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Select Portfolio Servicing (SPS) delivers specialized mortgage servicing solutions. The company uses tailored strategies to manage loan servicing, payment processing and foreclosure prevention services.
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Reviewed Aug. 12, 2019
First. I don't like companies that pretend to be something they aren't by taking a name that reflects a service they don't provide. Second. This is a collection agency that buys mortgages. Finally...my mortgage was sold to these hacks by Capital One. Since they acquired my loan, they will not stop calling me to remind me that I owe a mortgage payment, every month, over and over, even after I paid them. I haven't missed a payment, to anyone for 30 years, my credit score is 820 and these morons treat me like a deadbeat. Don't do business with SPS if you can avoid it.
Reviewed Aug. 11, 2019
I have been with BofA for years, always paid my mortgage on time and never missed a payment, I’ve never had any problems until they sold my mortgage to SPS, I’ve had nothing but problems and tremendous aggravation. They are literally making me ill physically. I’ve made tons of calls to straighten out the mess they created and it’s still not right. My next step is to sue them for pain and suffering. They lied to me when they said that my mortgage and my payments would stay the same. I think that everyone on this site has nothing good to say about them and now a lawsuit needs to be the next step. This should never be allowed to happen to us. Please include me in the lawsuit because I have a complete paper trail. I would love to go after BofA for allowing this to happen.
Reviewed Aug. 6, 2019
Our loan was sold to SPS about 2 years ago and it has so far been the worst experience of my life. They appear nice on the surface but they are the devil. We send all necessary paperwork for "help" only to be told a month later something wasn't signed or something wasn't dated. We have made mortgage payments only to be told they aren't enough then send the specified amount only to have them returned with no explanation. Meanwhile, the amt. owed keeps escalating. They need to be investigated and held accountable for their treatment of people. I am definitely interested in a class action lawsuit against them.
Reviewed Aug. 1, 2019
On July 17 I paid off mortgage loan with payoff quote they provided on my request. So I do a payment over the phone with one of their CSRs and recorded the conversation. Everything went through, received confirmation number. I call back on the July 20 and they state they have received the funds and I quote "we have the funds" so still everything good to go.
On the 22 July I check website and it states no principal balance and when trying to check account on phone it does not allow me to access I figured because our relationship is severed. Then on the twenty-five July I call and speak to a csr and they state that I still owe the full balance as if I had never paid. I ask, "Where did the funds go that you said you had received" and they said they never got any. The bank account did not exist. Sure it didn't. So I can just make up a bank account number from thin air or from the back of a SS card, put any banks routing number with it, and then just go on my merry way buying whatever the hell I want. Someone got my money and I smell a rat. Specifically a SPS rat.
Reviewed July 22, 2019
My application for home retention seems like it's going nowhere. First of all, you're assigned a "relationship manager" whom I have NEVER TALKED TO. IT'S always another "person who is trained" and can handle my case, at which time I must explain all over again. I have been told many times I was good to go and now they're requesting more information. I believe their underwriters are inexperienced and are not dealing with me in good faith. At this point I'm not sure what to do as this has dragged on for so long.
Reviewed July 20, 2019
I was a forced Bank of America (BOA) customer since they took Countrywide over. Now SPS has forcibly applied their tactics since they service the BOA loan. I noticed SPS is quick to point out and demand a payment but very slow to refund an overpayment. It's a shame that a hard working middle class family has to wait over a month for a few thousand dollars. I admit it's my fault in not catching my online banking sending the payment but in the name of decency and full disclosure send people what is rightfully theirs! Why should a large company keep anyone's funds and profit off of it? Are they going to send what they owe me with interest? In case you're wondering yes I called several times. Excuses, excuses and more excuses with company policies. Oh "it came in same date as a loan payoff", "it can take up to 20 working days", "it may take working days" and in the meantime we don't get to pay our bills! Ridiculous corporate greed!
Reviewed July 16, 2019
This company is sham. Just paid off 100% payback on Chapter 13. Released by NY state court and trustee 3 months ago and I get a letter telling today me I'm 3 months behind on those back payments and starting foreclosure procedures. All the people have no clue what's going on. Different info from whoever you speak to. Many many days on phone with them to fix this. They see the full payoff in their system but tell me I still owe 3 months, go figure!!! They give you the run around to multiple departments and no one does anything. Just hear "It's under review." Not much to review, their own lawyer closed out the case. They have now reported to credit report and killed my good credit rating. I'm taking them back to bankruptcy court for breach of contract and also opening a civil lawsuit against them.
Reviewed June 11, 2019
We submitted very strong offer. My client accepted on 5/31/2019. I have been told numerous time HUD is missing, HUD is approved, HUD is missing line numbers, HUD is missing buyer's name, then Informed me that's the reason our short sale is not being approved - it is taking so long because of us. To the point SPS just lie to me about so many things, transferring my call to another customer service rep., who tells me what to do via email missing documentations and correct HUD, and I do what I am told right away. Then I have to call back and SPS representatives always act like they have no idea what I'm asking or confused why I'm asking so many questions in regards to our short sale process and approval needed to close escrow. Dealing with a short sale is mediocre to this company. I read the reviews - they are probably from SPS employees or friends. This company has lost all our of our documentation.
Reviewed June 1, 2019
I was told to do something and I did. Then they did what they said they wouldn't! Caused me financial problems! I've lived in my home here for 29 years and have paid my monthly mortgage on time, every single month. Select Portfolio just bought my mortgage, recently from Bayview Loan and I have had nothing but trouble with them. They lie to me about so many things, transfer the call to another agent, who tells me what to do and I do what I am told. Then I have to call back and they act like they have no idea what I'm talking about. They record the calls. I was told after they listened to one I had problem with, they would call me back ASAP! And they never did and now it's the weekend and I will have to wait till Monday to call them back and get the "runaround" all over again!!
They took money out of my account 10 days before they said they would. Caused me a huge overdraft, said they would fix it then just deserted me and left me broke and won't communicate to me or even be honest about being in error, apologize to me and fix the problem THEY HAVE CAUSED!!! I have never had a bank treat me so bad! I'm going to call ConsumerAffairs and whoever else and turn these people in at Select Portfolio!! I'm a 55 yr old, disabled woman who has done just fine for the last 29 years here in my home, UNTIL SELECT PORTFOLIO BOUGHT MY MORTGAGE this year!!!
Reviewed May 31, 2019
Reading all of the negative reviews about this company concerns me because they now service my loan. Like most of the reviewers, I too had my loan with a reputable mortgage company or bank. Mine was US Bank. The bank sold my loan to SPS, with no reasons indicated as to why. I purchased the home in 2004 and have never missed a payment, never paid late. Due to some bad refinancing decisions, I did enter into a bad loan, but was able to get it modified in 2010. After reading the comments, it seems as if the mortgage company and banks decided to dump their modified loans and sold them to SPS.
After SPS took over the loan, my credit score dropped by 5 points and I'm not sure why this happen. Also, I've always made payments online with no additional fees charged by the bank, but SPS wants to charge me $15 to make an online payment on their website or to avoid the fee. They force you to set up automatic payment. My payment is due on the 1st but I have until the 15th to make my payment. If my payment is not made by the 5th (I typically make my payment on the 10th), SPS will call me about payment as if they are a collection agency. Can someone tell me what type of company they are, mortgage or collection? This company is BAD NEWS!
Reviewed May 29, 2019
The servicing of my loan with Bank of America was transferred to to SPS. Absolute nightmare. They are claiming they don't have proper documents to even speak to me. They say I need Flood Gap insurance (which I already have), gave me a month to get it, and within days bought it. Pathetic. Dealing with Bank of America on this loan was horrific. SPS, in only a month, has been even worse. They should not be allowed to be taking over this loans and then harass customers simply because of their inability to get their crap together with Bank of America. I pay an additional $2000 a month on this loan and still I'm harassed. Beyond Horrific Experience and it's only just begun.
Reviewed May 24, 2019
Ridiculous pay off requirement. I recently discovered the only option SPS authorizes to make a final loan payment is by cashier's check or wire transfer. Since all other payments have been automatic, this shift in payment option is incredibly inconvenient and results in additional expense to the consumer. The policy puts individuals who have taken steps to ensure monthly payment in a position where they are subject to additional fees and potentially adversely impacts their credit score. This sort of predatory lending is unacceptable.
Reviewed May 20, 2019
I am a real estate investor, attorney and business person in NYC. I hold a number of real estate investment mortgages/refinances, have excellent credit, excellent FICO score. I did a refi on a property that had zero mortgage a couple of months ago. The mortgage company who picked up my real estate investment loan was Homebridge Financial Services, New Jersey. At the closing I was able to set up an auto withdrawal for my mortgage payment. I contacted Homebridge and told them that I pay off my investment mortgages early by paying additional principal each month post the primary payment being made. They told me what to do and I set up my loan online so that I could make additional principal payments (2-3 more) each month; no problem. Within a month Homebridge sold my loan to Select Portfolio Servicing, Inc., in Salt Lake City, Utah. I have been having problems with SPS ever since.
Firstly, I had to wait more than 10 days to set up my auto withdrawal to pay the primary payment from my bank (SPS refused to take the same auto withdrawal from Homebridge and transfer to itself). Once I set it up, I was not able to see, per SPS' website, my "pending" payment. SPS does not have a "pending" or "scheduled" payment area on its website for its customers. I had to call its customer service people several times right up to the same day the payment was to have come out of my account, to ask if my auto withdrawal was showing on SPS website because it surely was not showing on my SPS customer website! Finally, the day it was due, one of the customer reps said that it was showing on it website! I was very stressed per the way the website is set up as you cannot see your pending payment scheduled. All of these calls were also very time consuming.
Next, I told SPS customer rep that I always pay additional principal payments each month and asked if I could do so online (as I always do with my mortgages for my other investments). She told me that I have the ability to do so and that there would be no fee. Today I went online and attempted to pay an additional principal payment. Once I was done, I reviewed the request and saw that SPS was asking for an additional fee to submit the payment. This a payment being made towards paying additional principal. Why do I have to pay a fee to do this? I have never encountered this with any other bank, financial institution or mortgage service provider that I have dealt with. What is more, I have worked as an attorney in the banking industry regarding mortgages and have never come across this in my career.
I called SPS, spoke with a customer rep and told him this. I also told him that my mortgage is not a subprime mortgage, nor is my loan an impaired-credit loan, non-performing loan, an underwater loan, considered behind, or a loss, nor am I in collection as I know these are the loans that SPS takes over. I am an excellent customer and pay off my loans years before they come due. I asked why am I and other SPS customers being "penalized" for paying additional principal payments by having to pay $15 each time to do so. All he could say was that this was the policy of the company. All I could say was that this was a scam and that it was SPS' way to dissuade customers from paying off their loans so that it can continue to collect more interest on the loans. Then he said that he could make the additional principal payment for me OVER THE PHONE for no fee if I gave him my banking information.
I told him that it is usually the other way around, most banks and financial institutions charge you a fee to pay over the phone because you are taking their customer reps' time and you don't pay online because you are doing it yourself. Furthermore, I told him that I would not give my personal or business banking information to anyone over the phone that I did not know. In addition, if I wanted to continue to make extra principal payments each month I would have to pay the $15 each time or mail it in (which would take too much time to post to my account) if I did not want to give the customer rep my personal and business banking information. I worked with the Compliance Division that obtained the licenses for mortgages in the bank. We were licensed all across the U. S. We never charged customers additional fees for doing a good thing in wanting to pay additional payments towards their principal mortgage amount.
I am seriously considering contacting the Utah Division of Mortgage Licensing and filing a complaint. I am afraid to see what additional fees I will charged that are not in compliance with same when I want to pay off this investment mortgage. No one should have to pay a fee to pay additional money towards the principal mortgage, EVER! I have exhausted too much time on this today resulting in having done less work. Terrible, simply terrible.
Reviewed May 20, 2019
Since our mortgage has been transferred to be serviced by SPS (Select Portfolio Servicing) - about six months ago - it had been very hard to manage our payments. EVERY time I make a payment online, payment goes toward principal ONLY instead of regular payment - even though I select the "regular payment" option. Even after I call asking to have the payment applied accordingly, it is still not taken care of and every single month I have to call numerous times for corrections. It is VERY frustrating and time consuming.
Reviewed May 19, 2019
I had a mortgage with Washington Mutual who was taken over by Chase who sold it to SPS. They are all bad. I did a modification and now the value of my home has dropped, but I still owe for the original amount. The system needs to be fixed. I do not trust any of these companies.
Reviewed May 12, 2019
I think the mortgage industry is one of biggest rip offs I have ever been involved with. I am self employed and it is partially my fault but being a home owner for 30 years I have rarely been treated fairly!
Reviewed May 5, 2019
People need to unite to stop SPS from causing people to lose their homes! This outfit got my loan from BoA, who told me it was a predatory loan to begin with. SPS did the old "bait and switch" game with me - approving modifications, letting me know a week or so before a payment was due, caused me to have to file bankruptcy twice and file bonds against them to stop them, etc. You will send paperwork, only to find out it mysteriously disappeared or wasn't correct. They finally used a sneaky tactic to cause me to lose my home; they sent the paperwork to the wrong address, after sending me hundreds of pages of crap to my correct address. By the time I found out, my home was bought at auction.
I never talked to the so-called "relationship manager" one time; I got people on the phone who would give me a different message that contradicted the previous message. I am asking that all of you who have been screwed by this fraud of a company get with me to sue these guys. The pain and suffering I've experienced is worth 6 figures alone - not to mention having to find a place to live after 14 years in my home. The more we make collectively (from a legal perspective), the more likely justice will be served!!!
Reviewed May 4, 2019
This is not a company that wants to keep your business enough to follow through on anything and get things going. We had a house for 16+ years. Paid on time every month (except for once). We ended up with a balloon payment that we had either forgotten existed or didn't realize. I won't get too heavy into details here, but there are considerations on that. Anyway, we wanted to take care of it and stay in good shape with them, but they did nothing but give us the run around. We were not getting ANYWHERE with them.
We kept having to send the same forms to them over and over. They had us on a deadline. Being ignorant on the way everything worked with this situation, since we had never gone through anything like this before, and out of fear of being homeless since the clock just kept ticking down on the time we had to get it taken care of, we finally decided to move elsewhere (which cost a fortune), knowing they'd take ownership of the house to settle the debt. What we didn't know at the time and found out later was that it was a LONG time after that before anything was done. So, we could have tried a lot more. Anyway, it was a NIGHTMARE. My advice to anyone is this.... BE 110% SURE about any balloon payments when getting hooked up with anyone...and DON'T use these people for ANYTHING.
Reviewed April 25, 2019
My Loan servicer was switched February at that time we had started a loan modification with our prior servicer. My payments were to start on March 1st. Then I received a letter saying my March payment had been made by Caliber. So I sent a check for the April payment. I waited and kept checking to see when my check was cashed. After a couple weeks I call and ask why my check had not been cashed. I am then told the March payment had not been made after all. I asked why and was told there was no money in escrow like I was told.
So after getting upset with the rude employee at SP I said, "Okay then use the check for March payment." I am then told no because it has to be certified. That means Western Union. So I go ahead send payment thru Western. Then I am am hounded about when April will be paid. I told them the last day of the month when I get paid. Well I borrowed the money because I was told if they don't receive the money in time my loan modification goes out the window and I face foreclosure. Also again with Western Union. I made the payment and called SP and was treated like I did nothing and when I called a recording started out saying my payment for May would be due and the amount was the old payment I am still receiving tons of mail from them and for no reason. Then I am told they paid my property taxes and now I owe for that. God I want Caliber back.
Reviewed April 12, 2019
Refinanced our home and with legal paperwork the "new loan" was not due until June. However 2 weeks after closing on our house this company pulled a 531.78 payment out of our account which is not even the accurate payment.
Reviewed April 11, 2019
We asked for help with our payments. They said, "No problem. Send us paperwork to fill out." Sent in. Was told not filled out right. So went over all the paperwork with lady at the co. She said it was right and everything was there. That was in Oct. 2018. It is now April 2019. Every time we called to check on the paperwork the lady was not there. Off that day. Always. Finally got hold of someone today and they said all of the paperwork was not there. They said they sent us info about it, never received. They told us they tried to call. Never did. Now they say we have to start all over again. They have our address and we never received anything from them. We have requested several times a history report of our mortgage because they say we took a 25,000 loan against our mortgage years ago. We did not never. All we ask is a copy of the canceled check. They said they have sent all that. Never received it. They just say what they want you to hear.
I am going to call around and see if it is possible to have them investigated. People please call around and have this happen. I pay enough. Sometimes I can't go to the store for food. I can't pay my medical and my health has suffered. No co. should have this power. I am sure no one will read this because they will take it down.
Reviewed April 7, 2019
Representatives ill-informed and don't really have any idea what they're talking about. Keep sending me unwanted and unsolicited info I have not requested. They do not send statements in a timely manner. Utterly clueless and out of touch with customers. Not helpful and at times can be very rude. Who told them they give excellent customer service as stated on their website?
Reviewed March 30, 2019
Customer service personnel provide contradictory answers that suggests they aren't well training. SPS charges for all online payment - to include ones made on time and/or early. The firm takes days to process online payments.
Reviewed March 18, 2019
Our mortgage was taken over by SPS and we had no say in it whatsoever. What really aggravates me about this company is that they charge $15 whenever you make a payment! Whether it's online, by phone, EVEN IF PAYING ON TIME, whatever! They charge a fee. I think this is terrible! WHY should I pay a fee just for paying my mortgage bill? Makes no sense. I'd love to switch from this company but I don't even know if we can do that. If you have a choice, DO NOT USE THIS COMPANY!
Reviewed March 6, 2019
Like many other complaints, my mortgage was sold by Wells Fargo to this company several months ago. It has been nothing but trouble since. They recalculated my escrow account and sent me a check for $947. I did my calculations and realized it would leave me short when it came time to pay my insurance and taxes. So I called, was instructed to send it back, and told they would recalculate. Here we are almost a month later, they have no record of receiving the check back, have not adjusted my account, have not recalculated. NOTHING. They tell me they will put it in for "deep research". After reading these reviews, I am SO worried.

Reviewed March 6, 2019
This company is so behind in current mortgage practices. They are completely corrupt and incompetent. The excuses they make for their inaccurate account history is beyond belief. Turn and run from these numbnuts. You'll waste an incredible amount of time hand holding them through banking and mortgages 101. Just turn and run.
Reviewed Feb. 28, 2019
It all started when I lost my job in November of 2017 and applied with Chase for a modification/help on my mortgage. A few weeks later I get notice that my mortgage was sold to SPS and I would need to submit all of the paperwork for the modification all over again. What I didn't know at the time is that I would send it again and again up to 6 times by fax/email and EVERY time would get a call from a different employee telling me I hadn't sent in what was needed although I had sent in what I was instructed to.
Fast forward 11 months and they finally come back telling me that I wasn't eligible for a modification but a repayment plan which doubled what my previous payment was, and I was already unable to pay that. They noted I may be approved for a short sale. At this point I had sought a realtor and signed paperwork to move forward with a short sale only to get word that wasn't an option and they were moving forward with foreclosure. In January of 2019 my home was sold at an auction for $81k less than what I paid in 2006. And the reputation of SPS among brokers/realtors in the business is comical. One of the worst companies to deal with. Go figure. I wouldn't even give them one star if I didn't have to for this review.
Reviewed Feb. 28, 2019
Nationstar sold my mortgage to SPS. First quarter they decided not to pay my property taxes. I called them every day for two weeks before they finally got around to paying it. Right around that same time they sent me a letter demanding that I get flood insurance despite my property not being in a flood zone. Before I could get the documentation they started billing me for flood insurance at almost $200 per month. I spent $500 to get an engineer to provide the documentation showing that I wasn't in a flood zone. A month later and they still "haven't reviewed" the form. It's literally a one-page FEMA form that says the property is not in a flood zone. Now that I am reading all these similar reviews I am thinking they purposely buy mortgages of property near flood zones to force their flood insurance on customers. Then drag out the appeal process and string them along until they give up. This company is a total scam.
Reviewed Feb. 27, 2019
This company is notorious for losing paperwork, raising interest rates for no reason and ludicrous excuses to not work with you. Paperwork was faxed numerous times with return receipt, and still lost. Why are they still in business? SPS evades any complaints against them. Worse mortgage company in industry.
Reviewed Feb. 26, 2019
I have been disabled from a fall I took at work. My relationship manager has not directed me to anything that helps. They have never been able to send me a true copy of the security instruments with proper credentials. Instead they send my poor copies of what I already have. They put us in a modification state then offered a repayment plan that was 3x my original mortgage payment. I now owe 306000 when the original note was 206000 and paid on the note for 12 yrs. I asked for my payments. No one could show me the chain of title. I had to look it up.
When they tried to foreclose they could not give me information that matched a real bank. The bank they named went bankrupt in 2006 yet they used that bank as the foreclosing bank. They claim to have bought the note from the same bank but found information on another bank that owned my note after the previous bank went bankrupt. Now SPS says they are servicing for PNC but PNC has no record of the lien or payments made. Is there anyone that knows how a bank can carry the lien but not have any information on the owners of the note? Can a trustee not have a phone number that can be contacted. These and more questions I have if anyone can help.
Reviewed Feb. 26, 2019
They moved my mortgage to them and they miscalculated my escrow and charged me 1000 a month, basically best way to send someone in foreclosure. Then after a month and a half they did a flood insurance for me while I already have it with the condominium and submitted it to them and they still didn't see it in the system, I don't even know how many times I called them, horrible service.
Reviewed Feb. 25, 2019
My loan was transferred from BoA... I had 3 payments total to paying off the loan. I tried to have them take the pay off balance via phone from a registered account. After being told online they would take it they didn't. Leaving me a late payment because they lied and didn't take the payment. 2nd call they proceeded to tell me A. They couldn't take the payment for pay off over the phone or online nor could they tell me what the pay off balance was. It's straight up fraud! In order to collect late fees and more interest. I never agreed to having my loan transferred to this company. They informed me the only way to send payoff is thru Western Union. Another large fee!
Where in God's name did America allow such businesses to rake customers thru the coals like this? It seems to me it's outside of any laws I've ever dealt with. We customers should be compensated for the inconvenience of having to deal with such crap! I just want to pay the loan off. Not be tread all over and told, "No you can't." I think they'd like to take my house for the $165 I currently owe. Ridiculous and complete insanity! No customer service that helped.
Reviewed Feb. 24, 2019
Difficulty paying off principal. They ignore instructions on the payment coupon and credit any extra money for principal payment to future mortgage payments. That way principal stays high and interest amounts stay high.
Reviewed Feb. 17, 2019
SPS took over my mortgage from Capital One few months ago. Since then, they have fraudulently indicated that while I was at Capital One I had modified my mortgage which is an absolute lie! Also, they have told me that they will not provide the same services as Capital One although Capital One has confirmed that they are obligated to provide the exact same services as they did. They have wrongfully reported me to credit bureau which has brought down my credit from 870 (perfection) to 720 claiming that I have in default of payment although I am 15 yrs ahead of mortgage payment due to huge lump sum amounts I have paid in last 2 years toward my mortgage.
Reviewed Feb. 15, 2019
My dealings with SPS were as the POA - agent in fact - for my brother in law. The mortgage was transferred to SPS from Suntrust Mortgage. Initially, I was skeptical based on other reviews. The mortgage was current and remained so until paid off in full when the property sold. There were many instances that required me to call SPS customer service and each time the issues were addressed and satisfied by one of the best customer service departments and representatives that I have ever dealt with. The reps were always professional, courteous and quickly handled each request. I hope that anyone doing business with SPS will be given the same service that I have received. An absolute pleasure to work with these people. :)
Reviewed Feb. 13, 2019
"We are committed to delivering exceptional service to every customer." Well, you've failed. From where I'm standing, Select Portfolio Services is committed to ensuring it wring every last penny and ounce of patience from its customers involved in the short sale of property. Am I in a personal and financial jam? Yes. Did I fall victim to a predatory refinance in 2007? Yes. Do I owe more than the market says my house is worth? Yes. Did SPS follow through on its promise to "guide [me] through the sale or transfer of the property"? NO. Assistance Programs and Relationship Managers are things SPS claims to have, but I was not "assisted" in any way and my "relationship" (which was more like the one that got me in this mess in the first place) was so MISmanaged that SPS sent me two letters on different occasions apologizing for the handling of my account during the short sale process which is moving into its SIXTH month.
Customer service amounts to any Joe that picks up the phone - even when you call the extension of, and ask for, your ASSIGNED Relationship Manager. I spoke with THAT guy once, back in October. So every time you call - because they'll NEVER call you - you tell your story all over again, then Joe reads what pops up on the screen and can't tell you WHY anything is as it is. Homeowners don't choose to have their mortgages sold like wholesale paper products, so SPS should not treat their customers as if they were just as disposable.
Reviewed Jan. 17, 2019
During the government shutdown this company has been EXTREMELY HELPFUL and kind. We cannot thank them enough. We have had help from both the main call center and the loss mitigation team who have been able to assist us and put our minds at ease. We have had nothing but a great experience with SPS.
Reviewed Jan. 14, 2019
I do not recommend using this mortgage company. In addition to having to deal with annoying & harassing calls early in the month, I have to pay $15 to make an online payment. According to the telephone rep, that's simply their policy. I suspect this is intended to force mortgagees to sign up for automatic payment, which is free. My loan was sold to SPS by Ocwen without my knowledge. I plan to work aggressively to move my loan to my credit union. I do not recommend using this mortgage company.
Reviewed Jan. 8, 2019
Select Portfolio Servicing called my work number today when my payment was due yesterday. I think it's comical. One day and "The is Select Portfolio Servicing, a Debt Collector!" One day late. What an abysmal and horrid group of bottom feeders that must lower themselves to work in such a profession all day ASSERTING their perceived MIGHTY DEBT COLLECTOR authority over payments that are one day late. Work that queue champions. You drive those hoopties home after a day in the sweat cubes for a reason. Stand up work you're doing there headset greasers.
Reviewed Jan. 8, 2019
My mortgage with Wells Fargo was paid twice a month, WF withdrew the funds from my account successfully. All of a sudden I received WF letter stating that SPS was taking over. SPS does not support the semi-monthly payment plan that WF did. I have not had to set up Bill Pay through my bank and suffer through a semi-monthly phone call from SPS because each person I speak to either does not make note of the fact that payments have been set up through my bank or the customer service rep does not bother to make note of it. Since I am a widow, retiree with SS and retirement income the semi-monthly payment was convenient for me. I am searching out other mortgage alternatives. Definitely not a senior citizen friendly company.
Reviewed Jan. 6, 2019
Wells Fargo recently sold my mortgage to SPS and I filled out all the necessary info online to have automatic payments withdrawn the first of every month. Yet, the first of the month comes along and my payment wasn't made. I've been locked out of my account via online. And every time I call they say they are a "debt collector". WHY DID WELLS FARGO DO THIS? Is this how they treat their long standing customers that have NEVER missed a payment?! Looking for another lender.
Reviewed Jan. 4, 2019
My house loan, originally with Chase, was sold to these bottom feeding vultures and it has been nothing but problem after problem since. I had been paying Chase every month, and they up and sold it. Then I got very sick, and because STD was not done right (not by me, the company I worked for), I had to miss some payments. I notified the company, since I was not trying to get out of paying. Then SPS kept suggesting I apply for a modification, to help me catch up (I had 6 payments they said, even though I do not think it is quite that many, but I think every one already knows what is coming).
I applied for a modification. That was at least 2 years ago. I have had nothing but the runaround since. I send in what they want. They say it is not there. I send it in, and they send me emails saying they got it, and then they say it is not there, or it is not current enough. I call, and they say I am not missing anything. I call back and they say I need to send in the paperwork again. I get phone calls. I get things hung on my door. I get letters. I call, and it all starts over again.
I finally told them I thought they were incompetent, and that they had absolutely no intention of helping me. All the while, they are saying that my house note payments are late, and banging on my credit. I did not miss any notes after that. I never could get my 'relationship manager' on the phone. It was always 'oh anyone can help you'. I guess that is true when the company is full of grifting shysters drawing a check. I am still being told, "We want to help you, and we do not want your house." BLAH. BLAH. BLAH.
After two years, and a credit rating so low, I could not borrow money for a lump of coal, they make their decision. They say now I do not qualify for anything, so they offered me a 'payment plan'. This so called plan doubles my note (which they just raised for 'escrow purposes') and I have to pay it by the 13th of January. But, being helpful, they started the letter with the paperwork to do a short sale. They also based the decision to not let me modify on a salary of zero. I sent them multiple pay stubs. I work. This had to have made an impact on their decision that I should not get a modification.
I immediately emailed them and told them that what they did was ludicrous, and that if I had that much money I would have already paid it off. They act stupid (they are). I get the runaround again. Now I am told I have to either accept the 'payment plan', or I can sell it, or I can keep going like I have and pay the money back (by far the cheapest option, by at least 4000$). Of course, it would have already been paid if I had thousands laying around, which I don't. Then the nice ombudsman tells me that I might qualify for a program they have for people they are making homeless, where they will pay me to get out of my house, if I clean it up for them. I finally asked the ombudsman if she would find it easy to double her house note or rent for an entire year, and not have problems with paying it. She said she did not know why that should matter. Well, because you could find yourself in the same situation I am, that's why.
I have almost had a stroke every time I talk to them. Today was no exception. I do not know how to get away from them. After reading these reviews, even if I find money somewhere to pay the backlog of payments, I am skeptical they will actually apply it in the correct manner to the correct account. I am, in fact, fairly certain they won't. The only option I have is leave, or hope that I can get it early out of my retirement. I am afraid they won't stop though. They seem to always find something that they don't like or that did not fit into their necessary paperwork list.
After two years of them screwing around, my credit barely registers, it is so bad. I will not be able to refinance or use credit for anything, it has taken such a battering. I have absolutely nothing to say about this company that is positive. If your mortgage company sells to them, refinance as fast as you can. RUN. If someone does a class action, count me in. I am sure there is plenty I have not even discovered yet about mine. I may be paying for flood insurance, volcano insurance, and anything else they can dream up. I had to give them one star to do the review. It should have been a negative star. One is too generous.
Reviewed Dec. 27, 2018
I am totally drained from this company on all aspects, every time you call it is always something new, so many hands in one account, no good delivery service, you send in what they ask for have confirmation, yet they claim they dont have it. I'm just done, all I want to do is proceed with whatever they are going to do at this point. I get a deputy serving foreclosure letters to me three times a month, yet I have been approved for a deed in lieu, then denied because of paperwork they claim that they did not receive, and have someone who is willing to purchase the home with a realtor who sent in everything on our behalf but yet they need this and that. The company really need to get their business together because this is our livelihood. We already have enough stress dealing with day to day situations.
Reviewed Dec. 17, 2018
They were after us to catch up on our mortgage with them! They said they never receive our payment! We sent it a month in advance. So we said we would send another check to them for payment. So we did just that. WTH. They promise they would send the original check back to us. They took both checks when they got it and cashed both checks!!! Which cost us a lot of money!! And made checks bounce on a bunch of bills we owed on. Caused us to finally end up filling bankruptcy. Even after this they would still call and harass me. So I had my attorney send them a letter telling them they were in.
Reviewed Dec. 16, 2018
I had a Loan Modification with Wells Fargo. I received a letter on November 28th, Starting December 4th, I'll get transferred to SPS. When I called SPS, asking who transferred my Loan to them. The Customer Service Representative said that they are not allowed to disclose that information to me. To my understanding Wells Fargo, told me that everything will be the same including Tax and Insurance, but the Customer Service Rep. said that it's not included. So why should I pay the amount, that I pay Wells Fargo every month. I don't understand this at all, I believe that SPS is just another collection company, not a mortgage company.
Reviewed Dec. 14, 2018
Their staff needs to be better trained to treat paying customers. I had told them about my father that passed away and I was trying to make the payment for my mother so she won't default on her loan. The agent didn't show any sympathy and made it nearly impossible for me to make the payment. Almost to the point they wanted my mother to default so she can foreclose. She has decided to sell the house than to deal with this horrible company.
Reviewed Dec. 12, 2018
Transferred to SPS in June, 2018. Sent payment to Citibank, they forwarded and it was applied. Paid July only on time, paid August pmy on time and with an additional principal pmy of $400. Was applied correctly. September a repeat of August. Come October, 2018, sent smart amounts, regular pmt and additional $400 principal. They applied the additional funds to unapplied funds and sent out November statement showing that. I called and they said they didn't know why it was done like that.
Got December statement sent same amounts. Find that they calculated out P&I before correcting the application of $400 to principal. Called them. Asked why. They kept referring to the "system" does it and they have no control. I asked for an amortization schedule, they said it was their policy to not give them on loans that have been modified. But their "system" knows how much P&I to charge monthly. I spoke with a supervisor who also referred to the "system". The system knows how much to charge each month but they can't give me an AM schedule. So I asked if they apply all funds then calculate P&I. They said yes but the system does that. So I said then it's not a fixed P&I loan, it's being treated like a simple interest loan.
That goes against my signed original note and modified note which didn't extend the term but only modified the rate. They have supposedly put a flag on my account to apply addl funds to principal. In no way we're we ever late, no late fees accrued, nothing. This goes against my note agreement and I feel they should be fined if not run out of the Loan servicing business. They have strange policies that charge extra fees because the actual mortgage owner probably doesn't pay them enough to service the loan. Disgusting companies like this are allowed to exist especially after 2008.
Reviewed Dec. 6, 2018
My States Attorney General. CRIMINALS!
Reviewed Dec. 6, 2018
On December 1, 2018 I received a letter from them stating that Wells Fargo had sold them my mortgage loan and that it was being transferred. The date that it would start December 4, 2018. I would like to know how on earth I wasn’t told about this until three days before it took effect. I recently went through a chapter 13 and a loan modification with Wells Fargo. Went online to find out about this company. There is nothing good online about this company. And a lot of the people that loans were transferred to it is because they did loan modifications. You’re supposed to be protected on your loan modifications. Clearly that’s not the case. The paperwork they send you they do not let you have your property insurance on it nor your property taxes. Everything I’ve read talks about this company is a collection agency it’s not really a mortgage company. Tried calling them and you can’t even get somebody to really talk to you.
Reviewed Dec. 5, 2018
I paid off my home mortgage almost five months ago and SPS has screwed up all of the paperwork--the Affidavit of Satisfaction. I still do not have the deed properly recorded in my name. They are tying up the title of my home with their incompetence. When I called them, they had no idea what the status of closure was, were completely clueless that their paperwork had already been rejected by my county, and were unwilling and unable to place more "talent" toward resolving the issue that they alone caused. Very poor company with lack of leadership and integrity. I am very sorry that I have had to deal with such losers.
Reviewed Dec. 4, 2018
Our former home loan was purchased by SPS several years after we bought our old house in 2005. I became disabled in 2011 due to sudden medical issues and subsequently lost my job. I spent weeks in and out of the hospital and almost died. Due to this we fell behind on our mortgage payments. In early 2012 I contacted SPS about a loan modification since we were down to one income. When I first spoke to them they seemed understanding and sympathetic. We negotiated a temporary mod for three months to make sure that we could maintain the payments and after the three months was over, as long as we paid on time, they would permanently modify the loan. We were so happy because the mod payments were about $300 less per month than what we had been paying.
We successfully made the payments for three months and were anxiously awaiting the paperwork for the permanent modification. Several months passed and when we finally got the paperwork the new mortgage payment was only $11 less than our original payments. I was devastated and called SPS immediately. I was given the total runaround and told that my husband “made too much money” for a modification. Um, why didn’t they tell me that several months before? Why did they give us hope and let us make the smaller payments for three months if they were just going to deny the mod? They are LIARS!
We ended up selling the house in Dec 2013 in a short sale which took almost a year to get SPS to approve. As of Dec 2018 we still have yet to get any tax documents from SPS regarding the short sale. They claimed they have 5 years to provide this paperwork... Well, it’s been 5 years and I still have no paperwork. If we ever get it I will have to file an amended return for 2013 and pray that we don’t get penalized even though we have had NO control over the situation. I’m still sad about losing our house. I loved my home and my neighborhood very much! SPS ruined our lives!
Reviewed Dec. 2, 2018
My recent experience with Select Portfolio Services has been terrible customer service. I mailed payments for two separate accounts along with their individual acct. numbers in the same envelope, both payments were posted to the same account, leaving my second acct with a missed payment for Oct. putting me over 30 days for Nov. 2018. I started receiving daily calls from the collections dept. I informed them I did not missed my Oct. payment and was not 30 days behind. I spoke with 4 customer services reps. who admitted the payment was applied to the wrong account.
I was told the problem would be fixed in 24-48 hrs. As of today 12/1/2018 their error has not be corrected and they had the nerve to report me 30 days late to the credit bureau. The nerve of them! It was their error and I am paying for it. After reading the previous complaints their practices have to be illegal. They have been giving me the runaround everyone in customer service and the issue still exist. I would not recommend this company to anyone.
Reviewed Nov. 28, 2018
These people set you up for failure. No compromise or anything. No correspondence of any kind. We have been trying to work with and they tell us one thing and turns out to be a Lie. I want to put them out of business. But I need to figure out how to go about it.
Reviewed Nov. 24, 2018
This company got my mortgage loan from my original bank and they have been a nightmare to work with. I missed 1 month on my house payment and the second month they had people at my door showing up telling my son that I needed to contact them. When my son told them he would give me the message they started taking pictures of my house and then walked to the back and started taking pictures of my barns. When I contacted them I told them I know what I have to pay and asked them not to be trespassing on my property. The lady on the phone said it was their policy. I said, "Well when you take pictures of my barns and walk onto my property then they will be a different problem." I wish my bank would have never sold them my mortgage.
Reviewed Nov. 24, 2018
My loan was transferred last month to SPS, I did not like the sound of the company name (Select Portfolio Servicing). I did some research and it appears to be a clearinghouse for payments and not just mortgage payments. This company seems keen in getting all the money out of you that they can. They charge for payments through their website. They charge for phoning in your payment. It seems that if you allow them to go into your bank account and take the money or pay them through the mail then no fees are charged (unless I misread something). I found numerous complaints on your website about this company so I thought I would add my own. I do have a question: Why is it not possible for consumers to change mortgage service companies when this "service company" is not serving the needs of the consumer?
Reviewed Nov. 23, 2018
In 2012 Bank of America requested an assignment of The Deed of Trust for my second mortgage using a MERS Robo Signer (who is fraudulent) and doesn’t exist, Wayne **. I took Bank of America National Associates to Court and won my case. The Superior Court of California demanded Bank of America to remove my EX wife’s name from all paperwork, financial records and loan instruments to include and any and all documents. Two days after the judgement and after the Amended Judgement was récorded, I was info that SPS is now my service provider. There is as no reassignment of Deed listings SPS as a the new trustee or mortgage company.
I am also writing a book about the hardships we are facing today because of the subprime lending disaster. The book is called, Letters of Hardship By Randy **. It’s a collaborative effort as this book is an accounting of the Letters of Hardships that Americans alike had to write when applying for a loan modification. I filed a claim with the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency. Reason being is that SPS says the second mortgage has a zero balance and has been discharged and liquidated, but yet they delay in filling a full reconveyance. I’m wondering if they even have that right? Especially since Bank of America failed to execute on the judges orders to have Bank of America NA remove Jill’s name.
Reviewed Nov. 15, 2018
I would give them zero stars!! My mortgage payment service was transferred from my lender to this “Credit Collection company". Yes, happens all the time but they are NOT a bank or a quality mortgage company. They forced placed a flood policy on our home at the price of $2250. When we have never been required to carry flood insurance stating that we were in a Flood Zone A. According to FEMA flood maps and my own personal flood insurance company, who I purchased a plan from for $450 our property is in a Flood Zone C (Less than 1% chance of a flood) and does not require flood insurance. Of course, no one can tell me how they got this information and their employees are rude about it. It is clear their customer "service" is seriously lacking. I will be finding a new lender as soon as possible and I will be complaining to my original mortgage lender!!
Reviewed Nov. 11, 2018
This company is nothing but crooked. Had a mortgage through HSBC for years and had no problem, since early 2017 they sold my loan to SPS and the very first month they never credited my payment. Called and got the runaround, I kept paying my payments online and went online today to pay the payment and it wouldn’t let me. It said to call.
I called and the guy on the phone said it just went into foreclosure 2 days ago. I asked why and he said I owed over 10000$ that’s about 12 months of payments, I ask where my payments have been going and he said they were being applied to the same months of 2017 and not 2018. Ask why that was and he said they were never paid. This is a crooked company. Could not get a straight answer from him about anything. So if they want this house it sounds good to me cause I couldn’t sell it if I had to, since my neighbors had moved all I have living around me are druggies now and nothing is being done. So thank you SPS you are doing me a favor.
Reviewed Nov. 4, 2018
SPS Servicing started servicing my loan about 5 years now. It's been terrible ever since. I had a 30 year loan and now somehow, they have managed to apply escrow and convert to another home insurance policy which is double of what I had. Now I owe them almost $20,000. I know what they are doing is illegal but don't know who I can turn to.
Reviewed Nov. 2, 2018
I contacted SPS customer service on October 18th, 2018 regarding a double payment taking for my mortgage. I was told by the customer service reps. that it would take 24 to 48 hours for the payment to be reversed. As of today, November 2nd, 2018, I have not received a refund. And, when I contacted SPS, I was given different accounts on the status of my refund: a check was mailed to me on October 23, which I have not received yet; a payment has been made directly to my bank account, and again, it still has not been done. I have sent them via fax my bank statement showing that no payment/refund was made. Meanwhile, my bank is charging $33.00 a transaction for NSF.
Reviewed Nov. 1, 2018
Like many other listed, I'm looking for a class action suit and or resolution to move my mortgage away from SPS. My Condo Loan was sold by Bank Of America whom I was with for 12 plus years. SPS added Flood Insurance stating I was in AE flood zone. Liberty Mutual who handles all my insurance home and auto would not cover me 'cause they couldn't identify my property in AE flood zone. When I asked SPS for a declaration letter they repeatedly sent me my flood policy after 2 yrs and hurricane Irma that went through S.C. Liberty Mutual would finally recognize my home as in a flood zone borderline. I've paid SPS for 2 yrs for 3,000.00 flood policy same coverage with Liberty Mutual 675.00 yr. I also asked SPS to either refinance my loan or see if I qualify for HARP loan. They're a mortgage Co that does neither HARP Loans or Refinances...
Reviewed Nov. 1, 2018
My mortgage was just transferred to Select Portfolio the middle of Oct. I had already sent in my October payment but was returned by the previous mortgage company. The first notification that the mortgage was transferring was when my bank got the check back. On the 25th of Oct I called SPS and was informed I would be getting a new statement not to worry. I could just pay Oct and Nov payment together. Well after getting this reassurance I have received at least 4 phone calls wanting to know "where my October payment is. And when can I make the payment, when do you think you'll send the late payment."
Plus rudely informed "you know you still owe it." By law I have 60 days before its late and fees are applied when a mortgage is transferred. It’s not even November!!! So collections and customer service I guess don’t communicate. By the way my mortgage is current, so no short sale or foreclosure in the works. I am hoping SPS does not screw that up.
Reviewed Oct. 26, 2018
I'm yet another home owner that started w/ ING, then went to Capital One & now SPS took over my mortgage in August. They are demanding I add Flood Insurance to a property that is not in a Flood Zone. They "claim" they have a flood map that shows we are, but refuse to give me a copy of it. I provided them with a Flood Elevation Certificate that shows we are not in a Flood Zone. They "claim" to have a certificate that states we are, but refuse to give it to me. I am beyond frustrated with these people. We've never had a problem in 14-years of owning this home until SPS took it over. HORRIBLE, HORRIBLE company!!!
Reviewed Oct. 25, 2018
This is so beyond ridiculous, they must be doing it on purpose. Today I get a phone call from SPS telling me that they've reversed my 100,000 payment to them. They're giving me my money back!! I'm trying to pay off the mortgage to this absolutely horrible company, and they continue rejecting my payments. Apparently they're trying to keep me tied to them...not gonna happen. Total of $135,000 that they've screwed up of mine already (multiple times), probably in order to charge additional interest on my loan. Has anyone ever heard of a company that won't accept your payments? And this company is actually a collection agency that purchased mortgages from Capital One. Spoke to my lawyer today, he will be getting involved next week, and after reading all of the complaints, he will be researching a class action suit against them. Hopefully put them out of business!!!
Reviewed Oct. 23, 2018
SPS took over my mortgage from CitiMortgage on July 12th. I received nothing until August. I created my account on 8/3 and logged in to pay July and August. Worst internet experience ever, I would have to say. It would only let me pay one month. I logged in later in August and it said I owe nothing. I logged in in September and it said I owed one month. I paid that. No statements online were available at that point. I chalked all this up to a rough start. I log in October and it tells me I owe $4k and am delinquent now. What?? Every time I logged in I paid what I owed, which is $2k.
Then, the second they tell me I owe $4k, fine you got your bearings together, I paid. I had good credit. They destroyed it saying I was delinquent 30 days 3 times. This was categorically false. I'm furious. I called them and go nowhere. I'll be retaining counsel to get them to get that mark off of my credit. This company is HORRIBLE. If you end up getting your loan sold to them refinance as fast as you can. Not only are they terrible, but they charge you $15 for paying online. Ridiculous!!!
Reviewed Oct. 22, 2018
First read my previous review, this is the continuation. So I still haven't gotten my $35,000 insurance check that was just supposed to be endorsed by SPS and then sent to me. They have record that they received it, but have no idea where it is. Now they tell me I need to call my insurance company and have a new check issued. THEN I can start the whole process again and hope that SPS doesn't screw up yet again!!! This is beyond ridiculous, they keep screwing up and I need to keep cleaning up their mess.
Reviewed Oct. 15, 2018
I'm another one who started with ING, then Capital One, and as of September I was switched to SPS. Horrible!!! First thing I had a problem with was my interest rate. It went from 2.6 to 5.25, so I called. Their response was "we can do nothing about it, we are just a servicing company", I spoke to several customer service reps and managers, all with the same answer, so who can help me? There was no way I was going to pay that rate when my credit score is over 800. So I figure I'll just pay off my mortgage (yes, I'm lucky enough to be able to do that), but first I needed to take care of an insurance check that I had just received made out to me and SPS. So I call to let them know that I am endorsing and sending an insurance check to them in the amount of $35,000, which I asked them to simply apply towards the mortgage.
Apparently that's too easy, so they say they need to first receive the check, then make sure the house was repaired, then they would endorse it and send it back to me... so that I can send it back to them. I called them today, and they said the check was mailed back out to me over 2 weeks ago, they said it can take up to 3 weeks!! I ask if the check is being mailed from China? They assure me that it's normal for regular mail to take up to 3 weeks from within the US. I laughed and told the woman she was an idiot, and then I hung up, realizing she was totally useless. So, instead of waiting for the check, I decide I will pay off half my mortgage for now, then when my check comes in I will pay off the remainder.
So I paid them $99,999 (they're max online). I check my account in a few days, they show that it was received, but was not applied to my mortgage. So I asked what they did with it, their answer was "it's probably in limbo somewhere, I'll see what I can do. Please call back in 2 weeks." Again, WHAT!!! So now, they have $135,000 of my money somewhere??? Is this company for real?
Reviewed Oct. 13, 2018
Select Portfolio Servicing purchased my mortgage in February 2018, so my first payment was due on March 1, 2018. Their statement requesting that first payment was dated February 27, 2018 and sent US Mail. I sorted that out, made the payment before the grace period was up, and chalked it up to a rough start. I created an on-line account and took a look around their website. It's upgrade time. Totally lacking in tools for account holders, you can't pull up a transaction history, you can't opt out of paper statements, really bare bones. But, I could put up with it. Looked around a little more and noticed that SPS charges $15 to make a mortgage payment via their website. That's flat-out robbery. Especially because they're super excited to automatically deduct monthly payments from your checking account at no charge. But, OK. I don't use web-pay, anyway.
Received a notice in the mail a few months later advising me that SPS had opted to collect an additional three months' "cushion" of escrow funds (as allowed by law). I could expect my payments to increase by 4.5% until they'd collected enough to stuff that cushion. Now that made me mad. I considered refinancing. But, fine. It wasn't a new mortgage, I had an excellent payment history, and I had enough equity to opt out of escrow. I'd just pay my insurance and taxes myself. So I waded through their creaky website, and found that I'd need to send a letter to them to request the escrow account be cancelled. Got the letter together, called the only person I know who still has a printer, dug up an envelope, and mailed it. And waited. And waited.
Their reply arrived in a couple of weeks. By US Mail, of course. As it turns out, since I'd been an SPS customer less than twelve months, I wouldn't be allowed to cancel the escrow account. Displeased, but whatever. It's a few months from now. I'll cancel escrow in February. But I checked out the rates and considering refinancing. Then. The last straw. I logged in to that godforsaken website a couple of weeks ago and downloaded the last statement. And noticed a line there titled "Partial Payment - Unapplied" with a dollar amount next to it. And I recognized the dollar amount as the few extra bucks I'd included with my last payment. I scanned down the page for the footnote referenced and read the following:
"Partial payments or overpayments are treated as unapplied funds until we receive enough for a full principal and interest payment at which time we will credit your account for the principal and interest payment." I don't think that's even legal. But I didn't bother calling, and I didn't get mad. I close on the refinance in three days.
Reviewed Oct. 5, 2018
I recently had my mortgage sold by Capital One to Select Portfolio Servicing right in the midst of refinancing with another mortgage company. I have been trying for 8 weeks to close on my new mortgage and SPS is failing to provide my documents to my attorney. I have been getting nothing but a major runaround. People not responding. Calling and calling and finally getting someone to respond. Then saying I need to wait from 4 to 6 weeks for the documents and now changing that story to 8 weeks once the 6 weeks has passed. I am at risk of losing my new mortgage and still no response from SPS. Is this part of the game to retain customers or are they just plain incompetent. Have they actually lost my documents and this is just a stall? Please be advised that working with this company is a nightmare. Customer service is appalling.
Reviewed Oct. 5, 2018
I just read all the negative reviews and had to share a positive one! I am not an employee of SPS nor affiliated with them in any way. We've had our home loan through SPS for 6 years now and we've never had one problem! Just had to share!
Reviewed Oct. 3, 2018
Several loans over the years have been taken over by SPS. Sent my payment short by $100 ($3300 payment, $1700 to principal.) Held my payment on time for shorting by $100 and charged me $168 late fee. No explanation that I shorted them by $100. Terrible statements. Had these loan for 12 years by B of A. Taken over by SPS last year. If I paid this month’s payment on time (12 years of on time payments) they may refund the late fee. Terrible customer service. They act like a collection agency rather than a mortgage service company.
Reviewed Sept. 28, 2018
Recently, I filed a claim with my insurance company regarding damages to my property. The insurance company granted my claim and issued a check endorsed to myself and Select Portfolio Servicing. I sent the check via certified mail to the Lost Draft Department. The check was mailed on September 17th, 2018 and received on September 19th at 11:40am. I called on September 21st to request the check be sent via overnight mail and I will pay any mailing fees. I was told by a representative in the List Draft Department that the check was endorsed and already in that day's outgoing mail. I asked if the mail hadn’t gone out for that day could she retrieve my check and send it overnight. She stated no.
On September 26th I contacted SPS Lost Draft Department to request a tracking number for the check that was sent on the 21st. I was informed by a representative that the check actually went out on September 24th via regular mail so there was no tracking number available. I informed the representative about my call on the 21st and she said that I must have misunderstood the representative. I was furious at that point and asked why would a company send a check that was over $6500 via regular mail. I sent the check via a Priority mail for $6.70 and they couldn’t at least spare that expense. To make a long story short, today is September 28th and I still don’t have the check. In addition I had to change my repair date from today to Oct 12th.
Luckily I contacted the contractor by 9:00am on the 27th because I would’ve incurred additional fees if the dumpster and other materials were ordered. I have contacted SPS several times on September 27th and asked to speak with a supervisor or manager, I was told they were not available but they would have someone contact me. Since I didn’t receive a call I contacted SPS today and I was transferred to a “supervisor's voicemail”. This company is horrendous. I should’ve known by the low budget website, that they were incapable of providing the service I deserve.
Reviewed Sept. 25, 2018
My home was originally financed by ING Direct. Few years ago Capital One Bank purchased ING and became my Mortgage Service provider. Even at that time, the service levels went from Good to Bad by taking away the late evening and weekend support. And by increasing overall costs from what it was before. And recently, I received a sneaky welcome packet that announced that the mortgage service provider has been switched to SPS. Just like that. I tried calling them multiple times to understand the whole deal. Frankly the experience I went through did not feel like it was dealing with a Mortgage company or a bank - it was more like dealing with a Collection Agency when you have defaulted on your payments!
They told me that I cannot make my mortgage payment online for free. I will need to go through a phone payment representative and I will need to pay a fee each time to use that service. The other option is to send the check by Mail and keep your fingers crossed that it reaches them on time every time. They tell me it could take about 2 weeks or 15 days to receive and process a check by Mail. I was further instructed that if the money does not get cashed out into the mortgage account by the due date I will need to pay a fine and late fee like the credit card late payment. Further, not so surprisingly, my rates got reset by 2 points. They act more like loan sharks. My humble suggestion is to if at all possible please look into taking your loan elsewhere before it is too late.
Reviewed Sept. 21, 2018
Capital One sold my HELOC and my first mortgage, to 2 separate, but equally inept "servicers". SPS has the first mortgage and it's been nothing but frustration during the transfer. I was assured that my auto draft payments would flow seamlessly, but that's hardly been the case. Their website is lousy, as is their call center. I don't have any confidence in this company and will look to pay off the mortgage as fast as possible.
Reviewed Sept. 12, 2018
I had my loan sold to SPS from Capital One Bank on August 31 2018. I was pretty much the perfect customer for Capital One ~ 830 credit score, lots of assets to cover every debt. I guess I'd never experienced the kind of nasty treatment that people less fortunate than me talk about. Now I have and I get it. First the transition was a mess - SPS won't use email for communication, they want $15 for online payment (really, I'm not exaggerating), and the people who answer your calls tell you a little as possible. They called me a dozen times for no purpose I could follow. I finally blocked inbound calls from their numbers to solve that.
The autopay is designed to cause you to miss your first payment, presumably so that they can collect a late fee if you don't notice. When you call, there is a warning that they collect debts, a request to record the conversation - basically everything designed to make you feel like you've asked to make a call from a state prison. If I decide to pay off early, I'll use return signature requested, as I would judge these people to be completely without moral character. I hope they sell my loan to someone else before then.
Reviewed Sept. 11, 2018
I recently had my loan transferred to them from Capital One Bank. I have never missed a payment, my credit is in the 800’s, the transition has been dreadful. They have called me out of the blue and asked me for personal verification...anyone that receives a call on a Saturday morning at 9am five on an 1-800 number should be reluctant to provide information. I ask what it’s concerning and they say they can’t give me any information. So I politely say I will call them back. I do and they say there is nothing on my file of why they are calling me. So why on earth would they call? It was then because it showed that someone had called me. They also do not have my loan papers, have not provided me with my request for verification that they actually own my loan. This doesn’t matter too much to me as I am sure that they do, but the level of service is downright rude. Really rude.
They record their phone calls and I would love to have them played for you because they treat you terribly. I had someone want to hang up after a couple minutes (I get it! I am certain everyone dislikes them and it’s hard to be in their job). The review is not the people it is the company practices that are horrid. I can mention more, the insulting behavior, the responses, the annoyance... all of this to remind you that I am current with an 840 credit score. I cannot imagine what people go through when they miss a payment. They are not pleasant to deal with. Nothing is redeemable, only the 4th person I talked to but she is one in 20.
Reviewed Sept. 2, 2018
My experience with this company from day one has always been a good experience. There is nothing I can ever complain about concerning this company. I am glad that every call I make, every communication by letter or etc., is good and acceptable.
Reviewed Aug. 30, 2018
My loan was sold by HSBC to Caliber Home Loans and then to Select Portfolio (SPS). I have had nothing but a great experience, thus far. Due to illness and a loss of time at work, we fell behind. I contacted them immediately. They told me where to go on their site to request assistance. Everything was submitted online. Their application, and any documentation was uploaded right there. No lost paperwork! Within a couple of weeks, I was offered a 3 month trial period and ultimately, a permanent loan modification. Saved our home. Any time I had questions, the customer service and my relationship specialist were helpful and always answered all my questions. I am sorry that so many of you have had a terrible experience. I can’t wrap my head around how that is, when I’ve had nothing but a great experience. My advice. Speak to your relationship specialist and be sure to submit all documentation that is required.
Reviewed Aug. 23, 2018
Select Portfolio Servicing placed a modification on our home loan which we wanted. They had insurance on our house but always said that it would be cheaper and better if we took out our own so we did. We were told that taking out our own house insurance would not affect our modification. We got our house bill in and it keeps going up. Note when we first went under the modification we was told that our payment won't go up, well it's going up. Each time we talk to these scammers they tell us something different. I would avoid this company at all cost. If I had somewhere to move today I would pack up and move just so we don't have to deal with this crazy, rude, company. Don't do business with them!
Reviewed Aug. 21, 2018
My HSBC mortgage was sold a few years ago and is now serviced by Select Portfolio Servicing. Worst. Service. Ever. Website is horrible. Charge you $5 for electronic payments. Representatives are rude. To top it all off, it is going to take five days to provide me with a payoff quote. So glad I'll be done with them soon!!!
Reviewed Aug. 20, 2018
I have been working with SPS Servicing for months on a loan modification after my husband rather suddenly left me. Yesterday I received notification of default and foreclosure, four certified letters, two regular mail to "Occupant". Just how does a company justify putting a borrower into foreclosure and default while working with them on a loan modification? Why wasn't I afforded at least a phone call before receiving these certified letters and two days previously a letter of default taped to my front door with bright blue navy tape for all my neighbors to see? I knew nothing of these going ons until I began to receive calls from random realtors asking me if I would like to list my home with them and I'd better hurry as I was in default and only had 30 days left.
Marcus ** called today, Monday the 20th of August 2018 telling me not to worry, my loan modification was still in progress and I'd receive a lot of paperwork within the next few days. Seriously? They call me after all this ugly paperwork has been delivered and tell me not to worry that my modification is still in progress? I hope to the high heavens that none of you reading this get turned over to SPS Servicing, they are a collection company and they state it in their initial phone calls. When you go to their website it looks like a mortgage company, IT IS NOT! They are shysters and crooks.
Reviewed Aug. 15, 2018
Our loan was sold from HSBC also 2 years ago to SPS. Had no problems till this year as I was working a job that could support the payment. Then recently I lost my higher paying job, found a replacement job making a quarter of my previous salary. Started having financial issues in May 2018, contacted SPS for a loan modification, they snuck around on a Sunday night during my daughter's high school graduation party taking pictures of our house. Then came back and said the investor doesn’t do modifications and our only option was a short sale. We were and have been only 1 month behind. How can they do this to us?
Reviewed Aug. 12, 2018
For the last 2 YRS since my mortgage was sold to SPS each time I send a payment in they hold it for days before they post it to my bank. Only 2 times can I recall that it took 5 or 6 days. Most time from the time I mail it until they post it they take 9 to 16 days. I can send bills to Phoenix, Orlando, Dallas & 3 to 5 days it is posted to my bank. In fact anything else that goes to Salt Lake City Utah only takes 3 to 5 days to post to my bank. But with SPS it takes 9 to 16 days for them to post it to my bank and then they torment me by phone about payment. I told them to get off their last rear and post the customers' payments. I am not the only one that is having this problem. Hundreds of other people are too.
I sent in July payment and they claim they didn't received it. So I stop payment on check and did payment by phone and got a confirmation number. Then lo & behold they try to deposit the check they say they don't have. They told me they wouldn't try to deposit that check since I stop payment on it with my bank. They instead went ahead after I made phone payment with confirmation number they gave me and try to deposit the check they said they didn't receive. My bank returned it to them. Now SPS wants to charge me late fee and return check fee. I will not pay it.
This company hold people CHECKS and payments for many days before posting them in order to get late fees. They say they have no control over mail service. I check with post office site & it takes 3 to 5 days to get to Salt Lake City. But all SPS payments takes average 9 to 16 days to post. I told them that the post office must take ALL SPS MAIL AND PUT A STAMP ON A TURTLE SHELL & STICK THE BILL IN THE TURTLE MOUTH. To me SPS is a scam, fraud, and illegally waiting to post customers' payments in order to get late fees. I know I am not the only one having this problem. I think it is time the Federal authorities know how SPS is doing business. SPS is a dirty low down crooked company. And they should be exposed as such.
Reviewed Aug. 9, 2018
I have spoken to three different at SP services and each time the service has been excellent. All of the people were polite, patient and knowledgeable. Why and where all these negative come from amazes me. GOOD WORK SP.
Reviewed Aug. 6, 2018
Accredited Home Lenders was my original mortgage holder. They sent me a letter stating that my mortgage to SPS. When I contacted SPS seeking a modification, I was told that my lender did not allow modifications. They informed me that Accredited Home Lenders owned my mortgage and that Deutsche Bank was the holder. When I requested a modification, SPS sent someone out to take pictures of my home. They sent me list of homes that was sold in my area and suggested that I do a short sale. This is underhanded and scheming.
They are interested in holding the property. Why? There are at least 7 vacancies on my block that is sitting and dry rotting. These vacant properties are destabilizing the neighborhood. They would rather see it rot than for someone live in it. I am 66 years old and I have lived here 24 years. This seems to be very convoluted and underhanded. How do you not allow modifications? I have been paying a mortgage for 24 years and I owe $80,000 on a home that is worth $70,000. Why can't I get my mortgage modified?
Reviewed Aug. 6, 2018
We fell behind on our mortgage payments when both my parents passed away two months apart. Maybe 4 months at most. They stopped taking payments from us and SPS wanted us to modify our loan to catch up with payments. Four years (4 years!!!) later, they held up any decisions by asking for more paperwork, including the time we met with a mediator, they asked for a whole new package at the mediation. At least a dozen applications have been given to them. They have forced us to settle with the in rem and offered relocation money. They have screwed our credit up by continually reporting we aren’t making payments, even though they weren’t accepting them, and screwed our ability to get a conventional loan elsewhere.
After we settled with them, they have now come back and said the tell money is contingent upon their inspection. We didn’t ask for a deed in lieu, which for the hoops were jumping through, we should have. We have consistently had to follow up with them to see where we stand... FOR FOUR YEARS. This business is incompetent and the left hand doesn’t know what the right hand is doing. Horrible management. Horrible business practices. They should have had leniency with us do to the hardship of losing my parents. They are just getting paid by the government bailout. I hope a class action lawsuit is filed.
Reviewed July 30, 2018
SPS treated me as if they were going to make a modification in order for me to keep my home. I believed them. Stupid me-- ended up costing me more money. Even hired one of the so called top foreclosure attorneys in state of Florida! Guess that works for people with lots of money like investors. Stupid me. Wasted the last of my money. Long story short, I lost my home & I am too old to start over. I'm 66 now and cry every single day & then some. It's only been about 3 months. Had to leave my hometown of 42 years. Thanks SPS and my lawyer! Please include me in your prayers.
Reviewed July 24, 2018
This company and some of its employees really know how to kick a person when they are down. I went and filled out all required paperwork for a modification in Feb. I was desperately in need of help. They lost my application 3 times and asked for the same thing every month. "Oh looks like we're missing bank statements for blah blah month."Well I've faxed and sign receipt same bank statements 3 times. I asked them why they were so irresponsible about my personal info and they are violating my privacy act by misplacing my personal info like my SSN, phone number, date of birth. The guy (quote) then said to me on the phone, "I turned off the recording device. Why are you really in this position," why did I buy a house I couldn't afford in the first place, I should have known better.
Then he said, "I wouldn't waste your time going through this. You'll never get it." The mortgage I have is a Freddie Mac and it's insured the bank so if I stop paying my mortgage and taxes and insurance usually takes 5 to 10 years to foreclose after house sell at foreclosed price. The federal housing insurance pays the mortgage company back the balance. For instance your mortgage was 80,000 and it took 10 years to foreclose. Taxes cost well say 20,000, their attorney fees for process 10,000, ins 5,000 so that totals 115,000. They sell the house at foreclosed amount of 15,000 then the feds give them the 100,000 balance. Banks don't lose anything at all. Plus they get all the money in 10 years instead of waiting 30 years. He continued with, "So as you can see there is no incentive for them to modify your home so stop wasting my time and yours," then hung up.
Reviewed July 13, 2018
Select Portfolio bought our second mortgage in 2017. They forced placed a flood policy on our home when we already had flood insurance through our first mortgage. I sent them my dec page which continues to be lost. They bought a book of business that they can't manage.
Reviewed July 11, 2018
My mortgage was sold to this Credit Collection company. They are NOT a bank or a quality mortgage company. The employees are undereducated, underpaid and full of attitude. Regardless of the question, their answer is typically 'they cant.' They cannot mail anything, they dont do email. THEY USE YOUR COMPLETE SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBER AS THE TEMPORARY PASSWORD!! Putting this highly personal information permanently into the internet to be easily hacked. I continue to be dismayed with the lowering bar of service or quality. As a mortgage company they suck.
Reviewed July 11, 2018
We were advised on in June by a letter dated June 14th, 2018 that CitiMortgage transferred our Servicing to this company. We sent a payment on June 25th to the new payment address with all the specifics on loan number etc. in the amount of $1,565.00 which included extra principal. They still haven’t credited this to our account. I have called twice and the personnel is not helpful or friendly. They could care less. They keep telling me to call back to check if received and is due to not being set up when received it... Have been getting the runaround. They advised me they have 60 days to straighten this out and will credit interest accordingly. Based on her attitude, I doubt you can believe them. Never have I talked with a Servicing company and had such apathetic treatment. Can’t believe CitiMortgage transferred our loan to such an unreliable and questionable company.
Reviewed July 4, 2018
My friend was too old to take care of her house. She quit claimed it to me, and moved to a retirement community. The deed was recorded November 2011. SPS allowed her son to take out a mortgage on my property January 2013 without my knowledge or consent. Am I obligated to make payments?
Reviewed June 29, 2018
My mortgage was sold to SPS in 2004 without my knowledge or consent and I owe more now than when I first bought my home 25 years ago. I think after reading all the reviews we all need collectively sue this company for Predatory lending practices. How can we do this?
Reviewed June 28, 2018
Our insurance company sent me a check to cover roof replacement. Select Portfolio Servicing requires their name on the check, so I had to send it to them for endorsement. They stated there was a two day turn around time, and stated that it would be faster if I send them a pre-paid USPS priority envelope. I sent the envelope along with the check. They received the check two days later. I was told two days ago that the check was in the mail returned to me, however, the post office has not received it according to the tracking number. SPS will not return my queries and now I am delayed in getting my roof replaced. It is clear their customer "service" is seriously lacking. They are, in short, liars.
Updated on 07/09/2018: Last week I complained about the delay and receiving an insurance check that was to be endorsed by Select Portfolio Servicing. I did finally received it. However, today (July 9, 2018) I received a call from man at SPS who started by saying he was from SPS and this was an attempt to collect a debt. I told him I am not behind on my payments and what was this call about. He then said he was recording the call and wanted to make sure I got the check and then asked to update my personal information, which he already had... I gave him nothing new. This company rates an "F" in customer service. I felt his call was an attempt at intimidation for making a complaint against that company.
Reviewed June 24, 2018
The 1st check we received from the insurance we sent to SPS and then they sent it to a third party company called Insuranceclaimcheck.com. You send all the paperwork to them in order to get any of your money. Now that I have a second insurance check I don't understand why we have to send it to them again just to send it to the third party. This is going to take weeks. I just got my roof put on back in April 2018. Now we are in hurricane season again and we can't even get the inside of the fix.
Reviewed June 19, 2018
This company is just absolutely the WORST I've ever dealt with in my 55 years!!! I had a mod with my prior company. Loan sold to another company whom they would never disclose to me. They said they are not offering a modification and I would have to reapply. I've sent in all the paperwork - wait for a response, then they tell me I'm missing something which I already sent.
Now the process begins all over again. They put me through this for months and months and finally said the "investor does not participate in modifications." After the late payments, it was impossible to refinance. Finally, I borrowed from my 401k to pay the arrears. Now I'm trying to get back on track and refinance again with someone else and then surely I will bring suit against them. This entire process was an horrific nightmare and a consumer disaster. Class Action Suit anyone? Surely I'm not the only one who has grounds. This horrible company should be investigate and their victims compensated.
Reviewed June 14, 2018
I have the same problem as some of the other reviewers. It has been almost 9 months and we are still in our loan mod process. No one knows what the left from the right hand. I'll get a call saying they need more bank statements and then they keep requesting for the same bank statement and said one week that it was in underwriting and then the next week they say we need another bank statement. They only ask for 2 recent but they have asked for 4 of mine. While in the mod process they said that they would not do a foreclosure and that it is in status but that there was no date set. Well that was wrong. Just got a foreclosure date even though we are in a mod status. They said, "Oh don't worry. They will prolong as long as it's in a mod status." Also we claimed BK and it said that our debts have been discharged in the BK. We get statements. They say that it is not an attempt to collect a debt. So we are so confused.
Reviewed June 12, 2018
I have to be honest, I have read these reviews a couple times and though this process with SPS has been long and drawn out, I thought eventually I would be different and leave a different review. Well, SPS has proven all of you right and me wrong. We received an excellent offer on our home, $13,000 less then what we owe and above what it was appraised at. I also received in a very timely manner, a release of a federal tax lien on the property, which was forwarded to SPS as well. That release has now expired and we are still going back and forth with SPS on changing the HUD-1 to how they want it to read.
We have passed our first tentative closing date and are now nearing the end of the purchase contract and I doubt the buyers are going to stick around. I have done my diligence and gotten them everything they have asked for within 1 day and we are still playing games. Then I get different and incorrect answers from their agents when I call to check on status! This has been an emotional nightmare and I am wondering why we even bothered with trying to do a short sale rather than just letting this property go, as it looks like that is what is going to happen in the end anyways. When our contract date comes and goes, I don't think I can start this over with SPS and deal with all of this again. I would love to hear if anyone has anything good to say about this process with this company to keep my hope alive, and I will update this, but the outlook right now is horrible.
Reviewed May 31, 2018
I have been trying to do a short sale for a client for almost a year. I'm done. I priced the home where the bank told me to - full price offer in January - they are still reviewing, they need this, they need that... Weekly phone calls to SP Servicing and always something new they need - no one knows what other people are doing on this account. No communication. Today I called, "Oh your client's property is not in short sale anymore - your paperwork is expired." WHO'S FAULT IS THAT??? The incompetence, hatefulness, derogatory statements to me and my client - after 15 years in real estate never have I worked with anyone or any company like this. I am done.
I have advised my client to obtain a lawyer. We are contacting a consumer advocacy attorney. I have turned them into the Attorney General. I have been contacted by several people in regards to a class action suit - I'm giving all my documentation to my client and strongly encouraging him to join. I'm on the computer a lot. I have a lot of followers. They will hear about this and I will encourage them to share and share often. Good luck to anyone needs loan assistance from them. Don't try a short sale. Don't try a deed in lieu. Either let the property go or contact a lawyer.
Reviewed May 29, 2018
This is simply CRAZY!!! WHY would ANY Homeowner Financing Company put BALLOON PAYMENTS at the end of your Home Loans? Unless, it's to have you pay your mortgage each month and then send you a BALLOON PAYMENT BILL at the end. I bought my home with the primary loan for 30 years and a secondary loan for 15 years. Now that my 15 years is up, they send me a BALLOON PAYMENT BILL for over $15,000 dollars and THEY do NOT refinance. And it appears that EVERY loan they do has a balloon payment in the end. I am a disabled vet on a fixed income. BUYER BEWARE...
Reviewed May 5, 2018
Our mortgage was sold to SPS by Chase about 5 yrs ago — we were in process of modifying our loan then — had to start over — fast forward to 2017, still no modification - requesting docs we’d already sent; husband moved out but assured me he’d cont. with mod etc., November 2017 got served w/ notice of foreclosure for 12/5/17 so when I called SPS to ask about options they were rude, asked why we were separated (as if it’s their business) & told me there was nothing I could do to stop foreclosure. Told me they usually give owners 39 days to vacate — never got any correspondence related to when I had to be out. Sat on my porch that morning while they auctioned it off — seemed to jeer & laugh at me too.
Rec’d letter from new property management co; spoke to a very nice person who said she would look into assistance options (cash for keys, relocation assistance, option to stay as a rent paying tenant, etc.,) When I followed up w/ her she told me the ‘bank’ asked her to send the file back to them & she was unsure why they requested it. She gave me the # for SOS’s ‘relocation assistance’ department to get help —have called repeatedly (daily & at various times of day because they’re in Utah & I’m in New England & I’m on hold for 2 minutes and then am disconnected.
Now I’ve been served with papers to appear in court next week for an ‘eviction hearing’! Unbelievable! I have a 19 yo child with autism at home w/ a caregiver while I’m working — tried explaining this to SPS & they basically said they didn’t give a ** — cross your fingers for me next week... I continue to call each day (recording dates & times) but to no avail. This is a sick & twisted company we are dealing with — based on all the complaints I’ve read so far. We all need to band together with a class action suit against SPS & their deceptive practices. Count me in if this comes to fruition!
Reviewed April 24, 2018
They would not work with me at all! My husband lost his job, he made 75% of our income. They claimed we didn't qualify. They offered to DOUBLE my payment!! They also refused to sign insurance check for hail damage. The check was for 7 thousand. That was only the first half, the insurance company would pay the second half when we showed a work order. SPS told me I had to pay out of pocket, prove to them the work was done, then they would sign the check. The insurance company sent two more checks after those expired. Same result. So they were complicit in my home falling further into disrepair.
Reviewed April 10, 2018
A couple of months ago my mortgage company sent us a letter telling us our account was going to be handled by a company called SPS select portfolio servicing. What they did not tell us is that SPS is a collection agency. SPS did not identify themselves as this type of company either. In effect this makes it next to impossible to refinance your mortgage.
Reviewed April 9, 2018
Working to sell the property with a short sale with SPS is next to impossible. I'm losing sale opportunities because they keep "reviewing" the documents, and then telling us (realtor, and myself) that they are incomplete, been over 2 months and now we are waiting 30 more days while SPS reviews offer. We've done everything they asked us to. I'm at the end of my rope. I feel like they are trying to sabotage this sale.
Reviewed April 6, 2018
This company will not work with the homeowner, and everything they do, is to benefit them only. They have received money from the feds to assist families having a difficult time financially, and they did not hold up their end of the deal. Look at the rating and customer feedback, that says it all. Time for a class action lawsuit.
Reviewed March 28, 2018
Flood Insurance-? Why wouldn’t you send **certified mail** or call me over such an important issue? You can sure give us a phone call (or 12) when we are late on a payment. Prior to the 2013 FEMA changes… We were in zone AE which is considered- “extremely high risk”. FEMA then decides to change the map to accommodate the Grant Road Construction Project, and backs up the NEW flood line to my neighbors' property across the street. So I go from a “extreme flood risk” to “minimal flood risk?” Overnight? Did SPS bother looking at the new map? If you would have told us about it we could have done some investigating. I wouldn’t have taken that chance by not renewing our flood insurance. Especially with a PRIOR FLOOD CLAIM on record! Do you trust the government?
Homeowners Insurance-? You sent me **certified mail** to request verification of Hazard Insurance…? As you can see, by the documentation that I have provided, you get my renewal notices annually just like I do. But yet you are going to charge me $197 more? Also, my 2017 mortgage interest statement says that I paid $6,325.00 for hazard insurance? I’ve had Cypress Texas Lloyd’s since August of 2006. You sent me **certified mail** for this but not MY flood insurance policy?
When I first applied for help after Hurricane Harvey, you immediately granted me 3 months of no payment. You said that if I needed more help, to be sure to contact you by December 1st. We did. You granted us an additional 30 days and said…"if you need more help, let us know." On January 10, 2018- SPS says -“We're here to help you!” I once again, complete the same paperwork and then decline me for every single option available. Then says the reason is “not in the best ‘business interest’ of the investor.”
This is an emergency Sir or Ma'am!! You have the authority to bend the rules, but you send me to Advocacy instead? This is not because I can’t pay my bills on time! I have been asking for your help for months. I have $80,000 -/+ of repairs left and I have asked you for January 2018 and February 2018. (It would be a total of 6 months.) If we don’t qualify for another deferral then please can we get another forbearance plan? I need these additional two months of funds, specifically for construction. I am currently washing my dishes upstairs in my bathtub. I have attached the first Forbearance Plan for September, October and November 2017. I want another one just like it for December 2017, January 2018 and February 2018.
I have had the pleasure of speaking with a few other SPS customers that have been, and are currently going through, a disaster recovery. They are very helpful and are eager to discuss their options also. This was a natural disaster. This was not my fault. It is also not my fault that I did not receive your paperwork regarding the flood insurance. SPS could have made a better attempt to contact me regarding this extremely serious situation. I have attached pictures of the damages of the home and the progress being made.
SPS has not sent out an inspector to assess the damages because an insurance claim has not been made. This has been of complete and total destruction. Because there isn’t any insurance money involved here, it’s not SPS's problem. They would like me to default and take my home (or in this case, what’s left of it) and flip a buck. That’s what’s in their best business interests. If this is not true, then work with me please. You asked me how much time I needed, I told you until March 1st 2018. In good faith, I have made my March payment on-time and I am about to make my April's payment on-time. I would appreciate some additional assistance getting through this natural disaster.
Reviewed March 20, 2018
I'm finding more and more people like me, when facing SPS Portfolio Servicing. They have the worst customer service for a financial institution that I have ever seen! Antiquated computer systems are to MAKE SURE that you have the most difficult time with any of their systems! It takes them 14 days to process an online payment, just to find out that the bank account was in error. I mean, this is a simple mistake that most websites can find within 5 minutes of running the data. However, SPS uses tactics like these to make sure that you are late on your payment so they can assess fees. They make sure that the blame is solely on the customers. The same customers who are using their services, reluctantly I might add. This company has so many bad reviews, it is AMAZING how the government has not stepped in to help with their hard-working citizens. These types of companies exist only to make people's lives worse and try to scam you into default and paying extra fees.
We need to shut this company down! Multiple employees at the company are incompetent and they do not know how to work together within their own divisions. Their supervisor is someone who tries to strictly follow policy, but cannot give critical answers to save her life if it came down to it. Just a horrible company from the top down.
Reviewed March 19, 2018
Let's see. No one can help with problem from one issues to another... THE WORST OF THE WORST, Hurry up and wait. Very unhappy. 1.5 years holding for a claim check. Lots and lots of hold time and a TON of different customer service rep that most DON'T TALK English.
Reviewed March 16, 2018
I had multiple offers on my short sale for my home, each offer was declined due to SPS. Finally, one the home went to foreclosure and even leading up to the auction, I called them every day encouraging them to accept the last offer. They stated that the offer was under review, but would take 10 days to complete, which was after the auction date that was set. One of the offers that fell through is now suing me because they did not get the house and we would not sign a cancellation notice that would allow them to come back for damages. Well they are still suing and all because of SPS. Wish I could give something less than one star.
Reviewed March 15, 2018
When I bought my home 15 years ago, my monthly mortgage payment was $900. The mortgage has been sold to a different company about 3 times since then. It is now with SPS Mortgage. My payment has now gone up to $1324 per month with each increase claiming to be due to an "escrow shortage." I do not believe that can possibly be true. None of my neighbors have had their mortgages increase this much. It seems to be gouging to me.
Reviewed March 13, 2018
I was lied to and misled, while trying to satisfy them with requested paperwork, critical time was passing by while they were lying about working to modify my loan, only to find out they had no intention on approving me.
Reviewed March 12, 2018
I was approved for a loan modification in 2013 with Chase Bank. After making two trial offer payments they transferred my loan to SPS. I made my 3rd payment with SPS (on time mind you) and NEVER received final docs to sign. SPS claims they sent the docs to the address they had on file from Chase. I spoke with Chase Executive Offices and they are HOT! The liaison between the two companies is getting involved because I have been fighting like hell to save this property for the past 4 years!
Yes, for 4 years I have speaking to the call center in Utah and THEY ARE NO HELP AT ALL. I have filed 3 complaints with the CFPB and Rueben was the last person in Ombudsman to review the case and he lied to the CFPB regarding Chase and the address they transferred over...so now Chase is pissed and getting involved. Instead of SPS taking responsibility for the inaccuracy of the address they have put a foreclosure sale date on my home. I file a 4th time with the CFPB AND have the Chase liaison on the case in hopes this will do something. In the meantime. I have written a book called the Mortgage Matrix. It tells the truth about what goes on behind the scenes. I went to work at a loan mod company to see what really happens behind the scenes and you will be surprised to know that the reason millions have lost their homes was due to internal errors.
Mishandling of paperwork or disgruntled employees not happy and that didn't feel like working that day. It was a harsh reality. I was there for 1 month long enough to find out that running the unstable online NPV tools and internal errors were the cause of many foreclosures. And don't forget half the employee's speaking to you from Utah don't own homes and they don't care if you have one either!!! (I asked every single one of them I spoke to in 4 years if they were homeowners so I am NOT speculating.) These call center employees are powerless. They cannot assist you with anything other than taking notes on the computer. They claim they will ask their supervisor to assist you, but the SUPERVISOR is powerless also! If you have a major complaint go DIRECTLY TO THE CFPB. The address to send them a letter directly is on their website. Do it before foreclosure happens.
Reviewed March 8, 2018
Chase was my Mortgage lender and suddenly I get notified that these guys are handling it. When you call they have a recording that this is an attempt to collect a debt bla bla bla. Very rude in my opinion. I know I have a mortgage payment due and actually paid extra on the principal last month. Even though it was the first month they handled it and I had to find out how to pay. I know (from SPS and Chase that during the transition you have 60 days before they can report you as being late.) I went out of my way to MAKE SURE that it was paid on time (within the 15 day grace period that all mortgage lenders are required to give) and they didn't post it till day 16 BS~~~.
Today I received not one but TWO calls from them asking me to call back someone (could not understand her name or the number speaking too fast) so I called and was told I was late that the payment was due on the first. I explained that I owe about 15% 0f what I could sell the house in a fire sale and that I had a FICO Score of close to 800 and had been paying Chase and every other bill as required. We are in the process of refinancing or if need be paying the loan off from savings. They charge 15 dollars to pay online but nothing to pay by check????
The noodlehead on the phone apparently was not listening as he said "I will note the account that you are sending a check ~~ and you can give me your bank info and we will set up auto payments." No way. I'm refinancing and getting away from SPS. THE WORST HARASSING COMPANY. They can now wait till I refinance. Till they get paid off no more money from me. I paid the property taxes an hour ago so they can do what they like with the escrow acct money. Sad that most people can't do what I can. These people (and Chase) are Nasty. God bless America.
Reviewed Feb. 28, 2018
We were behind on our mortgage due to both my husband and I becoming disabled and not being able to work with months of each other. We had major damage for our house from a very bad wind storm and the insurance company sent SPS the check. Because our insurance is escrowed. After getting the estimates the appraiser the adjuster coming and getting all the numbers everything was approved and you trust company sent the SPS the check then they decide when it’s time To release the funds to the contractor. They decided they were going to release the funds until the account was current status.
We went through couple different times of modifications to have and something was going on at the end and has gone into foreclosure so I Hired an Attorney to get this all straightened out everything. Our loan is current so I called today to get him set up for the contractor and you tell me that there’s no money there. They apply that money to our account. That is robbery. They didn’t eat. There has to be something we can get. Anybody knows of anything you can help us out please let me know.
They are not getting away with this. Be found I thought it was under review and then I’m gonna get insurance in the taxi apartment. And then ever in the regular line department I thought a grievance today and told me to listen to on my phone conversations because every time I talk to them during this modification process I mention every time about the fact that we have that money. Nation is your password. You can you have your work done and this is just been off couple weeks and today I found out that there’s nobody there. So if anybody knows anything and we can do please let me know. They have not seen the last of me.
Reviewed Feb. 26, 2018
My Mortgage was sold to Select Portfolio Servicing from HSBC about a 18 months ago. Ever since Hurricane Harvey happened last year, I have had problems with this company. I was offered forbearance for 3 months, however I did not take advantage of this because of a balloon payment. I only missed the month of September due to out of pocket expenses I had to pay that the Insurance Company did not pay, not enough money to cover all repairs. I HAVE PAYMENT ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE MONTH THAT I MISSED. I am still being harassed and sent letters every month. Communicating with these people is terrible. These people are heartless. No respect for Seniors.
Reviewed Feb. 20, 2018
SPS has been nothing but a nightmare from their first contact until now 02/20/2018. No one there has any answers to problems, it's just one big run-a-round when dealing with them. I have been trying for 11 years!!! To get the right answers and now that I was forced in bankruptcy because they (SPS) foreclosed on a fraudulent and predatory loan I am now going to have to go to a more legal route. They (SPS) just do NOT UNDERSTAND what I am asking or saying. If anyone is still with this company... Get out now or sue them now!!! Protect your house, because they will take it. They manage poorly written loans that they knew were going to go bad and that they would take action on. My fight against them is NOT OVER! Good luck to all involved with these scammers!
Reviewed Feb. 16, 2018
I have no idea who owns or works for this company but they are the worst mortgage company that I have ever dealt with. Every time I contact them all I get is a runaround. I'm behind on my mortgage payments and SPS said to contact their law firm. I contacted the law firm and they said to contact SPS. Now one of my sons, who has a learning disability, was handed warrants regarding my mortgage! I'm not sure what to do next but I will do something. THEY ARE THE WORST!!!
Reviewed Feb. 14, 2018
Currently working on a short sale with this company. They never give the same information twice. After issuance of a short sale approval letter, they came back asking the owner for a cash contribution of $2500.00 stating the PMI company required it, but here is the catch; there is no PMI company. There is absolutely no part of the monthly payment being applied to a PMI company, hmmm... and when I asked for this information to be provided in writing; it was explained to me that they don't issue this in writing. They need to be investigated, and I will make it my life's work to expose them for what they are and that is FRAUDS, oh, and the icing on the cake; they will offer the owner to sign a promissory note of $4896.00 to be paid over the course of 3 years @ $135.00 per month. This is nearly 50% interest? This is totally unscrupulous!
The history of this loan is it was a Fannie Mae loan, that started with Country Wide Loans, Fannie Mae forced the lender to buy it back, Country Wide went away and Bank of America was the new servicer. Since then it went from Green Tree, that turned into Ditech, and then landed on the desk of SPS Servicing. The owner said that a loan modification is on his credit report, but never requested or asked for a loan modification. I can see on his bank statements that there has been some sort of modification - this too needs to be investigated. My question is; did this company buy this loan for pennies on the dollar? I smell a rat!!! These people need to be exposed!!!
Reviewed Feb. 9, 2018
Six years ago, I tried to re-structure my mortgage which was owned by Select Portfolio. It was a year's worth of being stalled, having to re-submit paperwork, and redundant phone calls. I never got consistent answers from any of the staff I spoke to. We wound up losing our home and filing bankruptcy because of this company and its fraud. Steer clear, everyone, if you value your home. Zero stars if the survey would allow it.
Reviewed Feb. 8, 2018
This horror of a sorry excuse for a collection company posing as a mortgage company became the service of my loan after a divorce. The original loan servicer was Suntrust Mortgage. This fiasco started in 3/2010, once my husband refused to help pay a loan that was in his name also, this predatory company stepped in like the Anti-Christ. I have had my house on the chopping block 3 times and fought them in bankruptcy with the promise of a modification. I have killed more trees and played the SPS run-around lost the papers game more times than I can count in 8 years.
Now the courts will not even hear of a bankruptcy to save my home although I have income, and own a successful business. I have diligently given SPS every shred of documentation they have asked for including volunteering to drive from MT to Utah to make sure they got what they needed with no more excuses! After hounding the supervisors and everyone else that would listen, I was told that all documents were in and nothing more needed only to be turned down not even a full week later.
It was as if they didn't even take the time to review the documents that I had put my blood, sweat and tears into, after telling me it would take 45 days. The agent just said it was not in their best interest, no other explanation... believe me... I asked for one. I have suffered two head injuries in falls here, stress on top of that and I am not sure now where to turn. I own some cows and this is our home, we have nowhere else to go and no one else to help. Please stop this predatory company, there are so many of us that trusted them and are now suffering with health issues because of their empty promises and unjust business practices. Please help us!
Reviewed Feb. 3, 2018
Select Portfolio still continues to call and harass us every day and writing threatening letters and harassing my 76 year old mother who is under the doctor's care and Select Portfolio has almost caused her to have a heart attack. Our house was paid off in February 3, of 2009 and we do have the proof, somebody in that company took a mortgage out in our name and we just recently found this out. Is there someone that can help us with this? We want this stopped. It is nerve-wracking.
Updated review: Jan. 30, 2018
They posted my payment (loan) even though it was redirected to a different P.O. Box. I Contacted them this morning and everything is current. But I'm going to stay on top of this for a while... Thanks for your help. I'll keep you updated.
Original Review: Jan. 27, 2018
My loan was just transferred to SPS Jan. 1 2018 from Chase. The takeover date for loan servicing was Jan 16 2018. My mortgage has been in good standing for more than a decade and is currently up to date. I received two letters (1) from Chase and (1) from SPS notifying me of this out of the blue transfer. Their instructions about where to mail my payment were very specific.. DISCREETLY inserted in my "welcome to SPS" packet was a return envelope and a payment coupon showing my "NEW" account number, but it had a different return address than the mailing address they insisted upon one week earlier.
I called their customer service dept (since I already mailed my payment, in their envelope) and was SCREECHED at by one of the SPS rep's, for not being able to follow instructions. "Why did you do that?" I was repeatedly asked after 20 minutes of being on hold. Fortunately... I photocopied the coupon before I sent it, and mailed everything 2 day certified mail. So they had to sign for it! Having read many of the reviews concerning this corporation I'm not holding out much hope. The good news is that I've been a member the AARP for a while, and if I need to I'll ask for help from our 37 million members.
Reviewed Jan. 18, 2018
Chase sold my loan to Select Portfolio Servicing, Inc. in 2014. Ever since then I have been having problems with my mortgage. They are a company out of Utah whom I am not sure if they know California mortgage laws. They are very rude when they talk to you on the phone. Once they even hung up on me because the manager said they were closing and his reps were tired. When they took over my loan I was paying my flood insurance on my own, 2015 I received my paid declaration page from my insurance carrier. I called them and asked who paid my insurance. They replied, "SPS did." I then called SPS mortgage and asked them why did they pay my flood insurance. They stated the laws in Calfornia requires them to pay my flood insurance from my escrow account even though paying it shorten my escrow balance.
2016 I received a notice stating they added very expensive flood insurance to my loan even though they had already paid flood insurance through my escrow account. I called and the people on the phone insisted it wasn't paid and they were going to leave the enforced insurance. I had to called my insurance company, explain to them what was happening and ask them to help me. Eventually Allstate helped me to resolved the problem. Recently I received a notice that my flood insurance was not paid. I really thought it was a mistake until SPS Mortgage sent me a letter stating I have no insurance so they were adding their expensive insurance to my loan again. I almost passed out. I 'm thinking this just can't be. They told me not to pay it. That it's part of my escrow account yet when I called the uncaring guy on the phone just said he didn't see where it was part of my escrow account and they didn't budget it into my escrow.
They got me now, I have to find money somewhere to purchase flood insurance or have mine reinstated so I won't have to take their expensive coverage. This is going to ruin my grandkids Christmas and something tells me they are going to do this again. The only way to make them stop is to walk away from my home. What a horrible company. My normal cost for my flood insurance is $500 a year because SPS never paid or notified me they were not paying my insurance and let it lapse. They stated this allowed them to enforced theirs at cost of $1500 to my mortgage. I Did renew my flood insurance recently but SPS refused to remove their policy and stated it will stay enforced until 01/28/2018 and is charging me $314 for the temporary cost.
Reviewed Jan. 15, 2018
My mortgage was sold to Select Portfolio Servicing last June by Bank of America without my knowledge. Hurricane Irma hit Florida in September 2017. My house was damaged inside & out. Water came in from the windows & floor, roof was damaged. My pool screen & air conditioner unit was totally destroy. I have damaged inside my garage, master bedroom & guest-room water was coming from the roof. I had to hire a water restoration company to remove the walls, carpet, ceiling. My insurance company adjuster came out, saw everything, did his part. Checks were send to me with my name & this TERRIBLE company name (Select Portfolio Servicing). I was told to go ahead pay for new air conditioner unit since I live in Florida & it was VERY HOT! I paid with a credit card. A lien was placed on my house by the water restoration for not getting pay. I had to pay them with my own money plus my credit card interest is building up.
I have spoken with over 20 different representatives from this company & no one has a clue how to do their damn job. They keep on asking for the same paperwork every single time I speak to them. At 1 point a representative was going to send me back my deductible. They are incapable. Every time I speak to them my blood pressure keeps on escalating.
They have even send out their own adjuster. STILL AFTER 4 MONTHS I’M WAITING FOR MY MONEY! That is my money not theirs! My house have no walls. There are holes in my ceiling, my house has a blue tarp on the front of it, pool screen is still damaged so is the roof. Every time it rains water comes in. This is American. Why is this allowed to happen plus they have no problem calling for mortgage payments. I only live in 50% of my beautiful house. Other 50% is unlivable! I’m getting letters from my HOA saying to fix the outside but how can I... when this ** company is holding my checks like it’s their money. I WILL SEE THEM IN COURT NOW! DO NOT TRUST THIS COMPANY!
Reviewed Jan. 11, 2018
Even though they obtained a summary judgement of foreclosure in May 2016, SPS refuses to close my account or advise the credit bureau that I no longer owe them anything. The property is a condo in DuPage County, Illinois. I have not lived in the property or paid on the mortgage for 2-3 years.
Reviewed Jan. 10, 2018
Select Portfolio... saved our home. We were packing up boxes. They lowered our payment 200$. We have never had one misunderstanding with them. Recently we received a check from them... because our escrow was over. They have always been polite and helpful.
Reviewed Jan. 5, 2018
In 2004 I took out an equity line of credit loan on my house. The original loan was sold to HSBC and just recently to Select Portfolio Servicing. I wasn’t very fond of HSBC but now I am very displeased with Select!! They now claim that I have an ARM but for the past 18 years I have paid an interest rate of 8.25 %. My rate now is going up by the month! None of what I paid for the past 18 years has gone to the principal! It’s like I’m being held hostage!! I want to get out from under this! Anyone have any suggestions?
Reviewed Jan. 3, 2018
First I received a letter stating the account had been charged off, a week later a letter stating it wasn't. Secondly, I went to apply for a modification and when I checked the status, a modification program had already been completed a week earlier, though I never initiated and never agreed to. Had I not gone back in to check on my status, I would have never known there was a modification plan in place. When I called the rep told me this must have been in place with the previous servicer (though I have no recollection) and I was lucky to have it. Only a guess on his part and he could not tell me why the charge off status to not charged off was a mistake, just that it was. It all smells fishy.
Reviewed Dec. 30, 2017
Every month SPS charges $150 for "other fees". The explanation of other fees is nebulous. In fact, other fees are unexplained... other than an obvious answer consisting of "other fees are other fees we paid." They don't tell you what those fees are. I don't have an other fee debt. The other fee is nothing more than corrupt workers or managers banking $150 a month from me and probably 10,000 other people. I am grateful to have saved my property through a HARP. It was problematic because they refused to accept payments.
I was 7k behind they wouldn't take it and said I owed 9k. The next month I tried to pay 9k they wouldn't take it and said I owed 11k. Eventually I asked when they were going to put a for sale sign on my lawn and they offered a HARP. I give them 5 stars on the payment amount. I also give customer service representatives 5 stars. I've never had a phone problem, I've always been courteous on the phone and they in turn have been professional. That said, one day I can vision some executive being walked out the front door wearing handcuffs and being photographed by media. I also see a massive class action lawsuit from customers paying fees so a billionaire can play on a yacht.
Reviewed Dec. 21, 2017
My family's house was damaged by Hurricane Irma. Once we finally received the insurance money we had to send it to our mortgage company Select Portfolio Services (SPS). It has been over a month since SPS deposited our check into their account and we are still fighting with them to get the money sent back to us so we can continue repairs on our house. I have spoke to someone at this company almost every day and each time I've been told a different story. This company is holding money that is owed to us and they are using our money for their gain. How can this be happening???
Reviewed Nov. 17, 2017
This company truly needs to be investigated. I just completed a very lengthy process for a home modification program. I was finally approved after 12 months. My loan is now approximately $250 more per month, they jacked up the interest rate and increased the length of the loan. Horrible to say the least. Not sure what to do at this point. Starting to really not care if I lose this property. They suck for sure.
Reviewed Nov. 9, 2017
This PATHETIC company just started servicing my loan. Worst customer service!!!! Charges online fees like mad for making my payments. Their offices are here in my state and wont accept payments. They want me to mail the payment to avoid the online fees but I'm not a fool. I know the daily interest would be more!! I think it's bull that companies make money off customers this way!!!
Reviewed Nov. 7, 2017
I was flooded by Harvey. My flood insurance company sent a check to me and needed to be signed by my mortgage company which is SPS. They told me that they hold the money and monitor the claim. Each time I got a contract I would have to pay the contractor 25% out of my pocket then request it from SPS. I submitted my adjuster's report and they declined it for no reason. I submitted paid receipts for my AC and was told it would not be approved. They are holding on to MY claim money from MY insurance company and won't release funds!
Reviewed Nov. 3, 2017
I feel I was discriminated as a widowed ** by SPS. I tried SEVERAL recommended PROGRAMS to maintain my home after the death of my husband, Mat ** in 2013. However, near the completion of each program I was required to submit extra additional information, in which I did comply (to NO avail) MY Account Number (**)... As a result of many attempts I had no choice but to leave the property. The process has lasted for several years. I am currently in partial ownership/foreclosure of the stated property. I have experienced many ailments during this process, and still do not know my status regarding ownership… Your attention to this matter is greatly appreciated and needed. Thank you...
Reviewed Oct. 24, 2017
A couple of months ago my current mortgage servicer, Seterus, sent a letter saying that I was going to a new mortgage servicer, Select Portfolio Servicing. I wasn't too alarmed but watchful. I did my homework on this company. Horrible reviews! I am a on the HAMP program (final increase of interest next month so increase in payment) and things have turned around for the better, for me, or so I thought. I was prepared for the final increase in payment. In 2 month’s time SPS did an escrow analysis and wants to collect an additional 1,871.00 or an additional 77.00 per month. No one on the phone in customer service can help you with the reason why nor can they connect you to anyone who can. They have to put in requests if you want information and can only check the fax or by mail boxes to get it.
They claim there is no one else to talk to, they are it, and no department they can connect me to, no e-mail, but you can send by snail mail to various addresses depending on the information you need. Hmmmm? Anyone reading these? Only the Ombudsman has an e-mail, go figure. If you pay online you have to pay a fee. If you pay by phone you have to pay a fee. They want access to your bank information immediately. Ask me every time I call, too. I paid by ACH before, no problem. With the increases they were proposing, I preferred to be watchful these first two months, knowing they could not charge me late fees for the first 60 days of service transfer. (You can look that up!) I also wanted to know exactly what was coming out of my account before I authorized it. And they take 60 days to set it up with you so beware. You are at risk if you send by snail mail of it getting posted late because now the USPS becomes the scapegoat.
Obviously intent on putting me in default for any reason! With regards to my escrow, their calculations are way, way off according to my figures. I could not get the guy on the phone to admit they wanted that money in the account before taxes or insurance were due. That way they could make interest on my money, charge me interest on my account and tack on all kinds of unknown fees to service the account. Basically make money off of me to do business. I am gathering all of my escrow documents and then plan to make my case again. Who is out there selling these mortgages? It is ridiculous that the average person is being taken advantage of by predators and our government continues to let this happen. Another funny trick I discovered, my former servicer has put as paid on my credit reports.
My new servicer has not even added themselves as one of my creditors. Guess what? It looks like I don't have a mortgage making it harder to refinance! Going to ride this out as best as I can, hope to refinance, and find a better company to handle my mortgage. In the meantime, I can tell you the guys comfortable in their seats in government need to be run out. This is thievery among thieves. Please pay attention when you sign a mortgage, do your homework and especially, when a new service is assigned. Question everything that is done and be watchful, very, very watchful. It is nothing but a game of chess to those holding the money right now, in my opinion.
Reviewed Oct. 9, 2017
SPS become the servicing company for my mortgage. My note was 30 year fixed with no impound account as I paid my property taxes separate from my mortgage. SPS took it upon themselves to pay my property taxes without informing me. When I want to pay my property taxes I was told that my mortgage company already paid them. SPS then refused to credit my mortgage payments accordingly and said that I was short because they allocated my Mortgage payment towards "my short impound account".
This created a continuous shortage of mortgage payments as they were not applying my full payment toward my mortgage and holding it in reserves until full payment including property taxes and insurance were paid. They then began the "Robo_calls 10 to 15 calls per day," I stopped answering as I got tired of hearing them. They began to send inspectors to my home to verify that my home was occupied then charging me $350 for these visits. They are claiming that I agreed to these terms in my original note. They went on to say that it is their right to inspect the property to ensure that it is owner-occupied.
The list goes on and on, too much to write in this complaint. If anyone wishes to contact me please do so, something has to be done as they are now threatening to take action because my account is "delinquent". They are the ones that caused my Financial hardship and they have the nerve to harass me into a loan modification to "help me". It is my opinion after reading several of these reviews that it is their intention to put people out of their homes. They must be stopped and our homes must be saved. It's time that we take legal action and protect ourselves from these institutions.
Reviewed Oct. 4, 2017
My experience began when I bought furniture from a local shop and financed the purchase. Even though my down payment was taken on the first day and the contract clearly said purchase, I was informed my purchase was changed to a lease and I was now paying approx. 100% interest rate. When I refused to pay the high rate I began getting 50 to 100 calls a day by the finance company called Bristol Cohen and Select Portfolio Servicing. Approx 2 months later Select Portfolio Servicing took over my mortgage servicing from HSBC BENEFICIAL. Again 50 to 100 calls began every day.
In the first 2 months my mortgage interest rate was raise twice and now my escrow account is mysteriously $4,000 short and the want me to pay that also. These scum bags are going out of their way to put my home into foreclosure, they attack with archaic tactics, like they are school yard bullies with 3rd grade educations. If you have similar problems with this company sue their ** off. This is a true statement.
Reviewed Oct. 2, 2017
My mortgage is in the final year. We were on auto pay bi-monthly. This company claimed I would have to do nothing, and that the mortgage would continue as it had been with HSBC. They lied. I got a statement showing that my interest, which was about 1/10 of my payment, is now the majority of my payment, with very little to go toward principal! They won't let me pay bi-monthly, as I had been doing. They won't take a payment until mid 2018, as we're paid a year in advance. Pamela told me I would experience no changes, then the next woman told me the complete opposite. Anyone starting a Class Action Suit, please contact me.
Reviewed Sept. 29, 2017
I've read each of these complaints, only because I also had been told by my mortgage bank, New York Community bank, that they sold my loan to this company. SPS. Researching SPS I see that it is NOT a bank or a financial institution. It is a boiler room collection agency. I also looked at the BBB website and found many complaints, noting that SPS is NOT BBB-accredited. It's hard to believe anyone would want to be part of a predatory company.
Updated on 02/09/2018: I posted a review in October. This is a follow-up. My former mortgager, a real live bank (New York Community Bank) sold my loan to this company SPS which is NOT a bank or a financial institution. It is a boiler room collection agency and I did finally get notified who owns the loan, some outfit named Towd Point Mortgage Trust. Towd isn't listed anywhere in BBB and SPS is still NOT BBB-accredited though mentioned. After 5 months of paying, though I had reasons to not pay on time or pay the full amount in 1 payment but 2 within that month, they still aren't showing me paid in full and accruing additional late fees on top of the ones I responsibly added myself. This even though they sent me a statement that Towd has that exact policy in place, to combine partial payments in a month until fully paid.
Reviewed Sept. 26, 2017
We had a mortgage with them. Thankfully we were able to refinance with another company. When calling them about our payoff amount at that point the lady told us that we would receive our escrow overage within a week after the mortgage has been paid off. After calling several times I had received several answers on when we should receive this payment. We now have to wait for a full 30 days to received. This is ridiculous, after being told that I would receive it in one week. I talked to a supervisor today and he didn't seem concerned about it. Go figure not his money. I wonder if we receive the interest of them holding our money?
Reviewed Aug. 29, 2017
This is small potatoes in comparison to some of the horror stories I've seen on this thread. Nationstar out of TX sold my mortgage to SPS. They called me to inform me of the change and I hung up thinking it was a sales call. They said that they also send me letters. Why would I open a letter from a company I didn't know? I can take fault for not receiving their notifications, but their methods are archaic. 60 days late, 100 points off my credit and they won't retract their credit claim. Why??? Why are they trying to hurt me? They should be required to accept a CONFIRMATION THAT I'M AWARE THAT I AM TO PAY THEM FOR MY MORTGAGE BEFORE CLAIMING 60 DAYS LATE!!!
Reviewed July 17, 2017
I had a loan transferred to them and during the Oroville dam we were evacuated I called to make my payment they offered FEMA. We didn't know we accepted. FEMA never offered an individual relief. I started making payments immediately. We weren't behave behind in payments. They deferred moved $ to the bank. I continued to make payments. Never been late for 6 months. They have repeatedly reporting me late for my brhsbin forbearance no payment due? They cook their books to what they want. They moved a payment from month to month and they report to hurt you.
Imagine severely disabled. Last time we were evacuation we had an one hour to leave. In 7 months I can't leave my. Edit stays good for only a few hours and they report me late. They are scammers and who knows who owns my mortgage. Not these guys. They only collect that $ and property by running their customer to the ground with false credit reporting. Government endorsed ripoff.
Reviewed July 11, 2017
My sister passed on in 11/16. She was a single woman living in Texas in a single family home. Her mortgage as we thought was with Chase Bank. After her passing, we sent all the documentation, Death Certificates and other requested info (contact, mailing address) as requested by Chase. We informed them that we were in the process of prorating the estate and would provide them further information on that it occurred.
In February 2017 even though being in constant contact with Chase we received a letter from SPS saying that they bought the note and was now serving the loan. I could still call Chase dial in the loan number and get information so I took this as a scam. I contacted them, tried to speak to a person but was always just given the standard company line with no details.
My sister was in Chapter 13 at the time of her passing and there is different notifications and acknowledgment to that on her Chase and SPS documents. We would like to short sale the property and pay SPS what they were owed and when we called for her payment we were told it was $60,000 which is the original amount she borrowed 10 years ago.
Chase records show that she owed Chase $51,000 at the time of her passing and SPS can't and won't clearly explain where the extra $9 thousand comes from. They say that since the Estate hasn't made the last four mortgage payments that equals the $9K with penalties. Is anyone or has anyone starting a class action/consumer action suit. Who can you complain to? HELP.
Reviewed July 6, 2017
I have been reading other reviews and can see I am far from the only one experiencing problems with this predatory company. From the very beginning and actually before they had my loan there was a problem. I made my last payment to Wells Fargo in Dec. as I was supposed to. I made it on time (I have records to backup everything I am saying) and yet I was assessed a late fee by SPS. They didn't even have my loan yet and assessed a late charge! And they did this several other times when even their own paperwork showed I paid on time.
But here is the biggie. They added more than 34000.00 to my balance. Why? They added the deferred amount twice. This amount would come and go on my statements. Explanation? None. Solution, I paid thousands of dollars and raised my payments over 250.00 per month after a refi, just to get away from them. Someone has to stop this company! DO NOT have any dealings with this company if you can help it. Run, run very far away!
Reviewed July 1, 2017
HSBC sold us to these crooks. My son has been in the hospital twice, since March 2017. This last time to get his toe amputated, he is on a medical leave from a good job. Now we are getting short sell & lien transfer papers from them, at least 3 a week. These people do not want to work with us, they want our home. We've had it almost 13 years no problems till now. Please, any one know what we can do, though after reading these reviews I guess it's all a lost cause.
Reviewed June 30, 2017
Updated on 02/11/2020: I’ve been living in a camper since my home burned 3 years ago, while SPS holds my $50,000.00 (from my homeowners fire damage proceeds) in escrow! Now today, I hear for the first time that the mobile home I paid $5,000.00 down on after my double wide burned is not acceptable & neither is the receipt! I have told them 100+ times that I live alone now & do not want or need a 5 Br. 3 bath home but they’re saying I have to, as that was the size that burned! My land value is more than enough to stand for the remaining balance of the mortgage, even without a home on it! WTF??? Are these people communist or what? How can they tell me what kind of home I will live in??? Three years of their lies is just about all I can stand! They are the absolute worst mortgage servicing company!!! I need my money!!!
Original Review: My home burned in a fire 3/16/17. My relationship manager put in a short pay offer. To this date the offer has not been approved. SPS requests documents daily which I have sent in a timely manner. They are only skilled at lying & stealing from what I've experienced thus far. I have made March, April, May & June payments while being homeless & harassed by SPS! They are totally incompetent! Zero Stars!
Reviewed June 29, 2017
This my loan was transferred to this damn sorry company and they charges fees to make an online payment. It’s a damn shame to have to be charged to make a payment. You will have to mail the payment to prevent from paying excessive fees. I will do my damn best to get rid of I this company. EVERYBODY PLEASE RUN. Stay away from companies that charges to make payments.
Reviewed June 26, 2017
My husband lost his job and unfortunately passed away at the end of the year. I applied for a Remod and had been on HAMP for 5 years. Even though my numbers showed I should have qualified for a new payment and for HAMP 2 they denied it and have me a repayment plan that is 62% of my income. That is their fair repayment. They are very difficult and often having had to fight in prior years due to unemployment for them to listen or work with us. This time they stated it's because of having been in a HAMP program and not meeting it they don't plan on offering any other and now the program has ended. They know the market is going up and so they are harder to work with than ever. Sad for my kids mostly as they feel they just keep losing things.
Reviewed June 12, 2017
In August 2016 the remaining $19K mortgage on a ~$300,000 balance was transferred to SPS. It was always paid on time, but had been part of a consolidation in which Chase should have ceased charging PMI as the loan to value was very small. I proactively called Chase to alert them of the problem, but they having sold my account to SPS, told me to call them. I called SPS in August and again in September in advance of being billed and was assured by Melinda (?) that I was not being charged PMI by them, but would submit an inquiry to Chase about the previous charges. The PMI charge and desire to pay on time were the sole reasons behind my call.
The call was recorded and the details of the call were notated by SPS as was confirmed by multiple SPS representatives. Having been told that I was "definitely not being charged PMI by SPS", I continued to pay the day of billing electronically prior to receiving a paper statement and I paid in excess of the minimum payment. A couple months later I received a letter of decline on PMI refund. Having been assured PMI was not being charged by SPS and knowing the inquiry had been sent to Chase, I realized it was a result of the investigation with Chase and knew from past experience with Chase the nightmare that is Chase, but at least SPS was not charging me. Then around November, I decided to pay off the balance only to find that SPS had lied and was indeed charging me PMI.
It was only then after a couple of more months of "investigating" that they told me I would have to have the property appraised to determine if I could have PMI removed. I explained I paid what I felt I owed... Explained the only reason I called months earlier was to ensure I was not being charged etc. etc. I explained I was concerned in paying the disputed amount since they already were cheating me, but in a desire to obtain my release of lien, I paid. They then said they'd "investigate" again... Weeks passed before they said they didn't close out the account because of a $12 balance which in actuality I didn't owe either...
They owed me even more by this point... And again the "investigation" after months I have received a decline for return of PMI payments I called about in August of 2016 the one and only reason I called them was to ensure I was not being charged and they continued to charge through roughly the end of year. They owe me this inappropriately charged PMI about which they lied nor offered me a way to stop it despite have a ~3% loan to value for months.
Reviewed June 7, 2017
This company sucks. I am attempting to obtain a payoff to close out my loan. I have made several requests over several days and still no results. Seriously? This is 2017... how complicated is the process. My suggestion is to stay as far away as possible from this company.
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