and they can review the notes and history to have anything removed. So this means I will have first pull my credit and then deal with that.
Second, I have now wasted over 2 hours dealing with PNC. I want my mortgage held elsewhere. Unfortunately I know it's not that easy but I want it sold.This is absolutely ridiculous. This is my fourth house and I have never experienced such absurdity.
Reviewed Sept. 30, 2014
PNC Mortgage, can't really say much different than anyone else on here. It’s been a year and a half and still trying to fight them. I've done the packets maybe 15 and yes they always have a problem with them or never got them. I won't get into it because it’s just like everyone else. If anyone has a lawsuit I'm in.
Reviewed Sept. 27, 2014
I applied for a mortgage for a doublewide in **. The process started in February 2014 and ended in June 2014 unsuccessfully. ** the loan officer made me sell my mobile home in Tampa because of lot rent and wanted the title in the new owner's name. This forced me to move to a motel with my family to Flagle Beach, I was told in May 2014 that it would be for two weeks max. Six weeks later after spending around 10k for inspections, HUD fees, survey, roofer inspection, carpeting deposit, motel bills and the list goes on.
We were told that closing would be in a few days around June 15th 2014 and that I need 3k more in addition to the original 5k deposit, which was agreed upon by ** and myself. GFE kept changing and at the last minute they wanted 4.5k more and these funds were now depleted and gone. They refused to close on their promise of 3k and my family and I ended up on the streets. Thank God for friends. ** has no compassion, he's negligent, unprofessional, rude, vulgar and right down a liar. This has caused extreme mental, physical and financial pain to my family. Thank you.
Reviewed Sept. 17, 2014
In 2013, PNC Financial Services Group agreed to pay $35 million in order to resolve government claims of discrimination in residential loans against National City Bank, the Cleveland-based bank that PNC bought in 2009. More than 75,000 African-American and Latino customers of National City paid more for their residential loans between 2002 and 2008. Fred Solomon, a spokesperson of PNC, promised to improve policies and discontinue certain practices once PNC acquired National City Mortgage. Unfortunately, this promise has been broken. It is true, that there are no allegations of discrimination against PNC. However, PNC missed to clean up the mess National City Mortgage left in terms of illegal disclosures.
My fiance's family - residing in North Lauderdale, Florida - is now suffering the consequences as a result of this, facing foreclosure and the upcoming sale date of their home of 36 years on October 15th. They have launched a petition asking for support in a desperate attempt to save their home. Please consider adding your voice to the petition - it would be so greatly appreciated!!!
Reviewed Sept. 11, 2014
I just checked my credit on Credit Karma and PNC reported that I have 2 late payments which is a lie because my payment is deducted automatically from my checking account on or before the due date and it shows it going to their system by the 15th of the month. In fairness I have not contacted them to dispute this, but have had many issues with them lying about not receiving certain documents they require for a loan modification. I ultimately got denied. This is the worst company ever and am sorry National City sold the loan.
Reviewed Aug. 24, 2014
DO NOT use this company for mortgages!!! I had National City which then sold my mortgage to PNC. Due to health reasons, I moved out of home and my house was put on the market. After 1 year of trying to sell it... I called PNC and explained the situation. There wasn't anything they could do! So I struggled for another year... and finally just gave up. I have told them to just foreclose on the property. They are sending me all sorts of 'help' items. They keep calling... letters that say that they 'are there to help'. Where were they a year ago when I needed the help!!! When I asked for the help?!
Reviewed Aug. 23, 2014
Sept 13 I lost big job. On Dec 1st stopped making mortgage payments. I asked for help, a huge paper shuffle runaround by them. I sent in 2 complete packets 25 pages of documents. Faxed it. Then they lied, said "we never got it." Then I mailed in another one. I forgot to check 12 box. They refused the whole package. It cost me 25.00 to fax each one. So 2 more, same crap. They lie about everything, should be sued. I got copies of my checking acct from ebank. Nowhere does it say in their package "must be certified stamped by bank." They rejected those. I get pension. I sent in 4 statements. Get same money each month. Said we need certified letter. See they took gov't. money, will jerk you around, foreclose on you and write debt off. They are evil unethical immoral people. I urge anyone who has trouble with them to contact consumer financial protection bureau. It's free and they will investigate them. I hope they get sued big time.
Reviewed Aug. 19, 2014
I am dealing directly with PNC for a loan modification. I have left 4 messages for the 'point of contact for my loan', ANGELA, to return my call so she would explain to me what "proof of receipt" means on the last letter I received from them requesting documents from me that's I've already sent. Today is a better day. Today I am not livid. Yesterday, I was told by an 'expert' that I talked to because ANGELA was not in, that they couldn't talk to me because I am the widow of the original loan recipient, my husband, and haven't filed a proof of executorship. There is no will, nothing to be executor of, etc. In California property AUTOMATICALLY go to the surviving spouse. I filed a Chapter 13, with PCN as the only creditor. They claim I didn't sent ONE PAYMENT between 2012 and 2013. Can I say ** on a complaint form? It ain't over. I'm hoping for a class action sit. I will lead or join.
Reviewed Aug. 10, 2014
In January of 2014, we submitted a completed hardship/loan modification application to PNC in order to try and start making payments and stay out of foreclosure. It took PNC until mid March to respond with a letter that stated verified income was zero and they could not modify the loan. In that time PNC sought and received final judgement (which I believe is a clear violation of the agreement between the Government and PNC chapter 3 on MHA rules state foreclosure process will be suspended during application process). We reapplied for the MHA immediately. Were scheduled for a mediation on may 20th where PNC was suppose to show up and be able to make decisions on the loan.
PNC conference called and said they still did not have all the information they needed. According to the instructions regarding Mediation, PNC was suppose to notify us of any information needed 15 days before the mediation date. Obviously they did nothing of the sort. After the second mediation meeting, PNC now stated they have enough to make a decision on or about August 23 which is 3 days before the scheduled court sale. This is all happening in pinellas county where the Judge is just something that cannot be described. Its all more than unjust. It seems almost criminal in their actions.
Reviewed Aug. 7, 2014
There's really not much more I can say that hasn't already been said. However, I find it very unsettling that when I google PNC Mortgage reviews, thousands upon thousands of stories pop up that are almost identical to mine. Everything from the faxes not being received, to no return phones calls, and having to constantly send more and more paperwork that never amounts to anything proactive. My husband and I sent 21 modification packets over the course of 2 and a half years. Every time we were denied because either they didn't receive one page or the time frame expired. In the end, we lost our home. None of this mattered to PNC, because I truly believe they were not going to help from the get go. We wasted so much time, energy, money and tears during our ordeal. I wish there was a way all of us could come together and sue the ** out if this company. Something has to be done. I can't believe it's only coincidental that all of us have been through the same exact hell with no positive end in sight. Any attorneys out there who want to start a class action lawsuit against these crooks? ;)
Reviewed Aug. 3, 2014
Since years I try to get a loan modification. I was in the export business. As you all know, the world economy collapsed because of the US Banks which committed fraud. Resulting a 90% sales drop in my business? PNC really play games. They'd said several time that they send me a refinancing package - never received. After a month, they told us that since you did not send the package back, you are denied. They also send me courier letter which never shows up, except monthly statement (weird).
I went to a convention, on the spot applied and received a denial. The answer was, that their investor refused???? What kind of b is that? I am now foreclosed since my 5th lawyer didn't show up at the court. This guy took 16,000 USD from us, so between the bank which are playing games and the lawyer which never answer me and stole my money, yes, we call that a nightmare. I am a person of never end determination. I am recharging my battery and will sue the bank and the lawyer. Now It look like I have 3 weeks and no money to find a roof. The morality the bank in my case create this situation - I went from $15,000.000.00 gross sales to almost nothing.
Reviewed July 30, 2014
PNC Mortgage did not notify me of my mortgage loan change in sufficient time. From my very first mortgage payment they have made me 30 days late on every payment. They reported to the credit agencies 60 days late when I was never 60 days late...My credit score in one year has dropped from 720 to 470 since they took my loan over... I wish I had control of who my payments go to...not some shady company that's trying to take my house from me!!! DO NOT TRUST THIS COMPANY.
Reviewed July 23, 2014
9 yrs in our home, on time payments. Came on hard times, got a hardship done about 5 yrs ago. Went from a $3100 mortgage to a $2900 mortgage. At the 5th year, we were sent a letter that the mortgage would be going up to $3600?? We tried asking for more help - nope!! House is under water by $70,000. Can't sell it or refinance. PNC knows that they are the bigger loan of the 2 and house appraises for what we owe them so they know they will get this full amount if we are forced to short sale or foreclose. So we are filing bankruptcy. After 9 yrs and 5 kids and on time payments, they want our house - is how we see it. It would be so simple for them to continue at the $2900. It's been a nightmare. They are awful to work with.
Reviewed July 21, 2014
Working with PNC's Mortgage Department has been one of the most frustrating experiences of my life. It started smoothly, until we realized that they were making assurances they couldn't back up. My fiance and I both have excellent credit and good paying jobs, so we hadn't anticipated any problems; however, my fiance had recently changed jobs. We were upfront about this and told them that he would only have one pay stub (FHA requires two) prior to closing, but they assured us that it wouldn't be a problem and FHA would be fine with one pay stub. Everything seemed to be going well until 5 p.m. on the Friday before we closed, when they called at the last possible minute and told us that FHA hadn't approved the loan due to the "missing" pay stub and we could not close the next week. When we asked why they hadn't told us soon (because they had known for a few days, apparently) we were told that it "didn't matter" when we were informed because we wouldn't have the pay stub until after our original closing date.
It mattered to us, though, because we had to wait until Monday to call and cancel deliveries for appliance, painters, etc. because PNC didn't notify us until after everything was closed for the week. Throughout different calls to different people at PNC, we were told that they "had done everything they could do", which was nothing. If it weren't for the diligence of our realtor and lawyer, our closing would have been pushed back a month, but they worked hard and managed to figure out a way for us to close days after our original closing date, no thanks to PNC. I do NOT recommend getting a mortgage through PNC because they do not care about their customers, we are only a number to them. They proved repeatedly that they were not willing to put forth any kind of effort for help when needed and their customer service was appalling. One star is too much for this company.
Reviewed July 20, 2014
My mortgage loan was sold to PNC Mortgage over a year ago. Have been making on-time payments. Got a notice that they need over $300/month more now as their terms for Escrows are different than my previous lender and they want an extra month of buffer. I have never been late on the mortgage, or short on the Escrow. When I asked where I agreed to these terms they said, "It doesn't work that way." When I disputed in writing and said I would handle my own property taxes and insurance payments, they said they require the Escrow account. How can this be legal?
Reviewed July 20, 2014
I had same thing happened to me. I got 2nd mortgage int only, with no end to it. They won't offer me any options even though I have good credit and making over $100K. I am going to take 401K loan to pay off my second mortgage of 59K.
Reviewed July 19, 2014
Me and my husband has a Home Equity Loan which started with National City which then switched to PNC. It seems every time we make a payment our loan does not go down any and we pay more than the amount due. And every time we call we are on the hold for a long time and not sure when our loan matures. We feel that our payments are not being fully applied to the loan but more to the interest. I think we are never going to get this loan paid off or down. I know that we are late on payments sometimes but if you payment than the minimum amount then what your due balance should look like it's decreasing the balance.
Reviewed July 15, 2014
The party with whom PNC has a loan with, has the back money & PNC will not accept even with a contributor that shows we'll continue to help with payments. PNC stands to make close to $200,000.00 on this home after they take their money. There is something wrong here plus they have left the homeowner in limbo for 2 years.
Reviewed July 13, 2014
The same thing happened to me as Marie from Partlow, VA. I submitted my application over and over and then it would expire so I would submit it again. Then they would need something else. I finally gave up after a year. Now, they say I am behind. I keep paying extra and today received a check for $43.00 with a note saying it wasn't a complete payment. So now my question is where is the extra money that I have been sending every month for the past 2 years? My credit is ruined and I don't know how to get away from them.
Reviewed June 25, 2014
I read other reviews with people with similar complaints and I too got the same runaround. They didn't at all try to solve our problems. They just stalled by not following up with paperwork sent and wanting more and more so they could get us to fall further behind. This to me is a tactic to get our house to go into foreclosure. We had to sell the house, then use what equity we had to pay late payments, fees and whatever they could throw at us. Please don't ever use this company for your mortgage.
Reviewed June 24, 2014
I went through a bad divorce, got behind in mortgage payments and been trying to work with PNC for almost 2 years now. I have been back on my feet and able to pay my mortgage but PNC has been very difficult. I have had to re-submit the hardship package 4 times and for months, they come back wanting more and more different paperwork. An example would be like they would say that I needed to fax one more document to them and I would, then a couple days later, it would be something else or many times, they would tell me that they never received the fax. I have all confirmations on all the faxes that I have send them.
This last time I talked with PNC on June 16th and they went over a couple things I needed again. Some of which were right there in front of them and we got it straight that they were looking at documents wrong. I was told that I needed 1 more document, which made no sense to me because it had nothing to do with re-modifying or re-financing but I went with it. I called back June 23rd to ask that they give me 2 more days to get that document and they refused saying that they have been waiting a month. I explained who I talked to on June 16th and that we got those straightened out but this new person said it was not straightened out. He finally said that he seen we talked to someone but that nothing was updated so I now needed to re-submit the whole package again for the 5th time. He refused to let me speak to a supervisor or my point of contact, first saying that they were busy with other customers and then saying that they would tell me the something he is.
This has been crazy. I have faxed over 80 documents at 1 time to them and it's never enough. I have been back on feet now and all I want to do is save my family home. This has been family land for like 25 years and I built our home on this land and lived here 20 years. What PNC is doing should be against the law.
Reviewed June 20, 2014
Well lets see, first my employer decided it would be a good Idea to run me over with an earth mover with the help of a contracted customer, Which I lived through but ended up disabled for life. Then ended up divorced for more reasons than I care to go into... Anyway after having my lawsuit dismissed for the accident and the people responsible counter sued me and won, I still had a mortgage to handle. Keep in mind the federal OSHA report claims that I ran myself over. I swear I do not have that long of arms! So I continued to pay my mortgage on time but still had to sell the house as a term of the divorce. I contacted PNC mortgage about possible options (because the house like all homes was upside-down in value) we discussed Something called a deed in lieu.
I followed there instructions filled out their paperwork. Instructions: unlist the house, stop making payments, submit paperwork, although I questioned the payment part, they stated that it was required to qualify for the program. They then contacted me asked if I still wanted to do the deed in lieu. I said yes, they then told me they were going to take possession of the home as agreed. But guess what, that's not what they did. First they started foreclosure before I was late on my payments then they didn't take possession of the home; instead they sold the home while it was still in my name when I received the notice from the action I called them to get the response that there was nothing I could do the house was sold and they decided not to do the deed in lieu because they could not find the key to the house.
They refused to give my any documentation through this whole ordeal then collected the money from the loan backers. I filed a complaint with consumer protection, without an attorney this does nothing. Keep in mind even after they sold the house they were listing on my credit report. So wrap up I am a disabled single father of three and one of them is disabled also, so having any money is not ever going to happen, And without it the banks can lie and do whatever they want especially PNC mortgage. It doesn't help that the legal system only works for those that can pay for it, like the people that destroyed my life and walked away laughing all the way to the bank. Do you see the connection. In short if you are poor you have less rights than a slave.
Reviewed June 15, 2014
Had PNC for < 1yr. Tried to pay online and found they charge a $12 fee, even though I'm saving them time and effort versus mailed payment. This company nickel and dimes their consumers. A few weeks ago, I received an escrow balance statement with a $1200 check to deposit. But my monthly payment went up over $200/month to cover escrow fees. Very shady. Avoid if you can.
Reviewed May 30, 2014
Originally, our 2nd mortgage was with National City who sold it to PNC. We originally took out the 2nd mortgage when the economy was still good. Our payment with National City was $287/month. When PNC took over, they lowered our payment to $150 (interest only). Because the economy was tanking and we were struggling, we paid the minimum payment. After a few years, we received letters stating our time period for the loan was coming up. Not one letter stated what our new payment would be. I began paying $300/month, assuming it would be double. Then I started receiving phone calls saying I was owed more. My new payment was $541. It went from $150 to $541. We cannot get help because we have a conventional loan. The only help I can find is for homeowners with government backed homes.
The people who call from PNC are very rude and not willing to help. When I first tried calling PNC, had difficult time reaching a person. Filed complaint with Consumer Protection, but no results (slow process). I feel like they duped us, so they could make more money off of us by only charging us interest. We will probably end up losing our home because of PNC. I can't wait until the media and government catch up to their practices. Unfortunately, it will be too late for us.
Reviewed May 10, 2014
Wanted to lower my payments on home. Was with PNC Mortgage. PNC Bank lowered it to $300.00 a month. They weren't clear at the time that this didn't include taxes and insurance. It was too late to cancel and go with someone else. I'm a widow now.
Reviewed May 5, 2014
I have sent information to PNC mortgage on 3 separate occasions wanting some kind of assistance with my mortgage. I lost my job and need a period of time to get back on my feet. Every time I sent information for program eligibility, they would always say they DIDN'T get it. When I would call the PNC counselor, I would always have to leave a message because of course they were never available.
I have worked hard for my home and have equity. Now they want to quickly foreclosure...interesting. I would NOT recommend this institution because of the lack of communication and follow through.
Reviewed May 1, 2014
I had bought my property in 2006 through National City Mortgage in which everything was fine until they were bought out by PNC. Since then, they had claimed my escrow was shorted, not once but 3 times. Taxes went up $100 more month, and insurance went up $400 a year. Original payment was $740/month and after all the shortages it was close to $900/month. Had a loss of income, not job, just income due to shortage of work. Went through 2 assistance programs for payment help, both denied. Oh well, it’s in foreclosure now and I will keep talking trash about PNC and them not wanting to help. All I asked for was a year of assistance or lower my payment, it wasn't like I was asking to not pay at all. Good grief.
Reviewed April 24, 2014
In 2006 I was making 95K/year and I purchased a home through World Savings. Suffice it to say I had to get out of that loan due to the fact that it was a bad product. So I went through a broker who split my jumbo loan into a first loan with GMAC and a second loan with National City. National City then sold my loan to PNC bank who sent me a letter stating that I had to do nothing but continue paying the loan. I was never told of any changes to the account. The loan was at 7.5%. I have tried since 2009 to refinance the loan and each time I call they tell me that I can't refinance because I live in Massachusetts. They purchased my loan from another bank and then tell me that I can't refi with them!
I lost my job in 2011 and remained unemployed for 23 months. I pay $399/month in interest and $53 to principle. Since 2006 I've paid $28,000 in interest and less than $3000 to the principal. I can't get out of this loan and it is sinking me financially. This practice has got to be illegal but I don't know what to do about it.
Reviewed April 21, 2014
Our jumbo mortgage loan was originally with National City which was bought by PNC. PNC sold our loan to Litton Financial. This property was sold in May 2013 without any problem. I tried to secure a loan and Experian indicated that PNC reported us owing their bank $496,080 and is delinquent in the amount of $5,111.00. When I called customer service I was told our balance is ZERO. When I inquired why the Experian credit report reflected that the account was open, I was told that they have to do a research on it and it may take a month to have it corrected. Meantime, I am having difficulty in obtaining the loan. I believe this bank has to do what is morally right, to protect your credit the way they do theirs.
Reviewed April 7, 2014
For past 4 years (since I got married) I have submitted and requested that my last name be changed on my mortgage. My wife has a mortgage of her own and name got changed within 1 month. On April 4 I received a letter from PNC Mortgage dated March 31, 2014. In the letter it was acknowledged that they have received my documents including marriage license. However, the letter further states that they will need a legal document to have my name changed. I have called today April 7, 2014 and was told by the customer representative that the marriage license did not change my name. This is an ongoing problem without any options within the PNC Mortgage customer service.
Reviewed March 3, 2014
Experienced a job loss at same time my wife was being treated for cancer. Our loan was through another service provider and they set up a loan mod reducing the interest rate from 6.5% to 3% interest only for 3 years then it reverted back to 6.5%. We made all payments but I could not get my income back up to 100% from my previous employment. I am earning 35% less but it is a good stable position.
The loan was packaged and sold off and now PNC is the servicer. I contacted them 3 months prior to the loan reverting to 6.5% and explained the situation. Told them I would not be able to make full payments at 6.5% and asked for a loan modification. I was told there was nothing they could do until I was 2 months behind. When the interest went up I began missing payments and finally they provided loan mod paperwork to fill out. 6 months later they offered a loan mod that I obviously would not be able to afford, they have all my financials so they should be able to figure that out. So I was told to reapply which I have and after another 6 months and still no loan mod, they are asking for new paperwork.
In the meantime they are moving forward with foreclosure scheduled early March 2014. The appraised value of the home is significantly less than the mortgage, I am sure the home will sit vacant for several months while they process it through their system. All they had to do was work with me when I initially contacted them and they would not have lost near as much and the home would be maintained and occupied.
PNCs loss mitigation is a joke! You never can speak to a decision maker, they could care less of the situation, and they have zero foresight as to the best way to recover from a bad situation for everyone. So their bloated financial machine will grind away making a little money for the stockholders while gobs of money spills over and is eventually picked up by bottom feeders for pennies on the dollar. I am just amazed at the stupidity of their operation.

Reviewed Feb. 15, 2014
Well for the third time in 7 months with a auto loan I received a late notice from PNC bank stating my loan was not made and was late and there is a late fee. However I have the receipt that shows it was paid the day before the due date. Who does this to their own customers? I posted the other two incidences with PNC Bank. I hate this bank so damn much I feel like telling them to take the car and stick it up their **.
Reviewed Feb. 3, 2014
We bought a house in Kentucky through PNC bank. Due to a job going sour we were forced to move back to California. We received a modification from PNC and were able to pay the note on the house by renting it out for a couple of years. When the tenant left we could not pay the mortgage. While trying for another modification, we tried to sell the place but PNC rejected the offer as being too low. We requested a deed in lieu of. They denied the deed in lieu of. PNC purchased the place at $274,000. Now the place in back on the market for $245,000. The actual price of the offer they rejected. They sent us a 1099 for $271,000. They did not pay off the second. They had even received a letter from the bank that holds the second (PNC) that they would accept a $6,000 payoff. Talk about running rough shod over common decency and probably some banking laws.
Reviewed Feb. 1, 2014
For 4 years I have been trying to modify my loan. Filled out the forms numerous times. They were sent to PNC by myself and my attorney. They would wait 6 mos to answer then they would say they never receive the paper work. Just recently I was told AGAIN my paper work was not complete and they needed an electric bill. This was the first time this was mention. After 90 days they made me redo the paper work and ran my credit. This occurred at least 3 times. Each time it was a hard credit check, lowering my score. Also they would harass me calling several times a day. I would call back telling them a good time to call. This was disregarded. Each time I returned their call I got voice mail and never received a call back at the time that was best for me. I explained, I left for work at 6am to return at 5pm. In actuality I am a very good risk. Paid off all debts that were incurred to me by ex-husband. Car loan, motorcycle loan, credit card debt all in full and never late.
For some odd reason my credit history reads 4yrs 7 mos. My credit history is 40 years, YES 40 YEARS of positive credit. Circumstances that were beyond my control made this situation what it became to be. Divorce, lost my job. My belief is because of my age, 62, they felt I was only going to be working another 4 years so I wasn't worth the risk. REALLY!! The economy what it is I will be working until the day I die. I would also like to say I have never been treated so disrespectfully by the employees at PNC. Each was ruder than the next to the point where I was like ** you forget it.
The last several months I have been harassed by PAUL (sorry can't remember last name). He is rude and unprofessional. You ask the consequences. Well the house is in foreclosure, March 27 2014. A mortgage that is $884.00 per month. They wouldn't modify or keep the same. The reason the amount owed got out of control is the reasons explained above. So now I have to rent. Rents are on the average $1300.00 per month. If banks had thought outside the box 6 years ago when all this was going on and cut EVERYONE'S mortgage in half, the banks would not be stuck with all these homes. So now you are going to take my house and sell it for 50 grand to someone else. How damn stupid. PNC SUCKS. You don't care about people just numbers. Karma.
Reviewed Jan. 13, 2014
Run. I have a mortgage, noticed interest rates were high. Asked about a refinance, was told they sold loan in block to Bank of America and no way to help and there were no plans available to help with these issues which is not correct. I will never do business with PNC and our loan was sold to PNC. I have never been late on payment and told PNC my wife has cancer, cannot work and it would help to lower interest from 5.6 down. I was told again nothing they could do. This is worst excuse for a bank I have ever seen.
Reviewed Jan. 7, 2014
I was just trying to find out a way to get through to PNC on behalf of a family member trying to modify a second mortgage underwater at over 10% interest. One loan officer told her she would qualify for a refinance, no problem then rejected her. High credit score. No reason valid. I had a client, I am a real estate agent, that applied in Pittsburgh with them. Two weeks before closing, they came in with a lower appraisal and then said they couldn't do the loan. I sent them to a local mom and pop lender in Cleveland and they had a loan in two weeks. WIth all of these disgruntled people, it is amazing they do any business!
Reviewed Jan. 1, 2014
My loan from Central Mortgage was sold to PNC. PNC delays posting any extra amount paid towards principal. As per my loan document, if I make any extra payment, it should go towards principal. PNC holds the money and doesn't apply. When called, states that it takes 15 days to post which is clear violation of my contract. Also extra payment towards principal was applied as next month payment including an advance interest for following month. It was not corrected despite many phone calls. I am reporting this bank to my local congressman and Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.
Reviewed Dec. 20, 2013
Qualified for new streamlined loan modification program. Trial payments were $660 for three months - July, August, September - was told that the trial payments included escrows and after trial payments were made the final loan modification would be about $660 per month. Made each and every trial payment on time. Waited, and got loan docs early December 2013 with the first payment due Dec. 7 for $994 with three coupons indicating next payment will be due November 1, the one after that December 1, and the one after that January 1 and if not payed on time a fee will be charged including the November payment even though I never even received the loan modification docs until early December and had called them every week since September 2013 after I made the trial payments.
Reviewed Nov. 17, 2013
I've been working with PNC for over 8yrs. The government paid my mortgage for 9mo after losing my job. PNC accepted every payment, soon after began foreclosure procedures. All I've ever wanted was for PNC to work with my family and I during these trying times. I've since regained employed and they refuse to even consider working with me. I was force out of my family home September 2013. With all of the programs available, it brings me to tears my family dreams are destroyed. No one would not listen to me and my dying wife for all of these years. The loan was a predatory loan and it was a lot of lies with my application. I didn't sign those forms and after explaining to PNC, still no assistance.
Reviewed Nov. 5, 2013
I have been having issues with my last 3 payments and I have unfortunately been locked out online. I called again today and was sent IMMEDIATELY to collections where I encountered the worst customer service experience I have had in a very long time. I was not given an opportunity to ask any questions. I was simply trying to figure out why my payments weren't going through on the system. However this lady would not allow me to ask a single question. I asked for a supervisor and for her name. She indicated her name was Shamara and her employee ID was ** (interesting), also stated her supervisor is Mr. ** but she did not have a number for him and wanted to know why I wanted to speak to him.
I have been a consistent paying customer and that there were valid attempts to make a payment and despite my error inputting the incorrect routing and account number the first time, attempted to do the same with accepting the late fee. The online services are antiquated and crash almost every time I log on. I have never had such issues with any other service or company.
Reviewed Oct. 31, 2013
Purchased house in 2001. Used National City Mortgage. Never had a problem. Always on time payments, then PNC came into the picture. Long story short: Lost payments. Collections. Point of Contact assigned, who never and I mean NEVER calls you back. Many lost forms, rude staff, policies change daily. House put into Foreclosure. Tons of lawyer fees to keep house. I hate this company and I am looking at refinancing just so I don’t have to give them my money. And I only have 2 years left.
Reviewed Oct. 17, 2013
Made a payment online. Was told it was confirmed. Did not write the confirmation number down as for the last 7 years, there has not been a problem with my payment being applied via online payment. Payment not deducted from my bank account on statement. When I called, I was told too bad it did not go through, but you must pay late fees.
When you call, you are on hold for 35 min, then when transferred, I immediately got someone demanding my payment in a collections department that does not give a rip about anything else other than getting the money out of you no matter what you have to say. Then after you make the payment, they tell you too bad, pay the late fee that was no fault of my own. The customer dis-service agents are rude, condescending, arrogant, manipulative, evasive in their answers, and out to get every buck out of you they possibly can. They are ever changing their policies in that you cannot keep up with so that they can get even more money out of you. The worst mortgage company I have ever had to deal with. I would rather die from millions of ** with a straight pin than have to deal with these thieves.
Reviewed Oct. 16, 2013
Enrolled in government HAMP without my consent. PNC made it impossible for me to refinance when the rates dropped because of their HUGE mistake. They lost my payments which were set up on auto-pay and claimed many payments to be late. We fought them for over 2 years watching them change their documents to their benefit although we have all original documentation. We ended up selling our home & moving to get away from PNC's shady business practices. We feel they owe us a whole lot of money as we could have refinanced at between 4-5% had PNC not done this to me.
Reviewed Sept. 22, 2013
I am seeking a lawyer to add my name to any class actions against PNC Mortgage. I did a Streamline Mortgage to reduce my mortgage interest rate down to 4.5%. They charged me about $15,000 in closing costs. Now the value of my home is upside down; underwater. Then I learn a streamline means No Closing Costs!
Reviewed July 26, 2013
Greentree sold our mortgage to PNC. Actually, the PNC loan number is the same that we had 3 years prior when National City was purchased by PNC. PNC must have sent it to Greentree for servicing. They right away put us in loss mitigation. We received a certified letter they could modify our loan to send in the documents. We were not late. We had made our March payment to Greentree. They apparently after several calls didn't apply the payment but it was being held there somewhere. It took two months to finally note the payment. They added a late charge and I could not make the April payment because they stated I was late. They wanted March and April Payments.
I decided to complete the loss mitigation package they sent to see if we qualified for a better interest rate. Mind you I have not received one statement to this date July 25, 2013. Then they sent me a demand letter adding $2,100 for some past legal fees. I sent them the two years of payment history with Greentree and asked them where these legal fees came from. I've gotten no answer. But they won't take a payment unless I pay these. Since April if I put the loan number in or SS number I am forwarded to Keysha who is my apparently appointed person to my account. She never answers, you leave messages and they won't leave a message because they stated in CT you cannot leave a message. So I'm supposed to be by my cell phone at work when I'm meeting clients. Soon I won't have a home or a job.
When I get someone else on the phone they tell me a totally different scenario. Well every time I call I get someone telling me it’s in loss mitigation we're working on it. They have repeatedly asked for the same information. They say they have it then a month goes by you get a call or letter stating they never received it. They are a nightmare, stay away from them and Green Tree. Bank of America sold our mortgage to National City and there it began. These people are not licensed to speak to anyone. They are not held accountable for their actions and they should be. This system is a mess. We need to write the Attorney General’s office. These banks are big time scam artist and they need to be stopped. They know the average person cannot pay the legal fees. I contacted an attorney to have her took at this and she wanted a $2,500 retainer to start and $250 consultation fee. I feel like I'm in the Twilight zone.
Reviewed July 17, 2013
We signed a contract for a new home 9 months back and in the sub-division unfortunately we had a PNC mortgage agent. Looking at credit score (811 average) he said that I can get a loan without any doubt. Then we paid 10% advance to the builder. In the month of May 2013 I asked the agent and start working on the paper work as the closing date is June 7th. There is no response. I called the marketing manager to transfer my file to a different lender. He promised that he can close the loan by June 7th. Meanwhile I gave my old house on rent thinking that we will close and move to the new house.
Guess what, we had to vacate the house by the end of June and stay in the hotel for two weeks due to our rental contract. My salary numbers were wrong; the old house payment is up by $500. I called the senior loan officer and left several messages and emails letting my situation, no response. Finally called Vice-President's office and they suggested me to talk to a different director and secretary answered me to give a written complaint and I asked her, "what is the use," no answer. Then I left a message to the director, no response. Finally I had no option to go to different lender on July 1st and closed the loan on 12th.
Please don't even apply for PNC, just because, if it is just me, then you are kidding. There are several people in my sub-division and all of them had very bad experience including the builder. I sincerely request you all, if you want a home loan, please go to any lender or the bank EXCEPT PNC Mortgage, because you will not get any response for your calls or emails. If anybody wants to try, then tough luck.
Reviewed July 12, 2013
I refinance my mortgage and home line with National City with a new mortgage and home equity line. But they never closed the FIRST home equity line even though they were supposed to. Now I can't sell the house because I have 3 mortgages and I can't refinance. PNC has it now. They told me that they would close that line of credit and didn't.
Reviewed July 2, 2013
We were originally told we were going to close on June 28th. We had one issue with the loan and asked if our closing date was going to change because we knew that there were 3 other subsequent closings that would be taking place after ours. They said it shouldn't be a problem to still close on the 28th. At 6:27PM on June 25th, we were informed that our closing was not going to take place on the 28th. It took until the end of the day on the 26th to get an estimated date of July 8th. The sellers had already moved out as well as the other families down the line.
All paperwork was in as of Friday, June 28th, in the morning and still as of Tuesday, July 2nd at noon, we do not have a closing set in stone. They ignore my emails and phone calls. I have left messages with numerous people up the chain of command and do not understand why this process needs to drag on any further.
Reviewed June 24, 2013
We had a 5-year mortgage balloon note... We never had a late payment and always paid on time. About 6 months before the note was due, we started receiving dunning notices. It sounded like they were expecting us to default and were treating us like dead-beats. Did I mention that there was never so much as a single late payment? Two months before the note was due, we wired the full principal amount. There was never so much as a simple acknowledgement. When I called, I was curtly advised that they do not provide loan satisfaction statements to the borrower. WHAT??? We never received so much as a "Thank you for being such a valuable customer." It felt more like they were saying "Now that we have our money back, **!" Needless to say, I say "**" to PNC. They obviously don't want or need my business and they never will have it again!
Reviewed June 20, 2013
I made a monthly payment at a service branch then wrote a separate check to go to the principal (Mistake #1). Turns out, the monthly check went to the principal and the separate check went to the monthly payment, so I received a letter indicating that my due date had been bumped several months ahead. I called customer service (Mistake #2), explained my intentions with the checks, and after receiving apology, was told the payments would be reversed. Several days later, I was called by customer service and was told that my monthly payment was late, and there was a late charge and did I want to pay it over the phone. I explained what happened. The agent apologized, and told me the problem would be fixed within a couple of days.
Several days later, another agent called telling me my payment was late, and I explained the previous communications. She apologized and told me she could see that the issue had gone to a supervisor to be corrected. The next day (today), another agent called me and started to tell me the payment was late when she realized I'd been called yesterday. I asked to speak to a supervisor since by now I had expected the problem to be rectified. I was sent to Al **'s voicemail (he's in Bricksville??). I left a message explaining the situation, yet again. We'll see if he calls me back. If he does, will he simply apologize, or will he correct the problem? How difficult can it be to make a correction? Furthermore, the check that I made towards the principal clearly states in the note that it was for the principal, and the monthly payment is clearly for the monthly payment, given the dollar amount (the regular monthly payment amount).
Reviewed June 20, 2013
I have an excellent credit rating and the 20% down in the bank. I want to buy a completely refinished 110-year-old home. PNC said no problem and began processing the loan. I got the appraisal done and waited. They said everything is fine but they needed a foundation inspection for $675 but would not charge me unless I did not use them for the mortgage. The foundation inspection came back with a good report. I waited another few weeks with no indication there was a problem. At the last hour, PNC told me the house that I was buying was "unique" and would not lend me the money.
The problem is rates have gone up over 1% making my payment go up another $80 a month because of the rate increase. PNC wants me to pay the $675 for the foundation inspection that they ordered. The worst part is that I had to be out of my house because the new owners had to take possession of their house. I now have to move my 5 kids, my wife and all of our stuff in with my in-laws. I wanted to use PNC because that is who I bank with. I can't believe this is legal. It's one thing if I have bad credit, not enough money down or the house didn't pass inspection or appraisal, but everything did. The reason my loan wasn't approved is because they said the house was unique. This loan is out of the Toledo office and my loan officer was Sara **.
Reviewed June 17, 2013
I received a letter in response to filing a complaint through the BBB, which they assured the problem was being resolved, which nothing has changed. This is a second review (read 1st) and still no bills are being sent. Now there is a $395.00 additional charge that they can't even provide information to where I owe it. Still no one picks up the phone or returns my phone call. They are intentionally making me late on my payments, which is destroying my credit that I spent 3 long years trying to rebuild. I honestly believe they are doing this on purpose to force a foreclosure so they can liquidate the note, which I don't get because the monthly payments I send are pretty much just interest and a tiny bit of principal.
Reviewed May 2, 2013
They had issue getting payment on 2/1. I called to resolve and a few days later (2/6), I received a letter that the amount would be taken out on 2/15, which was not only half. Then I received a letter on 2/8 that the amount would be taken out on 3/1. Again, they only took half and then they canceled all the upcoming transactions unbeknownst to us. We called customer service, spoke to numerous customer service reps and they did not see that anything had been sent to us even though we had the proof in our hand. We made payment on 4/25, then received a call from a girl named Daneille who also stated the same thing. I put her on hold, got confirmation from wife and amazingly, when I got back on the phone, she found it. Then she went on to state that they needed paperwork faxed for bank info.
Now I have been a customer for 13 years and they withdraw the amount every month, same time. We argued the point and faxed the paperwork. She stated that we needed to go to a local branch. My wife went there and they had no idea why she was sent there. It seems that no one talks to one another there and all they want to do is give you the runaround. Fed up with this, I called and demanded to speak to manager. They ended up transferring me to a team leader (Trey). He refused to give the information requested and actually told me to go to the website to get it. He then stated that he would forward the complaint to a manager and someone would call back.
To this day, no one has called and I believe he was telling me anything to get me off the phone. I regret ever going through this company and if I knew they treat longtime customers like this, I would have gone through another mortgage company. I would not recommend that anyone do business with this company unless you want a lot of runaround and frustration
Reviewed April 25, 2013
Times are rough and working trying to keep my house. Work is slow! Then medical bills. I even canceled cable and food trying to keep the house, pleading with them about lowering my payment. They raised it! WTH! Then they put me on this plan. Yeah right, plan. Mind you, I told them I'm having a rough time! So the plan is for 3 months and I paid over $2,000 each month. Yeah, that's their plan! They don't care about us, just pay! I understand I have to pay, but really? Other people have nicer houses and pay less a month! And so this heart thing. Yeah right, black heart more like it! 12-month payments on a roll, on time! If I was doing that then I wouldn't need help! **! Need help. So mad!
Reviewed April 6, 2013
I closed on my house in July 2012 and my mortgage began with PNC. In October 2012, I received a bill from my city for Winter taxes. I contacted PNC and spoke to several customer service people and was finally able to get them to understand that PNC was to pay the taxes since they are escrowing my money. I received a Winter past due tax bill from my city in February 2013 and called PNC again.
This phone call revealed that over $900 was taken out of my escrow to pay Winter 2012 taxes to another city that I don't even live in. Many calls and many customer service people and even speaking with the original mortgage representative later, all assured me that everything will be straightened out. I have now received a letter from PNC that states since I did not pay the correct amount on my last house payment (which went up because they took $900 of my money), then x amount of dollars short were taken out of my escrow to pay that amount, which means that because PNC took out $900 of my money to pay a city that I don't live in, my house payment went up to cover an escrow that is short because PNC took the money out and sent it to another city.
I cannot get anyone to fix this problem that continues to be compounded by their stupidity, over and over again. I call customer service to speak to a mortgage specialist. I am told that the mortgage specialist does not take calls (I wonder why). I speak with a manager and they are very understanding but never fix the problem.
Reviewed March 15, 2013
I am currently working with PNC on a home mortgage. We have excellent credit and cash in the bank. 48 hours from the scheduled close, everything screeches to a halt over a hot tub. The hot tub is not hardwired and bolted down; therefore, does not convey with the property. PNC's solution: decrease the loan amount by the value of the hot tub and we pay cash to the sellers at closing. The hot tub is over 7 years old. Where does PNC determine value? Should we also do this for the washer, dryer, refrigerator and stove? The best part is PNC appraised the home at $15,000 more than the purchase/loan amount. I wish we could walk away from this loan. I will never do business with PNC again.
Reviewed Feb. 22, 2013
My original mortgage was sold to PNC. They paid my property taxes several months before they were due and raised my payment from $474 to $566 a month! Is this to pay the taxes back to them? Ninety-two dollars multiplied by 12 equals over $1,200 a year for a tax bill of $356.00 for a year! This is equal to a loan shark! I specified, in my original mortgage, that my taxes were not to be included in my payments. How is this possible? They need to be shut down permanently.
Reviewed Feb. 8, 2013
I had worked with a very nice realtor who recommended the affiliate loan company i.e., PNC to finance my loan. The officer was helpful being that I was new to the area and suggested some home insurance companies. He even called me to say he had found a better premium covering the same liability at a better rate. So I was happy to feel that this representative was using his knowledge to find me a good deal. Somewhere in the final closing, there were communication issues and we spent a good five hours waiting at the closing table to understand what was holding us up. Eventually, we were told that our personal property insurance wasn't factored into the closing documents (at my notice) so we decided to leave it out of escrow to finish the deal.
A couple of months later, I started receiving letters from PNC that I didn't quite understand. A check came to me that I didn't understand nor deposit. A couple of months after that, I received letters that our escrow was overdrawn. A couple of weeks after that, I received PNC mortgage coupons mailed to us that now reflected a 100% plus increase on our monthly payments!
It turns out, our loan officer never communicated to the original insurance company that we found a better offer prior to closing. It turns out, that PNC billed us mandatory coverage of $5K plus, because they had no record of us having insurance coverage from some internal void! It turns out, that the issue holding us back from closing was that I noticed a discrepancy in the ins. amount in the closing documents and it was decided to leave my personal property insurance out of escrow.
No one ever thought to rectify whatever internal miscommunications within PNC Mortgage occurred and what needed to be done within PNC to work with their customer to understand what was wrong and to understand the depth of what a nightmare closing fiasco could lead to!
Reviewed Jan. 23, 2013
I started dealing with Joe ** down here in Fort Walton Beach. He promised me he would get me below 3.75%. I have awesome credit, I'm military (full time dependable job), paid all my bills on time, paid off my only loan early, and have/had a nice nest egg in savings, checking, CDs, and an IRA. So I guess this must have scared them, how a single 25-year-old female could be so well off. Everything was going good, the usual checks until they handed it over to a loan officer, who asked me multiple times for the same documents. And they started to get nit picky with my checking - anything over $800 they wanted to know where it came from. I had just gotten back from Germany and emptied an account there and they even asked about that.
Anyways, that wasn't even the worse part. So we were nearing the date we were supposed to close. PNC wasn't getting their stuff together and Joe wasn't answering his phone. Well, I come to find his mom was in the hospital, so no one else had any idea about my mortgage. We closed almost 2 weeks late. I didn't get below 3.75 % - I got 3.75%, and my builder and I had agreed that I would get $2000 for the fridge since he didn't put one in. However, PNC would not let him pay me the full amount; they would only allow him to pay me $1000. Mind you, this was after I already purchased my fridge.
Last straw, I got my taxes and a letter from PNC stating they immensely underestimated my taxes so I either owe them $1800 or my mortgage goes from $1260 to $1580.
Reviewed Jan. 20, 2013
I was jerked around for over 8 months on getting a re-fi on my home equity loan. They would rarely answer the phone and they would never tell me what they needed to get the re-fi going, just to call them. When I called, it went straight to voicemail. I have never been late with a payment or missed a payment. When they finally got around to their modification, they posted on my credit report that I was late for 2 months. This is slowly snowballing into big problems with my credit cards.
Reviewed Jan. 16, 2013
We paid off the mortgage loan after a refinance and PNC is delaying the escrow refund beyond the mandatory 30-day window of mailing refunds.
Reviewed Dec. 15, 2012
I submitted the proper forms and documents for my loss claim insurance check made out to me and PNC. Now 4 weeks later, they’re still holding my funds, preventing me from rebuilding my home after hurricane Isaac. I've contacted them every week, and all I get is "It's under review" and also a big attitude from customer service. I asked to be transferred to the loss claim dept. And I was told they don't take calls. I would recommend that consumers stay away from PNC. My family’s home was flooded. I moved to another town. I've worked through FEMA and my insurance company. That was nothing compared to the pain of dealing with PNC!
Reviewed Nov. 29, 2012
We were contacted by PNC to refinance our mortgage at a lower interest rate with no cost to us for being a good customer (no late payments). Our settlement date was Aug 2012. Three months later (November), we were notified that our escrow account was short by $10,000.00! We found out that instead of rolling over our escrow money to our new account, they were using it towards settlement costs. Little did they realize that our escrow money was depleted to pay taxes, therefore leaving our account at zero dollars. Instead of lowering our mortgage payment by $350.00 per month, it has now increased by $750.00, because they want to lend us the money for our escrow account. What a ripoff. If I could refinance again with another lender, I would, but I would still have to pay for another title search, appraisal and other fees. It's no wonder people are losing their homes today with outfits like this in operation.
Reviewed Nov. 9, 2012
In March of 2012, I applied for a hardship package. I was unemployed during the winter and was told to do this. In May 2012, it was denied by PNC and my single point of contact, Nicholas, went on to say he couldn't tell me why. I pushed for a reason and he said it was due to "numbers, they were very close". I had no idea what he meant by this. He then told me to wait 3 months and apply for an FHA loan. In the meantime, I called in to make payments here and there and was told not to, as that would affect any modification and lowering my payment. I would call to check in on occasion and would be told, they didn't have my paperwork, something wasn't signed or included, etc.
In August 2012 after trying to apply for the FHA loan, it was denied. I had received a letter stating my home was going into foreclosure and no other warning. I called and spoke with Nicholas for 45 minutes. He wouldn't explain things to me, just kept repeating what I guess would be company guidelines as to what to tell customers. I then demanded to know why the first (May 2012) modification was denied. This time he told me it was because I had applied for a modification in April of 2011, and there was no other options offered. If he had told me this the first time, 2 months of mortgage payments would have been easier to try and catch up on, as opposed to 6 months and facing a foreclosure. As a result I have had to go into bankruptcy (costing me $1200.00 and then some).
Before bankruptcy, I was being scammed by another "lawyer" (Attorney Alliance Union, National Legal Associates and LCNPC-3 different names, same company?) and had paid them $1950.00. So after a loss of $3150.00, which obviously we don't have that kind of money to throw away if we need help with our mortgage payment, we are at a loss. Last November, I had a counselor at the Hope Now call PNC to discuss helping me and PNC refused to speak with Hope because PNC was going to be recorded. I am recorded every time I call PNC. What are they up to that they aren't willing to speak with a HOPE representative to help a client out? This is the worst mortgage company I have ever dealt with. I am hoping to get away from them after a year of my bankruptcy. My lawyer knows someone who is willing to help after a year of payments.
Reviewed Nov. 8, 2012
Leaving customers high and dry must be common practice for PNC Bank. I was devastated when I lost my home due to a fire in March of 2012. The insurance settled the claim and I proceeded to hire a contractor. The mortgage company advised that I needed to send the check and they would release a third of the money to begin construction. They did release the first third, that is the only promise they have kept. For the past month I have been on the phone trying to get more money to finish the home. They are saying I have to have a 50% completion for the next 1/3 of the money. However, I have a 33% completion percentage, which took 3 inspections and 3 and a half weeks for their inspectors to get right.
I don't understand how a process could be so unfair and screwed up. I hired a small contractor that relies on the money from the insurance to fund the build. If I don't have any money, I cannot build. Now it doesn't appear that I will be in my home for the holidays as I had anticipated. To make things even worse, my interim housing is going to run out this month. So now I will either be homeless or my mortgage that I still pay on time every month and have for the past 9 years will fall behind. I can't afford both rent and mortgage. PNC has no idea how emotionally devastating this can be. We both have an interest in the home. Recently, I started using my credit cards and any cash I could get my hands on including borrowing from family and friends (which is something I never do) because I believed first they were going to send another disbursement and/or reimburse me for the money that I have spent thus far. I have spent/charged $25K and counting. Well neither of those two things have happened and I am out of funds.
Now I am on the phone with PNC on a daily basis getting a different answer to my questions each time; sometimes holding on the line for up to an hour while they pretend they are going to help me. Not! Only to have them come back to the line and say that I need a higher percentage. I am very frustrated. It brings me to tears some days when I have to repeat the same story day after day to different customer service agents that don't care and can't solve the problem. But I call anyway hoping and praying that today, maybe someone will see what an injustice this is and really do something. I just want to get back in my home and settle in before the winter. I could have been in the home by the end of October if they had just released my insurance funds. I don't think I have ever experienced such unreasonable and uncaring behavior.
Reviewed Nov. 7, 2012
I purchased a rental home and I have plenty of income and assets to cover the mortgage. The house could be vacant for years and it would not affect my life or income. The bank requested more information from me than any other bank has ever in all the loans I have had throughout my life! The loan was to close on a Wednesday and on Monday, they requested more information from me. The information they requested could have been requested weeks prior, but they waited until two days before. Needless to say, the closing was delayed. The seller agreed to another week. PNC still could not make it and closed two days after the extension ended. The amount of information they request and require is ridiculous! They do not look at the entire picture. Instead, they waste everyone's time and energy stuck on dotting every i's and crossing every t's. I do not recommend them and I would never use them again!
Reviewed Nov. 7, 2012
My husband was contacted not only at work, but at his union hall. We were not late. We were paying between the 1st and the 15th. It was the 10th. That's not late according to the National City Mortgage and the date that National City gave us was that if you pay by the 15th, it's not late. They harassed the employer so much that they contacted us, and offered to back us up if needed. We contacted the United States Treasury, who did whatever they do and then PNC/National City, never contacted us to make it right. According to the Treasury department that we were sent to to handle this, they said that National City told them (ha ha ha) that everything was settled. Really, how easy is that for everyone except the person they owe the money to for doing that?
I'm not sure that the Treasury Department didn't just keep the money that is supposed to be paid to the consumer. Wow, we are all giving our tax dollars to the bank to help them out, to the government to help them out. What about helping ourselves from now on? This tax helping people plan isn't working and we are looking like a bunch of dummies for allowing this very small group of people rulers to take our hard-earned money and laugh while they do it. I am so sorry to the families that have lost their homes and children that have been booted to the street. It's not always cut and dry like the banks assume. It's very sad that so many dishonest and low-integrity people exist. It's all greed.
PS to the guy that PNC wouldn't work with and the many others, shame on PNC. Everyone that sees this with good credit as myself, will just go elsewhere to an ethical company, like the one listed in the gentleman's letter above, that actually cared about his family. They didn't try to squash them for money.
Reviewed Oct. 2, 2012
We applied for a remortgage in June. We were locked in. Because of incompetence, my personal financial info was lost on four different occasions. We decided to quit trying in disgust. Guess what? We have yet to see our $400 processing fee. Beware of this company. I regret having my mortgage with them. They just don't care!
Reviewed Sept. 10, 2012
I purchased my home in December 2008 and the company I borrowed from was called Capital City Mortgage. Each month, I was paying my payment and a $100 extra towards the principal only. One year later, a letter arrived saying they were changing their name to PNC. I began receiving mail which showed a different monthly amount. When I called customer service, I was told after reviewing my mortgage they had found I was short (I believe they said, $2,600, I do have it written down elsewhere) at the time of closing my loan. No letter was ever sent to me and they said my payment would increase almost $200 a month more for the next 12 months to make up the difference.
At that time, my payment had changed 3 times. Five months later, I received another payment book for $70 lower but for another 12 months. Fast forward to April of this year and I was informed I did not have enough flood insurance coverage. After calling Fidelity Insurance, I was told this information was incorrect and I also received a letter at the beginning of this year from PNC stating I did have enough hazard insurance coverage. My May payment was sent on time and PNC cashed it. A few weeks later, they mailed me a check for a lesser amount than I had sent in and told me they could not accept my payment because it did not include an additional $74 a month that they added to my payment due to not having enough Flood/Hazard insurance. PNC took out an additional policy and added it to my account.
I am now one month behind in my payments (even though they cashed my check) and I am getting late charges added every month. The last statement shows I am short in my escrow of over $600. I am trying to refinance with another bank but I am so disgusted that companies are allowed to get away with crooked business procedures and there is nothing consumers can do about it.
Reviewed Sept. 7, 2012
PNC Bank purchased my Marine mortgage that was a fixed rate mortgage. The paperwork I have says that it is a fixed rate mortgage charged at the rate of 8.25% per annum. PNC Bank is charging me interest daily on the unpaid balance so that the amount that I owe is going up. When I told them they were doing the calculations wrong, they said to show them my paperwork and that they didn't have paperwork that showed that. I gave a copy of my paperwork to them and after several weeks was told that they have the right to charge me anything that they want too and that the unpaid balance would be carried forward until it was paid for regardless on how long that would be. So now it looks like I have a never ending mortgage.
Reviewed Sept. 4, 2012
My mortgage was "transferred" to PNC two months ago and shortly afterward, my city treasury office sent a bill for real estates taxes and refused fees to be paid out of the escrow account. This bill has always been paid out of my escrow account for the past 8 years that I've lived here, regardless of which company has held the mortgage. I have never even received a copy of these bills. When PNC received the bill, they paid the real estate taxes, but not the refused fee. They did not notify me that they were not paying this fee. I subsequently received a bill from the city with a late fee assessed since the bill was not paid on time. I contacted the city and they agreed to remove the late fee and extend the due date while I worked with PNC to resolve the issue. Despite numerous phone calls to PNC, they have still not paid the bill by the extended due date - today.
Today, PNC told me that they will not resolve the issue for another 16 days. During all the phone calls, they have never been able to explain why the bill wasn't paid in the first place and they have refused to commit to whether they are going to pay it or not. So, I am left with the choice of going ahead and paying the fee directly or allowing the nonpayment situation to continue for at least another 16 days, which will incur a late fee from the city regardless of whether PNC determines that the fee should be paid out of my escrow account or not and will identify me as a "delinquent" taxpayer to my fellow citizens.
I am very angry that PNC has placed me in this situation and that I appear to have no control over it. I did not ask to have my mortgage transferred to PNC and I appear to have no ability to change that. Why is it that if I'm unhappy with any other company that I do business with, I can choose to take my business elsewhere if I want? If I were unhappy with the city, I can choose to move to a different city. Why can't I control who owns my mortgage?
Reviewed Aug. 21, 2012
As with many people, I had a hard time making my mortgage payment and called PNC to see about a repayment plan. Well, the repayment plan ended up being over $200 more than my original mortgage payment. Reluctantly, we paid it for two months. My husband and I split up and the mortgage company was called again to see if the loan could be modified to make it easier for me to pay now that I was working with my income alone. I wasn't able to make the repayment plan payment, but I did have enough to make the original payment so I sent that in. It was returned to me with a letter stating they couldn't accept it because my mortgage was now in default.
I discussed the option of a loan modification. I was sent the 'hardship packet' and filled it out and sent it. No response for weeks. I called them back and was told that they never got the paperwork. I sent it again. No response. My estranged husband decided to take over the mortgage dealings since it was a VA loan and he was the veteran. He was giving the name of the person in charge of our loan. His name was Nicholas **. From February to June, we did nothing but fax paperwork and re-fax paperwork. Every time my husband called them they either needed more paperwork or they didn't receive what we sent.
In May we got a letter from a trustee stating the house was going to auction. We called Nicholas ** and was told that they needed a profit and loss statement for my Avon company. We filled it out and sent it immediately. I was given a 30 day extension. I waited and waited no response. We got another letter on or about July 22nd from the trustee stating the house was going to auction on August 1st. We called PNC and talked to Nick. He stated that he didn't get the profit and loss statement. We faxed it again along with a request that somebody call to confirm that it was received.
The next day, someone called to say the got it. Again we waited. Got a letter dated June 23rd stating they got the paperwork and would proceed with the modification review and it was our understanding that we were given another 30 day extension. We also got a letter dated for July 23rd stating that we needed to send in all the same paperwork we sent in months ago. Since the first letter stated that they got the paperwork, we ignored the second letter.
On August 2nd, I got a letter from Argent Development stating that they purchased the house at auction and needed to know when we were planning on vacating the premise. I called Nicholas ** at PNC Mortgage and was told that he never received the profit and loss statement so he closed the case. I explained to him that we got a phone call and received a letter stating that all paperwork was received. His response was that it was now out of his hands, the property was already sold and there was nothing he could do. Now, my son and I are being evicted from our home. I don't have enough money to pay for rent and a deposit both. I have talked to 2 property managers who tell me that they can't rent to me because of the foreclosure. I also have to find homes for our 4 dogs. I am also out 13 years of equity.
I am just sick about all of this. I have filed a complaint with the Attorney General, Justice Department and the FBI fraud unit. These people need to be put out of business! I want to sue that pants off of them but I don't have money for an attorney. What they did is just wrong. I work hard, pay my taxes and do right by others. I don't deserve this.
Reviewed Aug. 21, 2012
I had a mortgage with PNC for 7 years. I never missed a payment and my credit is excellent. I have been trying to refinance with them into a 15 years mortgage for the past three months. They are now offering me a refinance rate of 4%, while other lenders are offering me as low as 2.75% refinance rate. Additionally, PNC themselves are offering me 2.75% for a 15-year new purchase mortgage rate. When I asked PNC why the huge difference in rates between their purchase rate and refinance rate, their response was that they artificially inflate the refinance rates due to the large volume of refinance applications, which even if true, is unethical and unprofessional
Meanwhile, I think that the real reason PNC is offering me this inflated refinance rate is because they know that that I can't leave PNC for another mortgage lender because PNC, unlike all mortgage lenders or banks, keeps refusing to release my SEMA. As a result, if I refinance with another lender, I would have to pay an additional $8,000.00 in closing cost, which makes my refinance not cost-effective. Though, while I watch everyone whom I know take advantage of the low mortgage refinance rates, I'm being denied this right and I am being held hostage to PNC's unfair, unethical and devious practices.
Reviewed Aug. 16, 2012
A horrible story is in the making with my mother's mortgage with PNC. It seems PNC acquired the original bank, RBC. In the midst of this merge, PNC ceased automatically EFTing my mother's monthly payment. The last payment made was in April 2012. My mother is 80 and most things in her life are on autopilot. PNC never sent a late note or warning to my mother. It was only by accident that I discovered this while going through her online checking account and noticing there was no payment. I attempted to contact PNC to make immediate payment. But they've now sent the loan to Loss Mitigation. The struggle is simply getting someone on the phone who seems to be able to help. Worse attitude of the call center personnel is one of rude behavior. Needless to say, I've started blogging about this experience. Please comment on your own experiences.
Reviewed Aug. 15, 2012
In November 2011, I was referred to Darlene ** of PNC Mortgage, Hagerstown, MD. My friend and realtor had introduced me to her when I began looking into purchasing a new home. Needless to say, this woman was a complete and total nut, as well as the shadiest person I have ever met! After beginning my loan process with Darlene, she told me my score was a little lower that PNC accepts. She then told me how to raise it quickly. She began by telling me to sell my current home and pay a few cards down below half. It made sense, so I did. I then rented an apartment while awaiting the loan process. What a joke?!
In early April, yes April 2012, Darlene called me and told me that the loan should be processed and should be flying by, I needed to begin packing. So what did I do? Just that, ended my lease on my apartment, told the landlord that I was moving and should be out by the 25th of April. Well guess what? I have no closing date by the 22nd, nowhere to live and nowhere to go. Allow me to add that between January and April, Darlene ** had called me numerous times on a personal level, showed up at the bar I worked at, appearing lonely and in need of a friend. Of course, she was new to the area so I thought nothing of this, boy did I screw up?! She then asked me to get her son a job where I work. He, too, was new to the area so of course, being the gullible dummy that I am, I stepped out there and asked my boss to give the kid a break and help him with some work! Another nightmare!
So back to having no place to live. Well me and my 16-year old son had 3 choices: (1) Hotel, (2) stay with my parents (an hour away) or (3) stay in a very small house with my friend, her husband and 3 boys. Well it is the end of the school year and I am in one uncomfortable situation. I am forced to uproot my son during school. This was a mess. At this point, Darlene reassured me that this will only take 2 weeks and I should stay with her because it is a more comfortable living environment and she felt so horrible about the situation! So after discussing with my son and agreeing that it is more convenient and closer to his school, we could deal with it for 2 weeks.
Here comes the kicker. After moving me, my son and everything I own into Darlene's home, she then told me PNC denied the loan! So, I am completely panic-stricken. I sold my home, gave up my apartment and I am now without my own dwelling. Needless to say, my son and I are miserable staying at Darlene's! Total bunch of wack jobs, horribly misbehaved 5-year old in the house, along with her other 25-year old son who lives in the unfinished basement, slept all day, smoked weed all night, totally disrespectful, and animal-like behavior. And Darlene? Oh, can we say The Adams Family? These people had no social filter - loud, rude, crude and strange. My son was miserable, we wanted to go home!
So know-it-all Darlene sent me to another mortgage broker, Wells Fargo, which she claimed she knows so well and did not. Well after submitting my loan package to this woman, I waited and waited. 2 weeks later, I have heard nothing so of course, busy body Darlene called her supervisor. She stuck her nose in it and began explaining how she had been in this business for years, and this wait and lack of communication wasn't acceptable. Guess what? The broker booted the loan and did not want to work with me! Let me add that I am a bartender. I make tips, a lot of them. Darlene previously advised me to claim all tips to assure loan approval. She said, "Even better if your boss will show your tips as salary on your pay stub. It will speed up this process, so they did just that."
Well we never questioned this because she advised us to do this, she's the loan officer right? Well, it is considered mortgage fraud. She has now referred me to another "friend" in the business. Well by the 25th, I'm still in her home dying to get out. It's the last day of school so I was little more free to do so and I did. I went to stay with my friend. I did not tell Darlene that it was because I thought her and her family were raging lunatics, I simply told her my friend was going away for the summer and asked me to take care of her home. Remember, everything I own is at Darlene's so Darlene said "Wait until you close and you can leave your things here." Okay great, just get me out of here! So weeks passed by, I still I have heard nothing from her "friend" she referred me to.
I've made an offer on a 3rd home and the deadline was quickly approaching. My son and I are a wreck at this point, living out of boxes, suitcases, etc. However, much more comfortable than we were at Darlene's, I might add. So on July 23rd, I began getting Facebook messages from Darlene's 25-year old son, telling me they would make it impossible for me to get my things out their house, etc. He said more than that but I will keep it clean. At this point, I've had enough of these monsters. I lost my cool and I went to see her son. Well he wasn't as big and bad in person.
The next day, I contacted his crazy mother to make arrangements to get my things. She definitely made it hard. She told the local police that I beat her cars and she wanted police assistance to be present when I come to get my things. She called my job trying to get me fired. She contacted the "friend" she referred me to at 2:30AM telling him to deny my loan. My pay stubs were fraudulent, funny that they were not fraudulent when submitted to the loan and advised me and my employer to do just what she suggested to speed up the loan. I then found out that I have over 10 inquiries on my credit from PNC, but why? I am no longer applying for the loan with PNC.
I then got all my things back (so I thought), only to find that Darlene went through my belongings and took thousands of dollars of me and my son's belongings. I've contacted PNC to make them aware of Darlene's shady character and business nature. I've never been able to get anywhere. Her supervisor, whom she spoke horribly of, Julia ** will not respond. I then went to her supervisor, assured me that PNC consumer relations would be in touch. Nope, I never heard from anyone. I now have filed a civil suit and am working with OCC to put a stop to Darlene **. PNC clearly will hire anyone. This woman has no ethics or morals and is a snake! Do not work with PNC or share personal info such as SS numbers. This animal nearly sabotaged my life. Luckily, I caught on before I lost more than I already had! Home buyers beware!
Reviewed Aug. 11, 2012
I was contacted by Danny ** after I made a general inquiry on a refinance. After I provided him my current PNC Mortgage number by email, when we finally connected by phone, he was unprepared and didn't have my mortgage number. His excuse was, "I speak with 250 customers a day," and then further explained that he can't possibly keep track of all of this information. When I explained to him that I could provide all of the details of the current loan that he needed to know, he then said, "Well, you obviously don't know everything or else you would have the loan number." I noted that as extremely rude and told him to simply provide a quote as if I wasn't a PNC customer. He then proceeded to hang up on me. Obviously, if he is so busy that he is working with more than one customer every two minutes and unable to be prepared and keep the files organized, I would highly recommend to use someone else at PNC Mortgage if you decide to go with PNC at all.
Reviewed Aug. 8, 2012
Totally incompetent! My son's realtor suggested PNC for his first home purchase. He was preapproved for $60K with me as cosigner (I have $50k in my bank account and make over $100k per year). He found a $36K Government-owned house in Waterford, MI and had to close 45 days after the offer was accepted which was approximately on June 3rd. We submitted all the additional paperwork within a week of the offer being accepted (additional because we submitted for the preapproval). Three weeks later, the loan officer requested all the same info again because he had lost it. Two weeks later he was asking for more bank statements and W2s and sign off for them to pull tax information from IRS and pay stubs again.
On June 16, closing date has been missed. Still, it's not even to the underwriter. New closing date was set for the following week. Closing date was missed the IRS could not supply the requested info because PNC faxes to IRS were illegible. We then have to contact IRS ourselves to fax the documents to PNC because of their incompetence. Then PNC was questioning small non-payroll deposits into my checking account and the July 28th closing date will surely be missed. I ended up financing the loan for my Son so he would not be homeless as his lease was up and his landlord had new tenants moving in Aug 1st.
Run away from PNC. They are incompetent! We closed cash on the 31st of July and they still haven't completed the process (its Aug 7th today). I received a letter today and they said my credit was denied because my application was incomplete! Can you believe that? They had 60 days to complete it and I had to fill out the application twice!
Reviewed Aug. 2, 2012
I had an insurance claim on my home in the end of May 2012. I contacted PNC and filed the claim. I am an insurance agent with 30 years experience in business. I was told by PNC that due to the extent of the claim, I go ahead and start repairs. My insurance company was great, and the claim was settled in approximately two weeks. I completed all repairs and was told by PNC I could go to a local office and have a claim check endorsed since it was made out to my self and PNC. After days of trying to find a local branch, which was approved, I was told to FedEx the check to PNC and send an envelope and that it would be turned around on the same day.
We are now over 60 days into this, and PNC has not returned my check. I have talked to over 20 PNC employees, and all I have got is a lie. The last conversation was the check was cashed by PNC which was not endorsed by me and it would be six to eight weeks before they can return the check. This is my money, and all repairs have been completed. I have settled hundreds of claim in the past 30 years, and this company is the most unethical I have ever dealt with in my years of insurance. I have never gotten a correct answer. I have never missed a payment, and I have always maintained the insurance. I would caution anyone before they do business with this company.
Reviewed June 15, 2012
In 2011, PNC sent me notification that they needed proof of homeowners coverage and that hazard insurance was being applied to my account. My homeowners insurance company faxed over a binder, not only once, but 3 times, then over the phone received confirmation that they received it. PNC collects the funds into my escrow and then cuts a check to the insurance company, just as most mortgages are set up. I received a copy of the binder, PNC had the binder, but this year in March, I received another notice from them saying that they did not have proof of coverage and had applied hazard insurance to my account.
I contacted my insurance company again and to my surprise, I found out that PNC never sent the premium check in 2011 and my home was uninsured for all of 2011! What a horrific shock! I contacted PNC, with my insurance agent, in a conference call. The PNC rep said that he had record of the communications in 2011 and record that they had received the binder, and they had even collected the money into my escrow account, but could not give an explanation of why they didn't pay the premiums. He said he needed a couple of weeks to investigate. In the meantime, I received an apology letter saying that they were sorry for their error and that they would refund me the money that they collected in escrow for premiums in 2011, but never paid.
To date, I have never received a check. In fact, I got notification that my escrow is now in a negative balance and my mortgage payment went up $100 a month to make up for the deficit that was caused when they deducted hazard insurance for the year of 2012. What? They confirmed again in March 2012 that they have my insurance company's binder in hand. To date, I have been unable to get past customer service to a person with enough power to resolve my issue. I am sending a certified letter hoping to resolve this issue. I can't believe how incompetent this company is. Their negligence could have put my family in financial ruin. I am beyond angry!
Reviewed May 11, 2012
They screwed up and were saying I did not have flood insurance when I did. Then for a year now (5/2011 to 5/2012), they have sent me harassing letters, then charge me escrow, and increased my payments for the next year to 2013, even though I had insurance, because they still do not have in their system that I have flood insurance.
I have faxed them 6 times now in 12 months and received letters from PNC that I have flood insurance. My insurance company has faxed them twice and will this morning again, and they still are sending me harassing letters and still have not updated their databases. This started when FEMA (ignorant communists) decided after the beginning of time that my house sits in a flood zone. My home insurance went for $792 per year to $1988 per year, because they said it could flood in the next 100 years. Hey, this isn't New Orleans, numnuts.
I figure that since they ** up New Orleans, they are making everyone else pay for their mistakes and insurance companies are loving it. I say conspiracy with FEMA and PNC or USAA or whoever. I think PNC is the worst mortgage company in the world, and I'm frankly surprised they are allowed to treat customers this way with these tactics to get money from hardworking Americans who can't afford more debt because of this **. I will refinance and get rid of you, PNC. Damn you and all who work for you. Karma will take you down.
Reviewed April 23, 2012
After reading the numerous complaints on this site, I come to the conclusion that my ill feelings toward this organization are not imaginary. PNC Mortgage is not a reputable organization. There seems to be a pattern of disregard for fairness, lack of ethical practices, and a brazen attempt to capitalize from devious practices, that prey on the unfortunate that have a mortgage financed by PNC.
In my case, I did not select PNC to carry the mortgage on my property. I am not behind and have never been behind or even late on my payments, nor am I seeking a mortgage reduction or modification. My only complaint is that PNC carries the mortgage note on a condo unit I own. And each and every year, PNC ignores the receipt of pertinent information regarding that policy, which is carried out and paid for by the Condo Association, which is typical.
Every year, their letters threaten me with securing their own policy, as they did at least once before, if they do not receive proof of coverage, as they request every year, but ignore its receipt. The time they secured a policy, it was at 10 times the typical cost of similar policies and I had a hard time while refusing to pay for that unnecessary duplicate policy.
They may have gotten away with this, probably often. The word is out for any attorney that may entertain the case as part of a large class action suit. And by the way, I expect to receive 5 stars for this comment, meaning 100% dissatisfaction or 0% satisfaction, and not a 1 star which means 80% satisfaction, according to this site. Who figured that out?
Reviewed April 20, 2012
The mortgage lender rep Dan ** refinanced my mortgage with the promise to get the $15k out as a line of credit. He assured my wife and me after he closed the refinance, he would be processing the paperwork with RBC at the time to get a $15k line of credit. He told me at closing, he would take care of the paperwork to close the deal for the $15k. He continually told us the deal was done already approved and that he would handle the paperwork.
We told Mr. ** from the beginning, we were not interested in refinancing. We only wanted to get the line of credit for $20 to $25k (HELOC). We were honest about the low credit score due to my debt to credit ratio not to derogatory credit. He knew it up from the beginning and it was his suggestion to refinance my loan and then go to RBC/PNC for the $15k. I already had a 4.25% 30 year fix and didn’t want/need to refinance. I thought this sounds strange and didn't understand why they just didn't pull the $15k when they refinanced.
He told us it was a done deal and all he had to do was to get the paperwork together with his loan officer at RBC (Karim **). We refinanced back on Nov 29, 2011. To this day, we never received the $15k cash that we wanted in the first place. Mr. ** gave us the run around for months stating RBC was going through a merger and everything was on hold. He further assured us that our deal was complete. They just needed to wait until everyone was trained and all the systems were updated and paperwork was transferred over to the new PNC database.
Well, once the PNC merger was complete, I received an e-mail from Karim ** that PNC could not give me the loan for $15k due to my low credit score which they knew from the beginning before my loan was refinanced! Now they got paid from the refinance $10k, I got to skip a mortgage payment and $3,437.00 out of the refinance and my refund from my escrow account. Wow! The interest rate stayed the same. However, my mortgage payment went up $86. It was $1,914.00, after the refinance now it's $2,008.76. This deal didn't benefit me at all and if I knew that I was not getting the $15k cash, I would have never refinanced my loan. Oh yeah and I paid $375 for an appraisal. House appraised at $320k and my original loan balance was $262k before the refinance. Now my balance is $10k higher with a higher mortgage payment and I still didn't get the cash to take care of a debt I needed.
I would like to know if I have a legal case for deception/fraud. If not, could I file an official complaint?!
Reviewed March 15, 2012
I was trying to refinance my home and called PNC Mortgage at 18003560294. I was put on hold for over 5 hours.
Reviewed March 14, 2012
PNC denied my refinance for unclear reason. My case is exactly as that of Berdette of Green Valley, AZ on November 29, 2011 had filed.
Reviewed March 3, 2012
Using Social Security number - I called PNC Mortgage after I experienced fraud on my bank account. I needed to close the bank account and had my payments automatically deducted. With a new bank account, I needed to get them the new information. They insisted on using my social security number for identification purposes when I speak to phone representatives. I wrote a letter (with copies to Congress and to the Social Security Administration) expressing my concern about my number being used in this way. Their reply is that they use social security numbers for identification when their clients call in. This is inappropriate. They need the number for tax purposes, but not for identification on telephone calls. I am very concerned about my SSN hanging out there for all of the their phone representatives, etc. to see. Be careful!
Reviewed Feb. 16, 2012
I had a loan that had been acquired by PNC. When it came the time to do a refinance, they offered me a slightly better rate than the mortgage company I had used before. I figured dealing with them would be easy since they owned my current loan. Wrong!
The loan process was a mess. Their “Mortgage Insight” website was confusing and misleading. They lost my emails (including emails with attached documents). Their phone system makes it impossible to call them reliably. (They give you 10 digit extensions that are never accepted by the automated answering service.)
On closing day, we discovered that the P&I had been raised by $10/month without a clear explanation. At the same time, $818 principal reduction was noted. The GFE for this last minute change showed up in my mailbox the afternoon before settlement day (i.e., on the Tuesday following the Friday close).
What had happened is that they discovered an escrow shortage which they should have found weeks beforehand, but didn't. They then raised the loan amount by $1,500 without telling me and recalculated everything. This changed the P&I. They then crunched the numbers and noticed that the loan was now for $818 too much. Rather than readjust the amount of the loan raised down by $500 or $1,000, they went with those numbers.
To be fair, there was no rip off, but they certainly violated the spirit of the GFE process by sending me the final copy by snail mail a couple of days before the close and not informing me by email of the last minute change. This caused a lot of hassle at the close and then afterwards it took them until 4 PM of settlement day to get back to me and answer my questions about the loan changes.
After that experience, I will not be doing any more business with this bank.
Reviewed Feb. 2, 2012
Do not apply for a loan at PNC, use another bank. My home was underrated in value. The service was poor and they took forever. They were supposed to call and never ded. Loans were made in NY. I live in Indiana and I went to another bank where the loan was approved. Local loan officer was able to make decisions on the loan. Poor service, poor judgment, really a bad bank to try to do business with.
Reviewed Jan. 25, 2012
I have been trying to work with PNC mortgage for almost 2 years, to modify my mortgage slightly. I was continually refused, and told there was nothing I could do. That is until I met with a Fannie Mae representative last summer, at a NACA event. At that point, I was offered a trial period, which I met all conditions. After the trial ended, my terms should have become permanent. They did not, and PNC came to me with a modification offer that was only a few dollars less than my original payment. I refused this, and again contacted Fannie Mae, and they started working on a home affordable modification from their end. This was in September 2011, and I continued to make the trial period amount payment on time, per Fannie Mae's recommendation. PNC then offered another modification, only about $100.00 less, and almost no reduction in interest. Fannie Mae said that technically, this is considered a modification, even though it is far from adequate.
Once again, I am refusing this offer, and PNC called to say they are closing my file, and beginning foreclosure. I have made good faith payments all along, and I intend to stay in my home. For some reasons, PNC is more interested in taking away my home, than accepting a lower interest rate for a few years (simply lowering the interest would be enough to make my home affordable). I am wondering if PNC receives a better bail out from the government, by stealing my home, than by helping me. I am refusing PNC, and their refusal to help the homeowner. Somehow, we need to get the attention of PNC and better government oversight.
PNC knows I cant afford an attorney, and they have me over a barrel. I insist on making as much of a payment, as I possibly can, and staying in my home. I will not accept the advice of those who tell me to stop paying, as I do not feel that is the right thing to do morally. Attorneys want you to stop paying, and pay them instead, with no guarantee. I believe there are many good people out there that are being victimized.
Reviewed Jan. 23, 2012
I have a mortgage with PNC. A hailstorm hit my home in May of last year. The claim was filed with insurance and paid to me and PNC. I sent the check to PNC to be endorsed and they sent me a packet that had forms and notary requirements. I sent back all documents as required by them and then never heard a word back from them. After 2 months, I called them and they told me because the money paid by the insurance company didn't match my claim payment. I asked them why they didn't tell me this when I sent in all the paperwork 2 months ago. They couldn't answer. They then informed me I would have to fax them a letter stating I would be willing to assume any additional cost and they would send me a "draw" on the balance. Well a month later, I've sent this to them and I have not heard another word again.
This is one lousy bunch of incompetent lazy thieves. If I handled my business like this I would be out of business. Pathetic! I guess an attorney is the next option for these thieves.
Reviewed Jan. 19, 2012
Very, very upset! I tried the re-fi option back in July of 2011. At that time I was just starting to fall behind in my payments and I was instructed by PNC that I needed to let my account go into arrears of 3 months. At that time I would be eligible to file for the homeowners affordable plan. Days went by. I called sometimes 2 and 3 times a day asking where I was at in the process. Never talking to the same person twice. My so-called account rep Sherry ** never called me. I did receive notices and phone calls asking for additional documents along the way, which I faxed over ASAP. In November I was served foreclosure papers. I called PNC ASAP to ask why because I never received a call explaining I was rejected or anything. On that call I was assured it was a process and not to worry.
A few days later I received a coupon asking for a payment while they finished up the loan documents. I made the payment and on December 13, 2011 I received a check back for the same amount of my payment with a letter stating I had been turned down due to my income. I called again asking what that was about and again another person! This time the person told me I would be receiving a second notice saying there was nothing PNC could do. I was too far in arrears and, this is the kicker, I had filed bankruptcy a few years back because I had lost my job.
At the time I did re-affirm my auto and home loan to keep both, but to be discharged of all other debits. PNC told me the other reason they could not do anything was they didn't show documentation of the re-affirmation (its noted in my bkr paperwork that I did re-affirm) my auto is no problem. Someone at the bank either lost the documents or who knows? Either way PNC stated there was nothing they could do now, so I have to move! Thanks PNC! You ruined my dreams! I have to move because of PNC.
Reviewed Jan. 13, 2012
PNC Bank has a property list for sale at 211 Ariel, Oak Hill Fl for $69,900. The realtor told me there are no bids on the property so I bid $53,000. The reply from PNC says they have multiple bids and to give my best offer, I bid $60,211 and received a reply that it had been rejected. I then bid $65,000 and it was refused. A few days later PNC dropped the price to $64,900 and I bid $64,900 and the reply was to give my best offer. I then offered $75,000 and was declined. This was a cash offer to close ASAP. I had no stipulations attached just as is cash. Prior to bidding the $75,000, the listing realtor Menu Realty in Ormond Beach let me know I would not get the property, period. The response we received from PNC was price is not the only consideration. Is this a real estate scam or bank scam?
Reviewed Nov. 29, 2011
We currently have a mortgage on an investment property with PNC Mortgage. I called them on August 15, 2011, to inquire about refinancing. A loan agent (David **) called me back promptly, took my information over the phone, and said he didn't anticipate any problems. We sent him all the paperwork he required on August 17, via fax. He said that we had a loan guarantee of 4.75% until November 10, and it should take approximately 6 weeks to process. Approximately 4 weeks later (mid-September), I was contacted by a loan processor (Aggie **), who said she would review the file the next day, and let me know what she needed.
She didn't contact me the next day. She did contact me the following week, and requested more documents, some of which we had already sent to our original loan agent. Over the next 5 weeks, she requested more documents, several times a week. On September 22, we received the first of 3 commitment letters "conditionally" approving our home loan application. By the last week of October, she was still requesting documents. On approximately the first of November, I wanted to know what would happen when the loan commitment expired on November 10. She said, she would talk to her supervisor.
The loan commitment was extended until November 17. I contacted PNC Mortgage to talk to a manager/supervisor. I received a call from someone (Rocky) on November 8, and explained the situation, and my complaints regarding how the loan was being handled. He was very helpful and said he would look into it. On November 10, I received an email from her, saying she had some "bad news". Because of some "conditions", our loan was denied. I called Rocky again and was very upset about the results. He assured me he would contact Aggie **'s supervisor, review the file, and schedule a phone conversation within the week to find out exactly what happened. I haven't heard from Rocky since. I've left two voice mails, but to no avail.
We did not get our loan refinanced. As far as I'm concerned, they never had any intention of refinancing the home. Our mortgage with them is currently 6.75%, and there was no reason for them to give us a new loan at 4.75%, so they stalled the entire process. I will continue to pursue complaints against PNC Mortgage.
Reviewed Nov. 17, 2011
I am a Realtor in Michigan, assisting homeowners with their short sales. Most banks have streamlined their systems, and do try to aid the seller and most of clients are homeowners, and are often approved for the HAFA program. PNC is one of the worst lenders to deal with, when it comes to getting a short sale approved.
The system they use puts up roadblocks for agents, who know the systems that are available out there. PNC does not want to assist, and continues to demand unreasonable amounts, for the sellers to contribute. This must be stopped, and they should not be allowed to continue this practice. I have teachers asked to contribute funds, that they have no possibility obtaining, and they continue to change dates, and do not even submit paperwork faxed to them. This is one of the worst lenders out there, and consumers should not give them their business.
Sellers can not complete short sales, and are forced into foreclosure. Even though there is no sense in this happening, PNC continues to put up roadblocks to stop short sales.
Reviewed Oct. 30, 2011
I am a Realtor in Riverside, CA and since 2007 have suffered due to lack of income. I began asking for loan modification in March of 2010 and have been refused every couple of months, initially because we didn't have enough income (seriously?), then because we made too much (once I got a full time job).
My point is that they (PNC) encouraged me to keep trying, knowing that the "investor" of my loan "does not participate in modifications". Two questions; why did PNC keep encouraging me to try again knowing they would never agree to it? And why can my "investor" get away with not participating when this state is in so much trouble? I hear that the banks want to take the houses back because they actually can make more because the government is giving them money and they can make money reselling the house. How can we stop this? Why isn't someone doing something to stop these banks/investors/etc.?
Reviewed Sept. 16, 2011
In September of 2009, I entered into a re-payment agreement with them to pay back late payments over a 24 month period. I finished the re-payment agreement early, because I always paid on time. (Evidence by the fact that I am still in the house and it has been reporting as current on my credit since April 2011.) I am asking PNC to give me a letter that states that I have paid the agreement in full and the agreement (not the original note) was paid as stipulated. I need this letter to show a car dealership that (1) I am no longer paying $1682 per month, but the payment have fallen back to normal $1318 (2) to show that I am making payments on time (3) they will use this payment history in lieu of running a credit report. I would go from an 11% interest rate down to 3.5%. (4) I absolutely need a car; my current car is 15 years old and on its last leg.
Customer Service does not listen to what I am asking - they repeatedly transfer me or say "sure, collections can send the letter", or "sure, customer service can send that letter", or they only send out standardized letters nothing customized or to get a custom letter you have to speak to an entirely different division called Inquire & Research, but they have no phones - you can only fax your request. If you don't hear anything, it means your request for a custom letter was denied. What **! I was on the phone two days for over an hour and the rest of the week when I would get my stamina back to talk to these people at minimum 35 minutes per call. Same old run around of being transferred, no one wanting to give me their full name and take responsibility for what they say.
Reviewed Sept. 14, 2011
My husband and I recently purchased a second home and applied for a mortgage loan with PNC Bank. We were only mortgaging half of the purchase amount and have three business mortgages, currently with PNC in outstanding status. My husband's credit score is over 800 and mine is over 750. PNC underwriters have consistently demanded unnecessary documentation, which has no bearing on securing this loan. We have incurred fee's from our accounting firm, which has been put in the position of writing letters that my CPA has said is absolutely ridiculous.
I feel as if we are being harassed by the bank and almost discouraged from borrowing money when we can clearly afford to do so. An example of this would be: PNC's documentation states that if you show more than 25% ownership in a company you need to supply them with a k-1 tax form. Our ownership in three companies is less than 2% and yet PNC said that they had to have these k-1 tax forms. We, in turn had to retrieve these forms out of storage, which again, was absolutely unnecessary and costly on our part.
Even by written standards of their own policy these forms were not required. Why can they change the rules half way through the process and make up new ones? Do we have any legal rights against these banks? I have more examples of needless requirements, even the PNC bank loan officer has said, "He is embarrassed by the actions of this bank".
Reviewed June 17, 2011
In 2004, my family decided to make what they thought was a long-term sound investment in their new house. It has since been the biggest mistake of our lives. This house, meant to be the one "custom-built" house of their lives, has cost my parents everything. Through their primary lender, PNC Bank, my parents fell victim to the biggest fraud committed in the history of banking - refinancing their home, and have since taken the equity out of our house.
However, due to my father losing his job and not being able to make payments (this occurred in 2009), PNC struck a deal with my family that as long as we agreed to pay $5,399.10 a month, we would be able to keep our house. How gracious of them.
My father, being the reasonable man that he is, got a job he was miserable at just to make these payments. That is, until October 2010. In October of last year, my father was once again laid off from his government job and though he immediately tried to find new employment, he attempted to negotiate with PNC Bank to renegotiate his contract. He, much like everyone else would, assumed that the friendly employees at PNC would understand that in our now one-income-based family, we couldn't afford to pay $5,399.10 a month, especially because that one income doesn't amount to that. For several months since, my father has tried many times to readjust his payment, showing with several documents and evidential statements that we cannot possibly continue to make payments on the house as long as they are that high.
The documents my father put together were never reviewed; and we were told that readjusting was impossible at this time. Now, several things have happened since this occurred. My father was offered a job that depends on him getting a security clearance. He was denied an interim clearance due to poor credit and the process to get an official security clearance can take up to nine months. He was granted an extension on our payment -- 30 days extra to be specific. This extension was rescinded less than 24 hours later. After many hours spent complaining on the phone to various employees, we were granted a 15-day extension instead. We were told that because 90% of our income was going to our mortgage, we didn't qualify for any government assistance program. Their qualifications are 40%, and despite explaining to several employees at PNC that 90% was actually worse than 40%, they still couldn't help us because, as they put it, "You're making it with 90%, so why do you need our help?"
My dad had to borrow money from a family member in order to make our June mortgage payment, and did so through a Western Union wire. The clerk at the store he used, forgot the $.10 on the order slip, and so my dad asked if they could let it go this one time, or even add it to next month's payment. They explained to him that if he didn't immediately send in the dime, that the mortgage contract would be void and that we would be foreclosed upon. It cost him an extra $13 to send in the dime. Our regular mortgage payment is $2,700, which is completely affordable on my mother's income. This $2,700 payment will be re-instated in four months, but unless my father gets his job within the next two weeks, we'll be foreclosed upon anyways.
We tried to explain the situation to the highest authority available at PNC, telling them that if they just added time to the back of the loan, or adjusted the payment slightly and added more time, we would be able to make the payments with no problem. They told us this, "When you get the confirmation that the job is yours and the 'hiccup' is resolved, then we can work with you. Until that time, there is nothing we can do." So in essence, as soon as we don't need help anymore and the problem is resolved, PNC will be glad to assist us. This is the most outrageous thing I can imagine happening; and I wanted to share the story with others so that maybe someone out there will realize that PNC Bank needs to either be shutdown, or all the current employees need to be fired, with more logical and maybe even compassionate ones put in place.
Reviewed May 17, 2011
Due to a loss of my business and income I am trying to sell my home in short sale rather than face foreclosure. I have an arms length buyer at a fair market price. The holder of the first lien, Hudson City Savings Bank has been compassionate and has worked well with us and our short sale negotiator and has signed off. The problem is with PNC who holds the second mortgage. They insist on 10% of the balance at closing ($18,300), which I have been able to accomplish by realtors and the short sale negotiator kicking in and the signing of a deficiency agreement to repay the full amount or a flat settlement of $72,900. I was able to look at closing out my retirement account, which is my last remaining asset and borrowing from my 92 year old widow mother to offer $60,000 in return for full forgiveness. They refuse.
As soon as you agree to the deficiency judgment, they force you to talk to them on a recorded line on which you must agree to the deficiency judgment and make a payment on the spot. I explained that I have no money and can't make a payment today and am not sure when I can make a payment.
The agent I had on the phone Ms. Rory, was berating me that how could I sign a deficiency judgment when I don't know when I can repay it. She told me that they will not release the lien for short sale.
She talked to me with such disgust, like I was a wad of gum she scraped off the bottom of her shoe. There have been no Christmas or birthday gifts in our house for 3 years. When I visit family and friends they send me home with bags of groceries.
Don't they understand that if I paid the loan faithfully for many years, there must be a reason why I can't today and that no amount of berating, belittlement or verbal harassment is gong to put the money in my pocket to pay them? I offered them the absolute best settlement that I could. I am 57 years old and am absolutely broke. I have worked for 40 years, paid my taxes and have never taken a penny of assistance or entitlement. The government has instituted the short sale process to help people. Why do I feel like I have no right to live?
Reviewed Jan. 7, 2011
My name is Jose **, my family and I live at ** Lakewood CA 90712. I have been affected by the economic crisis. I had a reduction in my wages causing a hardship and delinquency in my mortgage payments. I have been working with my first lender PNC Mortgage Bank on my loan modification, however I have been pleading with my second lender Sterling Home Loans Inc., to help me with a modification to lower my payments they have refused. Due to the fact that Sterling Home Loan has refused to help me in modifying my loan in order for my family and I to stay in our property, I was forced to file bankruptcy to stop the auction. I was working with PNC and they were going to place me on a trail payment to be followed with the permanent modification.
Now, they have cancelled all my documentations for a modification and they are refusing to continue to assist me. I am very disappointed in the manner they are proceeding, instead of working with me to keep my home, they are desperately trying to leave my family and me homeless with no regards to my difficult situation due to the economic crisis we are facing. I want to file a complaint against PNC Mortgage Bank for the lack of assistance and unwillingness to help the homeowner in the time of need and crisis. I believe they are not in compliance with the guidelines of the Home Mortgage Disclosure Act and the Making Home Affordable program. They had advised me I would be placed on a pay plan followed by a permanent modification, I request that they keep the agreed condition. My family and I are asking for your assistance in this matter.
Reviewed Jan. 4, 2011
My house was on market for 2 years to sell. PNC would not work with us to refinance. Stated market was below level in our area and our house was not valued at a certain value. I had an offer for a short sell, but PNC did not respond to our Real Estate Agent. Now we are in foreclosure.
Reviewed Dec. 7, 2010
I fell behind on my mortgage with PNC Mortgage. They recommended, I apply for a loan modification program to help reset my mortgage. I did so. After about 3 months of waiting, I was rejected because I "did not make enough money". To avoid any foreclosure on my home, I made a lump some payment for money owed and made a repayment plan for the rest. On top of my $840 mortgage, I would pay about $500 bringing my total to about $1350 a month until Dec. of 2010.
In January of 2011, my payment would be about $1240. Then if February of 2011, I would be back to my normal monthly payment. I worked as much overtime as I could to pay it off, knowing that come February 2011, I would have no problem making the $840 every month. I was like a lot of people. I got hit hard by the economy and this is just how it was going. Although it was tight financially, I was making the payments. In November, my payment was due on the 12th. Based on when I was getting paid, I asked PNC Mortgage if I could pay on the 19th of November. I was told by a customer service rep that as long as I paid by the end of the month, no problem. I went to make my payment on the 19th and was told that because I was late, my payment arrangement was broken. I informed them how I was told about getting it in by the end of the month and was told "well that was wrong. " So I made a new payment arrangement. I paid $1350 on November 19th, would pay $1010 in December of 2010 and then from January of 2011 to June of 2011 pay $975 a month.
I was not happy about this because I was only two months away from being caught up, but was basically told either pay all I owed of take the new arrangement. So take it I did. On December 3rd, I called to pay the $1010. I was again told the my arrangement had been broken because I missed a payment. I explained that was not possible since I wanted to make payment on the new one. It was explained to me that even though in their system is was showing I paid $1350 on November 19th, it also showed I had a payment due on November 24th. I argued that no such payment was ever factored into my agreement, but I was basically told that I was not going to win an argument with what their system showed.
So again, I had to make a new agreement. I paid the $1010, and now from January 2011 to June 2011, my payment is $1035. I questioned why the payment was higher now, and I was told "investor guidelines." When I pointed out that someone had made a clerical error and that I should still fall under the terms of my agreement I was basically told to go pound sand.
Reviewed Sept. 29, 2010
Fall 2009 I called PNC Mortgage. I was having trouble making my payments due to loss of income, medical payments and the rising costs of living. I found myself needing assistance to modify my loan to help make my payments more affordable, knowing that the President had made programs available to homeowners for that purpose. I gathered all of the documentation requested, filled everything out as directed and then faxed the many pages to the # given. Calling weekly for a month, I had no response nor was I even able to find out if my paperwork was received. I was told to stop making payments and to bank the money for trial payments to be set up. Each call was answered by a different person and they all gave me different information about what I was trying to do.
I had to resend the paper work a few more times before PNC confirmed it had even been received. Each time I was told to send something different or omit a document and the last one said I to include my wife's income and she's not on the mortgage. Calling weekly, 4-6 weeks passed and I was told I had been accepted into a program and my trial payments were set to start February 2010. I was told that after making three payments, the agreement would be finalized and I would receive paperwork explaining the agreement, to be signed and returned, which I did.
I was told to call customer service to make payments by phone with no fee. My wife called to make the 1st payment and was told she could do so as long as no info regarding the loan was given to her. Three more payments were successfully made this way. By now, I had made four payments and still had no idea from PNC as to when the agreement would be finalized. I was told to continue making trial payments. When my wife called to make the 5th payment, she was told she could not do it, could not make a trial payment by calling customer service and could not be given the phone number for the department that could take a payment. She was told that there was no way she could have already made four payments by calling customer service. It was not possible.
After 3 or 4 days, I got a phone number for the department that could take the payment. Several attempts were made before finally speaking to someone and payment was made. We tried to make a 6th payment but now the phone # we had no longer connected to the department we had been dealing with. A third party was now involved with my loan. We had to learn to trick the phone menu in order to make a call go through. The third party was not set up to receive payments.
After several attempts, payment was made but no time frame could be given for approval. Soon after, a letter was received saying I had been rejected due to conflicting information on my application. This decision was final and could not be discussed. The item of conflict was my income, stated at $3000 more a month than I make, making me ineligible, putting me beyond the 30% of income cap for payment amount. I called the next day and was told I had to start over and could not try to apply for the same program again because we were rejected. No one ever tried to verify any information submitted nor could I discuss what I sent in with anyone ever. We only knew that the information was there.
I never spoke to the same person regarding our loan. I sent in all of my information again, exactly as asked for, with only my information included this time. When I asked about making a payment in the interim, I was told to bank the money for trial payments that would be set up. Making weekly phone calls, I heard nothing about my newest application. I then received a letter stating that I had been rejected due to my income being verified at over the 30% cap again. Once again, the income amount was wrong, much closer, but wrong. And, once again, the decision was final and could not be discussed. When I called for further explanation, none could be given and they would work on it. The only choices I have, according to the pamphlet mailed to me, are giving my house to the bank, short sale or a modification, which I keep getting rejected from. I have made it very clear that I wish to stay in my house.
How are these decisions being made and by what motives? Now early September, I did mail a regular payment, plus a late fee, which was returned to me this week because my loan has now been given to the attorney for foreclosure action. No amount will be accepted unless it is payment in full for what is owed in entirety (legal, I know). A call to the Loss Mitigation department for a statement of what we actually owe at this time (because of trial payment amount, attorney fees they are charging me and all kinds of other fees being tacked on) was answered by me being told that it will take 60-90 days to get that information and I will be in foreclosure by then anyway, so, oh well.
I fully understand that there are rules and regulations that the bank is required to follow and fine print is in every document signed. I understand that PNC can make decisions but I don't think that the spirit of the Presidential help is being represented by this institution. There are monies available and I'm sure something could be done to help me, as a taxpayer. I feel like those rules and regulations and fine print are being used to take advantage of me in this situation. Does PNC really want my house?
Funny thing is that the trial payments were correct. PNC made a mistake and I am paying for it dearly. The lack of professionalism and competence has to be addressed, as well as the process. I am doing everything I was asked to do. No regard for me as a person with a family, not just a loan # has been shown by anyone I have dealt with. I am being humiliated by those controlling this situation and essentially forced into a foreclosure of my family home by a bank that seems to want me to end up there. This is clearly predatory mortgage servicing, in that the bank is unwilling to work with me to permanently or even temporarily adjust my mortgage, without just cause or even the slightest effort on their part to be cooperative. I will continue to try to work this out with PNC and will not let them take my house from me. I was served foreclosure papers today, one week after receiving a letter that we were sent to the attorney.
PNC Mortgage Company Information
- Company Name:
- PNC
- Year Founded:
- 1852
- City:
- Pittsburgh
- State/Province:
- PA
- Country:
- United States
- Website:
- www.pnc.com
